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The Institute for Cultural
Research and Studies was founded in 1986 in order to
maintain, organize and catalogue a large number of
valuable historical documents acquired during and
after the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran.
In December 1996, it was replaced by the Institute for
Iranian Contemporary Historical Studies (IICHS), a
professional research center devoted to the study of
contemporary Iranian history.
Its objective is to undertake
various research projects regarding social, political,
economic and cultural aspects of
post-eighteenth-century Iran, using its enormous
collection of primary sources.
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The archives of the Institute
hold public and private collections, memoirs of
prominent individuals in various languages, historical
slides and films and official decorations belonging to
the Qajar and Pahlavi dynasties as well as tens of
thousands of photographs of Iranian and foreign
dignitaries, events and buildings. This collection,
which is being kept updated through new acquisitions
from local and international sources, has been
catalogued and computerized, ready to be used by
researchers.
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IICHS has a rich library which,
in addition to many old memoirs, travel accounts,
journals and reports in various languages, owns many
old and valuable manuscripts and lithographs dating
back to the fourteenth century.
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The Institute has expanded its
international academic ties, allowing exchange of
views and documents between various scholars in this
field. It holds lectures and conferences, commissions
translation of significant scholarly works and
publishes research books and a quarterly journal
called “Iranian Contemporary History” (Tarikh-e-Moaser-e-Iran).
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Furthermore, the Institute has
a web site and an electronical journal named “Baharestan”
on the internet which can be reached at the following
addresses:
http://www.iichs.org
Our address: The
Institute for Iranian Contemporary Historical Studies
128. Fayyazi (Fereshteh)
Ave., Elahieh, Tehran 19649, Iran
P.O. Box
19395-1975
Tel: (21)
264037-8
(21)
2003490
Fax: (21)
262096
E-mail:
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