Arezou Azad
@arezouazad.bsky.social
Prof & researcher, INALCO & Oxford, history, Middle East & Afghanistan, former UN staffer
I am absolutely thrilled about this recognition and grateful to @OxLifelongLearn for being such an incredible supporter of our work to showcase the 'little people' with huge voices in medieval Islamicate lands. @invisibleeast.bsky.social @mideastmedieval.bsky.social
Our PI @arezouazad.bsky.social was shortlisted for 'Researcher of the Year' @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social's Inspiring Excellence People Awards last month. She was honoured to be nominated by colleagues for her work on the medieval Islamicate East.
#medievalsky #skystorian #oxforduniversity
#medievalsky #skystorian #oxforduniversity
July 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I am absolutely thrilled about this recognition and grateful to @OxLifelongLearn for being such an incredible supporter of our work to showcase the 'little people' with huge voices in medieval Islamicate lands. @invisibleeast.bsky.social @mideastmedieval.bsky.social
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#Teachers! We're developing a schools programme, based on our research, aimed at 11-18 year-olds, and would love your input! Do you teach #silkroads, the #middleeast, or want help adding more diverse topics to your #curriculum? Take & share our survey: forms.office.com/e/bV8bQW63wd
#history #edusky
#history #edusky
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July 15, 2025 at 9:15 AM
#Teachers! We're developing a schools programme, based on our research, aimed at 11-18 year-olds, and would love your input! Do you teach #silkroads, the #middleeast, or want help adding more diverse topics to your #curriculum? Take & share our survey: forms.office.com/e/bV8bQW63wd
#history #edusky
#history #edusky
Hugely proud of invisibleeast.bsky.social and grateful to @oxfordlifelonglearning.bsky.social for nominating us for Academic Excellence OLLIE award! Each team member made a unique contribution but today I single out programme manager Hayley Smith (in pic) for her enthusiasm & professionalism !
July 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Hugely proud of invisibleeast.bsky.social and grateful to @oxfordlifelonglearning.bsky.social for nominating us for Academic Excellence OLLIE award! Each team member made a unique contribution but today I single out programme manager Hayley Smith (in pic) for her enthusiasm & professionalism !
So true @rachelbridgewater.bsky.social ! Do pick one up at the EUP stand if you haven't already, @imc-leeds.bsky.social goers!
Great to catch up with @arezouazad.bsky.social at #IMC2025 and get inordinately excited about flyers for the new Islamicate East series. Who doesn't love a flyer??
Our PI @arezouazad.bsky.social was delighted to connect with @rachelbridgewater.bsky.social, the Commissioning Editor of our series with @edinburghup.bsky.social, @imc-leeds.bsky.social this week.
Read all about it! bit.ly/TheIslamicateEast
#imcleeds2025 #medievalsky #skystorian #theislamicateeast
Read all about it! bit.ly/TheIslamicateEast
#imcleeds2025 #medievalsky #skystorian #theislamicateeast
July 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
So true @rachelbridgewater.bsky.social ! Do pick one up at the EUP stand if you haven't already, @imc-leeds.bsky.social goers!
Fantastic event at sides of 'Treasured' exhibition on heritage challenges for scholars, hosted @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social under stewardship of @richove.bsky.social, @wetpaint63.bsky.social with panel: Xa Sturgis, Silke Ackermann, Maja Kominko, Ahmad Mohammed, Nabi Saqee. Photo: Matthew Weait
July 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Fantastic event at sides of 'Treasured' exhibition on heritage challenges for scholars, hosted @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social under stewardship of @richove.bsky.social, @wetpaint63.bsky.social with panel: Xa Sturgis, Silke Ackermann, Maja Kominko, Ahmad Mohammed, Nabi Saqee. Photo: Matthew Weait
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It's a beautiful Spring day in #Oxford & we wish our followers a happy Naw Rūz/Nowruz!
