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Agut-Labordère, Damien

• Religious Interactions between Persians and Egyptians in Achaemenid Egypt

  Recorded: February 18, 2020
  Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
  
  by Damien Agut-Labordère (French National Center for Scientific Research)

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Allen, Lindsay

• Embedded Alterity: Material Hybridity As an Achaemenid Strategy

  Recorded: April 12, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 1
  
  by Lindsay Allen (King's College London)

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• The Boundaries of Kingship: Objects and Relationships at the Margins

  Recorded: May 19, 2022
  Event: The World of Ancient Iran and the West
  
  by Lindsay Allen (King’s College, London)

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Azzoni, Annalisa

• Udjahorresnet’s Egypt: The Crossroads of Conquest and Identity under Achaemenid Rule

  Recorded: May 7, 2021
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Workshop - Udjahorresnet’s Egypt
  
  by Annalisa Azzoni (Vanderbilt University); Ladislav Bareš (Charles University); Alexander Schütze (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich); Květa Smoláriková (Charles University); Uzume Z. Wijnsma (Leiden University); Melanie Wasmuth (University of Helsinki)

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Bareš, Ladislav

• Udjahorresnet’s Egypt: The Crossroads of Conquest and Identity under Achaemenid Rule

  Recorded: May 7, 2021
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Workshop - Udjahorresnet’s Egypt
  
  by Annalisa Azzoni (Vanderbilt University); Ladislav Bareš (Charles University); Alexander Schütze (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich); Květa Smoláriková (Charles University); Uzume Z. Wijnsma (Leiden University); Melanie Wasmuth (University of Helsinki)

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Basello, Gian Pietro

• Echoes of the Achaemenid Imperial Signature in the Book of Ezra

  Recorded: July 5, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 2
  
  by Gian Pietro Basello (University of Naples)

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Baulina, Kateryna

• Reflection of Titles and Statuses in the Hierarchy of Senior Officials at the Achaemenid’s Royal Court: from Neo-Assyrian thought to Early Hellenistic Periods

  Recorded: July 5, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 2
  
  by Kateryna Baulina (Kyiv University)

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Beckman, Daniel

• Into the Ashes: Punishment at the Achaemenid Court

  Recorded: February 19, 2020
  Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
  
  by Daniel Beckman (Princeton University)

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• The Eye of the King Comes to Athens: Persia in the Greek Imagination

  Recorded: April 25, 2018
  Event: Ancient Persia and the West, An International Symposium
  
  by Daniel Beckman (Princeton University)

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BeDuhn, Jason

• Manichaean Interpretation of Iranian Religious Traditions

  Recorded: March 2, 2021
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Workshop - Current Trends in Manichaeism Studies
  
  by Jason BeDuhn (Northern Arizona University)

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Bonner, Michael Jackson

• Sasanian Iran: A Personal View

  Recorded: December 2, 2020
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by Michael Jackson Bonner

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Cambruzzi, Valentina

• Of Satraps and Generals: Discontinuity between Achaemenid and Seleukid Roles

  Recorded: July 6, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 2
  
  by Valentina Cambruzzi (University of Innsbruck)

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Canepa, Matthew P.

• Parthian Silver and the Creation and Contestation of Aristocracies in Post-Hellenistic Iran

  Recorded: May 20, 2022
  Event: The World of Ancient Iran and the West
  
  by Matthew Canepa (University of California, Irvine)

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• Reevaluating Divine Imagery in Late Antique Iranian Metalwork

  Recorded: February 20, 2020
  Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
  
  by Matthew Canepa (University of California, Irvine)

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• The Getty Stag Rhyton and Parthian Aristocratic Culture: New Discoveries

  Recorded: May 30, 2019
  Event: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, An International Symposium
  
  by Matthew Canepa (University of California, Irvine)

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• Transmillenial Ecologies of Iranian Religion and Identity

  Recorded: January 9, 2019
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by Matthew P. Canepa (University of California, Irvine)

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Carter, Elizabeth

• Crafting under Divine Protection During the Middle Elamite Period

  Recorded: February 18, 2020
  Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
  
  by Elizabeth Carter (University of California, Los Angeles)

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Cereti, Carlo G.

