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EX-PATRIA Shoptalk: Ruben Nikoghosyan “Alexander the Accursed and the Pseudo-Historical Tradition of the Written Avesta”
Daniel Alford on his presentation at the “How Rebellion Ends” Conference, organised by the Social Contexts of Rebellion in the Early Islamic Period (SCORE), 12-13 Sept. 2024, University of Hamburg
While Michael was travelling up to join us in Lille, I was also on my way back from Hamburg, having just presented on the Sasanian Empire’s use of captives in the fifth century at the Social Contexts of Rebellion in the Early Islamic Period (SCORE) conference in Hamburg. I would not recommend making this journey by bus (it’s a bit long!), but the conference itself was a tremendous experience.
Continue reading “Daniel Alford on his presentation at the “How Rebellion Ends” Conference, organised by the Social Contexts of Rebellion in the Early Islamic Period (SCORE), 12-13 Sept. 2024, University of Hamburg”Surrounded by Eagles: Some Preliminary Remarks on Captivity in Syriac Sources
Ērān Research Forum
Ērān Research Forum:West & Central Asia in the First Millennium CE
Université de Lille, 15-19 July 2024
Convenors: Ekaterina Nechaeva (Lille) and Khodadad Rezakhani (Leiden)
Continue reading “Ērān Research Forum”Call for Funded PhD Programme applications is now open
A dive into the future EX-PATRIA library fund
The EX-PATRIA team visited our University Ancient Studies Library (BSA). Guided by the Librarian Christophe Hugot we got a chance to see some sections of the EX-PATRIA Book Fund.
Continue reading “A dive into the future EX-PATRIA library fund”EX-PATRIA postdocs team complete!
We celebrate 2024 with the two postdoctoral researchers of the EX-PATRIA Project: Anna Usacheva and Daniel Alford.
Continue reading “EX-PATRIA postdocs team complete!”New funding!
Great news! Our project for Setting up European or International Scientific Networks (MRSEI) was supported by the ANR Funding agency. More activities are coming in 2024!

Anna Usacheva joins the EX-PATRIA Project to work on prosopography of across the (Roman-Persian) border ‘Antiochean expansion’.
In December Anna Usacheva arrived from Helsinki to join us a postdoctoral researcher.
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