Past Events
2 June 2023: Webinar on Multilingualism/Vernacularism and Translation Practices
Trinity Term 2023: Madness in Premodern and Early Cultures. Seminar
17 March 2023: Discussing ‘Actor-Network Theory’: ETC Online Workshop in Memory of Bruno Latour.
Hilary Term 2023: Anthropology and Religion. Seminar
Michaelmas Term 2022: Pre-modern Commentaries. Seminar
Trinity Term 2022: Textual Cultures in Contact. Seminar, workshop and reading group
Hilary Term 2022: Gender Studies in Premodern Cultures. Seminar and workshop; and reading group
Michaelmas Term 2021: Scribal Identity and Agency seminar and conference
Trinity Term 2021: Astronomy and Astrology seminar
Hilary Term 2021: Writing Orality seminar and conference
16 December 2020: Seminar on Silence
Michaelmas Term 2020: Reading Group on Silence
24-25 June 2019: Conference Deciphering the Uncertain: Sociological & Epistemological Aspects of Divination in Early Text Cultures
26 October 2018: A Guided Tour of Three Ancient Cities in 45 Minutes
3 March 2018: Textual Strategies for Elucidating the Universe
21 November 2017: Lost and Found Knowledge: the Case of the Hebrew Book of Asaf (Asian Treasure Traditions)
25 October, 1 November, 8 November, 22 November 2017: Units of Textual Division in Pre-Modern Cultures: Comparative Seminar Series
2 June 2017: Monkeys, Mules and Mockery: A Workshop on Animals and the Pejorative in Pre-Modern Texts
17 May, 24 May, 30 May, 14 June 2017: (Re-)Appropriation of Epigraphic Texts Across Cultures: Comparative Reading Group
1 May, 15 May, 5 June, 12 June 2017: Asian Treasure Traditions: Comparative Reading Group
13 March 2017: Making a Mark: Graffiti in Early Text Cultures Workshop
7 February 2017: Methodology Roundtable: “This, That, and the Other: Problematising Binary Identities in Early Text Cultures”
16 November 2016: Beheading and Humiliation in the Near East (Eva Miller) - reading group
28 October 2016: Freshers' event
27 October 2016: The regifugium ritual (Domenico Giordani) - reading group
16 April 2016: Early Text Cultures Workshop in Princeton
2 July 2015: The Materialisation of Power and Fame in Imperial Inscriptions from Ancient South Asia and China - (Indic Kinghsip and Chinese ancestralrituals) joint presentation
11 March 2015: Transmission of Knowledge Tibetan and Muslim traditions (Belal Abo-alabbas) - presentation
4 March 2015: Textual Learning in Tibetan Buddhism (Tenzin Damchoe)
14 November 2014: Hands-on Session: Oracle Bone Inscriptions
25 June 2014: Hands-on Session: Cuneiform
7 May 2014: Writing Victory: Conquest Records of Ancient Assyrian, Chinese, and Egyptian kings - workshop
20 February 2014: Navigating the Great Flood Narratives: select uses and transformations of flood narratives in Ancient China and Mesopotamia - seminar