• Narseh’s Diadem: Religion, Royalty, and Power under the Early Sasanians

  Recorded: February 19, 2021
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by Carlo G. Cereti (University of Rome)

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Chen, Anne Hunnell

• Dislodging Disciplinary Silos at Dura-Europos

  Recorded: February 15, 2023
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by Anne Hunnell Chen (Bard College)

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Chen, Hong Yu

• The ba-spirits of Amun-Re: Theology and Egyptian Exegesis in the Persian Period

  Recorded: April 14, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 1
  
  by Hong Yu Chen (University of California, Los Angeles)

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Colburn, Henry

• How (Not) to Find Persians in Egypt

  Recorded: April 14, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 1
  
  by Henry P. Colburn (New York University)

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• Achaemenid Egypt: The Archaeology of a Colonial Encounter

  Recorded: November 4, 2020
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by Henry P. Colburn (University of Michigan)

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• Persian Kings and Egyptian Gods: Religious Innovation in Achaemenid Egypt

  Recorded: February 18, 2020
  Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
  
  by Henry Colburn (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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Cooney, Kathlyn

• The Invention of Monotheism in Ancient Egypt

  Recorded: February 18, 2020
  Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
  
  by Kathlyn Cooney (University of California, Los Angeles)

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Daniel, Elton

• Ehsan Yarshater: A Homage

  Recorded: November 19, 2018
  Event: Ehsan Yarshater: A Homage
  
  by M. Rahim Shayegan (UCLA), Rudi Matthee (University of Delaware), ProdsOktor Skjærvø (Harvard), Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak (UCLA), Elton Daniel (Columbia University), and Ali Gheissari (University of San Diego)

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Daryaee, Touraj

• Persepolis: The Persistence of Achaemenid Memory?

  Recorded: April 12, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 1
  
  by Touraj Daryaee (University of California, Irvine)

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• Ardashir I, the Early Sasanians, and Reorienting the Near East and the Caucasus

  Recorded: May 20, 2022
  Event: The World of Ancient Iran and the West
  
  by Touraj Daryaee (University of California, Irvine)

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• The Limits of Tolerance: Jews, Christians, Buddhists, and Others in the Sasanian Empire

  Recorded: February 20, 2020
  Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
  
  by Touraj Daryaee (University of California, Irvine)

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• Fearless Ērānšahr: Sasanian Coinage in Context of Roman Relations

  Recorded: April 25, 2018
  Event: Ancient Persia and the West, An International Symposium
  
  by Touraj Daryaee (UC Irvine)

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Davidson, Olga M.

• How the Persian Book of Kings by Ferdowsi about the Ancient Royal Dynasties of Iran Could Ever Become a World Epic for the So-Called West

  Recorded: May 20, 2022
  Event: The World of Ancient Iran and the West
  
  by Olga M. Davidson (Boston University)

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Degen, Julian

• Narrating Imperial Success from the Achaemenid Period to the Late Roman Republic

  Recorded: July 6, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 2
  
  by Julian Degen (University of Trier)

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• The Achaemenids and the Desert

  Recorded: April 12, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 1
  
  by Julian Degen (University of Trier)

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• Herodotus and the Persian Priests: The Histories as a Source for Iranian Religion

  Recorded: February 19, 2020
  Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
  
  by Julian Degen (University of Innsbruck)

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Dilley, Paul

• Also Schrieb Zarathustra? New Manichaean Sources for the “Law of Zarades” & His Otherworldly Journeys

  Recorded: March 1, 2021
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Workshop - Current Trends in Manichaeism Studies
  
  by Paul Dilley (University of Iowa)

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Dusinberre, Elspeth

• The Collapse of Empire: Gordion’s Transition from the Achaemenid to the Hellenistic World

  Recorded: February 21, 2024
  Event: Pourdavoud Lecture Series
  
  by Elspeth Dusinberre (University of Colorado - Boulder)

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• Current Trends in Scholarship Regarding Achaemenid Material and Visual Culture

  Recorded: April 12, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 1
  
  by Elspeth Dusinberre (University of Colorado - Boulder)

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• Achaemenid Anatolia and the Creation of Empire

  Recorded: April 25, 2018
  Event: Ancient Persia and the West, An International Symposium
  
  by Elspeth Dusinberre (University of Colorado, Boulder)

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Engels, David

• Towards and Intellectual History of the Seleucid Empire?

