The first conference to focus on provincial archaeology in the Assyrian Empire was held in Cambridge last month, led by Dr John MacGinnis – who will be speaking at the Trust on the 15th February 2013 at 5pm.
A full report of the conference and the key theme of the opening up of the Kurdish Autonomous Region to archaeological enquiry can be read here:
http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/a-new-chapter-opens-in-the-study-of-the-assyrian-empire/
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Friday Lectures, Lent Term 2013
(5pm, 23 Brooklands Avenue)
| 11 January | Dr Badshah SARDAR (Ancient India & Iran Trust) |
| Buddhist Collection of Nimogram Swat, Pakistan: Its History, Classification, Analysis and Chronology | |
| 15 February | Dr John MACGINNIS (Cambridge) |
| Excavating a Provincial capital of the Assyrian Empire: The Ziyaret Tepe Archaeological Project | |
| 1 March | Dr Jeevan DEOL (Cambridge) |
| The Sikhs of Afghanistan: some notes toward a cultural, social and literary history ca. 1600-2012 | |
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AHRC looking for short term researchers to work in India in January 2013:
UnBOX Research Fellowships – a UK-India Joint Funding Initiative.
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Lecture list for the FAMES (Sidgwick Site, University of Cambridge) Michaelmas lecture series. Please contact the Centre for Islamic Studies (cis[AT]cis.cam.ac.uk) for further information.
Download the poster here: Wright Lectures Poster-2012
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Samanalaya, ‘butterfly’ in Sinhala, is a recently set up Cambridge-based charity aiming to support schools and orphanages in Kalutara, Sri Lanka, and working to aid, inspire and empower disadvantaged children. They are currently building a school in Kalutara.
Read more about their inspirational story here: http://www.samanalaya.org/ or go to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SamanalayaSchoolFund
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12th October 2012 saw the publication of From the Oxus to Mysore in 1951 – The Start of a Great Partnership in Indian Scholarship, the much-awaited memoirs of a year in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, by Raymond and Bridget Allchin.
Raymond and Bridget Allchin are legendary figures in the field of South Asian Archaeology. They led – as Sir Nicholas Barrington says in his introduction – ‘busy lives’, in the UK and made frequent archaeological trips to South Asia, weaving a partnership of overlapping areas of knowledge and skills. The story they tell here is first of their early years and influences, their very different experiences of World War II and the changes it brought, and of how they met, in London, in 1950. Within a year, they are married and setting out together on their first joint visit to India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
It is the narrative of this exciting and at times demanding journey that fills the rest of the book. History, anthropology, religion, politics and a detailed account of how the Allchins made a pioneering archaeological excavation of the prehistoric Piklihal site in southern India, spills of the page amid the practicalities of travel and daily life. There is variety of detail everywhere about bazaars, clothes, food and family homes and about cities and remote settlements. The book is a record of the scholars with whom they came into contact and of the friendship and hospitality they found everywhere in the subcontinent.
From the Oxus to Mysore in 1951 – The Start of a Great Partnership in Indian Scholarship, by Raymond and Bridget Allchin, is available for purchase now from the Ancient India and Iran Trust for £14.99 plus postage – please contact Anna Collar on info[at]indiran.org or 01223 356841 to get a full price and to place your order. You can pay by cheque or online, via the ‘donate now’ button found here: http://www.indiran.org/friends.htm
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AUDITIONS FOR Goodbye Iraq: Making Good Theatre
5 Male actors wanted (nonpaid) ages (appearance) 20-45 (3 American soldiers & 2 Iraqi militias)
Goodbye Iraq is set in Baghdad. The last three American soldiers are waiting to be airlifted from the rooftop of their Embassy in the Green Zone. But first, they must stand their Trial by two Iraqi militias.
Auditions: September 29 (11 a.m to 1 p.m) & Sept. 30 (2 – 4 p.m) held at Judith E. Wilson Studio, Faculty of English, 9 West Road, Cambridge. Performance dates: Nov. 28, 29, 30 & Dec.1
Further enquiries: rdrew@waitrose.com; Tel. 01223-368231
PLEASE BE AWARE THIS PRODUCTION IS NOT CONNECTED WITH THE ANCIENT INDIA AND IRAN TRUST IN ANY WAY. PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT US.
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PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS AN EXTERNAL AWARDS SCHEME. PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE ANCIENT INDIA AND IRAN TRUST WITH REGARD TO THESE AWARDS!
THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES,The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH
Tel: 020 7969 5203; Fax: 020 7969 5401; e-mail bips@britac.ac.uk
AWARDS AND RESEARCH GRANTS 2012-2013
Our second round of applications for grants to assist scholars wishing to pursue research in all fields of Persian/Iranian and wider Persian world studies are invited. These are for scholars and postgraduate level students and include anthropology, archaeology, art, history, linguistics, literature, philosophy, religion. political science and cognate subjects.
