Auch Gedanken fallen manchmal unreif vom Baum.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
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 contemporary…
Call for papers
We are now accepting notes and reviews for the next issues of DABIR. Please contact us, if you would like to contribute a paper. The journal accepts submissions on art history, archaeology, history, linguistics, literature, manuscript studies, numismatics, philology and religion, from Jaxartes to the Mediterranean and from the Sumerian period through to the Safavid era…
Die Arier
An interesting ZDF documentary about racist ideologies in Germany. 35 minutes into the documentary Josef Wiesehöfer is interviewed about the term ‘Arier’ followed by interviews with people in Abyaneh, presumably because they are believed to be Zoroastrians! The journey to Iran ends with a few shots at Naqš-e Rostam. Unfortunately, the video is no longer available…
Panini, Sanskrit and software development
BBC Radio 4 is currently exploring aspects of Indian history based on biographies of 50 important Indian historical figures: Incarnations: India in 50 Lives. Yesterday’s programme happened to be on the Indian grammarian Panini, whose grammar—according to this programme—played a pivotal role in making Sanskrit the lingua franca of South Asia for more than a millennium.
The family tree of Iranian
Dr Agnes Korn (University of Frankfurt) will be addressing the Indo-European Seminar on the subject The family tree of Iranian and its problems At 4.30 pm on Wed. June 17, Room 1.11, Faculty of Classics, Sidgwick Site Cambridge (CB3 9DA) Tea will be served from 4.15