- European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS) 25th Biennial Conference 2024
The 25th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS) hold at the University of Tallinn, Estonia, fromContinue reading “European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS) 25th Biennial Conference 2024” - Second Swiss Workshop on Sociolinguistics, Language Contacts and Historical Linguistics in the Ancient World
The Swiss Workshop on Sociolinguistics, Language Contacts and Historical Linguistics in the Ancient World, now in its second edition, aimsContinue reading “Second Swiss Workshop on Sociolinguistics, Language Contacts and Historical Linguistics in the Ancient World” - New paper by Samira Müller, Milad Abedi, Wolfgang Behr, and Patrick Wertmann on the lexical contact and transmission of beasts to eastern Eurasia
Following the Donkey’s Trail (Part I): a Linguistic and Archaeological Study on the Introduction of Domestic Donkeys to China in: TheContinue reading “New paper by Samira Müller, Milad Abedi, Wolfgang Behr, and Patrick Wertmann on the lexical contact and transmission of beasts to eastern Eurasia” - The Iranian Christian Diaspora
Religion and Nationhood in Exile Benedikt Römer (Author) - خداوند جان و خرد کیست؟Who is the God of life and wisdom? گفتاری در مورد تاریخ زبان فارسی، زبانهای ایرانی، زبانشناسی و دستور تاریخیContinue reading “خداوند جان و خرد کیست؟”
- Language and culture in the Tarim Basin of the first millennium
Public Lecture Lecturer Prof. Hannes Fellner, University of Vienna Date and Time September 28, 2023, 04.00 – 06.00 pm ContentContinue reading “Language and culture in the Tarim Basin of the first millennium” - Prof. Gignoux passed away!
Philippe Gignoux (1931–24th September 2023) A Scholar of Zoroastrian Middle Persian and Inscriptional Middle Persian, Director of studies emeritus at EPHE,Continue reading “Prof. Gignoux passed away!” - Prof. Dr. Kourosh Safavi has passed away
Prof. Dr. Kourosh Safavi 1956―2023 An eminent Iranian linguist, translator, and professor of Allameh Tabataba’i University (Iran’s pole of languagesContinue reading “Prof. Dr. Kourosh Safavi has passed away” - Das Institut für Iranistik lädt ein zum Vortrag”The Zoroastrian Ceremony of the Nērangdīn: Text and Performance”
- Judeo-Iranian Languages and Their Importance in Reconstructing the Extinct Vernacular Languages of the Region’ at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
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SIIR Project
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Poet of the week
Nizami Ganjavi
He was a 12th-century Persian Sunni Muslim poet. Nezāmi is considered the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature, who brought a colloquial and realistic style to the Persian epic.His heritage is widely appreciated and shared by Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, the Kurdistan region and Tajikistan.
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Etymology of the week:
pan.ǰa.ra ‘window’
Tehrani Persian pan.ǰe.re
It is an Indian loanword in Iranian languages. It is comparable with Sanskrit pañjara-. The Old Iranian word for ‘window’ is Old Persian ardastāna- which is attested in Old Persian inscriptions of Persepolis.
Story of the week
The caravan of Islam or
the Islamic mission to the French country
by Sadegh Hedayat
The work deals with the story and ups and downs of the journey of several preachers of Islam to Europe with a satirical approach.
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Persian poem of the week
اگر نیست ایدر فراوان درنگ
همه نام بهتر که ماند نه ننگ
مرا مرگ بهتر از آن زندگی
که سالار باشم کنم بندگی
By Ferdowsi
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