2014/15

2014/2015

Publications (scholarly)

in press

 

Kristin Kleber, “The Kassite Gold and the Post-Kassite Silver Standards Revisited”, in: K. Kleber, R. Pirngruber (eds.), Silver, Money and Credit. A tribute to Robartus J. van der Spek on Occasion of his 65th Birthday on 18th September 2014. PIHANS, Leiden 2015, 37-55 (in press).

 

Mark Tamerus, “Elusive Silver in the Achaemenid Heartland. Thoughts on the Presence and Use of Silver According to the Persepolis Fortification and Treasure Archives”, in: K. Kleber, R. Pirngruber (eds.), Silver, Money and Credit. A tribute to Robartus J. van der Spek on Occasion of his 65th Birthday on 18th September 2014. PIHANS, Leiden 2015, 229-278 (in press).

 

Kristin Kleber, “Taxation in the Achaemenid Empire”, in: Oxford Handbook Online of Classical Studies (manuscript accepted).

 

Kristin Kleber, “Power Negotiation, Elite Management and Administration in Babylonia under Persian Rule”, in: B. Jacobs, W.F.M. Henkelman (eds.), The Administration of the Achaemenid Empire – Tracing the Imperias Signature. Celebratory Conference on the Occasion of the 80th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Persepolis Fortification Archive / Die Verwaltung im Perserreich – Imperiale Muster und Strukturen. Festkolloquium zur 80-Jahr-Feier der Entdeckung des Festungsarchivs von Persepolis. (in press)

 

Kristin Kleber, “Achaemenid Administration in Babylonia”, in B. Jacobs, R. Rollinger (eds.), A Companion to the Achaemenid Persian Empire, Routledge (in press).

 

Lectures for a scholarly audience

 

2014

 

Kristin Kleber,Die Stellung des assertorischen Eides im Beweisverfahren der neubabylonischen Zeit”, invited lecture held in the Forum Romanum (Juridische Faculteit, Universiteit van Amsterdam) on 16 December 2014.

 

Kristin Kleber, „Taxation and Sovereignty in the Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid Empires“ held in Florence, Italy at an interdisciplinary workshop on ‚Taxation and Sovereignty’ organized by New York University on 15 May 2014.

 

Kristin Kleber, “Steuern und Abgaben im Achämenidenreich” held in Münster, Institut für Altorientalische Philologie on 30 January 2014.

 

Lectures for a general public

 

2015

 

Kristin Kleber, „A short introduction to cuneiform“ – lecture and cuneiform writing workshop held in Groningen upon invitation of the Boreas Student Association, Rijksuniveriteit Groningen on 24 April 2015.

 

Meetings / other activities

 

2014

 

Meeting with the NaBuCCo-Project (Katholieke Universiteit Leiden), Prof. Dr. Kathleen Abraham, Dr. Shai Gordin at the VU Amsterdam. Presentation given by Dr. Shai Gordin on the NaBuCCo-Database on 9 December 2014.

 

2015

 

Kick-Off-Meeting Vidi-Project “Paying for All the Kings’ Horses and All the King’s Men: A Fiscal History of the Achaemenid Empire” with a lecture presenting the project’s aims held by Kristin Kleber, at VU Amsterdam on 22 January 2015.

 

Meeting of the Neo-Babylonian Network Initiative on 1st and 2nd June 2015 in Paris, organized by Prof. Dr. Francis Joannès, Université Paris-Sorbonne 1. Response paper by Kristin Kleber on a presentation held by M. Djabellaoui on ethnic groups first Millennium Babylonia

 

 

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