Nabi Saqee writes on references to #Nowruz in the #Bamiyan Papers, as well as special Nowruz traditions in #Afghanistan, in our blog: bit.ly/IENowruz
#persiannewyear #digitalcorpus #documents #medievalsky
Nabi Saqee writes on references to #Nowruz in the #Bamiyan Papers, as well as special Nowruz traditions in #Afghanistan, in our blog: bit.ly/IENowruz
#persiannewyear #digitalcorpus #documents #medievalsky
March 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It's a beautiful Spring day in #Oxford & we wish our followers a happy Naw Rūz/Nowruz!
Nabi Saqee writes on references to #Nowruz in the #Bamiyan Papers, as well as special Nowruz traditions in #Afghanistan, in our blog: bit.ly/IENowruz
#persiannewyear #digitalcorpus #documents #medievalsky
Nabi Saqee writes on references to #Nowruz in the #Bamiyan Papers, as well as special Nowruz traditions in #Afghanistan, in our blog: bit.ly/IENowruz
#persiannewyear #digitalcorpus #documents #medievalsky
Happy Persian new year, happy nowruz, happy Spring equinox! 🍀🌷🍀🌷
March 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Happy Persian new year, happy nowruz, happy Spring equinox! 🍀🌷🍀🌷
Our very own Mateen Arghandehpour on BBC 4's In Our Time this Thursday 13 March at 9 am UK time to talk about Cyrus the Great! Tune in here: buff.ly/jsH4kRd
March 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Our very own Mateen Arghandehpour on BBC 4's In Our Time this Thursday 13 March at 9 am UK time to talk about Cyrus the Great! Tune in here: buff.ly/jsH4kRd
I enjoyed writing about Maryam ... 🌷
Our 'Document of the Month' by @arezouazad.bsky.social, celebrates 🎉 the agency, confidence & hard work of medieval women, through the lens of a 12-century petition 📜 by a tenant farmer in #Afghanistan seeking to defend her livelihood 💪.
bit.ly/afemalefarmersstand
#iwd #iwd2025 #medievalsky
bit.ly/afemalefarmersstand
#iwd #iwd2025 #medievalsky
March 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I enjoyed writing about Maryam ... 🌷
New jobs out:
a postdoc & PhD on Persianate manuscripts and Afghanistan studies . Check them out! @invisibleeast.bsky.social
a postdoc & PhD on Persianate manuscripts and Afghanistan studies . Check them out! @invisibleeast.bsky.social
🔎 L’Inalco recrute un(e) candidat(e) pour un contrat doctoral à temps plein sur 3 ans en histoire du monde islamique au prisme des manuscrits persans de l'époque prémoderne.
- Date limite de candidature : 31 mars
- Entrée en fonction : 1er octobre 2025
Plus d'infos : www.inalco.fr/institut/con...
- Date limite de candidature : 31 mars
- Entrée en fonction : 1er octobre 2025
Plus d'infos : www.inalco.fr/institut/con...
February 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
New jobs out:
a postdoc & PhD on Persianate manuscripts and Afghanistan studies . Check them out! @invisibleeast.bsky.social
a postdoc & PhD on Persianate manuscripts and Afghanistan studies . Check them out! @invisibleeast.bsky.social
Nearly 300 new documents uploaded on our IEDC portal today - check them out! invisible-east.org
February 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Nearly 300 new documents uploaded on our IEDC portal today - check them out! invisible-east.org
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🎉 #meettheteam who have been reading, transcribing and translating documents written in #Persian! We took a moment today to celebrate their incredible achievements 💪
📅 Tomorrow sees the third release of 270 more #documents on our #digitalcorpus.
🔍 Explore now at www.invisible-east.org
#skystorians
📅 Tomorrow sees the third release of 270 more #documents on our #digitalcorpus.
🔍 Explore now at www.invisible-east.org
#skystorians
February 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🎉 #meettheteam who have been reading, transcribing and translating documents written in #Persian! We took a moment today to celebrate their incredible achievements 💪
📅 Tomorrow sees the third release of 270 more #documents on our #digitalcorpus.
🔍 Explore now at www.invisible-east.org
#skystorians
📅 Tomorrow sees the third release of 270 more #documents on our #digitalcorpus.
🔍 Explore now at www.invisible-east.org
#skystorians
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Great to be at the Department for Continuing Education @ox.ac.uk today for our team meeting. Might have spotted some patches of blue sky in Oxford this morning!
