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 2022
Friday 20 May 2022, 5:30pm
(refreshments from 5pm)
Antonio Panaino, University of Bologna
The Souls of Women in the Zoroastrian Afterlife |More
Photo: Antonio Panaino. Seal with an image of standing female figure, sometimes framed by an arch, facing right in profile, with one hand stretching out to the right and holding a flower. As the legend declares, this is the kunišn (= dēn) whose action in progress is good. Thus, she represents the good dēn advancing towards the ruwân.
Friday 10 June, 5:30pm (postponed from 13 May)
(refreshments from 5pm)
John MacGinnis, British Museum
Clash of Empires: Excavating a Parthian Outpost in the Mountains of Kurdistan |More
In person and on Zoom
Photo: John MacGinnis. Darband-i Rania Archaeological Project
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Joe Cribb, Hebei Normal University; British Museum; Ancient India & Iran Trust
The Origins of Coinage: China and Turkey c. 600 BC
Left: Bronze hoe-shaped coin of Zhou, central northern China. Right: Gold-silver alloy coin of ‘Phanes’, western Turkey © British Museum
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Past Events
- 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
- 17.12.21: ‘Miserable scraps’: the joy of decoding unconsidered trifles |More
- 29.10.21: Insights on Mughal art and culture: the imperial library of the Mughals |More
- 11.6.21: Living in the borderlands: a lecture to launch the book
Resistance at the Edge of Empires: The Archaeology and History of the Bannu Basin from 1000 BC to AD 1200 |More - 26.3.21: Before Gallipoli there was Homer: the new Trojan war of 1915 |Watch
- 26.2.21: Persia in the Royal Library, Windsor |More
- 12.2.21: The search for lost time: insights on Zoroastrian literature from the new translation of the Bundahišn |Watch
Allchin Symposium on South Asian Archaeology
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