Arash Zeini

Author: Arash Zeini

  • Symposium: British Library Persian manuscripts

    Symposium: British Library Persian manuscripts

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    The British Library is holding a one-day symposium on the theme of digitisation and new research on its collection of Persian manuscripts, one of the most significant in the world in both size and importance. British Library Persian Manuscripts: Collections and Research British Library Conference Centre, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB Friday, 31 October…

  • Review: The transmission of the Avesta

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    Piras, Andrea. 2014. Review of Alberto Cantera (ed.): The transmission of the Avesta. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes 104. 365–368. Read the review here. More information on the volume is available here.

  • The last ruling woman of Ērānšhahr

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    Daryaee, Touraj. 2014. The last ruling woman of Ērānšahr: Queen Āzarmīgduxt. International Journal of the Society of Iranian Archaeologists 1(1). 77–81. Read the article here.

  • The visual world of Persianate culture

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    A promising and interesting conference hosted by the University of Edinburgh coinciding with the launch of their Masters in Persian Civilization. Congratulations to the University and all who made the conference and the Masters possible. This international conference also coincides with ‘the anniversary exhibition of Rashid al-Din’s World History in Edinburgh (1 August – 31…

  • Topographies of power

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    Canepa, Matthew. 2014. Topographies of power: Theorizing the visual, spatial and ritual contexts of rock reliefs in ancient Iran. In Ömür Harmanşah (ed.), Of rocks and water: Towards an archaeology of place (Joukowsky Institute Publication 5). 55–92. Oxford/Havertown, PA: Oxbow Books.

  • DABIR: Digital Archive of Brief notes & Iran Review

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    DABIR, published by the Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture at the University of California, Irvine, is a new open access journal focusing on publishing brief notes rather than full length articles. Our aim is to speed up the publishing process, hoping to enable researchers to communicate and share their ideas…

  • The language of heaven in Safavid Iran

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    Congratulations to Dan Sheffield and Alireza Korangy on publishing this excellent Festschrift. Dan’s own very interesting contribution to the volume: Sheffield, Dan. 2014. The language of heaven in Safavid Iran: Speech and cosmology in the thought of Āẕar Kayvān and his followers. In Alireza Korangy & Daniel Sheffield (eds.), No tapping around philology: A Festschrift…

  • Wrestling with the Demons

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    Moazami, Mahnaz. 2014. Wrestling with the Demons of the Pahlavi Widēwdād. Transcription, Translation, and Commentary (Iran Studies 9). Leiden/Boston: Brill. The Pahlavi Widēwdād (Vidēvdād), The Law (Serving to Keep) Demons Away, a fifth-century Middle Persian commentary on the Avestan Vidēvdād, describes rules and regulations that serve to prevent pollution caused by dead matter, menstrual discharges,…

  • نامه‌ای به یزدانگرد

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    An introduction by Touraj Daryaee to Pahlavi papyri and their importance for historical research. دریایی، تورج. ۱۳۹۲. نامه‌ای به یزدانگرد: درآمدی بر پاپیروسهای پهلوی. در جشن نامه دکتر فتح الله مجتبی. تهران. مقاله را اینجا بخوانید.

  • Introduction to Avestan

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    This introduction was first published in 2001 in Spanish. It is now being made available in English translation. Martínez, Javier & Michiel de Vaan. 2014. Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages I). Leiden/Boston: Brill. Translated from Spanish by Ryan Sandell. See here for more.

  • Of gods and kings

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    I found the work of Brisch inspiring and guiding, when I was researching the theme of ‘Iranian kingship’ in St Andrews. Brisch, Nicole. 2013. Of gods and kings. Religion Compass 7(2). 37–46. Read the article here.

  • Ioudaios before and after “Religion”

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    Reed’s insightful reflections on the Greek term ioudaios and how modern assumptions about the concept of ‘religion’ shape our understanding of ancient texts. This piece was published in the Marginalia Review of Books online forum Jews and Judeans. Yoshiko Reed, Annette. 2014. Ioudaios before and after “Religion”. Read the article here.

  • Textuality and memory

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    Reed, Annette Yoshiko. 2014. Textuality between death and memory: The prehistory and formation of the parabiblical Testament. Jewish Quarterly Review 104(3). 381–412. This essay revisits testamentary texts and traditions from the Second Temple period in relation to themes of death, memory, and writing. Rather than debating the classification or morphology of the parabiblical testament, it…

  • Approaches to the study of ‘time’

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    Although not newly published, I mention this article by Stausberg as it relates to Rezania’s work on the concept of time in Zoroastrianism. Stausberg, Michael. 2004. Approaches to the study of ‘time’ in the history of religions. Temenos 39/40. 247–268. Rezania, Kianoosh. 2010. Die zoroastrische Zeitvorstellung. Eine Untersuchung über Zeit- und Ewigkeitskonzepte und die Frage…

  • Review: Gods and demons, priest and scholars

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    This week’s bibliographic posts relate in part to the study of religions and neighbouring disciplines, starting with Stausberg’s reflections on Lincoln’s ‘Gods and demons’. I will resume posting on Iranian studies and Zoroastrianism in the coming week. Stausberg, Michael. 2013. Review of Bruce Lincoln: Gods and demons, priests and scholars. Critical exploration in the history…