Volume 30, issue 1, of Iran and the Caucasus has now been published.
As always, we are grateful to the staff at Yale Classics Library (@yaleclassicslib.bsky.social) for sharing this publication information with us.
Category: Journal
Anabasis, vols. 14-15
Volumes 14-15 (2023-2024) of Anabasis. Studia Classica et Orientalia, edited by Marek Jan Olbrycht, is out now. Several papers and reviews of the issue relate to ancient Iran:
- Michał Podrazik: Cyrus the Younger in Syria and Mesopotamia, Abrokomas, and the Great King’s Defensive Strategy (401 BC)
- Heckel: Alexander and the Amazon Queen
- Harry Falk: Zariaspa and the “Kunduz” Hoards
- Karlheinz Kessler: More about Nwt/Nōd and Adiabene
- Andreas Luther: Artabanos und die Meder
- Marek Jan Olbrycht: Parthian Weapons and Military Equipment: Some Remarks
- Review Articles / Reviews:
- Marek Jan Olbrycht: Recent Perspectives on Parthian History: Research Approaches and Methodological Concerns
- Jeffrey D. Lerner: Seleucid History: New Perspectives and Current Challenges
- Sabine Müller: [Review of] Marek Jan Olbrycht, Early Arsakid Parthia (ca. 250-165 B.C.) At the Crossroads of Iranian, Hellenistic, and Central Asian History, Leiden / Boston: Brill 2021 (Mnemosyne Supplements 440)
- Lang Xu: [Review of] Juping Yang (ed.), Ancient Civilizations and the Silk Road, Beijing: China Social Science Press, 2021
Near Eastern Archaeology (vol. 88)
In two issues of volume 88 of Near Eastern Archaeology, several articles address topics in Iranian archaeology. The following list compiles all Iran-related contributions:
- Morteza Khanipour and Masashi Abe: From Seasonal Hunting Base to Permanent Settlement. Insights from the High-altitude Hormangan Site
- Reza Naseri and Morteza Khanipour: Burial Practices of the Bronze Age. An Archaeological Study of the Deh Dumen Cemetery in Southern Zagros, Iran
- Parsa Ghasemi,Leila Ghasemi,Alireza Mehrabi, andAziz Rezaei: Āb Bād Rock-cut Tomb:. Tracking Post-Achaemenid Burial Customs in Qir-o Karzin, Southern Pars, Iran
- M. Willis Monroe,Kathryn Kelley,Logan Born, andAnoop Sarkar: Recent Progress in Deciphering Proto-Elamite
- Habib Emadi andAli Aarab: Insights into Shogha-Taimuran Pottery. Exploring Making Centers and Cultural Significance
Indo-Iranian Journal 68, 3
Indo-Iranian Journal volume 68, issue 3 (November 2025) has been published (as always h/t @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social). Sims-Williams has an open access article on Bactrian:
Sims-Williams, Nicholas. 2025. Bactrian in two scripts: Greek and Kushan. Indo-Iranian Journal. Brill 68(3). 185–214.
Parthica (vol. 26)
Volume 26 of the journal Parthica (2024) contains several contributions of relevance to Iranian Studies.
- R. PALERMO – E. FRANCO – M. LA PORTA – C. RASMUSSEN: Exploring the Hellenistic period in North Mesopotamia landscape studies and excavations at Gird-I Matrab (Iraqi Kurdistan), p. 9
- C. LIPPOLIS – V. MESSINA – G. PATRUCCO – A. SPANO: Rapid digital documentation of endangered archaeological contexts. A case-study from Seleucia on the Tigris (central Iraq), p. 29
- M. MORIGGI: Aramaic graffiti in the houses of Hatra: The epigraphic point of view, p. 41
- A.A. CHAVERDI: Two newly discovered artifacts from the city of Gur, Ardaxsir-Xwarrah, Firuzabad, p. 47
- F. IZZI: Ain Sinu (Ninawa, Iraq): A military outpost on the Sasanian western limes? New studies on the military architecture of the Sasanian empire, p. 55
- K. MAKSYMIUK – P. SKUPNIEWICZ: A silver plate with an ostrich hunt scene from the Wyvern Collection, p. 85
- E. RASHIDIAN: The landscape elements of a dastgerd according to the Bozpar Valley and similar case studies in the Iranian highlands, p. 103
Iran and the Caucasus 29 (3)
We are grateful to the staff at Yale Classics Library (@yaleclassicslib.bsky.social), who have been wonderful collaborators, sharing publication information with us:
Volume 29, issue 3, of Iran and the Caucasus has now been published.
