The UCLA Pourdavoud Center is pleased to announce the public launch of our new major research project, the UCLA Archaeological Gazetteer of Iran. This project is a free-access, web-based encyclopedia…
Read MoreNews
Yarshater Center Launches New Encyclopaedia Iranica Online Website
Published: February 16, 2021The Ehsan Yarshater Center for Iranian Studies at Columbia University is pleased to announce that the Encylopaedia Iranica Online is now freely accessible at https://brill.com/eiro or through https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/encyclopaedia-iranica-online. This new website, hosted…
Read MoreWinter 2021 Virtual Events
Published: November 23, 2020Due to the continued risks posed by the coronavirus pandemic, all Pourdavoud Center events for Winter Quarter 2021 will be hosted virtually via Zoom. Professionally edited videos of all lectures…
Read MoreAnnouncing the Morvarid Guiv Graduate Fellowship in Zoroastrian Studies 2020-2021 Awardees
Published: October 7, 2020The 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…
Read MoreFall 2020 Virtual Events
Published: October 6, 2020Due to the continued risks posed by the coronavirus pandemic, all Pourdavoud Center events for Fall Quarter 2020 will be hosted virtually via Zoom. Professionally edited videos of all lectures…
Read MoreVideo Library: Melammu Symposium Talks Available – Panel VI
Published: July 29, 2020The final talks from the Fourteenth Melammu Symposium, “Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World,” are now available. This last panel, “The Religious Landscape of the Sasanian World,” features the…
Read MoreVideo Library: Melammu Symposium Talks Available – Panel V, Part 2
Published: July 22, 2020The availability of talks from the Fourteenth Melammu Symposium, “Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World,” continues with the second half of the panel, “Religions and Religious Policy in the…
Read MoreCall for Applications for the Morvarid Guiv Graduate Fellowship in Zoroastrian Studies
Published: July 20, 2020Call 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…
Read MoreVideo Library: Melammu Symposium Talks Available – Panel V, Part 1
Published: July 15, 2020Two new videos from the Fourteenth Melammu Symposium, “Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World,” are now available. These videos, recorded on February 20, 2020, are part of “Panel V:…
Read MoreVideo Library: Melammu Symposium Talks Available – Second Keynote Address
Published: July 8, 2020The second keynote address from the Fourteenth Melammu Symposium, “Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World,” is now available. In this video, recorded on February 20, 2020, Touraj Daryaee (University…
Read More