  Recorded: May 29, 2019
  Event: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, An International Symposium
  
  by David Engels (Free University of Brussels)

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Fischer-Bovet, Christelle

• The Politics of Religion under the Ptolemies: Egyptian Statues, Achaemenid Persia, and the Seleucids

  Recorded: February 20, 2020
  Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
  
  by Christelle Fischer-Bovet (University of Southern California)

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Gardner, Iain

• New Research and Sources for the Life of Mani

  Recorded: March 2, 2021
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Workshop - Current Trends in Manichaeism Studies
  
  by Iain Gardner (University of Sydney)

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Garrison, Mark

• Some Observations on the Representation of the Divine and Numinous in Persepolitan Glyptic

  Recorded: February 19, 2020
  Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
  
  by Mark Garrison (Trinity University) and Emma Petersen (University of California, Los Angeles)

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• Deities and Ritual at Persepolis: The Evidence from the Persepolis Fortification and Treasury Archives

  Recorded: November 11, 2018
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by Mark Garrison (Trinity College)

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Gaspa, Salvatore

• Constructing Religious Identities in the Age of the Empires: Remarks on the “Imperial Religion(s)” of the Early Achaemenid Period

  Recorded: February 18, 2020
  Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
  
  by Salvatore Gaspa (University of Padua)

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Gheissari, Ali

• Ehsan Yarshater: A Homage

  Recorded: November 19, 2018
  Event: Ehsan Yarshater: A Homage
  
  by M. Rahim Shayegan (UCLA), Rudi Matthee (University of Delaware), ProdsOktor Skjærvø (Harvard), Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak (UCLA), Elton Daniel (Columbia University), and Ali Gheissari (University of San Diego)

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Groß, Melanie

• From Assyria to Persia – Putting State Officials in Context

  Recorded: July 4, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 2
  
  by Melanie Groß (Leiden University)

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Gulácsi, Zsuzsanna

• The Footprint of Mani’s Book of Pictures in Late Antique Sources: An Assessment of Social & Geographical Data about Teaching with Images During the 3rd and 4th Centuries

  Recorded: March 1, 2021
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Workshop - Current Trends in Manichaeism Studies
  
  by Zsuzsanna Gulácsi (Northern Arizona University)

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• Dura from the East: Iranian Impact on the Formation of Religious Arts across the Trade Routes of the Asian Continent during the 3rd–6th Centuries CE

  Recorded: May 30, 2019
  Event: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, An International Symposium
  
  by Zsuzsanna Gulácsi (Northern Arizona University)

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Haubold, Johannes

• The Magus in Hell

  Recorded: February 19, 2020
  Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
  
  by Johannes Haubold (Princeton University)

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• The Making of the Chaldeans

  Recorded: May 29, 2019
  Event: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, An International Symposium
  
  by Johannes Haubold (Princeton University)

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Hauser, Stefan R.

• Charax Spasinou: Research on the Capitol of Mesene and the Arsacid Center of Trade

  Recorded: April 8, 2019
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by Stefan R. Hauser (University of Konstanz/Getty Scholar)

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Hintze, Almut

• The Yasna Ritual in Performance

  Recorded: May 13, 2021
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by Almut Hintze (SOAS University of London)

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Holm, Tawny

• Textualizing Aramean Identities in Egypt: Papyrus Amherst 63

  Recorded: November 18, 2020
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Workshop - The Puzzling Papyrus: New Perspectives on Papyrus Amherst 63
  
  by Tawny Holm (Pennsylvania State University)

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Howard-Johnston, James

• Official Sources and the Reconstruction of History: The Case of the Last Great War of Antiquity

  Recorded: January 7, 2022
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by James Howard-Johnston (University of Oxford)

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• Khusro II as War Leader

  Recorded: May 30, 2019
  Event: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, An International Symposium
  
  by James Howard-Johnston (University of Oxford)

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Howley, Charlotte

• “The Foreigners Value Eunuchs More Than Perfect Men”: Gender Alterity and Its Political, Social, and Religious Implications in Achaemenid Court Culture

