Symposium
The Legacy of Cyrus the Great: Iran and Beyond
Program
| Friday, April 26, 2013 | |
| 6:30–7:30 pm | The Cyrus Cylinder: The Discovery and Creation of an Icon John Curtis, British Museum |
| Saturday, April 27, 2013 | |
| 9:30–10 am | Coffee in Freer Courtyard |
| 10 am–12:00 pm | Cyrus in the Ancient World and Archaeology The Cyrus Cylinder and its Babylonian Setting Amélie Kuhrt, University College London Between Persia and Greece: Cyrus in Context Wouter Henkelman, German Archaeological Institute An Archaeology of the Babylonian Cyrus Cylinder Zainab Bahrani, Columbia University (Short papers followed by all speakers on stage for questions and discussion) |
| 12–1:30 pm | Lunch break and time in the exhibition |
| 1:30–2:50 pm | Cyrus’s Image Later The “Many Cyruses” of the Renaissance Jane Grogan, University College Dublin What the Founders Learned from Cyrus the Great—and What We Can, Too Caroline Winterer, Stanford University Cyrus and Neo-Achaemenid Architecture in 20th-Century Iran Talinn Grigor, Brandeis University (Short papers followed by all speakers on stage for questions and discussion) |
| 2:50–3 pm | Break |
| 3–4 pm | Cyrus and Iran Archaeotopia: Future Past Persia Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi, University of Toronto Roundtable Discussion |
Gold Plaque from the Oxus Treasure
From the region of Takht-i Kuwad, Tadjikistan, 5-4th century BCE,
H x W: 15 x 7.5cm
British Museum, London,
ME 123949
Photo:
©The Trustees of the British Museum
