What’s On
What’s On at the AIIT
We hold regular public lectures at 5pm 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.
Online Lectures, Lent Term 2021
Friday 12 February, 5:30pm (GMT)
Domenico Agostini (Tel Aviv University) and Samuel Thrope (National Library of Israel; University of Haifa)
The Search for Lost Time: Insights on Zoroastrian Literature from the New Translation of the Bundahišn |Read more and register
Friday 26 February, 5:30pm (GMT)
Emily Hannam (Royal Collection Trust, Windsor Castle)
Persia in the Royal Library, Windsor |Read more and register
If you missed our two online lectures held in Michaelmas Term 2020, you can watch them below.
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Dinyar Patel: Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian nationalism
Joe Cribb: Coinage in Afghanistan during the period of Islamic conquest c AH 30–256 AD 650–870
Past Events
Allchin Symposium on South Asian Archaeology
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Phased reopening of the Trust Library
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A new Bactrian inscription from Jaghori, Afghanistan
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The Trust garden in Spring
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