The following articles relate to the disciplinary focus of BiblioIranica:
Did Arrian Ever Fight the Alans?
Author: Fatima Foltz
Pages: 233–246Who Hides under the Name “Šahrbarāz, Malik al-Bāb” by aṭ-Ṭabarī under 22 A.H. (642/3 A.D.)?
Author: Arsen K. Shahinyan
Pages: 247–259“Meinen Namen habe ich folgendermaßen inskulpiert”. Engelbert Kaempfer in Shirvan.
Author: Daniel T. Potts
Pages: 260–274Author: Martin Schwartz
Pages: 275–281A Short Glossary of Northern Talishi
Author: Garnik S. Asatrian
Pages: 282–294Author: Victoria Arakelova
Pages: 332–333Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft
The latest issue (175.2) of the legendary Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (ZDMG) has been published and is accessible here.
Research articles
Die ZDMG und ihre „Kinder“. Über die Rolle wissenschaftlicher Zeitschriften in der Geschichte der Orientalistik
Thomas L. Gertzen
Page 273 – 292Beyond Rage and Fear. Negative Emotions in Middle Babylonian Letters
Jacob Jan de Ridder
Page 293 – 310Ein christliches Liebesgedicht eines Muslims aus dem 10. Jahrhundert. Mudrik b. ʿAlī aš-Šaybānīs (st. 1000) muzdawiǧah über ʿAmr b. Yūhannā an-Naṣrānī
Werner Diem
Page 311 – 342Following the Path. On the Early Modern Commentary Tradition on Ibn al-Fāriḍ’s Poem of the Way
Enrico Boccaccini
Page 343 – 368Contributions to Iranian Etymology III
Marco Fattori
Page 369 – 395Was ist Iranistik? Eine fachgeschichtliche Würdigung von Bert G. Fragner (1941–2021)
Christoph U. Werner
Page 397 – 409The Yuktidīpikā on Yogins’ Perception
Ołena Łucyszyna
Page 411 – 435Das Menschen- und Kinderopfer im alten und modernen Indien – Material, Interpretation, Debatte
Adelheid Herrmann-Pfandt
Page 437 – 466Bringing Tibetan Buddhism Down to Earth. Part II: Gnam babs kyi dar ma bam po gcig go (IOL Tib J 370/6) Between Revelation and Legitimisation
Joanna Bialek
Page 467 – 492Were There Really Cham Muslims in Hainan and Guangzhou in the Late Tenth Century? A Re-Examination of Relevant Chinese Sources
Johannes L. Kurz
Page 493 – 518Christian Slavery in Fars
Stadel, Seth M. 2025. The legal constructions of Christian slavery in Fars at the end of Late Antiquity. Journal of Late Antiquity 18(2). 401–422.
In the seventh and eighth centuries, the Church of the East community in Fars (southwest Iran) slowly developed a distinctive identity in response to the political, religious, and cultural changes that transformed the region in the wake of the Arab conquest of Iran in the early to mid-seventh century. One facet of this emerging identity centered around the institution of slavery. The only known witnesses preserving details of the practice of Christian slavery in Fars are the lawbooks of Church of the East metropolitan bishops Simeon of Revardashir (mid-seventh century) and Isho‘bokht of Revardashir (late eighth century), each of whom produced their respective legal work for the Christian community in this region. This article examines the legal constructions of Christian slavery in Fars in the context of extant Sasanian slave laws and documentary evidence. It also discusses the extent to which these two metropolitan bishops developed Sasanian slave laws for the purpose of establishing legal boundaries that demarcated Christian slavery from non-Christian slavery in Fars, and it considers the probable reasons that motivated their production of slave regulations for Christians in this region at the end of Late Antiquity.
