Arash Zeini

Tag: Iranian Studies

  • Berkeley Working Papers in Middle Iranian Philology

    Adam Benkato and I have finally launched our journal, Berkeley Working Papers in Middle Iranian Philology, where we intend to publish short and longer articles or research reports on the philology and epigraphy of the Middle Iranian languages (Middle Persian, Parthian, Bactrian, Sogdian, Chorasmian, Khotanese).

    We start the Working Papers with issue 0, Towards a Manifesto for Middle Iranian Philology. As the title suggests, this issue of the journal serves as a manifesto where I show a possible direction for the journal by discussing Nietzsche’s views on philology.

    We warmly invite our colleagues to contribute to the journal.

  • The Roar of silence

    On 26 September, I presented François de Blois the Festschrift that Adam Benkato and I edited:

    Benkato, Adam & Arash Zeini (eds.). 2021. The roar of silence: A Festschrift in honour of François de Blois. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 31(3).

    The presentation took place at the Ancient India & Iran Trust in Cambridge a couple of days after François’s 73rd birthday. Here is my speech:

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  • Abadan:Retold

    Abadan:Retold is an innovative, multi-media social history project invented and managed by Rasmus Christian Elling, an Associate Professor of Iranian Studies at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

    A crucial part of the project is an online portal (www.abadan.wiki) with multiple functions.

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  • Closure of ‘small Humanities programmes’!

    Stop the Cuts
    Image source: http://3909.cupe.ca/files/2013/05/Stop-the-Cuts.jpg

    At BiblioIranica, we usually do not comment on issues beyond our academic interests in ancient Iran. However, it would be wrong, if we did not express our disappointment after hearing the news of the closure of ‘small Humanities programmes’ at the University of Copenhagen. As the University Post reports, the “Faculty of Humanities at the University of Copenhagen will shut down five smaller study programmes permanently”. A full list of the threatened programmes, and the university’s plans are published here.

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  • Third Perso-Indica Conference

    The Sultanate Period and the Early Mughal Empire

    3rd and 4th September, 2015 – Conference
    University of Delhi, India

    Conference_Program
    Abstracts
    Flyer and Map

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  • Masters of Persian calligraphy

    Congratulations to Hamidreza Ghelichkhani, who curated and annotated this delightful anthology in collaboration with Kambiz GhaneaBassiri.

    This anthology invites audiences to interact with select works of Iranian masters of calligraphy from the tenth to the twentieth century. These works were carefully chosen to represent the artistic canon that has shaped the world of calligraphy in contemporary Iran. Their influence has in many cases exceeded the national boundaries of modern Iran, and the earlier works helped spread Persianate culture throughout West Asia in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern era.

    Source: Home – Masterpieces of Persian Calligraphy

  • Farāmarz, the Sistāni hero

    van Zutphen, Marjolijn. 2014. Farāmarz, the Sistāni hero: Texts and traditions of the Farāmarznāme and the Persian epic cycle. Leiden/Boston: Brill.

    In Farāmarz, the Sistāni Hero Marjolijn van Zutphen discusses the manuscripts, storylines and main themes of the shorter and the longer Farāmarznāme (c. 1100), in relation to Ferdowsi’s Shāhnāme and several other later maṡnawis about the warriors from Sistān (the Persian Epic Cycle). Farāmarz, a secondary figure of the Shāhnāme, gained importance in later epic traditions and as the invincible protagonist of both Farāmarznāmes reached a status that equalled, if not surpassed, that of his famous father Rostam.

  • Eleventh Biennial Iranian Studies Conference

    University of Vienna

    Tuesday-Friday, 2–5 August 2016

    Conference Information

    The International Society for Iranian Studies (ISIS) is pleased to announce that the Eleventh Biennial Iranian Studies Conference will be held in Vienna, Austria from August 2-5, 2016 at the University of Vienna. Onsite registration begins on the 2nd and the program extends until the evening of the 5th.

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  • Iran and the Caucasus

    Volume 18, issue 4 of Iran and the Caucasus:

    Iran and the Caucasus 18(4).