#springiscoming
#springiscoming
February 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Great to be at the Department for Continuing Education @ox.ac.uk today for our team meeting. Might have spotted some patches of blue sky in Oxford this morning!
#springiscoming
#springiscoming
‼️Fancy doing #Afghanistan-related research in beautiful Paris? 2 new job opps for PhD scholarships (Persian pre-modern mss) post-docs (open field). Historical #Khurasan included! bit.ly/42Mh9EB & bit.ly/3CAD86B. Deadlines: Mar & Apr 25 @Inalco @invisible_east
Contrat Post-doctoral/ Assistant de projet sur la thématique "Art, histoire et patrimoine de l'Afghanistan et de sa région" | Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales
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February 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
‼️Fancy doing #Afghanistan-related research in beautiful Paris? 2 new job opps for PhD scholarships (Persian pre-modern mss) post-docs (open field). Historical #Khurasan included! bit.ly/42Mh9EB & bit.ly/3CAD86B. Deadlines: Mar & Apr 25 @Inalco @invisible_east
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January is here, and here in Oxford that means endless grey skies and rainy days… It's not always easy to see the bright side, but this medieval poem written across four of the Bamiyan Papers (bit.ly/Panegyricpoem) might help inspire a new positive attitude to our gloomy weather on #blueMonday 🧵
January 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
January is here, and here in Oxford that means endless grey skies and rainy days… It's not always easy to see the bright side, but this medieval poem written across four of the Bamiyan Papers (bit.ly/Panegyricpoem) might help inspire a new positive attitude to our gloomy weather on #blueMonday 🧵
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#meettheteam 👋 who have been working hard digitising #documents ready for the second release onto our Digital Corpus tomorrow.
Give a 👏 to Edward Shawe-Taylor and Mateen Arghandehpour and mark your calendar 📅 ready to explore 800 new documents!
#medievalsky #digitalhumanities #skystorians
Give a 👏 to Edward Shawe-Taylor and Mateen Arghandehpour and mark your calendar 📅 ready to explore 800 new documents!
#medievalsky #digitalhumanities #skystorians
January 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
#meettheteam 👋 who have been working hard digitising #documents ready for the second release onto our Digital Corpus tomorrow.
Give a 👏 to Edward Shawe-Taylor and Mateen Arghandehpour and mark your calendar 📅 ready to explore 800 new documents!
#medievalsky #digitalhumanities #skystorians
Give a 👏 to Edward Shawe-Taylor and Mateen Arghandehpour and mark your calendar 📅 ready to explore 800 new documents!
#medievalsky #digitalhumanities #skystorians
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Delighted to share our #Document of the Month - bit.ly/DocofMonthJan25 - a fascinating exploration by @eds-t.bsky.social of an early calligraphic signature!
Find this - and 800 brand new treasures - in the second release on our Digital Corpus today 🎉
#digitalhumanities #medievalsky #skystorians
Find this - and 800 brand new treasures - in the second release on our Digital Corpus today 🎉
#digitalhumanities #medievalsky #skystorians
January 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Delighted to share our #Document of the Month - bit.ly/DocofMonthJan25 - a fascinating exploration by @eds-t.bsky.social of an early calligraphic signature!
Find this - and 800 brand new treasures - in the second release on our Digital Corpus today 🎉
#digitalhumanities #medievalsky #skystorians
Find this - and 800 brand new treasures - in the second release on our Digital Corpus today 🎉
#digitalhumanities #medievalsky #skystorians
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Check out the Invisible East Document of the Month! This month is a piece I wrote about an interesting calligraphic signature on a 12th-century Persian document. This blog has been adapted from an article I've been working on for a forthcoming Invisible East publication.
Delighted to share our #Document of the Month - bit.ly/DocofMonthJan25 - a fascinating exploration by @eds-t.bsky.social of an early calligraphic signature!
Find this - and 800 brand new treasures - in the second release on our Digital Corpus today 🎉
#digitalhumanities #medievalsky #skystorians
Find this - and 800 brand new treasures - in the second release on our Digital Corpus today 🎉
#digitalhumanities #medievalsky #skystorians
January 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Check out the Invisible East Document of the Month! This month is a piece I wrote about an interesting calligraphic signature on a 12th-century Persian document. This blog has been adapted from an article I've been working on for a forthcoming Invisible East publication.
