New project at the IFI! Dr. @jacopobrn.bsky.social's "A Tale of Pots and People" will use a data-driven approach to the ceramic finds of the Bukhara Oasis in Uzbekistan in order to look at everyday life and interactions with major events from the C3rd to C8th CE: www.oeaw.ac.at/ifi/forschun...

We have over 20 researchers taking a wide array of approaches to the region, including work in linguistics, history, anthropology, manuscript studies, philology, digital humanities, and archaeology. We're excited to be moving to new social media and we hope you'll follow for updates on our work!

Hello and welcome to our new profile on Bluesky! We're the Institute for Iranian Studies at the Austrian Academy of Sciences - a key centre internationally for understanding the languages, cultures and history of the wider Iranian-influenced world, from the Caucasus through to central Asia.