Auch Gedanken fallen manchmal unreif vom Baum.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
The Avestan hymn to ‘Justice’
Goldman, Leon. 2015. Rašn Yašt: The Avestan hymn to ‘Justice’ (Beiträge zur Iranistik 39). Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag. This book contains a critical edition of the Avestan language composition known as the Rašn Yašt, or ‘Hymn to Justice’. The text is accompanied by an English translation, philological commentary and glossary. In addition, the main themes of […]
A safe haven for Syrians
30 people within Cambridge, and another 40 in the surrounding areas have pledged to house refugees. This is just within the last few days and to just one organisation. Another 5,495 have volunteered within the UK to help once the refugees arrive. Please help to increase these numbers. Pledge your support here: https://secure.avaaz.org/en/uk_refugees_volunteer_thank_you_3/
“Thinking of going to Calais?”
If you are planning to go to Calais as a volunteer, please read this piece by Alison Playford. Thinking of going to Calais? I’ve just got back and would like to share some thoughts with you. It appears that a large wave of European citizens are in the process of taking ‘aid’ to Calais and […]
Call for contributions
Bibliographia Iranica would like to invite publishers, colleagues and our readers to send us information about upcoming publications that are relevant to our field of interest. Please use the ‘Contact‘ page to send us the bibliographic information. Your submission will be reviewed by the team and published in due course. Contributed bibliographic posts will be marked […]
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
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 […]