BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//NextToU//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f085412b-903e-41ed-b8cb-98f8fef0513a@nexttoyou DTSTAMP:20261106T172648Z DTSTART:20261120T023000Z DTEND:20261120T040000Z SUMMARY:Elamite Art Through the Lens of Archaeological Evidence LOCATION:In person at Stanford DESCRIPTION:Event is in Persian.\n\nProfessor Bahram Ghadiri examines Elam ite art as a major body of archaeological evidence for understanding the cultural\, political\, and religious development of southwestern Iran and the broader Iranian Plateau. Rather than approaching Elamite art primari ly as a collection of isolated aesthetic objects\, the presentation situa tes artistic production within its historical\, geographical\, and social contexts.\n\nThe lecture begins with an overview of the emergence of Ela mite political formations and their changing territorial extent from the late fourth millennium to the first millennium BCE. It considers the rela tionships among important centers such as Susa\, Anshan\, Haft Tappeh\, C hogha Zanbil\, and the highland regions associated with Elamite cultural traditions.\n\nThe second section addresses the principal methodological challenges involved in interpreting Elamite art. Particular attention is given to archaeological context\, chronology\, iconography\, inscriptions \, patterns of cultural exchange\, and the limitations created by incompl ete or displaced evidence. The lecture also considers how earlier scholar ly frameworks have influenced modern interpretations of Elamite artistic identity.\n\nThe final section examines selected examples of monumental a rchitecture\, rock reliefs\, seals\, sculpture\, metalwork\, ceramics\, a nd representations of music and ritual. These materials illuminate concep ts of kingship\, religious practice\, social organization\, collective me mory\, and\n\nhttp://next-to-u.app/events/f085412b-903e-41ed-b8cb-98f8fef 0513a URL:http://next-to-u.app/events/f085412b-903e-41ed-b8cb-98f8fef0513a END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR