Association for the Study of Persianate Societies

The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (Persian: انجمن مطالعات جوامع فارسی زبان), also known as ASPS, is an academic institution for researchers and scholars interested in the culture and civilization of the Persian-speaking societies and related areas.

ASPS is one of the partner organisations of Middle East Studies Association of North America.

[2] The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies was founded by Saïd Amir Arjomand in 2002.

The current president of ASPS is Sunil Sharma, professor of Persian & Comparative Literature at Boston University.

[5] Up to now the conferences have been held in Tajikistan, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, India, Pakistan, Georgia and Armenia.