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Team: M. Arghandehpour; A. Azad; N. Saqee; E. Shawe-Taylor; H. Smith; N. Vidro. To watch 'Striking Gold' click here: http://bit.ly/StrikingGoldVideo
#Teachers! We're developing a schools programme, based on our research, aimed at 11-18yrs, and would love your input! Do you teach #silkroads, the #middleeast, or want help adding more diverse topics to your #curriculum? Take & share our survey: forms.office.com/e/bV8bQW63wd #edchat
I am absolutely thrilled about this recognition and grateful to @OxLifelongLearn for being such an incredible supporter of our work to showcase the 'little people' with huge voices in medieval Islamicate lands. @invisible_east @MideastMedieval
Our PI @ArezouAzad was shortlisted for the 'Researcher of the Year' award at @OxLifelongLearn's Inspiring Excellence People Awards last month. She was honoured to be nominated by colleagues for her work on the medieval Islamicate East. #medievalist #history #oxforduniversity
Our PI @ArezouAzad was shortlisted for the 'Researcher of the Year' award at @OxLifelongLearn's Inspiring Excellence People Awards last month. She was honoured to be nominated by colleagues for her work on the medieval Islamicate East. #medievalist #history #oxforduniversity
Excellent new study by Geert Jan van Gelder of a fragment from the “Afghan Geniza”, containing two verses plus commentary from the famous “Ode in B" by Dhū l-Rummah (d. 117/735-6). Part of the @invisible_east program @UniofOxford directed by @ArezouAzad invisibleeast.web.ox.ac.uk/article/docume…
Beautiful view of the Sheldonian Theatre this morning. Taken before an @OxLifelongLearn meeting at the wonderful Weston Library! #universityofoxford #sheldoniantheatre #oxfordviews
#TBT sunny days with colleagues at @IMC_Leeds! @arezouazad was delighted to moderate a panel exploring scribal and epigraphic techniques applied, and works produced, in the Islamicate world between the 8th and 13th centuries CE. #medievalmonday #imc2025
JOB OPPORTUNITY Departmental Lecturer in Classical Arabic Literature, University of Oxford, from January 2026 to June 2027, to cover for Professor Tahera Qutbuddin, who will be on research leave. Deadline to apply is August 14 my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…
It was a pleasure to welcome advisory board member Minoru Inaba, of Kyoto University, to our office at Oxford Lifelong Learning. Minoru's research interests include the history of ancient and medieval Central Asia. He kindly brought delicious tea 🍵 #teamwork #medievalist
Hugely proud and grateful to @OxLifelongLearn for nominating us for Academic Excellence OLLIE award! Each team member made a unique contribution but today we single out programme manager Hayley Smith (in pic) for her enthusiasm & professionalism !
📢 New job klaxon! 🔍 Postdoctoral Research Associate in Iranian Linguistics @cam.ac.uk's Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. 🔗 jobs.ac.uk/job/DNW791/pos…
New research on Ghaznavid Quran fragments !
Have you seen our latest 'Document of the Month'? Alya Karame takes a look at Qur'anic fragments, from the #Firuzkuh and #Bamiyan Papers, in our #digitalcorpus: bit.ly/InvisibleEastQ… #medievalist #history #quran
Dhu al-Rummah poetry found amongst the Bamiyan Papers!
You can read more about this fragment in June's 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩, by Geert Jan van Gelder, which is available at bit.ly/fragrantnose #digitalhumanities #medievalmonday #medievalist #BamiyanPapers 10/10
Have you seen our latest 'Document of the Month'? Alya Karame takes a look at Qur'anic fragments, from the #Firuzkuh and #Bamiyan Papers, in our #digitalcorpus: bit.ly/InvisibleEastQ… #medievalist #history #quran
#TBT last week, when we had the privilege of hosting a screening of the film 'Striking Gold: The Discovery of Medieval Documents from #Afghanistan' (bit.ly/StrikingGoldVi…) & a panel discussion on the ethical & practical challenges facing scholars & #heritage institutions.
