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…
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Fall 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 MoreVideo Library: Melammu Symposium Talks Available – Panel IV, Part 2
Published: July 1, 2020The remaining lectures of Panel IV, “(Post-)Achaemenid Religious Practices in Literary Traditions,” from the Fourteenth Melammu Symposium, “Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World,” are now available. Recorded on February…
Read MoreVideo Library: Melammu Symposium Talks Available – Panel IV, Part 1
Published: June 24, 2020The first three lectures of Panel IV, “(Post-)Achaemenid Religious Practices in Literary Traditions,” from the Fourteenth Melammu Symposium, “Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World,” are now available. These videos,…
Read MoreVideo Library: Melammu Symposium Talks Available – Panel III
Published: June 17, 2020The lectures of Panel III, “The Divine in Achaemenid Material Culture,” from the Fourteenth Melammu Symposium, “Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World,” are now available. In these two videos,…
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