{"id":4666,"date":"2026-09-24T18:43:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T18:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/?p=4666"},"modified":"2026-09-24T19:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T19:04:15","slug":"international-meeting-the-medes-25-years-afterwards-accademia-galileiana-di-scienze-lettere-ed-arti-in-padova-29-september-2-october-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancientirannews.com\/en\/international-meeting-the-medes-25-years-afterwards-accademia-galileiana-di-scienze-lettere-ed-arti-in-padova-29-september-2-october-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"International Meeting \u201cThe Medes: 25 Years Afterwards,\u201d Accademia Galileiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti in Padova, 29 September\u20132 October 2026."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4666\" class=\"elementor elementor-4666\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90f1cab e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"90f1cab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e69d898 ahura-dark-mode-filter-texts-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e69d898\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>International Meeting \u201cThe Medes: 25 Years Afterwards,\u201d Accademia Galileiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti in Padova, 29 September\u20132 October 2026.<\/b><\/p><p>The international meeting <b>\u201cThe Medes: 25 Years Afterwards\u201d<\/b> will take place at the Accademia Galileiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti in Padova, Italy, from 29 September to 2 October 2026. The meeting brings together recent research on the Medes from archaeological, historical, historical-geographical, linguistic, Classical and Near Eastern sources, art-historical, and Iranian historiographical perspectives.<\/p><p>The meeting opens on 29 September with welcome addresses and an introduction by Robert Rollinger, followed by three days of lectures and keynote presentations.<\/p><p><b>Wednesday, 30 September<\/b><\/p><p>The morning programme includes presentations on <b>Hagmat\u0101na and the material culture of the Median period<\/b>, the archaeology of Mannea, the historical geography of Media, the Dinka settlement complex and the problem of the Medes, as well as Media and Babylonia at the turn of the sixth century BCE.<\/p><p>The afternoon sessions address the Medes in Aramaic and Classical sources, the linguistic origins and spread of Median loanwords, and related questions. The keynote lecture, <b>\u201cIranian, Median, Zagrosian: Linguistic Variety in Northwest Iran during the First Millennium BCE,\u201d<\/b> will be delivered by Adriano Rossi.<\/p><p><b>Thursday, 1 October<\/b><\/p><p>The second day will examine the Medes in a global perspective, Medo-Babylonian campaigns against the Assyrian west, the collapse of the Assyrian Empire, and the royal hostage tradition associated with Cyrus at the Median court.<\/p><p>The afternoon programme includes <b>Herodotus, Greek genealogies, and the succession of empires<\/b>, the location of the Seven Walls of Ecbatana between myth and archaeology, the image of the Medes in early Armenian historiography, and tribes among ancient and modern Kurds.<\/p><p><b>Friday, 2 October<\/b><\/p><p>The final day focuses on the Medes in Urartian history, the construction of Median art and archaeology, Media in the antiquities market and in twentieth-century historiographical and political narratives, echoes of the Medes in the Western imagination, Kerkene\u0161 Da\u011f and the Median western frontier, and the Medes and native Iranian historical traditions.<\/p><p>The meeting will conclude with a <b>Conclusion and Final Discussion<\/b>, with Josef Wieseh\u00f6fer and M. Rahim Shayegan.<\/p><p>Among the participating scholars are <b>Robert Rollinger, Julian Degen, Touraj Daryaee, Yazdan Safaee, M. Rahim Shayegan, Matthew Canepa, Holger Gzella, Adriano Rossi, John MacGinnis, and Simonetta Ponchia<\/b>, together with scholars from universities and research institutions in Europe, Iran, Armenia, and the United States.<\/p><p><b>Scientific Organisation:<\/b><br \/>Giovanni B. 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