Dr. Michael Brown, postdoctoral researcher in Near Eastern Archaeology and at the HCTS, received joint Anglo-German funding for trial fieldwork in Iraq. This research is part of his Transcultural Forays project "Transcultural Perspectives on the Parthian Empire: The Mountain Fortress of Rabana," which started in October 2017 at the HCTS. The grants include financial support from the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft (DOG), and the British Institute for the Study of Iraq (BISI). Upcoming fieldwork with involve participants from Heidelberg University and the UK working alongside heritage professionals from Iraqi-Kurdistan.
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