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In Memoriam: Professor Ehsan Yarshater (1920-2018)
Published: September 4, 2018It is with great sadness that the Pourdavoud Center shares the passing of Professor Ehsan Yarshater, the Hagop Kevorkian Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies at Columbia University. The faculty, staff,…
Read MoreEhsan Yarshater Center for Iranian Studies at Columbia University Receives $10 Million Endowment
Published: August 29, 2018The Center for Iranian Studies at Columbia University has received a $10 million gift to formally endow the center. Upon receiving this endowment, the center will be renamed as the…
Read MoreSOAS, University of London Creates Institute of Zoroastrian Studies with £5 Million Gift
Published: August 29, 2018The School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London has received a £5 million gift to create the SOAS Shapoorji Pallonji Institute of Zoroastrian Studies. The institute, to be co-chaired…
Read MorePourdavoud Center sponsors a workshop as part of the Rencontre Assyriologique and the Melammu Symposia in Innsbruck, Austria
Published: July 25, 2018The Pourdavoud Center sponsored a workshop on “Ancient Iran and the Heritage of Ancient Near East” as part of the Rencontre Assyriologique and the Melammu Symposia in Innsbruck, Austria from July 16…
Read MoreAdjunct Assistant Professor in Iranian Studies
Published: June 26, 2018The Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World and the Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles announce a search for…
Read MoreWorkshop- Classical World in Context: Persia Hellenistic, Persianistic, Greco-Persian
Published: February 9, 2018On behalf of the Getty Research Institute, you are invited to attend an afternoon dedicated to Classical World in Context: Persia Hellenistic, Persianistic, Greco-Persian on Thursday, February 15, 2018, 2pm-4:30pm, at…
Read MoreThe Classical World in Context: Persia (Getty Villa) 2018/2019
Published: September 8, 2017For a second year, the 2018/2019 term of the Getty Scholars Program at the Villa will address the political, intellectual, religious, and artistic relations between Persia, Greece, and Rome from…
Read MoreUCLA Recruitment: Assistant Professor in Early Judaism
Published: September 6, 2017The Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles, announces a search for a tenure-track position in early Judaism at the rank of Assistant…
Read MoreUCI Recruitment: Endowed Chair in Art History, Archaeology of Ancient Iran
Published: September 6, 2017The University of California, Irvine has received a $1.5 million grant from Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute to establish the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Presidential Chair in Art History & Archaeology of…
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