Abstract30 Years of “Iran and the Caucasus”: A Proud Milestone
International Conference Dedicated to the 30th Anniversary of Iran and the Caucasus
19-21 September, 2026
ArmeniaThe Editorial Board of Iran and the Caucasus, in collaboration with De Gruyter Brill, is pleased to announce an international conference marking the 30th anniversary of the journal’s founding.
Since its inception in 1997, Iran and the Caucasus has emerged as a leading interdisciplinary platform for scholarly engagement with the diverse historical, linguistic, literary, folkloric, textual, religious, archaeological, economic, and political dimensions of Irano-Caucasica—an expansive geo-cultural region extending from Asia Minor to the Indian subcontinent, encompassing Central Asia, Afghanistan and other territories historically situated within Greater Iran’s political orbit, inhabited by Iranian peoples, or profoundly influenced by Iranian cultural traditions including Northern Pakistan and the North Caucasus.
We extend a cordial invitation to scholars worldwide to contribute to this academic gathering by submitting papers that critically engage with the journal’s legacy, present original research consonant with its thematic scope, and articulate new analytical perspectives on the region’s historical trajectories, contemporary dynamics, and future perspectives.
Publication
Selected papers will be considered for publication, after undergoing peer review, in the journal Iran and the Caucasus or as a separate volume of the conference proceedings in the Series Iran and the Caucasus Monographs.
Individual and Panel Presentation Format
Abstract submissions must be anonymized and should not exceed 400 words. Submissions must be sent in both Word and PDF formats. A separate file should include the following information:
- Full name(s)
- Institutional affiliation(s)
- Email address(es)
- ORCID iD(s)
This requirement also applies to panel proposals, which may include a maximum of four participants.
All submissions will undergo blind peer review.
- Keynote Speeches: 40 minutes, followed by 20 minutes of discussion
- Individual Presentations: 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of discussion
Working Language: English
Conference Email Address: iranandthecaucasus30@gmail.com
Important Dates
- Abstract Submission Deadline: 31 March 2026
- Notification of Acceptance: 30 April 2026
- Registration: 30 June 2026
Participation Fee
The conference participation fee is EUR 400, which includes:
- Accommodation;
- Lunches and refreshments;
- Two banquets (opening and closing) and one dinner;
- A cultural programme during the conference;
- Transportation from the conference venue to Yerevan.
Studia Iranica (52/2)
The new issue of Studia Iranica is out (volume 52, issue 2). Here is the table of contents:
- En hommage à notre collègue et ami, cofondateur et premier codirecteur de Studia Iranica, membre du comité de rédaction, Philippe Gignoux 1er mars 1931, Solaize – 21 septembre 2023, Montmorillon
- FATTORI, Marco: Avestan haēma and Middle Persian xēm ‘Character, Disposition’ On a Forgotten Line in the Iranian Xwaršēd Niyāyišn
- GYSELEN, Rika: Aštād yazd-ayār, général du roi sassanide Husraw II Une trace sigillographique
- NOURZAEI, Maryam: On Nominal and Pronominal Morphosyntax in Kholosi
- DZITSTSOITY, Yuriy, FALILEYEV, Alexander: Ossetic qæbys / γæbes ‘Embrace’ and sæt / sætæ ‘Saliva’ Etymological Notes
- RICHARD, Francis: Un témoignage inédit de la posterité de l’œuvre du peintre Behzād Collaboration ou émulation entre les peintres Qāsem-‘Ali et Behzād dans le Ketābḫāneh de Hérat
- RYBÁR, Lukáš: Habsburg Intelligence on Safavid Persia. The Case of Michael Černović
- GYSELEN, Rika: Philippe Gignoux (1931-2023)
- Comptes rendus
