ARCHIVE 1999 to 2001
CAIS SEMINARS
(Formerly CAIS at SOAS)
CAIS@SOAS lectures in
chronological order
Every Thursday at 4pm
Room B202
Second Floor
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.
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
Dr Oric Basirov
Research fellow at the Achaemenian excavation at Dascylium, Turkey
SOAS
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
Research fellow at the Achaemenian excavation of Dascylium, Turkey
SOAS
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
Research fellow at the Achaemenian excavation of Dascylium, Turkey
SOAS
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
phone 020-7328 6018)
24 May 2001
The Origin of the Pre-Imperial Iranian Peoples (Part II)
Dr Oric Basirov
Research fellow at the Achaemenian excavation of Dascylium, Turkey
SOAS
More lectures during the summer term (May & June)
shall be announced later”
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