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A History of the Sasanian Empire – M. Rahim Shayegan
The Sasanian empire, the last great oriental power of Late Antiquity, which at its height ruled over most of Central Asia and the Near East, before succumbing to the nascent Muslim polity, has garnered vivid interest in recent decades among...
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Achaemenid Workshops – M. Rahim Shayegan and Robert Rollinger
Achaemenid Workshops (AchWorks), shall strive to revisit, reassess, and reformulate (the state of) Achaemenid scholarship. The goal of the workshops is to allow the important momentum around Achaemenid Studies. Coordinated by the Pourdavoud Center in conjunction with AchWorks’ Organizing Board,...
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Blackwell Companion to the Sasanian Empire – M. Rahim Shayegan and Touraj Daryaee
The Blackwell Companion to the Sasanian Empire, which is under preparation by the co-editors M. Rahim Shayegan and Touraj Daryaee (UCI), is designed as an exhaustive, but accessible, introduction to the many facets of the Sasanian world. It takes into...
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The Pourdavoud Center Consortium on Achaemenid Egypt – Marissa Stevens and Jonathan Winnerman
A central element of the Pourdavoud Center’s mission is to expand the traditional domains of Old Iranian studies and promote interdisciplinary scholarship. The two periods of Achaemenid dominion over Egypt (pharaonic Egypt’s 27th and 31st dynasties) are essential for our...
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The UCLA Archaeological Gazetteer of Iran – Ali Mousavi
The UCLA Pourdavoud Center is pleased to announce the public launch of our new major research project, the UCLA Archaeological Gazetteer of Iran. This project is a free-access, web-based encyclopedia of archaeological sites, places, and monuments in the greater Iranian...
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The UCLA Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lectures
The Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series are delivered by an outstanding scholar whose work has distinctively impacted the study of the Iranian Civilization. Each biennial lecture series consists of four to five lectures on a single theme that is subsequently elaborated...
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