Achaemenid Workshop 3 | Columbia University February 21-22, 2025 Columbia University, New York An International Workshop Convened by: John Ma & Marc Van De Mieroop, Columbia University M. Rahim Shayegan, UCLA Download the Abstract Booklet Download the Conference Program Co-sponsored by: The Pourdavoud Institute for the Study of the Iranian World The Yarshater Center for...
March 13-14, 2025 | 306 & 314 Royce Hall UCLA An International Conference Convened by: M. Rahim Shayegan, UCLA William Schniedewind, UCLA Catherine Bonesho, UCLA Co-sponsored by: The Pourdavoud Institute for the Study of the Iranian World The Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies Zoom Webinar Link Download the Conference Program Although there has...
Zoroastrian Hermeneutics in Late Antiquity The Sūdgar Nask of Dēnkard Book 9 is a commentary on the ‘Old Avesta’ of the 2nd millennium BCE produced in Pahlavi (Zoroastrian Middle Persian) in the Sasanian (224–651 CE) and early Islamic centuries. This commentary is a value-laden, ideologically motivated discourse that displays a rich panoply of tradition-constituted forms...
Regal Metamorphosis: A Transcultural Journey of the Achaemenid Royal Women to the East Xiwangmu, also known as the Queen of the West, is a significant deity in ancient Chinese mythology, revered initially as the protector of departed souls. Her representation emerged during the late Western Han period around the 1st century BCE. Scholars have drawn...
