Erst jenseits der Kastanien ist die Welt.
Paul Celan
Manashni, Gavashni, Kunashni
Jonathan Galton held the second Shapoorji Pallonji Artist-in-Residence fellowship (2025/26), which culminated in a beautiful musical evening on 29 May 2026 at Kings Place, London: Manashni, Gavashni, KunashniA musical journey into Zoroastrian identity The Artist in Residence Fellowship at the SOAS Shapoorji Pallonji Institute of Zoroastrian Studies (SSPIZS) is Mariano Errichiello’s innovation. As Co-Chair, Executive…
Books about Zoroastrianism
I recently took part in a Five Books interview on books about Zoroastrianism. Five Books is an impressively productive platform, covering a remarkable range of topics, genres, and disciplines. Reading its interviews can quickly become addictive. The website’s mission is both simple and effective: We ask experts to recommend the five best books in their…
Technical vocabulary in Zoroastrian exegesis
The Institute of Iranian Studies invites you to the International Conference 5–6 June “The Sources of the Polemical Treatise Škand Gumānīg Wizār” Škand Gumānīg Wizār (The Doubt-Breaking Explanation) is the only surviving Zoroastrian polemical treatise. It was written in Middle Persian in the 9th or 10th century AD, under the Abbasid dynasty, in Iran. While the…