The Hellenistic Worlds
Michel Balard, Philippe Clancier, Omar Coloru & Gilles Gorre. 2017. Les mondes hellénistiques. Du Nil à l’Indus, Paris: Hachette. The Hellenistic Worlds (323-31 BC) stretch from Anatolia to Indus...
View ArticleFrom Sasanian Mandaeans to Ṣābians of the Marshes
van Bladel, Kevin. 2017. From Sasanian Mandaeans to Ṣābians of the Marshes. Leiden: Brill. This historical study argues that the Mandaean religion originated under Sasanid rule in the fifth century,...
View ArticleProblems of Chronology in Gandharan Art
Problems of Chronology in Gandharan Art The first Gandhara Connections workshop, Oxford, 23-24 March 2017. The Gandhara Connections project identifies chronology and dating as one of the key problems...
View ArticleThe history of the Parthians in the Geography of Strabo
Dabrowa, Edward . 2015. “L’ histoire des Parthes dans la Geographie de Strabon“, Studi Ellenistici 29, 285-303.
View ArticleWorkshop: Avestan manuscripts
The Institute of Iranian Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, invites you to a small workshop introducing A new collection of Avestan manuscripts from Iran (Pouladi Collection) Saloumeh...
View ArticleMedicine in the Avesta
Delaini, Paolo. 2017. La medicina nell’Avesta. Widēwdād 7, 20, 21, 22. Studio filologico, traduzione e commento dei testi avestici e medio-persiani. Con un saggio sugli studi sulla medicina...
View ArticlePersianisms: The Achaemenid Court in Greek Art
Llewellyn-Jones, Lloyd. 2017. Persianisms: The Achaemenid court in Greek art,380–330 BCE. Iranian Studies 50(1). 1–22. The Persians held sway over the Greek imagination for more than 200 years. The...
View ArticlePersian Religion in the Achaemenid Period
Henkelman, Wouter & Céline Redard (eds.). 2017. Persian religion in the Achaemenid period (Classica et Orientalia 16). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. Including twelve English, French, and German...
View ArticleWomen in Mongol Iran
De Nicola, Bruno. 2017. Women in Mongol Iran: The Khātūns, 1206–1335. Edinburgh University Press. Bruno De Nicola investigates the development of women’s status in the Mongol Empire from its original...
View ArticleManichaeism East and West
Lieu, Samuel, Nils Arne Pedersen, Enrico Morano & Erica Hunter (eds.). 2017. Manichaeism East and West (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum – Analecta Manichaica 1). Brepols Publishers. The volume contains...
View ArticleThis World and the Next in Religious Belief and Practice
Hintze, Almut & Alan Williams (eds.). 2017. Holy wealth: Accounting for this world and the next in religious belief and oractice. Festschrift for John R. Hinnells (Iranica 24). Wiesbaden:...
View ArticleThe Cults of Alexander the Great in the Greek Cities of Asia Minor
Kholod, Maxim. 2016. “The Cults of Alexander the Great in the Greek Cities of Asia Minor“. Klio. Beiträge zur Alten Geschichte 98(2), 495-525. The paper deals with the cults of Alexander the Great in...
View ArticlePersian Manuscripts in Balkans and Central Europe
Persian Manuscripts in Balkans and Central Europe Center for Iran, Balkans and Central European Studies Bulgarian National Library “St, Cyril and Methodius’’ Sofia University ‘’St. Kliment Ohridski’’...
View ArticleNon-Mainstream Religion in Persianate Societies
Raei, Shahrokh (ed.). 2017. Islamic Alternatives; Non-Mainstream Religion in Persianate Societies. (Iranica, GOF III/NF 16). Göttingen: Harrassowitz Verlag. Islamic Alternatives are the proceedings of...
View ArticleAlexander’s Legacy
Cinzia, Bearzot & Landucci Franca (eds.). (2016). Alexander’s Legacy: Atti del Convegno, Milano-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, settembre 2015 (Monografie Del Centro Ricerche Di...
View ArticleReOrienting the Sasanians
Rezakhani, Khodadad. 2017. ReOrienting the Sasanians: East Iran in late antiquity (Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia). Edinburgh University Press. Central Asia is commonly imagined as the marginal...
View ArticleImagining the Ancients in the Iranian Popularization of Pre-Islamic History
Rezakhani, Khodadad. 2016. The present in the mind’s past: Imagining the ancients in the Iranian popularization of pre-Islamic history. In Sonja Brentjes, Taner Edis & Lutz Richter-Bernburg (eds.),...
View ArticleA Compendium of Zoroastrian Life & Culture
Cama, Shernaz (ed.). 2016. Threads of continuity: Zoroastrian life & culture. New Delhi: Parzor Foundation. Threads of Continuity Focuses on the philosophy and cultur of the ancient Zoroastrian...
View ArticleEditing Avestan Texts in the 21th Century: Problems and Perspectives
The Institute of Iranian Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, invites you to the 5th meeting of the Corpus Avesticum Editing Avestan Texts in the 21th Century: Problems and Perspectives Participants: M....
View ArticleMani in Cambridge
Mani in Cambridge: A Day-Symposium on Manichaean Studies | Ancient India & Iran Trust On Saturday 25 March, as part of an ongoing research project, we are holding a one day Symposium on Manichaean...
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