CAIS@SOAS lectures in chronological order

Every Thursday at 4pm

2nd Floor, Room B202

Department of Art & Archaeology

Brunei Gallery

School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS)

University of London

 

1999

 

29 November 1999

• Sasanian Textile

A. David H. Bivar; Emeritus Professor of Iranian Studies, SOAS.

 

06 December 1999

• Sasanian Metalwork

A. David H. Bivar; Emeritus Professor of Iranian Studies, SOAS.

 

13 December 1999

• Sasanian Coins & Crowns

A. David H. Bivar; Emeritus Professor of Iranian Studies, SOAS.

 

 

 

2000

10 January 2000

• Sasanian Architecture & Sculpture,

A. David H. Bivar; Emeritus Professor of Iranian Studies, SOAS.

 

17 January 2000

• Darius the Great's Monument at Bistun,

Francois de Blois, Senior Fellow Researcher , Royal Asiatic Society.

 

24 January 2000

• The Iranians Revival in Parthian and Sasanian Art,

Dr Vesta Curtis, Curator, Department of Coins & Medals, The British Museum; The honouree secretary, Institute of Persian Studies.

 

31 January 2000

• New Light on a Sasanian City through Excavation at Merv,

Dr St John Simpson, Curator, Department of Western Asiatic Antiquities, The British Museum.

 

07 February 2000

• The Origins of Persian Art,

Dr John Curtis, Keeper, Department of Western Asiatic Antiquities, The British Museum.

 

14 February 2000

• Sasanian Rock-Reliefs,

Dr Georgina Hermann, Reader in Western Asiatic Archaeology, University College London (UCL).

 

21 February 2000

• Parthian Numismatics,

Dr Vesta Curtis, Curator, Department of Coins & Medals, The British Museum; The honouree secretary, Institute of Persian Studies.

 

28 February 2000

• Sasanian Glass: "the evidence for its manufacture & Trade",

Dr St John Simpson, Curator, Department of Western Asiatic Antiquities, The British Museum.

 

06 March 2000

• Royal & Religious Symbols on Iranian Coins,

Dr Vesta Curtis, Curator, Department of Coins & Medals, The British Museum; The honouree secretary, Institute of Persian Studies.

 

13 March 2000

• Kushano-Sasanian Coins,

Dr Elizabeth Errington, Curator, Department of Coins & Medals, The British Museum.

 

20 March 2000

• Sasanian Funerary Practices: the evidence of archaeology,

Dr St John Simpson, Curator, Department of Western Asiatic Antiquities, The British Museum.

 

30 March 2001

• Justified War (Part I): Emperor Xerxes and the Persian Invasion of Greek-Speaking City-States, 480-479 BCE

Shapour Suren-Pahlav, Department of Art and Archaeology, SOAS

 

06 April 2001

• Justified War (Part II): The Battle of Salamis – Historical Event or Myth?

Shapour Suren-Pahlav, Department of Art and Archaeology, SOAS

 

 

2001

 

12 January 2001

• Frontiers and Wars

Room G3, at 5:30pm

 

15 January 2001

• Light from the East; The Diffusion of Manichaeism

Room BGO5, at 5:30pm

 

18 January 2001

• Churches & Empires; Christianity on both sides of political divide

Room BGO5, at 5:30pm

 

25 January 2001

Evolution of Zoroastrian Iconography & Temple Cults

Dr Oric Basirov, SOAS Research fellow at the Achaemenian excavation at Dascylium, Turkey

 

01 February 2001

• Parthian and Sasanian Coins,

Dr Vesta Curtis, Curator, Department of Coins & Medals, The British Museum; The honouree secretary, Institute of Persian Studies.

 

08 February 2001

• Ancient Iranian Funerary Cults in Western Asia Minor

Dr Oric Basirov, SOAS Research fellow at the Achaemenid excavation of Dascylium, Turkey

 

22 February 2001

• Recent Survey of Islamic Monuments in Khurâsân Proper

Dr Geoffrey King Reader in Islamic Art and Archaeology, SOAS.

 

01 March 2001

• Darius the Great’s Monument at Bistun

François de Blois, Senior Fellow Researcher, Royal Asiatic Society.

 

08 March 2001

The Periods of Iranian Arts

A. David H. Bivar, FSA. Emeritus Professor of Iranian Studies, SOAS.

 

15 March 2001

The Parthian & Sasanian Artefacts from Iran Bāstān and Baghdad Museums

Dr Geoffrey King Reader in Islamic Art and Archaeology, SOAS.

 

22 March 2001

Mithraism in Iran & West

A. David H. Bivar, FSA, Emeritus Professor of Iranian Studies, SOAS.

 

26 April 2001

The Origin of the Pre-Imperial Iranian Peoples (Part I)

Dr Oric Basirov, SOAS Research fellow at the Achaemenid excavation of Dascylium, Turkey

 

03 May 2001

The Middle Iranian Scripts & Languages

Professor Nicholas Simms-Williams, FBA, Head of Department of Languages & Cultures of the Near & Middle-East, SOAS

 

10 May 2001

Shiite Monuments

Dr Geoffrey King, Reader in Islamic Art and Archaeology, SOAS.

 

17 May 2001

Sasanian Rock-Reliefs

Dr Georgina Hermann, Reader in Western Asiatic Archaeology,Institute of Archaeology, University College London (UCL)

 

19 May 2001

Reward & Recompense in Zarathushtra's Message

Dr Almut Hintz, SOAS

(SOAS Lecture Theatre, at 3:30; if you would like to attend in this seminar, please call 020-7328 6018)

 

24 May 2001

• The Origin of the Pre-Imperial Iranian Peoples (Part II)

Dr Oric Basirov, SOAS Research fellow at the Achaemenid excavation of Dascylium, Turkey

 

31 May 2001

• Cyrus the Great and the Hebrews

Shapour Suren-Pahlav, Department of Art and Archaeology, SOAS

 

07 June 2001

• Esther and Purim: From Egypto-Babylonian Folklore to Jewish Historical Identity

Shapour Suren-Pahlav, Department of Art and Archaeology, SOAS

 

More lectures for the summer term will be announced in due course.