Events

Anahita Mittertrainer: Symbols of Royal Authority?

Anne Hunnell Chen: Dislodging Disciplinary Silos at Dura-Europos

Arash Zeini: The Birth of the Abestāg from the Spirit of Philology

Pourdavoud Center Fall Reception 2022

The World of Ancient Iran and the West

The Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World and the J. Paul Getty Museum are convening for a third year an international symposium on the exchanges between ancient Iran and the Classical world.

Robert Rollinger: Empire and Borderlands at Interplay—A Structural Approach

Lecture 4 of 4 of the 2022 Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series, delivered by Robert Rollinger.

Robert Rollinger: Space and Universality—The Long Life of the Achaemenid Mental Map

Lecture 3 of 4 of the 2022 Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series, delivered by Robert Rollinger.

Robert Rollinger: Whither the Achaemenid Empire?

Lecture 2 of 4 of the 2022 Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series, delivered by Robert Rollinger.

Robert Rollinger: An Afro-Eurasian “Hyperpower” and Its Ancient Near Eastern Roots

Lecture 1 of 4 of the 2022 Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series, delivered by Robert Rollinger.

Biennial Yarshater Lecture Series feat. Robert Rollinger

Professor Robert Rollinger delivers the four-part 2022 Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series on the theme, “The Achaemenid Persian World Empire.”