The purpose of this award is to recognize and promote scholarship in the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology in Iran and the Persianate world. This biennial award is to honor Parviz Shahriari (1926-2012) who through his voluminous writings and translations had a significant role in popularizing mathematics in Iran, and who relentlessly promoted scholarship in the History of Mathematics in Iran. Website nominations are now open.
The 2024 Award Committee:
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Professor Charles Burnett, The Warburg Institute, School of Advanced Study, University of London, London, UK
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Professor Amir Mohammad Gamini, Institute for the History of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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Professor James Gustafson (ex officio), Department of History, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, USA
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Professor Jeffrey Oaks, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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Professor Matthew Melvin-Koushki, Department of History, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
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Professor Shahriar Shahriari (ex officio), Department of Mathematics, Pomona College, Claremont CA, USA
2022 Winner
A Literary History of Medicine: The ʿUyūn al-anbāʾ fī ṭabaqāt al-aṭibbāʾ of Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah. Edited and translated, with essays, by Emilie Savage-Smith, Simon Swain, and Geert Jan van Gelder. et al. Leiden, 2020. 5 vols.
2020 Winner
Keiji Yamamoto (ed) and Charles Burnett (ed), The Great Introduction to Astrology by Abu Ma’sar (2 vols.), Volume 106 Herausgeber: Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2019.
Honorable Mention: Parviz Azkaei, Mātikān Elmi (Thirty Discourses in the History of Science) (in Persian), Dr Mahmoud Afshar Press with Sokhan Press, Tehran, 1396/2017.
The Parviz Shahriari prize for History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology is awarded biennially by the Association for Iranian Studies to recognize and promote scholarship in the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology in Iran and the Persianate world. Works, published in the past five years, that qualify for the prize, would include (1) critical editions of primary sources in the original language, (2) new translations of primary sources to English or Persian, (3) secondary scholarship, in any language, that is deemed a substantial contribution to these fields. The prize is established in memory of Parviz Shahriari (1926-2012) who through his voluminous writings and translations influenced many generations of students and had a significant role in popularizing mathematics in Iran. Shahriari had a keen interest in the history of mathematics, and relentlessly promoted scholarship in the History of Mathematics in Iran.
For the Parviz Shahriari prize “Mathematics, Science, and Technology” is broadly construed and includes not only the core mathematical sciences, but also the related fields of astronomy, geography, optics, medicine, engineering, architecture and others. The prize will also consider works that situate the scholars and their work in the historical context and explore the connections with other fields and other aspects of life in the Persianate and Islamicate world. Works in any period, and works that explore connections between the Persianate and Islamicate world and other regions will also be considered. The prize has been established by Shahriar, Mojdeh, Shervin, and Tooka, the children of Zomorod Behizadeh (1931-2012) and Parviz Shahriari.
