Auch Gedanken fallen manchmal unreif vom Baum.

Ludwig Wittgenstein
  • The Babylonian Talmud and the Paikuli inscription

    Herman, Geoffrey . 2014. Insurrection in the academy: The Babylonian Talmud and the Paikuli inscription. Zion 79(3). 377–407. In the Sasanian Empire Persian court culture cast its shadow well beyond the palace walls in Ctesiphon. Palatial or imperial custom was ubiquitous and smaller courts, as indeed the Divine Kingdom in heaven, acquired for themselves many of…

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  • Iran: A very short introduction

    Ansari, Ali. 2014. Iran: A very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. This 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…

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  • Interview: ایران شناسی یک پدیده جهانی است

    «ایران شناسی یک پدیده جهانی است» An interview in Persian with the Swedish scholar Ashk Dahlén on Iranian Studies. Read the interview at AVA Diplomatic.

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  • 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…

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  • Cosmopolitanism in the Tang dynasty

    Since most of this week’s posts relate to Eastern Iranian regions, I thought I would also post this announcement for a forthcoming publication by Valenstein, who has previously published Cultural Convergence in the Northern Qi Period: A flamboyant Chinese ceramic container. The forthcoming volume was already announced in 2012, but publication seems to now be imminent:…

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  • Infrastructure and distribution in ancient economies

    International Congress Infrastructure and Distribution in Ancient Economies The Flow of Money, Goods and Services Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 28–31 October 2014 Section 3 is dedicate to ‘Ancient Iranian Economies’. For the list of participants, programme and abstracts, see the conference website.

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