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Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · 2h

Do use the code NEW30 at checkout on the Edinburgh University Press website, to benefit from a discount!

Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · 4h

Thank you for your kind words - we can't wait!

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Oxford Lifelong Learning, University of Oxford @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social · 5h

Congratulations to Dr Arezou Azad on her new book 'The Warehouse of Bamiyan: Economic Life in Medieval Afghanistan'! 🎉📖
The book uncovers the untold history of Bamiyan's warehouse, revealing the lives of farmers, landholders, and their role in the economy. Find out more: buff.ly/aonb6Qn

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Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · 23h

Discover more about our new hybrid lecture series for Oxford Lifelong Learning, 'Silk Roads: Empire and Everyday Voices in the Medieval Islamicate East', in this invitation from our Programme Director, Arezou Azad.

#medievalsky #skystorians #silkroads

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Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · 1d

We are delighted to have finished the latest tranche of translation: our #digitalcorpus now contains 334 #documents in New #Persian, enabling researchers to explore the medieval Islamicate East through stories of everyday life!

Thank you to all team members since 2020 for their work 🎉

#medievalsky

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Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · 6d

We're delighted to be joined by fantastic colleagues, Jade Whitlam and @helengittos.bsky.social, for our upcoming lecture series for @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social. Don't miss this chance to explore this fascinating region & period!

🔗 bit.ly/SilkRoadslectures

#skystorians #medievalsky #history

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Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · 7d

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Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · 8d

For our followers based in Paris, the multidisciplinary seminar series 'Afghanistan Through the Ages — Voices in Stone, Script, and Story' begins tomorrow @inalco.fr, with Riccardo Bonotto presenting on 'Une histoire économique des Sikhs d'Afghanistan'.

#afghanistan #skystorian #sikhhistory

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Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · 9d

Join us for a six-week hybrid lecture series for @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social, starting Monday 13 October.

For more information, and to book, visit bit.ly/SilkRoadslectures

#lifelonglearning #studyatoxford #medievalsky #skystorian

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Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · 13d

We're thrilled that @arezouazad.bsky.social's book 'The Warehouse of Bamiyan' will be published soon in 'The Islamicate East: New Approaches to Texts and History' series with @edinburghup.bsky.social!

Enjoy a launch discount of 30% with the code NEW30!

#skystorian #medievalsky #silkroads

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Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · 13d

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Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · 13d

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Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · 13d

Explore some of the themes and speakers featuring in our six-week hybrid lecture series 'Silk Roads: Empire and Everyday Voices in the Medieval Islamicate East'...

Starts Monday 13 October. For more information, and to book, visit bit.ly/SilkRoadslectures

#skystorian #silkroads #studyatoxford

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Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · 15d

Our “Document of the Month” series is essential reading for all who celebrate #MedievalMonday! Here Gabrielle van den Berg of @unileiden.bsky.social introduces an early Persian narrative poem about Joseph, his brothers & the temptress Zulaykha: bit.ly/JosephandZulaykha

#Persian #Poetry #Documents

Document of the Month 9/25: An Early “Joseph and Zulaykha”

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Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · 19d

Our hybrid lecture series, 'Silk Roads: Empire and Everyday Voices in the Medieval Islamicate East', with @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social starts Monday 13 October. For more information, and to book, visit: bit.ly/SilkRoadslectures

#skystorian #silkroads #lifelonglearning #studyatoxford

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Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · 21d

In our September “Document of the Month”, Gabrielle van den Berg of @unileiden.bsky.social throws light on an early Persian narrative poem about Joseph, his brothers & the temptress Zulaykha: bit.ly/JosephandZulaykha

#persian #Documents #medievalsky

Document of the Month 9/25: An Early “Joseph and Zulaykha”

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Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · 21d

📢 Tomorrow the hybrid series 'Rethinking History: Returning to Archives and Documents' gets started for a new academic year.

💻 Registration is essential: bit.ly/RethinkingHistory2526

📆 Save the dates for the 2025-6 programme!

#archives #documents #skystorian

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Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · 27d

The 'Rethinking History: Returning to Archives and Documents' series returns next week!

Book now for 'Chinese Documents on the Qarakhanids', by Dilnoza Duturaeva, which will take place Wed 17 Sep, 5pm UK time on Zoom: bit.ly/ChineseDocsQarakhanids

#medievalsky #skystorian #documents #Qarakhanids

Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · 29d

Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · Sep 8

Our 6-week hybrid lecture series 'Silk Roads: Empire and Everyday Voices in the Medieval Islamicate East' with colleagues from @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social & @ox.ac.uk starts Monday 13 October! Follow the link for more information & to book.

#medievalmonday #medievalsky #skystorian #silkroads

Silk Roads: Empire and Everyday Voices in the Medieval Islamicate East

Explore medieval life along the Silk Roads. This hybrid lecture series will cover many facets of life, from farming and agriculture to the lives of women and Jews in today’s Afghanistan, Iran, Central...

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Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · Sep 4

📢 Book now for the next seminar in the 'The Rethinking History: Returning to Archives and Documents' series.

📆 17 September, 5pm BST.

🎤 Dilnoza Duturaeva speaking on 'Chinese Documents on the Qarakhanids'.

🔗Register at bit.ly/ChineseDocsQarakhanids

#documents #medievalsky #skystorian

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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · Aug 26

Over at @invisibleeast.bsky.social our member Teresa Bernheimer contributed a "Document of the Month" with her piece on "Scribal Building Blocks and Funerary Inscriptions in 9th-Century Egypt". Check it out:

Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · Aug 21

In August's “Document of the Month”, Teresa Bernheimer of @lmumuenchen.bsky.social examines a template #tombstone carved for “someone, daughter of someone, the someone”: bit.ly/scribalbuildingblocks

#documents #epigraphy #medievalsky #skystorian

Document of the Month 8/25: Template Funerary Inscriptions

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Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · Aug 25

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Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · Aug 25

For more information on both courses, and to book, visit: lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk

#lifelonglearning #studyatoxford

Oxford Lifelong Learning

Online courses, professional courses, weekly classes and summer schools for students looking for flexible and part-time study options at Oxford Lifelong Learning, University of Oxford.

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Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · Aug 25

This October we are delighted to be presenting Saturday course 'Treasures of the Medieval Islamicate World: Stories of Empire & the Everyday' and Monday lecture series 'Silk Roads: Empire & Everyday Voices in the Medieval Islamicate East' for @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social

#medievalsky #history

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