The Ancient India and Iran Trust Michaelmas Term lecture programme begins this Friday 17th October at 5.30pm with a talk by Dr Imre Galambos on ‘A Forgotten Civilisation – Remains of the Tangut Kingdom in Central Asia’ Refreshments from 5pm. All welcome. Having studied for several years in China (Tianjin) and Hungary, Imre Galambos received his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley with a dissertation on the orthography of Chinese writing during the Warring States period. On graduation, he started working for the International Dunhuang Project at the British Library and became involved in …
AIIT Michaelmas Term Lecture Programme
Michaelmas Term: Focus on Central Asia 17 October: Imre Galambos (Cambridge) A Forgotten Civilisation: Remains of the Tangut Kingdom in Central Asia 14 November: Sam van Schaik (British Library) The Married Monks of Kroraina 28 November: Razia Sultanova (Cambridge) Music of the Uzbeks of Northern Afghanistan Lectures begin at 5.30pm with refreshments from 5pm. All welcome. ~ Special Events (booking required) ~ 24 October: Sir Nicholas Barrington Envoy: the experiences of a diplomat in Asia N.B. this event is part of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas and booking is essential. …
Ancient India and Iran Trust Friday Lectures
Our summer lecture programme is now over. The autumn programme, which will have a Central Asian theme, will begin on Friday 17th October. Details will be confirmed early in September. The programme will also include the Trust’s contribution to the Cambridge Festival of Ideas on Friday 24th October. Lectures will take place as usual on Fridays and begin at 5.30pm, with refreshments from 5pm.
AIIT Newsletter Indiran Spring/Summer 2014
The latest issue of our newsletter focuses on recent events and developments at the Trust and includes an interview with our new Honorary Fellow Professor Maria Macuch by Almut Hintze and an illustrated article by Ursula Sims-Williams on the exhibition The Everlasting Flame: Zoroastrianism in History and Imagination, a major exhibition at SOAS co-curated by two of our Trustees and to which the Trust lent a number of items. We hope you enjoy this issue. Please don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any suggestions for news items …
Summer Garden Party 2014
Over 120 people attended the Trust’s annual Summer Garden Party on Sunday 1st June. The weather was unusually kind!