The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies and the Invisible East Programme at the University of Oxford present a new series of monthly online seminars about archives and documents.
Convened by Arezou Azad and Mohamad Tavakoli, the seminars are held monthly online, via Zoom.
Register for the full series at this link.
Programme
Spring-Summer 2024
Sex and the Subject of Law in the National Archives of Iran with Jairan Gahan, Canadian Society for Iranian and Persian Studies
Thursday, 11 January 2024, 12:00 PM Toronto Time / 5PM UK Time
See YouTube recording of the talk here.
Bactrian documents and archives from Northern and Southern Afghanistan with Nicholas Sims-Williams, University of London
Monday, 08 February 2024, 12:00 PM Toronto Time / 5PM UK Time
More information at this link.
Gulistan Harem Histories: Gender in the Qajar Archives with Leila Pourtavaf, University of York
Thursday, 14 March 2024, 12:00 PM Toronto Time / 5PM UK Time
https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvd-GvqjgoGdM0BEPAFqUSCvO6E-...
See YouTube recording of the talk here.
Archival Practices Materialised: The Persian and Persianate Documents from al-Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem (13th-14th centuries) with Zahir Bhalloo, University of Hamburg
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 12:00 PM Toronto Time / 5PM UK Time
https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvd-GvqjgoGdM0BEPAFqUSCvO6E-...
See YouTube recording of the talk here.
TBC with Nader Sohrabi, University of Göttingen
Thursday, 09 May 2024, 12:00 PM Toronto Time / 5PM UK Time
(Re-)discovering the Firuzkuh Documents from Afghanistan, 12th-13th century with Nabi Saqee, University of Oxford
Thursday, 13 June 2024, 12:00 PM Toronto Time / 5PM UK Time
