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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 4 series Filters Event type Event type Lecture (2) Symposium (2) Academic year Academic year 2025 - 2026 (2) 2024 - 2025 (2) 2023 - 2024 (2) 2022 - 2023 (2) 2021 - 2022 (2) 2020 - 2021 (2) 2019 - 2020 (1) (-) 2018 - 2019 (2) 2017 - 2018 (3) 2016 - 2017 (2) 2015 - 2016 (2) (-) 2014 - 2015 (2) 2013 - 2014 (3) Active filters 2018 - 2019 2014 - 2015 2018 - 2019 Lecture Bactria and Sogdiana on both sides of the Arab conquest (7th-9th century) : a shift in civilization ? Frantz Grenet 10 Jan 2019 → 28 Mar 2019 10 Jan 2019 → 28 Mar 2019 Symposium India and Central Asia in the 1st millennium Frantz Grenet 05 Jun 2019 → 06 Jun 2019 05 Jun 2019 → 06 Jun 2019 2014 - 2015 Lecture The urban phenomenon in pre-Islamic Central Asia : diachronic and synchronic approaches (continued) Frantz Grenet 26 Feb 2015 → 16 Apr 2015 26 Feb 2015 → 16 Apr 2015 Symposium Not recorded Tribute to Pierre Gentelle (1933-2010) : new research on the history of irrigation in Central Asia Frantz Grenet 04 Jun 2015 → 05 Jun 2015 04 Jun 2015 → 05 Jun 2015
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
Lecture Bactria and Sogdiana on both sides of the Arab conquest (7th-9th century) : a shift in civilization ? Frantz Grenet 10 Jan 2019 → 28 Mar 2019 10 Jan 2019 → 28 Mar 2019
Symposium India and Central Asia in the 1st millennium Frantz Grenet 05 Jun 2019 → 06 Jun 2019 05 Jun 2019 → 06 Jun 2019
Lecture The urban phenomenon in pre-Islamic Central Asia : diachronic and synchronic approaches (continued) Frantz Grenet 26 Feb 2015 → 16 Apr 2015 26 Feb 2015 → 16 Apr 2015
Symposium Not recorded Tribute to Pierre Gentelle (1933-2010) : new research on the history of irrigation in Central Asia Frantz Grenet 04 Jun 2015 → 05 Jun 2015 04 Jun 2015 → 05 Jun 2015