  Recorded: April 14, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 1
  
  by Charlotte Howley (University of California, Los Angeles)

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Hyland, John

• Remembering Croesus, Serving Darius: Local Elites and Imperial Administration in Early Achaemenid Sardis

  Recorded: April 13, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 1
  
  by John O. Hyland (Christopher Newport University)

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• Celebrating Achaemenid Victories: A Glyptic Triumphal Motif and its Greek and Egyptian Victims

  Recorded: May 19, 2022
  Event: The World of Ancient Iran and the West
  
  by John O. Hyland (Christopher Newport University)

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Jacobs, Bruno

• The Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Two Volume Companion

  Recorded: November 5, 2021
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck); Bruno Jacobs (University of Basel)

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Joachimsen, Kristin

• The Persian King and His Jewish Queen as Presented from a Jewish Subaltern Point of View in the Book of Esther (MT)

  Recorded: July 5, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 2
  
  by Kristin Joachimsen (University of Oslo)

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Jong, Albert de

• The Study of Zoroastrianism and the Academic Study of Religion

  Recorded: May 30, 2018
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by Albert de Jong (Leiden University)

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• East of the Euphrates: The Contribution of Sasanian History to Theorizing Late Antiquity

  Recorded: April 25, 2018
  Event: Ancient Persia and the West, An International Symposium
  
  by Albert de Jong (Leiden University)

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Karimi-Hakkak, Ahmad

• Ehsan Yarshater: A Homage

  Recorded: November 19, 2018
  Event: Ehsan Yarshater: A Homage
  
  by M. Rahim Shayegan (UCLA), Rudi Matthee (University of Delaware), ProdsOktor Skjærvø (Harvard), Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak (UCLA), Elton Daniel (Columbia University), and Ali Gheissari (University of San Diego)

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Klinkott, Hilmar

• Consolidation of Law, Legal Order, and the Question of Constitutionalizing Processes in the Achaemenid Empire

  Recorded: April 17, 2024
  Event: Pourdavoud Lecture Series
  
  by Hilmar Klinkott (University of Kiel)

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• Satrapal Power and Royal Policy – The Transformation of Inner Political Forces in the Achaemenid Empire

  Recorded: July 5, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 2
  
  by Hilmar Klinkott (University of Kiel)

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• The Development of Local Identity as Imperial Integration Process in Achaemenid Asia Minor: The Examples of Caria and Lycia

  Recorded: April 13, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 1
  
  by Hilmar Klinkott (University of Kiel)

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• How to Govern an Empire? The Inscriptions of Darius I As a Constitutional Program

  Recorded: May 19, 2022
  Event: The World of Ancient Iran and the West
  
  by Hilmar Klinkott (University of Kiel)

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• The Deportation of Gods – Between Persian Policy and Ptolemaic Ideology

  Recorded: February 19, 2020
  Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
  
  by Hilmar Klinkott (University of Kiel)

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Klokow, Deirdre

• Laodike III and Seleucid Royal Cult

  Recorded: February 20, 2020
  Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
  
  by Deirdre Klokow (University of Southern California)

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Knauß, Florian

• Persian Strongholds in the North

  Recorded: April 13, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 1
  
  by Florian Knauß (Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek München)

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Lee, John W.I.

• Intimate Relationships, Family, and Identity in the Achaemenid Empire

  Recorded: April 14, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 1
  
  by John W.I. Lee (University of California, Santa Barbara)

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• Greek ‘Concubines’ and Achaemenid Dynastic Politics

  Recorded: January 19, 2022
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by John W.I. Lee (University of California, Santa Barbara)

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Lerouge-Cohen, Charlotte

• “Philhellen” and Heirs to the Persians: The Arsacids, the Seleucids and the Greeks until the Death of Mithridates I (171-138)

  Recorded: July 6, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 2
  
  by Charlotte Lerouge-Cohen (Université Paris Nanterre)

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Lynch, Kathleen

• More than Greeks Bearing Gifts: Athenian Pottery in the Achaemenid Empire

  Recorded: May 29, 2019
  Event: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, An International Symposium
  
  by Kathleen Lynch (University of Cincinnati)

