SCYTHIANS, SARMATIANS, ALANS
Iranian-Speaking Nomads of the Eurasian Steppes
Autonomous University of Barcelona
7-11 May 2007

An International Conference titled “Scythians, Sarmatians, Alans — Iranian-Speaking Nomads of the Eurasian Steppes”, will be held at the Autonomous University of Barcelona from Monday 7^th to Friday 11^th May 2007, in close collaboration with the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAN (Moscow).

The main objectives of this conference are:

1. To act as a forum for discussion and to promote scholarly exchange between Eastern and Western academics dealing with this subject.
2. To bring together leading authorities in the field, in order to provide a state-of-the-art overview of the archaeology, art, history, language and culture of the Iranian nomads of the Eurasian steppes, to be published as proceedings in both English and Russian.

However, so as to facilitate scientific exchange, participants are strongly encouraged to submit their papers in English (or, eventually, French). Applicants should initially register their interest in attending the conference by filling in the application (click on “Paper Submission Download”) and returning a copy of this document to the E-Mail address cg.iranian.steppe.nomads@uab.es by 1 December 2006.

For more information, please refer to the website.