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 Lectures 2023
All lectures are held at the Trust and begin at 5:30pm (refreshments from 5pm). Everyone is welcome. Further details about the talks can be found here.
27 January: Moazzam Khan Durrani, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur
Magnifying the monumental value of South Punjab, Pakistan: a case study of Bahawalpur state
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Noor Mahal, Bahawalpur, Pakistan. Photo: Muhammad Ashar, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
17 February: Muhammad Waqar Mushtaq, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur
Mapping Archaeological Heritage in the Cholistan Desert, Pakistan: from screen to field and back again
Image: © Waqar Muhammad Mushtaq.
24 February: Janet Pope & Peter Jackson, independent researchers; Ancient India & Iran Trust
The Protestant Mission to the Buryats, 1818–1840
Edward Stallybrass (1794–1884), the first missionary at the station in Siberia, via Wikimedia Commons.
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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
- 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
- 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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