Fall Welcome 2020: Gateways to Iranian Archaeology
This digital fall reception celebrated the continued success of the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World. In the company of Dr. Anahita Naficy Lovelace and Mr. Jim Lovelace, the Center’s benefactors, David Schaberg, Dean of Humanities, M. Rahim Shayegan, the Center’s director, our staff, academic affiliates, colleagues, students, and esteemed guests, we introduced the Center’s stimulating programming and research agenda for the Academic year 2020-21.
Program
Welcoming Remarks from:
- Dean David Schaberg
- Dr. Anahita Naficy Lovelace
- Professor M. Rahim Shayegan
Featured Presentation by:
Dr. Ali Mousavi, Gateways to Iranian Archaeology, The Pourdavoud Gazetteer Project
Citation
Mousavi, Ali. "Fall Welcome 2020: Gateways to Iranian Archaeology," Fall Welcome Event 2020. October 23, 2020
About the Speaker
Ali Mousavi
University of California, Los Angeles
Ali Mousavi studied in Lyon, France, and took his B.A. in Art History, and his M.A. in Archaeology from the University of Lyon, France. He obtained his Ph.D. in Near Eastern archaeology from the University of California, Berkeley. He excavated in France, Turkey, and Iran, and contributed to the nomination of a number of archaeological sites and monuments on the World Heritage List of UNESCO. He is the author of a book on the site of Persepolis (Persepolis: Discovery and Afterlife of a World Wonder), and co-editor of two books: Ancient Iran from the Air, and Excavating an Empire. He has published on various aspects of Iranian art and archaeology, and holds a particular interest in the archaeology of Iranian Empires, from the Achaemenids to the Sasanians, and the history of archaeology in Iran and the Near East. He teaches art and archaeology of ancient Iran at UCLA. He is also the director of the Archaeological Gazetteer of Iran project.