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MAK Vienna unveils Asian art reinstallation
Feb18

MAK Vienna unveils Asian art reinstallation

The Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna unveiled its permanent collection of Asian art after its reinstallation following a concept and design by Japanese artist Tadashi Kawamata. The MAK Asia Collection is one of the most comprehensive and important European collections of art and applied arts from the Asiatic region. As of 19 February 2014, it will be presented in an exhibition gallery “conceived in a fundamentally new...

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Dan Snow to head Archaeology Council
Oct28

Dan Snow to head Archaeology Council

Historian Dan Snow is the new President and spokesperson for the Council for British Archaeology, which has numerous international projects, including some in the Levant (eastern Mediterranean). Historian, broadcaster and television presenter Dan Snow will be the CBA’s frontman for public engagement programmes such as the UK-wide community project recording the physical remains of the First World War and its Home Front, and the...

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Book Review: Ancient Persia, by Josef Wiesehöfer
Dec22

Book Review: Ancient Persia, by Josef Wiesehöfer

Ancient Persia, by Josef Wiesehöfer, surely must rate as one of the most underrated books on Iran, perhaps because it announces itself as a book about ‘Persia’ rather than Iran of the news headlines. It further delivers—unintentionally, no doubt—a disincentive for those keen to learn more about contemporary and modern Iran. Yes, the one often cited in the West’s War on Terror and what precedes or follows that...

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