Arash Zeini

Author: Arash Zeini

  • Religious minorities in Kurdistan

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    Omarkhali, Khanna (ed.). 2014. Religious minorities in Kurdistan: Beyond the mainstream (Studies in Oriental Religions 68). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. Religious Minorities in Kurdistan: Beyond the Mainstream, edited by Khanna Omarkhali, represents an account of the various religious milieus flourishing beyond the Islamic mainstream in all parts of Kurdistan. The miscellany describes how the religious minority…

  • Conference of Iranian languages and dialects

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    Call for Papers The Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia has the honour of organising the 2nd International Conference of Iranian Languages and Dialects 4–5 January, 2015 Tehran, Iran Aims of the conference To spread and to consolidate the theoretical discussions on Iranian Languages and dialects To contribute to scholarly studies of Iranian Languages and…

  • Der Zoroastrismus als iranische Religion

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    Stausberg, Michael. 2011. Der Zoroastrismus als iranische Religion und die Semantik von ‚Iran’ in der zoroastrischen Religionsgeschichte. Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte 63(4). 331–331. Read the article here or here. Zoroastrianism, one of the three recognized religious minorities in the Islamic Republic, can claim a specific linkage with Iran since the Avestan Vendidād and its…

  • Jews, Christians and Zoroastrians

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    Herman, Geoffrey (ed.). 2014. Jews, Christians and Zoroastrians: Religious dynamics in a Sasanian context (Judaism in Context 17). Gorgias Press. For the table of contents and more info, see here.

  • Secrecy and canonisation

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    Bahari Lecture Series: “Sasanian Iran in the Context of Late Antiquity” 20 May (Week 4) Arash Zeini (University of St Andrews): Secrecy and canonisation in Sasanian Iran: A scholastic reading of the Zand Tuesday at 5pm Ioannou Centre for Classical & Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles’, Oxford (OCLA)

  • Bahari lecture series

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    Sasanian Iran in the Context of Late Antiquity Tuesdays of Weeks 2–9 of Trinity Term 2014 at 5pm Ioannou Centre for Classical & Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles’ The lectures are convened by Professor Touraj Daryaee and Professor Edmund Herzig and organised by the Oxford Centre for Late Antiquity (OCLA). The full programme is here.

  • Identity, independence & interdependence

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    A Workshop in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh Monday 26 May 2014, 10 am to 5 pm Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, Doorway 1, Old Medical School Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones will talk about The rhetoric of empire in ancient Iran: ‘Better together’.

  • Public lecture III

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    3. The return of the Avesta It has been argued that the adoption of the Zoroastrian religious world view by the Sasanians was instrumental in maintaining the nobility’s loyalty to the goals of the empire. Most arguments in favour of this view, however, derive from examinations of source material dating from the early Islamic era.…

  • The Sasanian Empire as a garden

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    The Sasanian Empire as a garden: The limits of Iranshahr Speaker: Touraj Daryaee (University of California, Irvine) Where: The British Institute of Persian Studies, London When: 22 May 2014 Poster at the BIPS.

  • Public lecture II

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    2. The Sasanian Empire and religious authority: The case of Zoroastrianism As one of the major political and economic powers in the region, the Sasanian Empire (224–651 CE) elevated Zoroastrianism to the dominant religious and cultural force within its polity, bringing to the foreground the question of the interaction between religion and sovereignty in the…

  • Xerxes’ cabinet of curiosities

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    Xerxes’ cabinet of curiosities: Exotic animals and royal authority in Achaemenid Iran Speaker: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (University of Edinburgh) Where: The British Institute of Persian Studies, London When: 18 June 2014 Poster at the BIPS.

  • Zoroastrian exegetical parables

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    A thorough examination of the structure of one of the parables in the ŠGW. Sam’s comparison with examples from the Rabbinic literature is illuminating. Thrope, Samuel. 2013. Zoroastrian exegetical parables in the Škand Gumānīg Wizār. Iran and the Caucasus 17. 253-274. Read the article here. Abstract: The parable has received little attention as a form…

  • Monotheism the Zoroastrian way

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    Hintze, Almut. 2014. Monotheism the Zoroastrian Way. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 24(2). 225–249. Read the article here. Abstract: This article examines seemingly monotheistic, polytheistic and dualistic features of Zoroastrianism from the point of view of the Zoroastrian creation myth. Exploring the personality of the principal deity, Ahura Mazdā, the origin of the spiritual…

  • Communication in the Achaemenid Empire

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    The second international Summer School on Communication in the Achaemenid Empire: Achaemenid Elamite, Bisotun and the Persepolis Archive will be taking place at the Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia on 12–21 May 2014. 1. 4 days on Bisotun (1 day repetition of grammar, 3 days reading) 2. 4 days Persepolis Fortification Archive and Achaemenid…

  • Digitised copy of Shahnameh

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    A digitised copy of a Shahnameh dated 614 H./1217 and held at the Italian National Library in Florence is now available online. Access the digitised version here, or read more about the manuscript here.