8 December Dr Iain Gardner (University of Sydney) – New light on the Epistles of Mani, Apostle of Jesus Christ
24 November Mr Muhammad Zahir (AIIT Pakistan Visiting Fellow, Government College, Peshawar) – The Archaeology of Chitral with Special Reference to New Excavations and Explorations
10 November Dr Stephen Fennell (University of Cambridge) – As Rohini follows Chandra: Oriental Jones to Charles Wilkins
3 November Dr Razia Sultanova (SOAS) – Female Sufism in Central Asian Music: From court to Folk Traditions
27 October Professor Ihsan Ali (Vice-Chancellor, Hazara University, NWFP, Pakistan)- The Development of the Indus Valley Civilization in the Gomal Plains, NWFP, Pakistan
13 October Dr Kirsteen Kim (University of Birmingham) – Gurus or Revolutionaries? Christian Self-Understanding in Relation to Hinduism in Post-Colonial India
29 September Dr Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst (Berlin -Brandenburg Academy of Sciences) – Sogdiana: Report on a Journey (2006)
9 June Charles Malcolm-Brown (Cambridge) – The Struggle between Tradition and Modernity in Nepal
2 June Dr Sethuraman Suresh (Bharat Travel Services, Chennai) – Journeys Through Time and Space: Archaeological Tourism with Special Reference to the Ancient Roman Trails in South India
26 May Dr Mitra Sharafi (Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge) – The Rangoon Navjote Case: Parsi Identity and the law in colonial Burma and India, 1914–25
Special Events on Afghanistan. We are pleased to be hosting the British Library travelling exhibition, ‘Afghanistan: Crossroads of Asia’ at 23 Brooklands Avenue until Friday 30th June. The exhibition is open Monday-Friday, 10am-3pm.
19 June Sir Nicholas Barrington (Former High Commissioner to Pakistan; AIIT Trustee) – Nuristan & Afghanistan: 45 Years Ago and Now
7 June Francois de Blois (SOAS) – Bactrian Chronology and Sasanian Chronology: New Evidence from Ancient Afghanistan
10 March Professor Sebastian Kim (St John College, University of York) – Hindu-Christian Debates on Conversion in Bengal in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century
24 February Dr Nigel Chancellor (Trinity Hall, Cambridge) – Loving Friends and Company Salt: A Crisis of Rebellion and Mutiny in the East India Company – 1808
10 February Mr Richard Stoneman (Routledge/University of Exeter) – Legends of Alexander the Great, East and West
27 January Dr Christine van Ruymbeke (University of Cambridge) – The AIIT illustrated Shahnama manuscript
