Biennial Yarshater Lecture Series Event Category • UCLA Pourdavoud Institute

Professor Frantz Grenet delivers the four-part 2026 Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series on the theme, “Ancient Iran and Central Asia: Interactions and Shifting Identities.”

Mar 4

Biennial Yarshater Lecture Series

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

Wed April 20, 2022 4:00 pm 314 Royce Hall

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

'The Achaemenid Persian World Empire,' delivered by Robert Rollinger.

Apr 20

Biennial Yarshater Lecture Series

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

Mon April 18, 2022 4:00 pm 314 Royce Hall

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

Apr 18

Biennial Yarshater Lecture Series

Robert Rollinger: Whither the Achaemenid Empire?

Wed April 13, 2022 4:00 pm 314 Royce Hall

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

Apr 13

Biennial Yarshater Lecture Series

Biennial Yarshater Lecture Series feat. Robert Rollinger

Mon April 11 – Wed April 20, 2022 Royce Hall 314

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

Apr 11

Biennial Yarshater Lecture Series

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

Mon April 11, 2022 4:00 pm 314 Royce Hall

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

Apr 11

Biennial Yarshater Lecture Series

Daniel Potts: Kith and Kin, Tribe, and State in Ancient Iran

Mon March 2 – Wed March 11, 2020 Fowler A222

The 2020 Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series honored guest lecturer is Professor Daniel Potts.

Daniel Potts Biennial Yarshater Lecture Series - Kith and Kin, Tribe, and State in Ancient Iran.

Mar 2