Bi-annual Sancisi Lecture

The bi-annual Sancisi-Weerdenburg Lecture (spring), honouring the achievements of Dutch scholar Prof. Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg, is co-organised with RMO and members of the Sancisi family. 

This celebratory event is aimed at colleagues and students, as well as a broader public. Internationally renowned scholars are invited as speaker. All are welcome to attend!

Next lecture

To be announced.

Previous lectures

8 June 20265Miguel John VersluysThe Achaemenid Persian Empire and World History
29 February 20244Mark GarrisonA Queen, her Son, and her Chamberlain. Seal Imagery and Socio-Administrative Hierarchies at Persepolis
10 November 20163Wouter HenkelmanKoning van deze Aarde, wijd en zijd – de Perzische blik op het Achaemenidenrijk
27 April 20122Daniel PottsElam, Anšan and the first Persian empire: From segmentary state to international empire
24 June 20101Amelie KuhrtHeleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg and the reassessment of Xerxes’ reign