Selection of news
Selection of news (2001-2008 in German)
Iranian Music at the Edge of Modernity
Jun 02, 2023
Kurdish Modern Literature
Jun 02, 2023
Kurds on Screen
May 10, 2023
The 9th Ratanbai Katrak Lectures on Zoroastrianism (by Prof. Dr. Alberto Cantera)
101 years after the inauguration of the Ratanbai Katrak Lecturership at the University of Oxford Convened by Prof. Yuhan S-D Vevaina for the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Apr 28, 2023
Courses by Prof. Durkin-Meisterernst on 21.04.2023
The courses 14466 "Bactrian" und 14467 "Buddhist Sogdian" of Prof. Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst will be cancelled on Friday, 21 April 2023. They will be substituted at a later date.
Apr 17, 2023
Focus Semester (Summer 2023) on Zoroastrianism
Mar 09, 2023
Prof. Dr. Günter Gobrecht †
The members of the Institute for Iranian Studies at Freie Universität Berlin mourn Prof. Dr. Gunter Gobrecht. Günter Gobrecht was a professor at the Institute for Iranian Studies from 1970 to 1995 and was its director for many years.
Feb 28, 2023
Course by Prof. Durkin-Meisterernst on Tuesday, 10.01.2023
The course 14466 "Iran and Turan: Sogdians and Turks on the Silk Road" of Prof. Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst will be cancelled on Tuesday, 10 January 2023. It will be substituted at a later date.
Jan 05, 2023
"Worldwide Reading" - Woman Live Freedom
Dec 02, 2022
Round Table: “Sin, Punishment, Confession. Culpability in the pre-Islamic Iranian World“
Nov 15, 2022
AIS 2022, 13th Biennial Conference of Iranian Studies
The AIS 2022, 13th Biennial Conference of Iranian Studies at the Faculty of Philology of the University of Salamanca August 30 to September 2, 2022. For more information see the Conference Programme . The following colleagues from the Institute of Iranian Studies will be attending: August 30, 2022 Keynote Lecture: 12-1 pm “Great Avesta and Zoroastrian Rituals. The Avestan Texts in the 21st century” by Alberto 3:00-4:30 PM: Rituals in Avestan Language: Organizer: Alberto Cantera; Chair: Alberto Cantera ● Editorial problems of Avestan texts: regularization, emendation and reconstruction: Jaime Martínez Porro ● Ritual directions of the Zoroastrian Long Liturgy in the Indian tradition: Céline Redard & Kerman Daruwalla September 2nd 09:30-11:00 AM Old and Middle Iranian Linguistics: Chair: Alberto Cantera ● Iranian Dāsa in Vedic India? A Linguistic Reappraisal: Francisco Rubio Orecilla ● Negative polarity ‘one’-based indefinites in Old Iranian: OAv. aēuuā and YAv. aēuuō-cina : Juan Briceño
Aug 29, 2022
Call Acceptance
Dr Shervin Farridnejad has been appointed to the professorship for "Iranian Studies" at the University of Hamburg. He is expected to take up the position on 01.09.2022.
Jul 12, 2022
Online-Vorträge - Iran-Sonderausstellung
Feb 01, 2022
