Events

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.”

Kianoosh Rezania: How Did the Ancient Iranians Coordinate Space?

This lecture explores evidence that suggests that the old Iranian absolute frame of reference was constituted by the sunrise and sunset points of the winter and summer solstices.

Céline Redard: Current Trends in Avestan Studies

This lecture discusses the major progress made in our understanding of the Avestan corpus/texts in the last years.

Eberhard Sauer: From the Gorgan Wall to the Alan Gates/Dariali

It was only in December 2005 that radiocarbon samples established beyond doubt a Sasanian-era construction date for the Gorgan Wall, the longest fort-lined barrier of the late antique world.

John W.I. Lee: Greek “Concubines” and Achaemenid Dynastic Politics

This lecture focuses on the two Ionian Greek women who accompanied Cyrus the Younger on his campaign against his older brother, King Artaxerxes II, in the Achaemenid civil war of 401 BC.

James Howard-Johnston: Official Sources and the Reconstruction of History

James Howard-Johnston’s The Last Great War of Antiquity aims to fill the gap in the history of warfare by piecing together the scattered and fragmentary evidence of the early 7th century to form a coherent story of the dramatic events surrounding the last Roman-Persian war.

Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Bruno Jacobs and Robert Rollinger

Fall Welcome (2021)