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The Bible in Its Ancient Iranian Context

306 Royce Hall 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

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...

Pourdavoud Lecture Series: Yuhan Vevaina

306 Royce Hall 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

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)...

Pourdavoud Lecture Series: Wu Xin

306 Royce Hall 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

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...

Pourdavoud Lecture Series: Gunvor Lindström

306 Royce Hall 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

The Denavar Satyrs as Time Travelers: From Ancient Persia to Greece, Rome, and 20th Century Collections The influence of Greco-Roman artistic traditions on the Parthian Empire (c. 250 BCE–225 CE)...