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Ma, John

• Achaemenid Cultural History and the Hellenistic World

  Recorded: May 19, 2022
  Event: The World of Ancient Iran and the West
  
  by John Ma (Columbia University)

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MacDonald, Eve

• Telling Tales: Constructing Sasanian History in the Landscape

  Recorded: March 3, 2023
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by Eve MacDonald (Cardiff University)

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Mahlich, Elena

• Royal Ideology and Imperialism in Hieroglyphic and Cuneiform Inscriptions from Achaemenid Egypt

  Recorded: April 14, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 1
  
  by Elena Mahlich (University of Leipzig)

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Marashi, Afshin

• The Parsi Community of India and the Making of Modern Iran

  Recorded: January 13, 2021
  Event: Pourdavoud Center/Amuzegar Lecture Series
  
  by Afshin Marashi (University of Oklahoma)

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Markl, Dominik

• Transformations in Achaemenid Imperial Theologies and the Rise of Judean Monotheism

  Recorded: July 5, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 2
  
  by Dominik Markl (University of Innsbruck)

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Matthee, Rudi

• Ehsan Yarshater: A Homage

  Recorded: November 19, 2018
  Event: Ehsan Yarshater: A Homage
  
  by M. Rahim Shayegan (UCLA), Rudi Matthee (University of Delaware), ProdsOktor Skjærvø (Harvard), Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak (UCLA), Elton Daniel (Columbia University), and Ali Gheissari (University of San Diego)

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Mazhjoo, Nina

• Hail to Mithridates! The Pontic King Blessed by the Achaemenid Deity

  Recorded: July 6, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 2
  
  by Nina Mazhjoo (University of Wrocław)

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McFerrin, Neville

• An Entangled Empire: Dress, Reciprocal Construction, and the Experience of Kingship at Persepolis

  Recorded: January 24, 2024
  Event: Pourdavoud Lecture Series
  
  by Neville McFerrin (University of North Texas)

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Messina, Vito

• Religion of Parthian Iran: A Matter of Complexity – New Evidence from Ancient Elymais

  Recorded: February 20, 2020
  Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
  
  by Vito Messina (University of Torino)

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• Lost Hellenistic Sculptures ‘Rediscovered’ in Mesopotamia and Iran

  Recorded: April 25, 2018
  Event: Ancient Persia and the West, An International Symposium
  
  by Vito Messina (University of Turin)

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Miller, Margaret C.

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

  Recorded: May 30, 2018
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by Margaret C. Miller (University of Sydney)

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• The Persianization of Greek Myth

  Recorded: April 25, 2018
  Event: Ancient Persia and the West, An International Symposium
  
  by Margaret C. Miller (University of Sydney)

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Mittertrainer, Anahita

• Symbols of Royal Authority? Early Sasanian Cityscapes in Southwestern Iran

  Recorded: February 22, 2023
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by Anahita Mittertrainer (Museum Fünf Kontinente)

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Mousavi, Ali

• The Achaemenids between Tradition and Innovation: An Archaeological Perspective

  Recorded: July 4, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 2
  
  by Ali Mousavi (University of California, Los Angeles)

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• The Archaeology of Achaemenid Iran: A Glance at Recent Developments and Studies

  Recorded: April 12, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 1
  
  by Ali Mousavi (University of California, Los Angeles)

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• Takht-e Sōleymān, Sasanians, Romans, and Mongols: Reflections on the Life and Afterlife of a Sacred Place

  Recorded: May 20, 2022
  Event: The World of Ancient Iran and the West
  
  by Ali Mousavi (University of California, Los Angeles)

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• Pourdavoud Center 2021 Fall Welcome

  Recorded: October 28, 2021
  Event: Pourdavoud Center 2021 Fall Welcome
  
  by Ali Mousavi (UCLA), Marissa Stevens (UCLA), Jonathan Winnerman (UCLA)

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• Fall Welcome 2020: Gateways to Iranian Archaeology

  Recorded: October 23, 2020
  Event: Fall Welcome Event 2020
  
  by Ali Mousavi (University of California, Los Angeles)

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• Achaemenid Religious Monuments: An Archaeological Perspective

  Recorded: February 19, 2020
  Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
  
  by Ali Mousavi (University of California, Los Angeles)

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Nabel, Jake

• Fake Bowing, From the Achaemenids to the Sasanians

  Recorded: April 12, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 1
  
  by Jake Nabel (Pennsylvania State University)

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• Parthia, Rome, and the Horizons of Ancient Diplomacy

  Recorded: May 20, 2022
  Event: The World of Ancient Iran and the West
  
  by Jake Nabel (Pennsylvania State University)

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• Did the Parthian Kings Hate Democracy?

