The chair Biography and publications Public lectures Guest lecturers Annual summaries Team and contact Audios and videos News Upcoming Previous 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 & Samra Azarnouche The Lord of the Covenant: Mihr the Judge and the Celebration of Mihragān… 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 Mithra and Mithraism in the Gaze of Modern Iranians 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 & Nina Mazhjoo Orienting the Occident: Mithra and the quest for origin 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 David Bivar and the Foundations of the Historiographic Myth of Iranan Mith… 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) Seminar (1) Symposium (1) 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 2021 - 2022 2018 - 2019 2021 - 2022 Lecture Prestigious silverware in Central Asia : a mode of political and ideological expression Frantz Grenet 06 Jan 2022 → 31 Mar 2022 06 Jan 2022 → 31 Mar 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 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
