Project website: invisibleeast.web.ox.ac.uk
Digital corpus: https://invisible-east.org
Funded by EU's ERC Horizon 2020 R&I programme (851607).
#medievalsky #skystorians #booksky #Afghanistan
@arezouazad.bsky.social rediscovers Bamiyan’s medieval archives, revealing a diverse, literate and interconnected Islamicate society in Afghanistan.
Have a read:
#medievalsky #skystorians #booksky #Afghanistan
The bureaucracy of 11th–13th century #Afghanistan meets the bureaucracy of modern metadata: jump from a grain-tax dispute to a marriage settlement in two clicks!
#digitalhumanities #medievalmonday
The bureaucracy of 11th–13th century #Afghanistan meets the bureaucracy of modern metadata: jump from a grain-tax dispute to a marriage settlement in two clicks!
#digitalhumanities #medievalmonday
This document features in the latest launch on our #digitalcorpus www.invisible-east.org as well as in our Document of the Month 'A History of Two Iranian Festivals: Nawrūz and Sada' by Simone Cristoforetti.
#readingtime: bit.ly/NawruzandSada
This document features in the latest launch on our #digitalcorpus www.invisible-east.org as well as in our Document of the Month 'A History of Two Iranian Festivals: Nawrūz and Sada' by Simone Cristoforetti.
#readingtime: bit.ly/NawruzandSada
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk's Bahari Visiting Fellowship, supporting research in its Persian & Islamic Collections.
Applications close Friday 28 November.
More info: bit.ly/BahariFellowship.
#persian #bodleianlibrary #fellowship #oxforduniversity
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk's Bahari Visiting Fellowship, supporting research in its Persian & Islamic Collections.
Applications close Friday 28 November.
More info: bit.ly/BahariFellowship.
#persian #bodleianlibrary #fellowship #oxforduniversity
✍️ 1 postdoctoral fellowship
✍️ 2 doctoral fellowships
Directed by Prof Alka Patel, at La3M–Aix-Marseille University for The Indo-Persian Continuum (c. 11th-17th Centuries).
🗓️ Deadline for applications: 10 January 2026
#skystorians #medievalsky #AcademicSky
✍️ 1 postdoctoral fellowship
✍️ 2 doctoral fellowships
Directed by Prof Alka Patel, at La3M–Aix-Marseille University for The Indo-Persian Continuum (c. 11th-17th Centuries).
🗓️ Deadline for applications: 10 January 2026
#skystorians #medievalsky #AcademicSky
For more information and to book: bit.ly/Saturdaycourse
#skystorians #silkroads #lifelonglearning #studyatoxford
For more information and to book: bit.ly/Saturdaycourse
#skystorians #silkroads #lifelonglearning #studyatoxford
#digitalhumanities #medievalsky #BamiyanPapers #NewPersian
#digitalhumanities #medievalsky #BamiyanPapers #NewPersian
📢 'The Bactrians, the Kharajites & the Barmakids'.
📆 This Friday 21 November at 5pm GMT.
🔗Registration is essential: bit.ly/CLAMSevent.
#skystorians #medievalsky #bactrians #kharajites #barmakids
📢 'The Bactrians, the Kharajites & the Barmakids'.
📆 This Friday 21 November at 5pm GMT.
🔗Registration is essential: bit.ly/CLAMSevent.
#skystorians #medievalsky #bactrians #kharajites #barmakids
Laughing too hard at their jokes.
Repeating everything they say.
Pretending to share the same interests.
Snitching on their colleagues to look good. 🧵
Laughing too hard at their jokes.
Repeating everything they say.
Pretending to share the same interests.
Snitching on their colleagues to look good. 🧵
If you’re worried you’ll be sick of hearing Eartha Kitt sing 'Santa Baby' by the time December rolls around - fear not - we’ve got a perfect alternative from 11th-century Afghanistan. 🧵
If you’re worried you’ll be sick of hearing Eartha Kitt sing 'Santa Baby' by the time December rolls around - fear not - we’ve got a perfect alternative from 11th-century Afghanistan. 🧵
This talk won't be recorded - don't miss out - register now: bit.ly/RethinkingHistoryZoom
#skystorians #archives #Iran #Afghanistan
This talk won't be recorded - don't miss out - register now: bit.ly/RethinkingHistoryZoom
#skystorians #archives #Iran #Afghanistan
@museelouvre.bsky.social speaking on 'Framing the Past: Exploring the Godard Photographic Archives of Iran and Afghanistan'.