Following British Academy guidelines, most of BIPS’ research income is set aside for collaborative research projects. BIPS is currently seeking to attract applications from scholars in three “umbrella” programmes:
1 Ancient Iran: (Programme Director: Professor Eberhard Sauer, University of Edinburgh: Eberhard.Sauer@ed.ac.uk)
2 Empire & Authority in the Persianate World (Programme Director: Professor Charles Melville, University of Cambridge: cpm1000@cam.ac.uk)
3 Modern Iran: Chivalry in Persianate Culture – (Programme Director: Dr Lloyd Ridgeon, University of Glasgow: Lloyd.Ridgeon@glasgow.ac.uk)
If you are interested in finding out more about any of these projects, please contact the Programme Directors. Alternatively, visit our website http://www.bips.ac.uk
Grants are awarded mainly to cover travel to and research within Iran and wider Persian world, but grants may also be available to those wishing to study similar material in universities, museums and other learned institutions outside Iran. Funds are NOT available for course work, nor will college or university fees be paid. Candidates are required to satisfy the selectors that their proposals are realistic in this respect. All applications must include accurate and realistic budgets and a detailed breakdown of costs. Early publication of the research is an absolute condition of the award and BIPS should see and approve the appropriate acknowledgement of BIPS in any proposed publication prior to its actual appearance. Grant-holders who have failed to meet these conditions will not be considered for further awards in the future.
Application forms and a copy of our notes for guidance may be downloaded from the website or obtained from the Secretary, at the above address. Two references will be required and referees should be requested to send them directly to the Secretary. It is the responsibility of the applicants to ensure that these references arrive in time; without them the applications will not be considered. This is our second round of awards for the year 2012/2013 and selection will be made at the end of October 2012.
Applications for our second round of awards should therefore be sent to the Secretary no later than Monday 1st October, 2012.
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| 24October | **FESTIVAL OF IDEAS EVENT** |
| Professor Almut HINTZE | |
| A Zoroastrian Vision | |
| PLEASE NOTE: FULLY BOOKED |
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| 2 November | Professor Eijiro DOYAMA (Osaka) |
| The unusual birth of the hero in ancient Indian mythologyUnusual or miraculous birth and growth are characteristic of heroes in a number of myths all over the world. It is typically associated with motifs such as an unusual conception (not by a human father and mother etc.), the unusual length of the period of pregnancy, an unusual delivery (not from the usual birth canal; in an egg etc.), being abandoned after birth, being raised by a non-human. In my talk I will pick up this interesting topic as seen in ancient Indian mythology, mainly based on the oldest Indian texts, the so-called Vedic texts, which seem to be less known than later literature such as the Mahābhārata because of the difficulty of their language and content. The abundant myths they contain reveal characteristic features of the unusual birth in ancient Indian mythology and suggest an important aspect of heroes in ancient India. |
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| 16 November | Dr Annabel GALLOP (British Library) |
| Ottoman Links across the Indian Ocean | |
| 23 November | Professor Louise MARLOW (Wellesley College) |
| Ancient Wisdom in Early Arabic Advice Literature | |
| 30 November
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Dr Peter JOHANSEN (British Columbia)
Title TBC. |
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Grant Awards 2012 from INTACH-UK – next deadline 30 September 2012
Four travel scholarships to India have just been awarded by the Trustees of INTACH UK (Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage UK). The recipients are:
· James Blinkhorn, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford (Cultural Evolution and Modern Human Origins in the Pushkar Valley, Rajasthan)
· Harriet Lacey, University of Durham (Investigation of the Archaeological Landscape of Ramtek, Maharashtra)
· Ruth Macdougall, University of East Anglia (Adivasi Water-Culture in Jharkhand)
· Saira Malik, Cardiff University (Digitization of Arabic scientific manuscripts in libraries in Bankipur, Jaipur and Rampur).
A project grant has been awarded to Professor Adam Hardy at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, for a collaborative project with the School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal, on Ashapuri and the Creation of Bhumija Temple Architecture.
Applications are now invited for the next round of travel scholarships before the deadline of 30 September 2012. Travel scholarships are awarded twice yearly, with deadlines of 31 March and 30 September each year. They are for university students or graduates who are UK citizens travelling to India to do research or placements in cultural heritage in India. The administration of the scholarships is undertaken by ICOMOS-UK.
For more details of the criteria, application procedure and application forms, please look at our website or contact Sheila Christie on admin@icomos-uk.org
