Dipartimento Asia, Africa e Mediterraneo Kul-e Farah, detail of KF VI (drawing by E. De Waele) Kul-e Farah, detail of KF III (drawing by J. Álvarez-Mon) DOTTORATO ASIA AFRICA MEDITERRANEO DOTTORATO TURCHIA IRAN ASIA CENTRALE The Elamite Cultural Heritage of Persia Day 1 Tuesday 28th October 2014 Palazzo Du Mesnil* III piano, Sala del Consiglio 14:30- Introduction to Elamite Culture: 15:30 the Legacy of Elam 16:00- The Elamite Cultural Heritage 17:00 of Persia: Old Paradigms and Recent Discoveries An intensive class held by JAVIER ÁLVAREZ-MON M A C Q U A R IE U N IV ER S ITY SYDNEY Day 2 Thursday 30th October 2014 Palazzo Corigliano+ piano terra, aula T2 14:30- The Journey of a Visual Idea: Bronze “Bathtub” Coffins in 15:00 Elite Neo-Assyrian, NeoBabylonian and Neo-Elamite Funerary Contexts by Yasmina Wicks 15:00- The Elamite Heritage of Persia: Mudbrick Architecture, 16:00 with a contribution by YASMINA WICKS UN IVERS ITY OF SYDNE Y Vitreous Industries and Glyptic Arts 16:30- The Elamite Heritage of Persia: 17:30 Sculptural Arts JAVIER ÁLVAREZ-MON is Associate Professor in Near Eastern Archaeology and Art at the Macquarie University, Sydney (Australia). He is one of the few scholars having dealt extensively with Elamite art history and archaeology. He is also known for the study of the Neo-Elamite Arjan tomb, published in the series Acta Iranica. YASMINA WICKS is a PhD student of the University of Sydney, currently working on a thesis on Neo-Elamite funerary practices. The class is organized in the framework of the National Research Project “Sedi del potere, comunicazione politica e società nell’Iran achemenide” (PRIN 2009JHSEE7) directed by prof. Adriano V. Rossi. Write to Gian Pietro Basello <link@elamit.net> for further details. Updates on <twitter.com/elamici>. + Piazza San Domenico Maggiore 12, Napoli * Via Chiatamone 62, Napoli