Arash Zeini

Erst jenseits der Kastanien ist die Welt.

Paul Celan
Y 35 in manuscript J2 (1323 CE)

  • The metaphorization of bun ud bar (Zandicaä II)

    My latest paper, part of a series of articles on the concept of bun ud bar in late antique Zoroastrianism, has now been published: Zeini, Arash. 2026. The metaphorization of bun ud bar (Zandicaä II). In Kianoosh Rezania, Neda Mohtashami & Yusef Saadat (eds.), The final frontier: Unveiling the ancient Iranian language of eschatology (Dynamics…

  • Two Flames, One Fire

    I joined Instagram in late May, following a visit to the ASHA Centre, where I had met a group of young Zoroastrians of diverse views and backgrounds. Shortly after I came across an account endorsed by the ZTFE (Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe) named ‘Two Flames, One Fire’. It had started posting in mid-May, promising…

  • Bulletin of the Asia Institute

    The Bulletin of the Asia Institute (BAI), newly moved to the Yarshater Center for the Study of Iranian Literary Traditions at UCLA, is a well-known journal in our discipline that has variously re-invented itself since 1931. In 1987, the editors of the Inaugural Issue of the newly reborn Bulletin of the Asia Institute noted: [The…