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.
Easter Term 2023
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 28 April
Paulina Niechciał, Jagiellonian University, Kraków
Image: © Paulina Niechciał.
Lived Zoroastrianism: Women's Religious Practices in the American Diaspora
Friday 5 May
Sarah Knight, independent scholar
Image: The Persian Cross of Mylapore and its Pahlavi inscription (of unknown date). Christian Musicological Society of India.
The Pahlavi Inscription on the ‘Persian Cross’ of Mylapore in
South India, and its Implications for the Religious Identity of the Syrian Christians of Kerala
Friday 26 May
Vivek Gupta, University of Cambridge
Image: Qur'an, 15th century, artist/maker unknown, Indian. Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Intermedial Effects Around 1400: Scribal Knowledge and Ornament Between the Deccan and the Indian Ocean World
Friday 9 June
Sam Lasman, University of Cambridge
Image: Panjakent (Panjīkant) mural , 6th-8th Centuries. Wikimedia Commons.
Snake Men: Azhdahа̄ in the Persian Epic Tradition
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Past Events
- 17.3.23: Money is power: a metaphorical and numismatic approach |More
- 24.2.23: The Protestant Mission to the Buryats, 1818-1840 |More
- 17.2.23: Mapping Archaeological Heritage in the Cholistan Desert, Pakistan: from screen to field and back again |More
- 27.1.23: Magnifying the monumental value of South Punjab, Pakistan: a case study of Bahawalpur state |Watch
- 25.11.22: Intercultural themes in the Post-Hellenistic music cultures of Bactria, Gandhāra and Indo-Greek kingdoms |More
- 4.11.22: The many faces of Alexander the Great |More
- 14.10.22: India: a history in objects |More
- 17.9.22: Open Day: A hidden gem in the heart of Cambridge |More
- 10.6.22: Clash of empires: excavating a Parthian outpost in the mountains of Kurdistan |More
- 20.5.22: The souls of women in the Zoroastrian afterlife |More
- 1.4.22: The Origins of coinage: China and Turkey c. 600 BC |Watch
- 18.3.22: The Zoroastrian sanctuary of Takht-e Solayman in the light of newly discovered Sasanian bullae and seal impressions |More
- 11.3.22: Negotiating thresholds: Cornelia Sorabjee's Contributions to shaping gendered intellectual history in modern India |More
Allchin Symposium on South Asian Archaeology
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