Register for Zoom: bit.ly/RethinkingHistoryZoom
#skystorians #archives
@museelouvre.bsky.social speaking on 'Framing the Past: Exploring the Godard Photographic Archives of Iran and Afghanistan'.
Register for Zoom: bit.ly/RethinkingHistoryZoom
#skystorians #archives
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk's Bahari Visiting Fellowship, supporting research in its Persian & Islamic Collections.
For more information visit bit.ly/BahariFellowship. Please note that applications close Friday 28 November.
#persian #bodleianlibrary #oxforduniversity
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk's Bahari Visiting Fellowship, supporting research in its Persian & Islamic Collections.
For more information visit bit.ly/BahariFellowship. Please note that applications close Friday 28 November.
#persian #bodleianlibrary #oxforduniversity
More information: invisibleeast.web.ox.ac.uk
#Afghanistan #Quran #Ghaznavid #Ghurid
More information: invisibleeast.web.ox.ac.uk
#Afghanistan #Quran #Ghaznavid #Ghurid
For more information visit bit.ly/BahariFellowship. Please note that applications close Friday 28 November.
#persian #bodleianlibrary #oxforduniversity
For more information visit bit.ly/BahariFellowship. Please note that applications close Friday 28 November.
#persian #bodleianlibrary #oxforduniversity
More info: invisibleeast.web.ox.ac.uk
Hybrid access available on Zoom via the QR code.
#Afghanistan #Quran #Ghaznavid #Ghurid
More info: invisibleeast.web.ox.ac.uk
Hybrid access available on Zoom via the QR code.
#Afghanistan #Quran #Ghaznavid #Ghurid
Register for Zoom: bit.ly/RethinkingHistoryZoom
#skystorians #archives
Register for Zoom: bit.ly/RethinkingHistoryZoom
#skystorians #archives
Our advisory board member, Prof Geoffrey Khan of @cam.ac.uk is teaching. Don't miss out: bit.ly/ArabicDocumentsWorkshop
#Egypt #Khurasan #Nubia
Our advisory board member, Prof Geoffrey Khan of @cam.ac.uk is teaching. Don't miss out: bit.ly/ArabicDocumentsWorkshop
#Egypt #Khurasan #Nubia
This latest read in our popular series is a big leap forward in time for Invisible East! Read now at bit.ly/EndowmentDeed
#documents #history #Qajar
This latest read in our popular series is a big leap forward in time for Invisible East! Read now at bit.ly/EndowmentDeed
#documents #history #Qajar
Here are a few of the wonderful posters produced by Year 7 students at Lode Heath School.
#skystorians #medievalsky #oxfordlifelonglearning
Here are a few of the wonderful posters produced by Year 7 students at Lode Heath School.
#skystorians #medievalsky #oxfordlifelonglearning
Enjoy a launch discount of 30% with code NEW30: bit.ly/WarehouseofBamiyan
#skystorians #medievalsky #Afghanistan
Enjoy a launch discount of 30% with code NEW30: bit.ly/WarehouseofBamiyan
#skystorians #medievalsky #Afghanistan
🗓️ 15 October, 12pm Toronto/5pm UK.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/RethinkingHistoryZoom
#skystorian #archives #documents #Persian
🗓️ 15 October, 12pm Toronto/5pm UK.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/RethinkingHistoryZoom
#skystorian #archives #documents #Persian
bit.ly/ArabicDocumentsWorkshop
#Arabic #documents #medievalsky
bit.ly/ArabicDocumentsWorkshop
#Arabic #documents #medievalsky
🗓️ Wednesday 15 October, 5pm UK time.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/RethinkingHistoryZoom
#skystorian #archives #documents #Persian
🗓️ Wednesday 15 October, 5pm UK time.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/RethinkingHistoryZoom
#skystorian #archives #documents #Persian
Invisible East researchers will be joined by Jade Whitlam and @helengittos.bsky.social to illuminate this fascinating period and region.
🔗 bit.ly/SilkRoadslectures
#silkroads #historylovers #lifelonglearning
Invisible East researchers will be joined by Jade Whitlam and @helengittos.bsky.social to illuminate this fascinating period and region.
🔗 bit.ly/SilkRoadslectures
#silkroads #historylovers #lifelonglearning