University of Chicago, Department of Middle Eastern Studies Position Title: Assistant Professor in Pre-Modern History of the Islamicate Middle East or Central Asia Position Type: Tenure-track, Assistant…

A recent article examines the structures of local government in Bactria on the basis of Bactrian documents dating from the early fourth to the late eighth century…

Publication of The Pahlavi Codex MK: Facsimile Edition The Pahlavi Codex MK: Facsimile Edition, edited by Kaikhusroo M. JamaspAsa and Almut Hintze, has been published by Harrassowitz…

Publication of The Pahlavi Codex MK: Facsimile Edition The Pahlavi Codex MK: Facsimile Edition, edited by Kaikhusroo M. JamaspAsa and Almut Hintze, has been published by Harrassowitz…

Organizer: Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS) Conference Title: ASPS Eleventh Biennial Conference Date: August 9–12, 2027 Location: Dushanbe, Tajikistan — Tajik National LibraryHosted by…

The edited volume Hybrid Kingship in the East from Alexander to the Sasanians, exploring various forms of sovereignty across the Eurasian world from the era of Alexander…

Proto-Elamite: Writing and Society in Early Iran, written by Kathryn Kelley, a researcher at Uppsala University, was published by Cambridge University Press in July 2026. This work…

This 319-page book, published as part of the British Museum Research Publications series, presents the latest research on Roman, Early Byzantine, and Sasanian silver plate, based on…

The Sasanian Empire in Context: Art, History, and Archaeology, edited by Antonietta Catanzariti and Touraj Daryaee, was published by the Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press in June 2026.…

A research article titled “Two Unpublished Bactrian Documents from the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait” has been published in the latest issue of the Bulletin of the School of…