Pourdavoud Institute Fall 2024 Welcome Reception Wednesday, October 9, 2024 4:00 – 6:00 pm Royce Hall 306 Registration Required The Pourdavoud Institute for the Study of the Iranian World invites...
Byzantium Within a Medieval Eurafricasian Literary Polysystem: Historiography, Fictional Tales, and the Practices of Narrative Representation Byzantium and its literature has been excluded from the national canons of European...
“Nezāmi and the Iranian World” is a two-day conference (November 21–22, 2024) that brings together specialists of Persian literature, junior faculty, and graduate students to facilitate in-depth conversations on Nezāmi in a stimulating intellectual environment at UCLA.
Between and Beyond Empires: From the Seleucids to the Sasanians (2nd c. BC – 7th c. AD) Wrocław/Breslau, December 3–6, 2024 Organized by Robert Rollinger, Krzysztof Nawotka, Agnieszka Wojciechowska and...
The Rise of Persian: Understanding the Evolution of Writing in the Sasanian and Early Islamic Periods This talk explores the evolution of writing during the Sasanian and early Islamic periods,...
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,...
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...
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)...
Whither Global Antiquity? Retrospection and Future Directions Thursday, April 10–Friday April 11 Royce Hall 314 & 306 Registration and Info at Global Antiquity Site Global Antiquity is convening its second...
Imperial Foundations of the Silk Road: Persian Roads and Han Walls While the Silk Road is often celebrated as a pivotal example of early globalization, scholarship has primarily focused on...
