Nicholas Sims-Williams
Encyclopedia
Nicholas Sims-Williams is a professor of the School of Oriental and African Studies
(SOAS), University of London
, where he is the Research Professor of Iranian and Central Asian Studies at the Department of the Languages and Cultures of Near and Middle East. Sims-Williams is a scholar who specializes in Central Asian history, particularly the study of Sogdian
and Bactrian
languages. He is also a member of the advisory council of the Iranian Studies Journal
.
School of Oriental and African Studies
The School of Oriental and African Studies is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London...
(SOAS), University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
, where he is the Research Professor of Iranian and Central Asian Studies at the Department of the Languages and Cultures of Near and Middle East. Sims-Williams is a scholar who specializes in Central Asian history, particularly the study of Sogdian
Sogdian language
The Sogdian language is a Middle Iranian language that was spoken in Sogdiana , located in modern day Uzbekistan and Tajikistan ....
and Bactrian
Bactrian language
The Bactrian language is an extinct Eastern Iranian language which was spoken in the Central Asian region of Bactria. Linguistically, it is classified as belonging to the middle period of the East Iranian branch...
languages. He is also a member of the advisory council of the Iranian Studies Journal
Iranian Studies Journal
The Iranian Studies Journal is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering Iranian and Persianate history, literature, and society published by Routledge on behalf of the International Society for Iranian Studies. It is published 6 times a year and was established in 1967. The...
.
Publications
His published works include:- "Sogdian and other Iranian inscriptions of the Upper Indus II, London (1992)
- "Bactrian ownership inscriptions" BAI 7, pp173–9 (1993)
- "New light on ancient Afghanistan: the decipherment of Bactrian", London (1997)
- "Bactrian documents from Northern Afghanistan I: Legal and economic documents" Oxford ISBN 0197275028 (2000)
- "Recent discoveries in the Bactrian language and their historical significance", Society for the Preservation of Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage (Afghanistan). (2004)
- "Some Bactrian seal-inscriptions" in "Afghanistan, ancien carrefour entre l'est et l'ouest" BREPOLS ISBN 2503516815