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Diophante’s Kandys: Faceted Relations between Persia and Classical Athens

306 Royce Hall 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

Margaret C. Miller (University of Sydney) Against a background of war and power politics, social exchange also took place between ancient Athens and the Persian Empire founded by Cyrus. Whether as (unintentional) arbiter of high fashion, benchmark of elegant behaviour, or model for imperial protocol, Persia impacted Athenian life on many levels. Sometimes adoptions were...

Lectures with Miguel John Versluys and Albert de Jong

306 Royce Hall 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

Persianism in Commagene: The Mnemohistory of the Achaemenid Empire in Hellenistic Eurasia Miguel John Versluys (University of Leiden / Getty Villa Scholar) The socio-political and cultural memory of the Achaemenid (Persian) Empire played a very important role already in Antiquity. Miguel John Versluys has proposed to call this phenomenon, that is, the impact of Achaemenid Persia on the antique...

workshop on “Ancient Iran and the Heritage of Ancient Near East” as part of the Rencontre Assyriologique and the Melammu Symposia in Innsbruck, Austria

The Pourdavoud Center sponsors a workshop on “Ancient Iran and the Heritage of Ancient Near East” as part of the Rencontre Assyriologique and the Melammu Symposia in Innsbruck, Austria from July 16 to July 20. Among the participants are: Maria Macuch (Univerisity of Toronto); Dan Beckman (Princeton University); Rolf Strootman (University of Utrecht); Jake Nabel (Getty Villa);...

Pourdavoud Center Fall Welcome Reception

306 Royce Hall 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

Please join us for a fall reception at Royce Hall to celebrate the continued success of the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World, the latest addition to the research centers in the Humanities Division. In the company of faculty, our staff, academic affiliates, colleagues, students, and esteemed guests, we shall explore the...

Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Mark Garrison

306 Royce Hall 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

Please join the Pourdavoud Center for the first talk of our 2018-2019 Lecture Series, featuring the research of Dr. Mark Garrison of Trinity University. Deities and Ritual at Persepolis: The Evidence from the Persepolis Fortification and Treasury Archives The texts and seals preserved as impressions from two large archives of administrative tablets at Persepolis reveal...

Ehsan Yarshater: A Homage

Faculty Center, California Room 480 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA

Please join the Pourdavoud Center in celebrating the life and scholarly contributions of Professor Eshan Yarshater (1920-2018), the Hagop Kevorkian Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies at Columbia University.  Professor Yarshater’s prolific career has had a global impact.  At UCLA, he is remembered with the endowed Yarshater Biennial Lecture Series, and at Columbia University, his memory...

Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Matthew Canepa

306 Royce Hall 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

Please join the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World for the continuation of the 2018-2019 Lecture Series.  This first talk of Winter Quarter 2019 will feature the research of Dr. Matthew Canepa, Professor of Art History and Archaeology at the University of California, Irvine.  Dr. Canepa is also a 2018-2019 Getty Scholar....

Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Robert Rollinger

306 Royce Hall 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

Contextualizing the Achaemenid-Persian Empire: What Does Empire Mean in the 1st Millennium BCE? Looking at historical handbooks of the Ancient Near East, there appears to be a general agreement on structuring the outline of political history of the first millennium BCE. The epoch is conceptualized as a succession of three clearly defined empires. The first,...

Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Margaret Root

306 Royce Hall 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

The Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World announces the lecture of Dr. Margaret Root as part of the 2018-2019 Lecture Series.  Dr. Root is Professor and Curator Emerita of Near Eastern and Classical Art and Archaeology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a 2018-2019 Getty Scholar. Kingship for a New...

Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Stefan Hauser

306 Royce Hall 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

Dr. Stefan Hauser will present his research as part of the Pourdavoud Center 2018-2019 Lecture Series. Dr. Hauser is Professor of Archaeology and Ancient Mediterranean Culture at the Universität Konstanz, Germany. He is also a Getty Scholar for the 2018-2019 academic year. Charax Spasinou Research on the Capital of Mesene and the Arsacid Center of...