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The Pourdavoud Center is proud to announce the recent publication of an edited volume by Director Rahim Shayegan.  Cyrus the Great: Life and Lore was published as part of the…

The J. Paul Getty Museum extends an invitation to their two-day symposium, “Palmyra and the East.”  This event, co-organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Palmyra Portrait Project…

On behalf of the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World at UCLA, we would like to offer our best wishes for a joyous Norouz. We extend our…

Ancient Iran and the Classical World A two-day international symposium jointly hosted by the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World at UCLA & the Getty Research Institute…

Thanks to a gift in 2018 from the Trust of Morvarid Guiv, the Morvarid Guiv Graduate Fellowship in Zoroastrian Studies has been established in UCLA’s Pourdavoud Center for the Study…

UCLA has launched a national and international search for a top post-doctoral scholar who will be the inaugural recipient of the Jahangir and Eleanor Amuzegar Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Contemporary Iranian…

The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, in conjunction with the Program of Iranian Studies, at UCLA, invite applications for a postdoctoral position in the history and culture of…

At the close of another year, we would like to seize this moment and, on behalf of the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World at UCLA, extend…

The Pourdavoud Center will host a memorial event to celebrate the life and scholarly contributions of Professor Eshan Yarshater (1920-2018), the Hagop Kevorkian Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies at Columbia…

The Pourdavoud Center is proud to announce the addition of two scholars: Dr. Ali Mousavi, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Iranian Archaeology in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures,…