Payravi Conference on Ancient Iranian History IV: Contextualizing Iranian History: The Arsacids (ca. 250 BC – 224 AD)
Payravi Conference on Ancient Iranian History IV: “Contextualizing Iranian History: The Arsacids” organized by Touraj Daryaee, Matthew Canepa, and Robert Rollinger, will take place Feb. 28-March 2, 2022 and focus on the archaeology, history, numismatics, and religions of the Arsacid Empire. The event will be held in-person at the University of California, Irvine’s Jordan Center for Persian Studies with several options to participate remotely, either through the livestream on the UCI Jordan Center for Persian Studies & Culture‘s FB page or through the webinar: https://bit.ly/UCIPayravi2022
Conference Program
(all times PST)
Day 1 February 28th
- 9:35 Convening and Welcome from the Organizers
- 9:40 Introduction: Touraj Daryaee and Robert Rollinger
Section I: The Rise and Transformation of the Arsacid Empire (Chair: Robert Rollinger)
- 10:00-10:45 Rolf Strootman: The Arsacids – The Beginnings
- 10:45-11:30 Krzysztof Nawotka: The Arsacid Empire and Hellenism
- 11:30 -12:15 Leonardo Gregoratti: How to Fix an Empire: Artabanus and Vologases
Section II: Archaeological Perspectives on the Arsacid Empire (Chair: Matthew P. Canepa)
- 14:00-14:45 Barbara Kaim: The Archaeological Sources – Iranian Highlands and The East
- 14:45-15:30 Carlo Lippolis: The Archaeological Sources – Mesopotamia and the West
- 15:00 -15:45 Vito Messina: Residences – Royal and Regional
- 15:45-16:30 Lucinda Dirven: The Arsacid Empire and Religious Lives
Day 2 (March 1st)
Section III: Restoring the Parthians to their Central Place in Iranian History – the Role of Coinage. [hybrid format]
- 10:00-11:20 A conversation with Vesta Curtis, Fabrizio Sinesi and Michael Alram (moderated by Matthew P. Canepa)
IV: Historiographical Reflections
- 11:40 – 12:25 Stefan Hauser: Arsacid Histories – Modern Scholarship
IV: The Arsacids and their Neighbors: Conflict and Coexistence (Chair: Robert Rollinger)
- 14:30-15:15 Nikolaus Leo Overtoom: The Parthian Military in the Formation and Expansion of the Arsacid Empire.
- 15:15-16:00 Charlotte Cohen-Lerouge: Arsacid History – the Western Sources: Problems and Challenges
- 16:00-16:45 Jake Nabel: The Arsacid Empire and its Western Neighbors
Day 3 (March 2nd)
Section V: Kings, Courts, and Elites [hybrid format]
- 10:00-11:00 Round Table Discussion (Moderated by Touraj Daryaee) Edward Dąbrowa: The Arsacid Empire – King and Elites?
- Giusto Traina: Armenian kings, the Armenian nakharar and the Parthians
- Irene Madreiter: Arsacids Court Life: between fact and fiction
Section VI: Sources and Economies [hybrid format]
- 11:30-12:30 Round Table Discussion (Moderated by Rahim Shayegan)
- Hamidreza Pashazanous: The Chinese Sources
- Philip Huyse: Arsacid History – The archival and epigraphic sources (Nisa, Avroman, Seleukeia, Assur)
- Kai Ruffing: “Economies” of the Arsacid Empire
Section VII: The Arsacid Empire in an Interconnected Ancient World (Chair: Layah Bigdeli)
- 14:30-15:15 Sören Stark: Kurgans in Western Sogdiana and the Arsacids
- 15:15-16:00 Christoph Schäfer: The Arsacid Empire and the Maritime Silk Roads
- 16:00-16:45 Khodadad Rezakhani: The Arsacids and their trans-Eurasian contexts