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The Conceptualization of Religion and Incipient Secularity in Late Sasanian Iran (Thomas Benfey)

Thomas Benfey discusses the conceptualizations of "religion" of Burzōy and Paul the Persian in his new paper
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Invisible East Taster Session at UNIQ 2023

Zaiba Patel, IE Education Advisor, delivers taster session at UNIQ 2023
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Jews in old Ghor and Bamiyan (in Persian): Part 1

Read the new blog by Nabi Saqee on Jews in old Ghor and Bamiyan
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Jews in old Ghor and Bamiyan (in Persian): Part 2

Read the second part of the blog on Jews in old Ghor and Bamiyan by Nabi Saqee
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Invisible East at ECIS 10

Invisible East team members present at the 10th European Conference of Iranian Studies
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Invisible East at IMC Leeds 2023

The Invisible East team goes to IMC Leeds 2023
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Format, Style and Politeness Strategies in Middle Persian Official Letters from 7th-Century Egypt

Narges Nematollahi looks at the format and linguistic style of Middle Persian documentary letters exchanged between Sassanid state officials in Egypt
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Arezou Azad is the new President of the Middle East Medievalists

Read the statement released by Arezou Azad at the start of her term.
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Interreligious Dialogue in Medieval Bamiyan

Arash Zeini discusses the panegyric poem dedicated to Siman-Tov ben Abī Nasr ben Dāniyāl
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The Invisible East goes to Schools in Afghanistan

Our work with schools in Afghanistan