Bloomsbury Summer School
Fascinated by ancient civilisations?
We offer anyone with any level of knowledge, inspiring short courses on ancient Egypt and other areas of the ancient world.
2022 Course timetable
Saturday 28 to Sunday 29 May
INTRODUCTION TO OLD PERSIAN: THE LANGUAGE AND SCRIPT OF THE ACHAEMENIDS
Course Co-Directors: Prof. Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (Cardiff University) and Mr Jack Neighbour (Independent)
Saturday 28 May
09:45* – 10:00
Participants login to Zoom*; BSS Director's Welcome Address
10:00 – 11:15
1. Royal Inscriptions in Achaemenid Iran
11:45 – 13:00
2. Language I: Introducing Old Persian script and scholarship
14:15 – 15:30
3. Language II: Concepts of grammar
16:00 – 17:15
4. The Bisitun Inscription: Context and meaning
Sunday 29 May
10:00 – 11:15
5. Language III: Working on the Bisitun inscription
11:45 – 13:00
6. Language IV: Working on Bisitun inscription
14:15 – 15:30
7. Royal Ideology and the Tomb of Darius I
16:00 – 17:15
8. Language V: Vocabulary
17:15 – 18:30
End-of-Course reception on Zoom (you are welcome to invite guests)
NB: Timetables, once published, are unlikely to change, but remain provisional until the first day of the course.
