What's On
What's On at the AIIT
We hold regular public lectures at 5:30pm on Friday evenings during University term in addition to special events, conferences, workshops and occasional exhibitions. We also have an active Friends group. As part of the 'family', Friends are invited to special events, our traditional Summer Garden Party and other social functions, and are always welcome to visit the Trust.
Lent Term 2024
All welcome. Talks begin at 5:30pm. Refreshments are served from 5pm.
For further information about this term's lectures and speakers, click here.
Friday 26 January
Katherine Schofield, King's College London
Music and Musicians in Late Mughal India: Histories of the Ephemeral, 1748–1858
Friday 9 February
Warwick Ball, Near-Eastern archaeologist and author
East of the Wardrobe:
Islam and Iran in C. S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia
Friday 1 March
Richard Widdess, SOAS University of London
Music for a Royal Ceremony, Kathmandu 1664 CE
Friday 15 March
Pierfrancesco Callieri, University of Bologna and ISMEO, Italy
New Observations on the Achaemenid Presence in the Persian Gulf
Thursday 21 March
Cameron Petrie, University of Cambridge; Ancient India & Iran Trust
How do you map the archaeological heritage of South Asia? The whys and wherefores of large-scale mapping and surveying of archaeological sites in the Indus River Basin
Further details on the Cambridge Festival Website
Please note that booking is required for this event. To book a place email info@indiran.org or call 01223 356841.