Ancient Iran and the Classical World
An International Symposium Convened by:
M. Rahim Shayegan, UCLA
A. Alexa Sekyra, Getty Research Institute
About the Event
For a second year, the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World, the Getty Research Institute, and the J. Paul Getty Museum are convening an international symposium on the exchanges between ancient Iran and the Classical world. The two-day symposium, held at UCLA and the Getty Villa, will include invited speakers and scholars in residence at the Getty Villa whose projects pertain to the nexus between ancient Persia and the West. The overarching themes of the symposium encompass Achaemenid Persia and Western Encounters; the Seleucids and Iran; Parthia and Rome; and the Sasanians and the West.
We would like to thank the UCLA Division of Humanities and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures for their continued support.
Event Videos
Jake Nabel, Pennsylvania State University
Robert Rollinger, University of Innsbruck
M. Rahim Shayegan, University of California, Los Angeles
James Howard-Johnston, University of Oxford
Kathleen Lynch, University of Cincinnati
Josef Wiesehöfer, University of Kiel
Margaret Cool Root, University of Michigan
Jason Schlude, St. Benedict and St. John’s University
Sonja Richter, University of Duisburg-Essen
Matthew Canepa, University of California, Irvine
Antigoni Zournatzi, National Hellenic Research Foundation
Johannes Haubold, Princeton University
David Engels, Free University of Brussels