Jeffrey Kotyk

Visiting Humboldt Forum with Dr. Li Lan.

Too many centipedes in the house. 天稚彦物語絵巻. Humboldt Forum.

Thank you and 감사합니다 to Sooyeun Yang for sending me photos from the panel I chaired at the Meeting of ‪ @bshsnews.bsky.social at @cam.ac.uk. Po-Hung Liu, @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social, @busradede.bsky.social and Majideh Qazizadeh gave spectacular presentations. conference.bshs.org.uk/wp-content/u...

I'm in Cambridge for the annual meeting of the British Society for the History of Science.

British Society for the History of Science: Annual Conference, from July 8 to 10, 2025, in Cambridge. I'll be presenting on "Scientific Astronomy and Horoscopes in Medieval Japan."
conference.bshs.org.uk/programme/#6g

Jeffrey Kotyk. Sino-Iranian and Sino-Arabian Relations in Late Antiquity: China and the Parthians, Sasanians, and Arabs in the First Millennium İran Çalışmaları Dergisi | Cilt: 9 Sayı: 1

A positive review of my book (in Turkish) by Muammer İskenderoğlu.
dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/irani...

I would like to add to my expression of gratitude to @samhistsci.bsky.social by thanking him for allowing me to chair a panel at the conference of @bshsnews.bsky.social with Po-Hung Liu, @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social, @busradede.bsky.social and Majideh Qazizadeh. conference.bshs.org.uk/wp-content/u...

YouTube video by Andrea Acri MANTRATANTRAM_VID_TantricBorderlands_Paris_30_05_2025_Kotyk

My recent presentation in Paris: "Astral Icons in the Taizō Maṇḍala 胎藏曼荼羅 versus Textual Descriptions." MANTRATANTRAM project, 30 May 2025.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lcz...

I'll be at the British Society for the History of Science Annual Conference, July 8 to 10, in Cambridge. I'll speak on "Scientific Astronomy and Horoscopes in Medieval Japan."
conference.bshs.org.uk/programme/

Première visite au Campus Condorcet. 🇫🇷

Depictions of signs of the zodiac from Brauweiler Abbey, before 1141. Shell limestone, recycled Roman architectural pieces.Dauerleihgabe des Museum Schnütgen, Köln.

Many thanks to Prof. Ralph Kauz and Bonn University for the opportunity to present my book.

Much belated intro of our interview with Dr. Jeffrey Kotyk about his book which builds on the pioneering work of Berthold Laufer by utilising classical Chinese sources to tell the story of Sino-Iran in a new light for both Iranologists & Sinologists.
open.spotify.com/episode/0wUqJq

Heading to Bonn now to give a lecture and present my book.
www.ioa.uni-bonn.de/sin/de/nachr...

Upcoming conference in Paris.
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Last day of the conference was held at the Münster Zoo which has a cosplay event today.

In Münster for a conference. "Same and/or Other? Animals in East Asian History."
www.uni-muenster.de/Sinologie/fo...

At auction: "The Piprahwa Gems of the Historical Buddha, Mauryan Empire, Ashokan era, circa 240-200 BC."
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19.05.2025Revisiting China and Iran in the First Millennium CE: The Significance of Sino-Iranian Relations. - Konfuzius Institut Bonn „Revisiting China and Iran in the First Millennium CE: The Significance of Sino-Iranian Relations.“ May 19, 2025 18:00 pm c.t. University of Bonn, Main Building, (HS XVI), Am Hof 1, 53113 Bonn Dr. Jef...

Upcoming talk: "Revisiting China and Iran in the First Millennium CE: The Significance of Sino-Iranian Relations." Jeffrey Kotyk.
May 19, 2025 18:00 pm c.t.
University of Bonn, Main Building, (HS XVI), Am Hof 1, 53113 Bonn
konfuzius-bonn.de/termine/19-0...

Exploring Early Buddhist–Christian (Jingjiao 景教) Dialogues in Text and Image: A Cultural Hermeneutic Approach, Wang Jun and Michael Cavayero.
www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16...

The image is a fragment of a burial tomb mural depicting a cat. The artwork shows a black and white cat sitting upright. The cat is facing to the right and its tail is curled around its body. The mural has a weathered appearance, with visible cracks and a rough texture.

Anyang Museum in Henan Province finished restoration on a local tomb mural depicting a black and white cat (note the bell collar!).

Belonging to official Zhao Yigong, the tomb was completed in 829 CE; it's thought to be the earliest Chinese tomb mural of a domestic cat.
#caturday

Scott Cunningham is a representative 20th-century author.

Fine Sasanian metalwork. Smithsonian Museum of Asian Art (2023).

Long taped together scroll of documents on floor

Just reassembling printed editions of now mixed up Shōsōin documents into their original 8th-century order as a scroll in preparation for my grad seminar tomorrow 📜

Many thanks to Tel Aviv University and Prof. Or Porath for an invitation to give a series of lectures on Sino-Iranian relations in late antiquity, Japanese star mandalas, and ancient astronomy in East Asia. We also visited the Israel Museum yesterday evening.

At Tel Aviv University speaking on the relations between Iran and China in late antiquity.

Alternative Views on Sasanian History: Contemporary Chinese Accounts of Persia | Canal U Jeffrey Kotyk (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science) Points de vue alternatifs sur l'histoire sassanide : Les récits chinois contemporains sur la Perse

My recent talk in Paris: "Alternative Views on Sasanian History: Contemporary Chinese Accounts of Persia."

www.canal-u.tv/chaines/cerm...

Nice configuration of Mars, Moon, and Jupiter tonight. Stellarium app.

I'm going to try it out because MS Word is just giving me grief.