A busy season at the Ancient India and Iran Trust included a Himalaya Study Afternoon on 29 November celebrating Christophe Roustan-Delatour’s work on the Penelope Betjeman (Chetwode) Collection of photographs of Himachal Pradesh.  The  seminar looked at related collections in presentations by Anna Maria Motrescu-Mayes of the Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge; John Falconer of the British Library and Christophe Roustan-Delatour from the Museums of Cannes.  Richard Blurton (British Museum) and Ursula Sims Williams (British Library and AIIT) chaired.  The capacity audience for Christophe’s public lecture the same evening  …

The Bailey Memorial Lecture 2013. Professor Maria Macuch will speak on ‘Kinship Ties and Fictive Alliances in Sasanian Law’ at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge CB3 9DA on Friday 13 December at 5.30pm. Light refreshments will be served.  Please note the venue. Maria Macuch is Professor of Iranian Studies and head of the Institut fuer Iranistik (Institute of Iranian Studies) of the Freie Universitaet Berlin. She was President of the Societas Iranologica Europaea from 2003-2007 and a member of the SIE-Board since 1999. She is editor …

Exhibition: ‘Wise men from the east: Zoroastrian traditions in Persia and beyond’ British Museum, 24 October 2013 – 27 April 2014 ‘This small exhibition will explain Zoroastrianism, an ancient but living religion named after the Prophet Zarathustra, through objects and coins from Persia (Iran) and beyond.’ The display will feature a variety of ancient and modern objects and coins, and will highlight the importance of Zoroastrian traditions in other religions. It will touch on the concept and imagery of the Three Kings of the Christian tradition, who are described in …

FRIDAY 29TH NOVEMBER 2013: 2.30pm – 7pm To celebrate Christophe Roustan-Delatour’s work on the Penelope Betjeman Collection of photographs of Himachal Pradesh, this seminar will look at related collections and websites, followed by discussion and a lecture. at the Ancient India and Iran Trust, 23 Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 8BG. Refreshments will be served from 2pm. ***Advance Booking Only*** If you wish to attend, please contact our administrator, Brendan Griggs on info@indiran.org or 01223 356841