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  • The epic of Farāmarz

    The new issue, vol. 24, of the Bulletin of the Asia Institute (BAI) has been published. As of this post, the journal’s website has not been updated to reflect the content of vol. 24, and the issue contains too many articles and reviews of interest to individually list them here.

    Michael Shenkar has made a PDF of his article available here:

    Shenkar, Michael. 2014. The epic of Farāmarz in the Panjikent paintings. Bulletin of the Asia Institute 24. 67–84.

    Update:

    The following content list has been posted by Carol Bromberg:

    Bulletin of the Asia Institute 24 (December 2014)

    David Stronach, Solomon at Pasargadae: Some New Perspectives

     Domenico Agostini, Encountering a Beautiful Maiden: On the Zoroastrian dēn in Comparison with Dante’s Beatrice

     Yishai Kiel, Gazing through Transparent Objects in Pahlavi and Rabbinic Literature: A Comparative Analysis

     Dieter Weber, Villages and Estates in the Documents from the Pahlavi Archive: The Geographical Background

     Michael Shenkar, The Epic of Farāmarz in the Panjikent Paintings  (2 color plates)

     Étienne de la Vaissière, Silk, Buddhism and Early Khotanese Chronology: A Note on the Prophecy of the Li Country

     Harry Falk, Libation Trays from Gandhara

     Phyllis Granoff, Maitreya and the Yūpa: Some Gandharan Reliefs

     David Frendo, Sovereignty, Control, and Co-existence in Byzantine-Iranian Relations: An Overview

     Zsuzsanna Gulácsi, The Prophet’s Seal: A Contextualized Look at the Crystal Sealstone of Mani (216–276 c.e.) in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (2 color plates)

    Reviews

    Prods Oktor Skjærvø, Gnosis and Deliverance: Werner Sundermann’s “Speech of the Living Soul”

    Azarnouche, ed. and trans. Husraw ī Kawādān-ē ud Rēdag-ē: Khosrow fils de Kawād et un page (Jenny Rose)

    Agostini. Ayādgār ī Jāmāspīg: Un texte eschatologique zoroastrien (Daniel Sheffield)

    Jullien, ed. Eastern Christianity: A Crossroads of Cultures (David Frendo)

  • Iran and the West

    Call for Papers for a conference at the University of Warwick:

    Iran and the West: Converging Perspectives

    1-3 July 2015

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  • Biographical notices

    BL’s Asian and African studies blog has a nice piece on George Percy Churchill’s biographical notices of Persian statesmen and notables.

  • Symposia Iranica’s second graduate conference on Iranian Studies

    Symposia Iranica provides ‘postgraduates and early career scholars with the opportunity to present their research without the limitations of an overarching theme – as such, submissions related to any aspect of Iranian studies in the ancient through to contemporary periods within the humanities and social sciences are all welcome’.
    Call for Papers | Symposia Iranica
    Second Biennial Iranian Studies Conference
     
    Hosted by the University of Cambridge, 8-9 April 2015
    ***Deadline: 15 November 2014***

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  • Iran: A very short introduction

    Ansari, Ali. 2014. Iran: A very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
    Iran: A VSIThis Very Short Introduction presents a radical reinterpretation of Iranian history and politics, placing the Islamic Revolution in the context of a century of political change and social transformation. By considering the various factors that have contributed towards the construction of the idea of Iran and the complex identity of Iranians themselves, Ali Ansari steers a clear path towards a more realistic understanding for us all.

    See here for more information.

  • The ancient world in an age of globalization

    Geller, Markham (ed.). 2014. Melammu: The ancient world in an age of globalization (Proceedings 7). Edition Open Access.

    The present Melammu volume extends from Greece to India, with articles on Phrygia and Armenia, also viewing texts from ancient Israel, Egypt, and Mesopotamia. The globalization described in this volume extends over language barriers and literatures, showing how texts as well as goods can travel between societies and regions. This collection of papers offer new insights and perspectives into connections between the Mediterranean World, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Persia and India.

    The volume contains contributions by Panaino, Sadovski and Gariboldi.