This journal with the publishing license issued by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance and ownership by the University of Tabriz, this journal began its activities by releasing the first issue (Fall and Winter 1403 [2024-2025]) in electronic format under the title "Journal of the History of Iranian Culture" with a biannual publication schedule.

Scope of Activities:

• Theories and conceptual approaches in the field of cultural history and their application in studying the history of Iranian culture.
• Elements and components shaping Iranian culture throughout history, both before and after Islam.
• Cultural changes and transformations in the history of pre-Islamic and post-Islamic Iran.
• Cultural interactions and exchanges in the history of pre-Islamic and post-Islamic Iran.
• Religion and its cultural role and position in Iranian history.
• Customs, beliefs, rituals, traditions, myths, languages, and dialects prevalent in Iranian history.
• The culture of clothing and attire in Iranian history.
• The relationship and connection between cultural elements shaping Iranian society and the climate and geography of the Iranian plateau.
• Health culture and social well-being in the lives of Iranians throughout history.
• Work culture, diligence, and economic ethics among social classes (urban, rural, and nomadic) in Iranian society.
• The culture of chivalry and heroism among specific social groups, such as the Ayyars, Qalandars, and Lutis.
• Common beliefs and practices in Iranian history regarding magic, fortune-telling, divination, and millenarian thought.
• The culture of education, poetry, literature, and arts (music, calligraphy, painting, miniatures, etc.) in Iranian history.
• Modernity and its impact on cultural transformations in Iranian society.

Journal Specifications:

• Access to Articles: In compliance with the CC BY-NC 4.0 DEED, Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license, the full texts of the articles are freely accessible on the journal's website.
• Publication Fees: Viewing and downloading electronic copies of the journal's articles are entirely free.
• Article Review Fees: The Journal of the History of Iranian Culture does not charge any fees from authors.
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Objectives of Journal

 Historically, human society is made up of two interconnected parts of civilization and culture. The dimension of civilization expressing the formal, structural and physical aspects of human society such as city and village, architecture, economy, ways and means of livelihood and production, artifacts, goods, production and trade, communication techniques and technologies, roads and streets, equipment Transportation, industry and agriculture. Historically, the civilization dimension of human society is its objective and crystallized aspect in the mentioned aspects in the form of systems and institutions belonging to the life of urban and rural cohabitation and the nomadic life of Ili with all the material manifestations belonging to each. The cultural dimension of human society also expresses the internal and hidden social elements in its civilizational dimension. Language and literature, religion and religion, beliefs, values, customs, traditions and rituals, ideas and worldviews, thoughts, ideas and collective consciousness and identity are the elements that shape the cultural dimension of human society. The elements and components based on which human society finds its identity, thinks, and views and interprets the surrounding world. If the civilization dimension of human society has a material, structural, idealized, renewable and evolutionary form, its cultural dimension has a semantic, internal, dynamic and fluid aspect, and due to such characteristics, it is associated with many changes. For this reason, understanding and explaining cultural issues and issues usually have certain ambiguities, problems and complications. With regard to the proposed topics, the two quarterly journals of the history of Iranian culture seek to understand the elements and components and the cultural changes and transformations of the Iranian society in the context of the historical conditions that govern it. Historically, the Iranian society was formed in a geographical and climatic situation based on nature and diverse weather and climate conditions and has continued its existence. Also, from the point of view of human geography, it has been the co-habitation of the residents of the Iranian society as a crossing and crossroads of East and West Asia. These two natural and human factors and the set of political and social factors ruling in this land have caused the formation, dynamics and cultural changes and ruptures in the social life of the residents of Iranian society. So that the Iranian society has found its own cultural elements and characteristics in accordance with its geographical and human situation, from the ancient era to the present, and at the same time, it has experienced various changes and transformations. The existence, changes and cultural transformations of the Iranian society can be explained on two levels, micro and macro. At the intellectual level, one can reflect on the customs, beliefs, ways of life and livelihood, and worldviews that prevail in the daily life of the residents of Iranian society. At the macro level, it is possible to pay attention to a set of customs and worldviews, structures and endings that have existence, or function, and results and cultural works that are widespread in the society.