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.

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                                                        Cambridge Festival 2021

We are delighted to be taking part in this year’s Cambridge Festival. Our pre-recorded talk will be available to view on our YouTube Channel from 5:30pm on Friday 26 March.

Samuel N.C. Lieu (President, International Union of Academies; Bye Fellow, Robinson College, Cambridge)

Before Gallipoli There Was Homer: The New Trojan War of 1915

Further details

Watch here (from 5:30pm, 26 March)

Online Lectures, Lent Term 2021

We have two online lectures coming up in February. Please register for these using the links provided.

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.

To be informed of future events, please sign up to our mailing list via our Contact page.

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
  • 5.12.20: Allchin Symposium on South Asian Archaeology |More
  • 4.12.20: Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism |Watch
  • 30.10.20: Coinage in Afghanistan during the period of Islamic conquest c AH 30–256 AD 650–870 |Watch
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Allchin Symposium on South Asian Archaeology
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