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📢The second release of an additional 800 #documents is now live on our #digitalcorpus!
🔎Need some help unlocking these treasures? Join us for a walk through how to search the #IEDC at bit.ly/IEDChowto
#digitalhumanities #medievalsky #sykstorians
🔎Need some help unlocking these treasures? Join us for a walk through how to search the #IEDC at bit.ly/IEDChowto
#digitalhumanities #medievalsky #sykstorians
January 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
📢The second release of an additional 800 #documents is now live on our #digitalcorpus!
🔎Need some help unlocking these treasures? Join us for a walk through how to search the #IEDC at bit.ly/IEDChowto
#digitalhumanities #medievalsky #sykstorians
🔎Need some help unlocking these treasures? Join us for a walk through how to search the #IEDC at bit.ly/IEDChowto
#digitalhumanities #medievalsky #sykstorians
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An honour & inspiration to be at #INALCO today, to discuss with colleagues the complicated nexus between heritage protection & historical, textual & linguistic research in conflict societies, with diaspora communities & other groups in #Armenia, #Iran, #Afghanistan, and Central Asia.
#skystorians
#skystorians
January 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
An honour & inspiration to be at #INALCO today, to discuss with colleagues the complicated nexus between heritage protection & historical, textual & linguistic research in conflict societies, with diaspora communities & other groups in #Armenia, #Iran, #Afghanistan, and Central Asia.
#skystorians
#skystorians
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🌟 The dust has settled from the holiday season, and many of us are back to work after spending some quality time with loved ones. As we all know, family reunions rarely go without a bit of argy-bargy... 🧵 1/10
January 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
🌟 The dust has settled from the holiday season, and many of us are back to work after spending some quality time with loved ones. As we all know, family reunions rarely go without a bit of argy-bargy... 🧵 1/10
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📣 Hear from Dr Roxana Zenhari in the next in the 'Rethinking History: Returning to Archives and Documents' series, convened by @arezouazad.bsky.social & Mohamad Tavakoli.
🗓️ This Thursday, 12pm EST/5pm GMT.
🔗 Registration essential: bit.ly/Rethinking_History
#archives #documents #history
🗓️ This Thursday, 12pm EST/5pm GMT.
🔗 Registration essential: bit.ly/Rethinking_History
#archives #documents #history
January 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
📣 Hear from Dr Roxana Zenhari in the next in the 'Rethinking History: Returning to Archives and Documents' series, convened by @arezouazad.bsky.social & Mohamad Tavakoli.
🗓️ This Thursday, 12pm EST/5pm GMT.
🔗 Registration essential: bit.ly/Rethinking_History
#archives #documents #history
🗓️ This Thursday, 12pm EST/5pm GMT.
🔗 Registration essential: bit.ly/Rethinking_History
#archives #documents #history
Join us for this talk on lithographs as documents! @invisibleeast.bsky.social @mideastmedieval.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
📣 Join us for a talk by Dr Roxana Zenhari!
🗓️ Thursday 16 January, 12pm Toronto/5pm UK time.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Rethinking_History
Part of the Rethinking History: Returning to Archives and Documents series convened by @arezouazad.bsky.social & Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi. #archives #documents #history
🗓️ Thursday 16 January, 12pm Toronto/5pm UK time.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Rethinking_History
Part of the Rethinking History: Returning to Archives and Documents series convened by @arezouazad.bsky.social & Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi. #archives #documents #history
January 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Join us for this talk on lithographs as documents! @invisibleeast.bsky.social @mideastmedieval.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
December 21, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Happy yalda night. Yalda marks the shortest day and longest night of the year in Iranian and Persian culture, and celebrates longer days ahead. Pomegranates and many other lovely things are had!
December 21, 2024 at 1:05 AM
Happy yalda night. Yalda marks the shortest day and longest night of the year in Iranian and Persian culture, and celebrates longer days ahead. Pomegranates and many other lovely things are had!