Dr Mehrbod Khanizadeh Mehrbod Khanizadeh is an AHRC Research Fellow working on the project 'Translating the Avesta: The Avestan and Pahlavi Versions of the Hōm Yasht'.
The Multimedia Yasna (MUYA) Examining the performance and written transmission of the core ritual of the Zoroastrian tradition, the Yasna.
Nafiseh Ansari Nafiseh Ansari is a PhD researcher in the Department of History, Religions and Philosophies, working on a critical edition and interdisciplinary study of the Middle Persian text Draxt ī Asūrīg. Her research interests include Pahlavi literature, Zoroastrianism, the visual culture of ancient Iran, and the philosophy of history particularly questions about how meaning, memory, and identity are constructed through historical texts.
Nan Ni Nan Ni is a PhD Researcher of History, Religions, and Philosophies with an interest in the cultural interactions among Silk Road regions through the examination of excavated materials from Dunhuang.
SOAS receives first ERC Proof of Concept grant for the Multimedia Yasna International Image Interoperability Framework None
Dr Yousef Moradi Dr Yousef Moradi is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Experienced Researcher in the Department of Religions and Philosophies, holding a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship of the European Commission's Horizon 2020 programme (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017).
Towards a scientific annotation service by subscription This project proposes to lay the foundation for commercialising an annotation tool developed in Hintze’s MUYA-IIIF Proof of Concept project, using the vehicle of a new digital repository for previously unpublished sources held at the Royal Asiatic Society in London.