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The chair Biography and publications Public lectures Guest lecturers Annual summaries Team and contact Audios and videos News Upcoming Previous Lecture 2 Apr 2026 15:30 to 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3rd-7th… Lecture 9 Apr 2026 15:30 to 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3rd-7th… Lecture 16 Apr 2026 15:30 to 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3rd-7th… Seminar 5 May 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und… Guest lecturer 7 May 2026 17:00 to 18:30 Touraj Daryaee Touraj Daryaee (1) Seminar 12 May 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und… Guest lecturer 12 May 2026 17:00 to 18:30 Touraj Daryaee History and Memory: In Search of Lost Time Seminar 19 May 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und… Guest lecturer 21 May 2026 17:00 to 18:30 Touraj Daryaee Mapping Men and Empire: The Sacred Topography of Erānšahr Seminar 26 May 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und… Guest lecturer 28 May 2026 17:00 to 18:30 Touraj Daryaee The Vision of the World in Late Antique Erānšahr Seminar 2 Jun 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und… Not recorded Seminar 9 Jun 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und… Not recorded Seminar 16 Jun 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und… Not recorded Seminar 23 Jun 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und… Not recorded Next 7 series Filters Event type Event type Lecture (13) (-) Seminar (7) Symposium (6) Opening lecture (1) Academic year Academic year 2025 - 2026 (1) 2023 - 2024 (1) 2021 - 2022 (1) 2020 - 2021 (1) 2016 - 2017 (1) 2015 - 2016 (1) 2013 - 2014 (1) Active filters Seminar 2025 - 2026 Seminar Not recorded 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of underground Mithraism in Iran Frantz Grenet 05 May 2026 → 23 Jun 2026 In collaboration with Touraj Daryaee and Nina Mazhjoo. 05 May 2026 → 23 Jun 2026 2023 - 2024 Seminar A New Reading of Chinese Accounts on the Yuezhi and Early Kushans, in Relation with the Recently Discovered Inscriptions at Almosi (Tajikistan) Frantz Grenet 03 May 2024 → 14 Jun 2024 03 May 2024 → 14 Jun 2024 2021 - 2022 Seminar New approaches to Central Asia from Chinese sources (mainly Tongdian) (2) : Sogdiana (continued), Tarim kingdoms Frantz Grenet 12 May 2022 → 23 Jun 2022 12 May 2022 → 23 Jun 2022 2020 - 2021 Seminar New approach to Chinese sources (mainly Tongdian) in Central Asia west of the Pamirs Frantz Grenet 22 Jan 2021 → 28 May 2021 22 Jan 2021 → 28 May 2021 2016 - 2017 Seminar Ferdowsi's Book of Kings and the Sistani epics : textual strata, iconographic strata Frantz Grenet 24 Feb 2017 → 02 Jun 2017 24 Feb 2017 → 02 Jun 2017 2015 - 2016 Seminar Marriage and households from Bactrian, Sogdian and Chorasmian documents, 3rd-8th c. Frantz Grenet 12 Feb 2016 → 08 Apr 2016 12 Feb 2016 → 08 Apr 2016 2013 - 2014 Seminar The urban fact in pre-Islamic Central Asia : diachronic and synchronic approaches Frantz Grenet 14 Nov 2013 → 15 May 2014 14 Nov 2013 → 15 May 2014
Lecture 2 Apr 2026 15:30 to 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3rd-7th…
Lecture 9 Apr 2026 15:30 to 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3rd-7th…
Lecture 16 Apr 2026 15:30 to 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3rd-7th…
Seminar 5 May 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und…
Seminar 12 May 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und…
Seminar 19 May 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und…
Guest lecturer 21 May 2026 17:00 to 18:30 Touraj Daryaee Mapping Men and Empire: The Sacred Topography of Erānšahr
Seminar 26 May 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und…
Guest lecturer 28 May 2026 17:00 to 18:30 Touraj Daryaee The Vision of the World in Late Antique Erānšahr
Seminar 2 Jun 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und… Not recorded
Seminar 9 Jun 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und… Not recorded
Seminar 16 Jun 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und… Not recorded
Seminar 23 Jun 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und… Not recorded
Seminar Not recorded 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of underground Mithraism in Iran Frantz Grenet 05 May 2026 → 23 Jun 2026 In collaboration with Touraj Daryaee and Nina Mazhjoo. 05 May 2026 → 23 Jun 2026
Seminar A New Reading of Chinese Accounts on the Yuezhi and Early Kushans, in Relation with the Recently Discovered Inscriptions at Almosi (Tajikistan) Frantz Grenet 03 May 2024 → 14 Jun 2024 03 May 2024 → 14 Jun 2024
Seminar New approaches to Central Asia from Chinese sources (mainly Tongdian) (2) : Sogdiana (continued), Tarim kingdoms Frantz Grenet 12 May 2022 → 23 Jun 2022 12 May 2022 → 23 Jun 2022
Seminar New approach to Chinese sources (mainly Tongdian) in Central Asia west of the Pamirs Frantz Grenet 22 Jan 2021 → 28 May 2021 22 Jan 2021 → 28 May 2021
Seminar Ferdowsi's Book of Kings and the Sistani epics : textual strata, iconographic strata Frantz Grenet 24 Feb 2017 → 02 Jun 2017 24 Feb 2017 → 02 Jun 2017
Seminar Marriage and households from Bactrian, Sogdian and Chorasmian documents, 3rd-8th c. Frantz Grenet 12 Feb 2016 → 08 Apr 2016 12 Feb 2016 → 08 Apr 2016
Seminar The urban fact in pre-Islamic Central Asia : diachronic and synchronic approaches Frantz Grenet 14 Nov 2013 → 15 May 2014 14 Nov 2013 → 15 May 2014