  Recorded: May 30, 2019
  Event: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, An International Symposium
  
  by Jake Nabel (University of California, Los Angeles)

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• Fish out of Water: Greek Deportees, Persian Empires, and the Classical Mediterranean

  Recorded: April 25, 2018
  Event: Ancient Persia and the West, An International Symposium
  
  by Jake Nabel (Getty Villa Scholar)

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Nawotka, Krzysztof

• Burning Enemy Temples in Asia Minor in the Age of Persian Wars

  Recorded: July 5, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 2
  
  by Krzysztof Nawotka (University of Wrocław)

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• Iranian Religions and the Alexander Romance

  Recorded: February 20, 2020
  Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
  
  by Krzysztof Nawotka (University of Breslau)

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Overtoom, Nikolaus

• Reconsidering the Emergence of the Parthian State: The Crisis of the 240s-230s BCE in the Hellenistic Middle East

  Recorded: February 3, 2021
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by Nikolaus Overtoom (Washington State University)

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Ponchia, Simonetta

• Channels and Methods of Diffusion of Administrative Models and Imperial Ideology in the Neo-Assyrian Empire

  Recorded: February 18, 2020
  Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
  
  by Simonetta Ponchia (University of Verona)

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Potter, David

• Western Sources for the Sasanians

  Recorded: May 20, 2022
  Event: The World of Ancient Iran and the West
  
  by David Potter (University of Michigan)

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Potts, Daniel

• Elam and Persis

  Recorded: April 13, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 1
  
  by Daniel Potts (New York University)

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• Feudalism and its Characteristics in Ancient Iran

  Recorded: March 11, 2020
  Event: The Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series
  
  by Daniel Potts (New York University)

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• Descent and Marriage in Achaemenid Iran

  Recorded: March 9, 2020
  Event: The Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series
  
  by Daniel Potts (New York University)

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• Problems in the Study of Elamite Kinship

  Recorded: March 6, 2020
  Event: The Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series
  
  by Daniel Potts (New York University)

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• Aspects of Kinship in Iranian Prehistory

  Recorded: March 4, 2020
  Event: The Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series
  
  by Daniel Potts (New York University)

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• Money is to the West, What Kinship is to the Rest

  Recorded: March 2, 2020
  Event: The Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series
  
  by Daniel Potts (New York University)

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Redard, Céline

• Current Trends in Avestan Studies

  Recorded: February 16, 2022
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by Céline Redard (SOAS University of London)

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Rezania, Kianoosh

• How Did the Ancient Iranians Coordinate Space? On the Old Iranian Absolute Frame of Reference

  Recorded: February 23, 2022
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by Kianoosh Rezania (Ruhr University Bochum)

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Richter, Sonja

• Seleucid Encounters with the Iranian World: Religious and Cultic Elements in the Administration and Ruling of the Seleucid East

  Recorded: May 29, 2019
  Event: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, An International Symposium
  
  by Sonja Richter (University of Duisburg-Essen)

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Rollinger, Robert

• The Achaemenid Persian Empire and Imperial Transformations in the Ancient Near East

  Recorded: July 3, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 2
  
  by Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck)

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• The Achaemenid Persian Empire and the West: A Structural Approach

  Recorded: May 19, 2022
  Event: The World of Ancient Iran and the West
  
  by Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck / University of Wrocław)

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• Empire and Borderlands at Interplay: A Structural Approach (First Millennium BCE – First Millennium CE)

  Recorded: April 20, 2022
  Event: The Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series
  
  by Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck)

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• Space and Universality: The Long Life of the Achaemenid Mental Map in Antiquity and Beyond (Sixth Century BCE – Sixth Century CE)

