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My book is now available for download as an open access book (free PDF). brill.com/display/title/…

I just found out my talk next week, "Inks and Paints of the Abbasids" is open to the public! If you're near Oxford, join us on Wed 6th of Novemberat 17:15 at the Eliot Theatre, Merton College. Description: This talk will take us through the pigments and dyes that made up the…

A celebration of Dame Averil Cameron's memoir: Cameron, Averil. 2024. Transitions: A historian’s memoir (Studi e Testi Tardoantichi 25). Turnhout: Brepols Publishers. biblioiranica.info/a-historians-m…

Our newly introduced Marathi course has been highlighted in The Indian Express! The article explores how this course offers a unique opportunity to engage with Marathi language and the cultural heritage of Maharashtra. Read more: indianexpress.com/article/cities… via The Indian Express

Looking forward to our lecture this Friday by Jaś Elsner University of Oxford and The University of Chicago Also delighted to add an extra talk on 6 Dec to this term's programme by Mélodie Doumy British Library and International Dunhuang Programme Details of both here: mailchi.mp/49b5400592c9/t… Reaktion Books UChicagoPress

Let's give the journalists and pundits some time to pretend they knew all along, that they know now, and that they will also know in the future. And out of respect for Rory Stewart, who must be hurting right now 😂, let's give them all some time to recover!

This book examines the enigmatic spell “Lord Wood” as a mysterious piece of #Taoist literature and reveals a secret side of Taoist #exorcism. #History #Sinology #Asia harrassowitz-verlag.de/isbn_978344712…

From 2007 to 2011 Yann Martel sent biweekly letters to Stephen Harper, the former Prime Minister of Canada, inviting him to read the books enclosed with each letter. He later published a book rooted in this experience. Very smart idea by Bluemoose Books 👇🏼

Casari, Mario. 2023. Šeš taraf-e donyā «Les six côtés du monde»: Anthropologie de la narration dans la littérature persane classique (Cahier de Studia Iranica 65). Leuven: Peeters. biblioiranica.info/the-six-corner…

The latest issue of the journal Iran has been published: Iran, Volume 62, Issue 2 (2024) biblioiranica.info/iran-volume-62…

Tomorrow at 5 pm Launch of Averil Cameron, Transitions. a Historian’s Memoir (Brepols) at Trinity College Oxford and on Zoom

Screening: 'Derbent: What Persia Left Behind' Date: 26 November 2024 Time: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Venue: SOAS, Phillips Building Room: Djam Lecture Theatre Event type: Film screening followed by Q&A with the director & reception biblioiranica.info/derbent-persia

Congratulations to Dame Averil Cameron on the launch of her memoirs—a must read for anyone interested in Late Antiquity, Byzantium, Oxford, and much else! brepols.net/products/IS-97…

Malandra, William W. 2024. The Bundahišn. Translated with Commentary (Monograph Series 68). Leesburg VA: The Journal of Indo-European Studies. biblioiranica.info/the-bundahisn

Deadman, W.M. et al. 2024. Locating al-Qadisiyyah: Mapping Iraq’s most famous early Islamic conquest site. Antiquity, FirstView, 1–8. biblioiranica.info/locating-al-qa…

Tomorrow, Ali Ansari will deliver this year's 'Gholam Reza Nikpay Annual Lecture' LSE International History: 'History & historical writing in Pahlavi Iran' Thursday 14 November 2024 6.00pm to 7.30pm Hosted by the Department of International History

The deadline for submission of PhD applications to be considered for the Moghtader-Mojdehi Scholarship is 15 January 2025.