NIT Masterclass with Dr. Wouter Henkelman (VU Amsterdam): The Persian Empire: New Perspectives from Persepolis, September 22-24, 2011
Deadline for applications: September 12, 2011
For advanced BA, MA and PhD students in Ancient History, Classics, Archaeology, Assyriology and related fields.
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Topics (preliminary):
1) The Persian Empire
2) The Persepolis Archive
3) Infrastructure and agricultural development: the institutional landscape
4) The Royal Table, royal itineraries and 'pavilion sites' in Fars
5) Royal Feasts: sacred spaces, royal ideology, bureaucracy
6) Status, rank, and ethnicity: the empire at Persepolis
Background to the course
The
Persian Empire (c. 550-330 BCE) was the first real world empire and
comprised a staggering multitude of nations and cultures. Scholars
working on this unprecedented historical phenomenon have given most
weight to the Greco-Roman sources, which, naturally, tend to focus
mostly on Greek affairs and on the Greco-Persian wars (490-479). Since
the early 1980s a new perspective has been growing, seeking to
deconstruct the necessarily limited scope of the classical sources,
describing long-term processes and underlying structures, and giving
due attention to primary sources from within the empire, despite the
inherent limitations that these sources also have.
More
recently, the publication and 'mining' of the Persepolis Fortification
Archive has been giving a dramatically new impulse to the study of the
Persian Empire. Found in 1933 in Persepolis (Iran) and now on loan at
the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, the archive
consists of thousands of clay tablets, mainly written in Elamite
cuneiform. They shed light on many fundamental aspects of Persian
society and culture such as heartland religion, livestock management,
economic development and land use, demography, the role and position of
women, iconography and spread of the imperial message in images (via
the seal impressions), functioning of the court, imperial
infrastructure, ethnicity and Persian identity.
In
other words, the tablets enable not only a comprehensive inside vision,
but also one that moves away from event-based history and presents a
structural and longue-durée perspective on the empire.
Also,
the archive is the ideal starting point for reconstructing local
administration in the Achaemenid satrapies, such as Hellespontine
Phrygia in Anatolia with its satrapal seat at Daskyleion.
Dr. Wouter Henkelman
is member of the research team in charge of publishing the Persepolis
Fortification Archive. A specialist in Elamite, he has published widely
on the history and culture of the Persian Empire. He holds teaching and
research appointments at VU University Amsterdam, the École Pratique
des Hautes Études in Paris, and the Oriental Institute of the
University of Chicago.
Certificate and requirements
MA
and PhD students that attend the full course can receive a certificate
stating their participation. Participants will be expected to do a
modest amount of preparatory readings. There are also a limited number
of slots for students/scholars who want to audit specific parts of the
course.
Travel reimbursements
BA
(advanced), MA and PhD students from outside Istanbul but wishing to
join the course in its entirety may apply for a reimbursement of their
travel expenses. The NIT cannot offer help with finding accommodation.
Please indicate on the application form where you will travel from.
Applications
The
language of instruction will be English; simultaneous translation will
not be provided. Students applying for participation must have a
knowledge of English that enables them to follow the lectures and
partake in discussions.
The
application form can be downloaded from the NIT website. Please fill
out the form and email to nit@nit-istanbul.org by September 12, 2011.
Contact
Netherlands Institute in Turkey
Hollanda Araştırma Enstitüsü
İstiklal Caddesi 181, Merkez Han
Beyoğlu, İstanbul
Tel: 0212 293 9283
Email: nit@nit-istanbul.org
Web: www.nit-istanbul.org
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