  Recorded: April 18, 2022
  Event: The Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series
  
  by Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck)

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• Whither the Achaemenid Empire? Towards a New Connected History of Afro-Eurasia in Antiquity

  Recorded: April 13, 2022
  Event: The Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series
  
  by Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck)

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• An Afro Eurasian “Hyperpower” and Its Ancient Near Eastern Roots

  Recorded: April 11, 2022
  Event: The Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series
  
  by Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck)

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• The Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Two Volume Companion

  Recorded: November 5, 2021
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck); Bruno Jacobs (University of Basel)

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• Entangled Worlds: Afro-Eurasian Networks in Achaemenid Times

  Recorded: February 19, 2020
  Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
  
  by Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck)

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• Does the West Matter? The Persian Empire, Borders, and Ideology

  Recorded: May 29, 2019
  Event: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, An International Symposium
  
  by Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck)

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• Contextualizing the Achaemenid-Persian Empire: What Does Empire Mean in the 1st Millennium BCE?

  Recorded: February 6, 2019
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by Robert Rollinger (Universität Innsbruck, Austria)

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Root, Margaret Cool

• Persia and the Parthenon

  Recorded: May 29, 2019
  Event: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, An International Symposium
  
  by Margaret Cool Root (University of Michigan)

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• Kingship for a New World: Achaemenid Art and its Global Resonances

  Recorded: February 27, 2019
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by Margaret Cool Root (University of Michigan / Getty Scholar)

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Rubio, Gonzalo

• Axial Anxieties: The Politics and Theology of Temple Destruction in the Achaemenid Empire and the Ancient Near East

  Recorded: February 18, 2020
  Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
  
  by Gonzalo Rubio (Pennsylvania State University)

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Ruffing, Kai

• The Persian Great King and the Gods in Herodotus

  Recorded: February 19, 2020
  Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
  
  by Kai Ruffing (University of Kassel)

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Sahner, Christian

• How Zoroastrians Argued with Muslims in the Early Islamic Period

  Recorded: March 13, 2024
  Event: Pourdavoud Lecture Series
  
  by Christian Sahner (University of Oxford)

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Samvelian, Pollet

• Word Order Variation and Change in the Languages of Western Asia

  Recorded: April 25, 2019
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by Pollet Samvelian

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Sänger, Patrick

• Alexander the Great and the Emergence of Hellenistic Egypt: Some Considerations in Administrative History

  Recorded: July 6, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 2
  
  by Patrick Sänger (University of Münster)

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Sauer, Eberhard

• From the Gorgan Wall to the Alan Gates/Dariali: The Northern Defenses of the Sasanian Empire

  Recorded: January 28, 2022
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by Eberhard Sauer (University of Edinburgh)

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Schlude, Jason

• Rome, Parthia, and the Politics of Peace: The Origins of War in the Ancient Middle East

  Recorded: January 22, 2021
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by Jason Schlude (College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University)

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• Power Play in the Middle East: Rome, Parthia, and the Politics of Peace

  Recorded: May 30, 2019
  Event: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, An International Symposium
  
  by Jason Schlude (College of St. Benedict and St. John's University)

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• Motivations in the Ancient Middle East: Rome, Parthia, and Realpolitik

  Recorded: May 9, 2019
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by Jason Schlude (College of St. Benedict and St. John's University)

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Schneider, Bernhard

• The Nippur Region: From the “Heartland of the Cities” to a Rural Imperial Landscape?

  Recorded: July 4, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 2
  
  by Bernhard Schneider (University of Warsaw)

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Schütze, Alexander

• Caro-Memphites and Aramaeo-Syenians: What the Case of the Carians Tells Us about Religious Practices and Burial Customs of Foreign Groups in Persian Egypt

  Recorded: April 14, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 1
  
  by Alexander Schütze (Maximilian University of Munich)

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• Udjahorresnet’s Egypt: The Crossroads of Conquest and Identity under Achaemenid Rule

  Recorded: May 7, 2021
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Workshop - Udjahorresnet’s Egypt
  
  by Annalisa Azzoni (Vanderbilt University); Ladislav Bareš (Charles University); Alexander Schütze (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich); Květa Smoláriková (Charles University); Uzume Z. Wijnsma (Leiden University); Melanie Wasmuth (University of Helsinki)

