Iranian Research Center on
the Silk Roads (IRCSR) has been established in Shahid
Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran. The Center is a scientific and academic
institution, and a unique academic research center in Iran to focus on the Silk
Roads. It is established with close cooperation between Shahid Beheshti
University and Iranian
National Commission for UNESCO.
The center will run on two
scientific groups: the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies on the Silk
Roads, as well as the Department of Common Heritages of the Silk Roads.
The Center aims to research on Iran’s role and relationships with
neighboring countries in Central Asia, Caucasia, the Persian Gulf, as well as
other countries along the Silk Roads. The scope of the center’s studies will
include regions along the overland and maritime Silk Roads as well as past,
present and future issues related to cultural, social, economic and political
developments of these regions. The research results in domestic projects and
international collaborations will be published annually in specialized books
and scientific journals and, eventually, on the Silk Roads Online Platform.
Further, the Center aims to host and support national and international
conferences on issues related to the Silk Roads.