The Legacy of Cyrus the Great: Iran and Beyond

The Cyrus Cylinder Tour of the United States, an initiative by Iran Heritage Foundation, began at the Freer|Sackler Galleries on 9th March. As part of this historic tour, the Freer|Sackler Galleries have organised The Legacy of Cyrus the Great: Iran and Beyond featuring presentations by some of the world's leading scholars in Iranian studies.

The programme starts with an evening lecture by John Curtis, Keeper of Special Middle East Projects at the British Museum which is free to all and requires no registration. Further information can be found on the following links: overview, abstracts or biographies.

PROGRAM

Friday, April 26
6:30-7:30 pm	The Cyrus Cylinder: The Discovery and Creation of an Icon John Curtis, British Museum
Saturday, April 27: The Legacy of Cyrus the Great: Iran and Beyond
9:30-10 am	Coffee in Freer Courtyard
10 am-12:30 pm	Cyrus in the Ancient World and Archaeology The Cyrus Cylinder and its Babylonian Setting Amélie Kuhrt, University College London Between Persia and Greece: Cyrus in Context Wouter Henkelmann, German Archaeological Institute An Archaeology of the Babylonian Cyrus Cylinder Zainab Bahrani, Columbia University (Short papers followed by all speakers on stage for questions and discussion)
12-1:30 pm	Lunch break and time in the exhibition
1:30-2:50 pm	Cyrus’s Image Later The “Many Cyruses” of the Renaissance Jane Grogan, University College Dublin What the Founders Learned from Cyrus the Great–and What We Can, Too Caroline Winterer, Stanford University Cyrus and Neo–Achaemenid Architecture in 20th–Century Iran Talinn Grigor, Brandeis University (Short papers followed by all speakers on stage for questions and discussion)
2:50-3 pm	Break
3-4 pm	Cyrus and Iran Archaeotopia: Future Past Persia Mohamad Tavakoli–Targhi, University of Toronto Roundtable Discussion

The Legacy of Cyrus the Great: Iran and Beyond

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