Auch Gedanken fallen manchmal unreif vom Baum.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Reception of Islam in Iran
Crone, Patricia. 2016. The Iranian reception of Islam: The non-traditionalist strands (Islamic History and Civilization 130). Collected Studies in Three Volumes. Vol. 2 edited by Hanna Siurua. Leiden; Boston: Brill.
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.
The Multimedia Yasna
“Alt-Iranistik” has always been considered a small and exotic field, a so-called “Orchideenfach”. Despite its small size and the limited financial resources available for research, Alt-Iranistik is an unexpectedly vibrant field. The many job announcements of the past year will hopefully continue as a trend and create stable research and teaching environments for the many
Closure of ‘small Humanities programmes’!
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
Hindu ritual and its significance for ritual theory
Michaels, Axel. 2015. Homo Ritualis: Hindu ritual and its significance for ritual theory (Oxford Ritual Studies). Oxford University Press.
Amélie Kuhrt to deliver the Harold Bailey Lecture 2015
The Harold Bailey Lecture 2015 Friday 11th December, 5.30pm at FAMES, Cambridge Professor Amélie Kuhrt, FBA – The King Speaks: The Persians and their Empire