Achaemenid Workshop

AchWorks 2: The Achaemenid Persian Empire and Imperial Transformations in the Ancient Near East

University of Innsbruck
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An International Workshop Convened by:
Robert Rollinger, University of Innsbruck
M. Rahim Shayegan, UCLA

Co-sponsored by:
The Pourdavoud Institute

About the Event

The Achaemenid Persian Empire and Imperial Transformations in the Ancient Near East, the second Achaemenid Workshop, brings together scholars whose research pertains to the history, structures, and impact of the Achaemenid empire.

The program focuses on the emergence, fall, and transformation processes of the Persian-Achaemenid Empire (6th–4th century BCE), contextualized by preceding developments in the period of the Neo-Assyrian Empire under the Sargonids (7th century BCE) and by an outlook on the early Seleucid period (3rd–2nd century BCE).

About Achaemenid Workshops

The Achaemenid Workshops (AchWorks) are a series of international conferences that endeavor to revisit, reassess, and reformulate (the state of) Achaemenid scholarship.

Event Videos

Alexander the Great and the Emergence of Hellenistic Egypt: Some Considerations in Administrative History

Patrick Sänger, University of Münster

Burning Enemy Temples in Asia Minor in the Age of Persian Wars

Krzysztof Nawotka, University of Wrocław

Containing Connectivity: Empires and Globalization in the Axial Age

Miguel John Versluys, Leiden University

Dealing with Achaemenid Legacies in Parthia and Chorasmia, 3rd-1st century BC: Different Outcomes in Different Contexts?

Fabrizio Sinisi, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW)

Echoes of the Achaemenid Imperial Signature in the Book of Ezra

Gian Pietro Basello, University of Naples

From Assyria to Persia – Putting State Officials in Context

Melanie Groß, Leiden University

Hail to Mithridates! The Pontic King Blessed by the Achaemenid Deity

Nina Mazhjoo, University of Wrocław

Iranian Office-Holders in the Macedonian Empire (Argeads and Seleucids)

Rolf Strootman, Utrecht University

Narrating Imperial Success from the Achaemenid Period to the Late Roman Republic

Julian Degen, University of Trier

Of Satraps and Generals: Discontinuity between Achaemenid and Seleukid Roles

Valentina Cambruzzi, University of Innsbruck

Origin of Fire Temples and the Achaemenid Domination in Central Asia

Wu Xin, Fudan University

Persian Influences on Egyptian Perspectives: Demonstrating Authority through Nuance

Marissa Stevens, University of California, Los Angeles

Philhellen and Heirs to the Persians: The Arsacids, the Seleucids and the Greeks until the Death of Mithridates I (171-138)

Charlotte Lerouge-Cohen, Paris-Nanterre University

Reflection of Titles and Statuses in the Hierarchy of Senior Officials at the Achaemenid’s Royal Court: from Neo-Assyrian thought to Early Hellenistic Periods

Kateryna Baulina, Kyiv University

Satrapal Power and Royal Policy – The Transformation of Inner Political Forces in the Achaemenid Empire

Hilmar Klinkott, University of Kiel

The Achaemenid Persian Empire and Imperial Transformations in the Ancient Near East

Robert Rollinger, University of Innsbruck

The Achaemenids between Tradition and Innovation: An Archaeological Perspective

Ali Mousavi, University of California, Los Angeles

The Nippur Region: From the “Heartland of the Cities” to a Rural Imperial Landscape?

Bernhard Schneider, University of Warsaw

The Persian King and His Jewish Queen as Presented from a Jewish Subaltern Point of View in the Book of Esther (MT)

Kristin Joachimsen, University of Oslo

Transformations in Achaemenid Imperial Theologies and the Rise of Judean Monotheism

Dominik Markl, University of Innsbruck

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