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Between
October 12th and 16th 1971, Muhammad Reza
Shah, the last Pahlavi ruler of Iran, held
an international gathering of heads of state
to celebrate what he regarded as 2,500 years
of Persian monarchy. Criticised at the time,
and by generations since, for its extravagant
hubris, it is important not to overlook
that the Persepolis Celebrations also championed
a scholarly programme of events and conferences
which were organized at the same time for
historians and archaeologists working on
ancient Persian themes.
Forty
years on, a new international academic gathering
is planned to focus on the scholarship that
has been produced on Persepolis over the
last half-century. The conference, a tribute
to the Shiraz meeting of 1971, will be made
up of today's specialists in Iranian
history and culture, and will assess the
history, archaeology, and reception of the
palace of Persepolis.
VENUE:
MEADOWS
LECTURE THEATRE, Doorway 4, Teviot Place,
Edinburgh University EH8 9AG
To
book at place at the conference please see
the Conference Information & Help box
at right
PUBLIC
LECTURE at the MEADOWS LECTURE THEATRE:
All
members of the public are invited to a lecture
on Friday 14th October at 6pm by Kourosh
Afhami of the Persepolis 3D Team
For
further information, or for the offer of
conference papers, please contact the organizers:
Dr
Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones ( University of Edinburgh
)
L.Llewellyn-Jones@ed.ac.uk
Dr
Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones: Staff Profile
Dr
Sandra Bingham ( University of Edinburgh
)
s.bingham@ed.ac.uk
Dr
Sandra Bingham: Staff Profile
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