From Ancient Persia to Modern Iran: Culture, Politics, Religion

Study Day - Introduction

19 November 2005, 10.00-17.00
British Museum, Clore Education Centre (BP Lecture Theatre)

A study day with introductory lectures to the rich history and influence of the culture of Iran, from the 5th century BC to the present.

In this study day British Museum curators and other experts provide an introduction to the rich history and enormous influence of the culture of Iran. Chronologically the lectures will span a period from the 5th century BC to the present day.

Organised by

The British Museum and the Iran Heritage Foundation

Provisional programme

Click on lecture title for abstract and on name of speaker for brief biography

9.30 - 10.00

Registration

10.00 - 10.10

Opening Remarks

10.10-10.40

John Curtis, The British Museum: Achaemenid Art - An Overview

10.40-11.10

St. John Simpson, The British Museum: Material Culture and Persepolis Reliefs

11.10-11.30

Coffee

11.30-12.00

Lloyd Llewellyn Jones, The University of Edinburgh: Re-dressing the Persians

12.00-12.30

Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, The British Museum: Images of Power: The Sasanian King of Kings of Iran and non Iran

12.30-13.00

Luke Treadwell, Ashmolean Museum: Sogdian Art and Culture

13.00-14.00

Lunch. Please make your own arrangements

14.00-14.30

Sheila Canby, The British Museum: Alexander to Iskandar - The Metamorphosis of Alexander the Great in Persian Painting

14.30-15.00

Venetia Porter, The British Museum: 'Veils of Splendour' - Tilework in Iran and Central Asia 13th to 15th Centuries

15.00-15.30

Tea

15.30-16.00

Edward Lucie-Smith, London: Grace under Pressure - New Art in the Islamic Republic of Iran

16.00-16.30

Ali Ansari, University of St. Andrews: Political History - The Uses and Abuses of History in Modern Iran

16.30-16.45

Concluding Remarks

Admission

Full rate 28 GBP
BM Friends 25 GBP
Concessions 18 GBP

Box office

Book tickets through the British Museum box office 44 20 73238181 (tel), 44 20 73238616 (fax), 44 20 73238920 (Minicom), boxoffice@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk.

Enquiries (British Museum)

44 20 73238000 (tel), information@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk

 

Enquiries (Iran Heritage Foundation)

The Iran Heritage Foundation, 5 Stanhope Gate, London W1K 1AH. 44 20 7493 4766 (tel), 44 20 7499 9293 (fax), info@iranheritage.org