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The Ancient India & Iran Trust holds a number of lectures open to the general public from a variety of speakers during each academic term. These lectures are held at 23 Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge on Friday afternoons at 5pm. Admission is free, and light refreshments are served.


Friday Lectures, Lent Term 2010

(5pm, 23 Brooklands Avenue)

 

15 January

Conor Jameson and Rhys Green

(Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, London)

‘Cause and consequences of the catastrophic decline of vultures across South Asia’

 

29 January

Professor Michael Pye

(University of Marburg and Otani University, Kyoto)

‘Lives of the Buddha and the initial dynamics of the Buddhist religion’

 

12 February

Dr Cameron Petrie

(University of Cambridge)

‘Lost rivers and life on the plains — human interaction

with the environment in early Indian civilization’

 

Other Events at the Trust

The Trust holds a Summer Garden Party, a tea party on the anniversary of Sir Harold Bailey's birthday in December, as well as other social gatherings. From time to time, the Trust hosts or sponsors various conferences, symposia and other meetings. Organisations interested in holding events at the Trust should click here for further information.