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The Archaeological Gazetteer of Iran continues to grow, with the online encyclopedia now hosting 138 sites.  We hope to add many more this academic year as we continue to focus…

The Pourdavoud Institute for the Study of the Iranian World is pleased to announce a new podcast, Legacies of Ancient Persia. In this podcast, the Pourdavoud Institute explores the multiplicity…

The UCLA Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World is pleased to announce the awarding of the Morvarid Guiv Graduate Fellowship in Zoroastrian Studies. This fellowship was established…

The Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World is delighted to welcome to UCLA Dr. Lara Fabian, who has joined the faculty of the Department of Near Eastern…

Originally delivered as the Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lectures, Aspects of Kinship in Ancient Iran is an exploration of kinship in the archaeological and historical record of Iran’s most ancient civilizations….

Call for Applications for the Morvarid Guiv Graduate Fellowship in Zoroastrian Studies The Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World announces a call for applications for the Morvarid…

We are pleased to share with you the recorded lectures from the First Achaemenid Workshop, Identity, Alterity, and the Imperial Impress in the Achaemenid World, hosted at UCLA on April…

The Pourdavoud Center would like to thank all of the presenters, panel chairs, and attendees who made the Second Achaemenid Workshop, hosted by the University of Innsbruck and co-sponsored by…

On behalf of the Pourdavoud Center, we would like to offer our heartfelt thanks to all speakers, panel chairs, and attendees for their participation in the first Achaemenid Workshop. “Identity,…