Research Forum Ērān, Tūrān, and Hrōm: West and Central and Asia in the First Millennium CE
University of Lille (France), 15-19 July 2024
Convenors: Ekaterina Nechaeva (Lille) & Khodadad Rezakhani (Leiden)
Day 1 (15 July): HISTORIOGRAPHY
08.00 – 08.30 Morning coffee ☕🥐
08.00 – 08.30 Welcome and registration
08.30 – 09.00 Opening events
09.00 – 10.30 Keynote lecture: Touraj Daryaee (University of California, Irvine): “The Eyes of the King in the Sasanian Empire”
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee-break ☕🥐
Morning seminar
11.00 – 12.00 Touraj Daryaee (UC Irvine)
12.00 – 13.00 Alison Vacca (Columbia)
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch 🍽️ + ☕
Afternoon workshop
N.B. all papers will be circulated in advance.
Session Format: 15 minutes presentation + 45 minutes discussion
14.30 – 15.30 Session 1 Paper tbc
15.30 – 16.30 Session 1 Paper tbc
16.30 – 17.00 Coffee-break ☕🥐
17.00 – 18.00 Session 3 Paper tbc
Tuesday, 16/07/2024
Day 2: LANGUAGES
08.30 – 09.00 Coffee-break ☕🥐
09.00 – 10.30 Keynote lecture: tbc
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee-break ☕🥐
Morning seminar
11.00 – 12.00 Charles Häberl (Rutgers University)
12.00 – 13.00 Stephen Rapp (Sam Houston State U)
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch 🍽️ + ☕
Afternoon workshop
N.B. all papers will be circulated in advance.
Session Format: 15 minutes presentation + 45 minutes discussion
14.30 – 15.30 Session 1 Paper tbc
15.30 – 16.30 Session 1 Paper tbc
16.30 – 17.00 Coffee-break ☕🥐
17.00 – 18.00 Session 3 Paper tbc
Wednesday, 17/07/2024
Day 3: RELIGIONS AND CULTURES
08.30 – 09.00 Coffee-break ☕🥐
09.00 – 10.30 Keynote lecture: Albert de Jong (Leiden University) TBA
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee-break ☕🥐
Morning seminar
11.00 – 12.00 Charles Häberl (Rutgers University) and Simcha Gross (University of Pennsylvania)
12.00 – 13.00 Ab de Jong (Leiden University)
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch 🍽️ + ☕
Afternoon workshop
N.B. all papers will be circulated in advance.
Session Format: 15 minutes presentation + 45 minutes discussion
14.30 – 15.30 Session 1 Paper tbc
15.30 – 16.30 Session 1 Paper tbc
16.30 – 17.00 Coffee-break ☕🥐
17.00 – 18.00 Session 3 Paper tbc
Thursday, 18/07/2024
Day 4: MATERIAL AND VISUAL CULTURE
08.30 – 09.00 Coffee-break ☕🥐
09.00 – 10.30 Keynote lecture: Eberhard Sauer (Uni. Edinburgh) “The Archaeology of the Sasanian Frontiers”
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee-break ☕🥐
Morning seminar
11.00 – 12.00 Eve McDonald (University of Cardiff)
12.00 – 13.00 Judith Lerner (ISAW, NYU)
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch 🍽️ + ☕
Afternoon workshop
N.B. all papers will be circulated in advance.
Session Format: 15 minutes presentation + 45 minutes discussion
14.30 – 15.30 Session 1 Paper tbc
15.30 – 16.30 Session 1 Paper tbc
16.30 – 17.00 Coffee-break ☕🥐
17.00 – 18.00 Session 3 Paper tbc
Friday, 19/07/2024
Day 5: ECONOMY AND ADMINISTRATION
08.30 – 09.00 Coffee-break ☕🥐
09.00 – 10.30 Keynote lecture: Judith Lerner (ISAW, NYU)
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee-break ☕🥐
Morning seminar
11.00 – 12.00 Nikolaus Schindel (Austrian Academy)
12.00 – 13.00 Khodadad Rezakhani (Leiden University)
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch 🍽️ + ☕
Afternoon workshop
N.B. all papers will be circulated in advance.
Session Format: 15 minutes presentation + 45 minutes discussion
14.30 – 15.30 Session 1 Paper tbc
15.30 – 16.30 Session 1 Paper tbc
16.30 – 17.00 Coffee-break ☕🥐
17.00 – 18.00 Session 3 Paper tbc
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