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Shayegan, M. Rahim

• Universality and Alterity in the Achaemenid World

  Recorded: May 19, 2022
  Event: The World of Ancient Iran and the West
  
  by M. Rahim Shayegan (University of California, Los Angeles)

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• Ehsan Yarshater: A Homage

  Recorded: November 19, 2018
  Event: Ehsan Yarshater: A Homage
  
  by M. Rahim Shayegan (UCLA), Rudi Matthee (University of Delaware), ProdsOktor Skjærvø (Harvard), Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak (UCLA), Elton Daniel (Columbia University), and Ali Gheissari (University of San Diego)

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Sinisi, Fabrizio

• Dealing with Achaemenid Legacies in Parthia and Chorasmia, 3rd-1st century BC: Different Outcomes in Different Contexts?

  Recorded: July 6, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 2
  
  by Fabrizio Sinisi (Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut, ÖAW)

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Skjærvø, ProdsOktor

• Ehsan Yarshater: A Homage

  Recorded: November 19, 2018
  Event: Ehsan Yarshater: A Homage
  
  by M. Rahim Shayegan (UCLA), Rudi Matthee (University of Delaware), ProdsOktor Skjærvø (Harvard), Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak (UCLA), Elton Daniel (Columbia University), and Ali Gheissari (University of San Diego)

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Smoláriková, Květa

• Udjahorresnet’s Egypt: The Crossroads of Conquest and Identity under Achaemenid Rule

  Recorded: May 7, 2021
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Workshop - Udjahorresnet’s Egypt
  
  by Annalisa Azzoni (Vanderbilt University); Ladislav Bareš (Charles University); Alexander Schütze (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich); Květa Smoláriková (Charles University); Uzume Z. Wijnsma (Leiden University); Melanie Wasmuth (University of Helsinki)

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Soroush, Mehrnoush

• The Lords of Canals: Re-Examining the Sasanian Hydraulic Landscapes and Their Heritage in the Islamic Period

  Recorded: May 9, 2019
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by Mehrnoush Soroush (Harvard University)

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Spier, Jeffrey

• Identity and Pictorial Representation in Achaemenid Lycia

  Recorded: April 13, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 1
  
  by Jeffrey Spier (J. Paul Getty Museum)

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• Achaemenid Seals: East and West

  Recorded: May 19, 2022
  Event: The World of Ancient Iran and the West
  
  by Jeffrey Spier (J. Paul Getty Museum)

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Stein, Gil

• Achaemenids or Persians?  Burials, Material Culture, and Imperial Identities in the Euphrates Valley (5th-4th centuries BCE)

  Recorded: February 12, 2020
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by Gil Stein (University of Chicago)

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Stevens, Marissa

• Persian Influences on Egyptian Perspectives: Demonstrating Authority through Nuance

  Recorded: July 4, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 2
  
  by Marissa Stevens (University of California, Los Angeles)

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• Pourdavoud Center 2021 Fall Welcome

  Recorded: October 28, 2021
  Event: Pourdavoud Center 2021 Fall Welcome
  
  by Ali Mousavi (UCLA), Marissa Stevens (UCLA), Jonathan Winnerman (UCLA)

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• The Utilization of Collective Memory to Legitimate Persian Kingship in Egypt

  Recorded: February 18, 2020
  Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
  
  by Marissa Stevens (University of California, Los Angeles)

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Strootman, Rolf

• Iranian Office-Holders in the Macedonian Empire (Argeads and Seleucids)

  Recorded: July 6, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 2
  
  by Rolf Strootman (University of Utrecht)

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• Globalization and the Iranian Longue Durée: Empire and Warfare under the Achaemenids, Argeads, and Seleukids, c. 550–150 BCE

  Recorded: April 12, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 1
  
  by Rolf Strootman (University of Utrecht)

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• The Marriage of Antiochos and Nanaia: Empire and Religion in Hellenistic Iran

  Recorded: February 20, 2020
  Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
  
  by Rolf Strootman (Utrecht University)

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Summerer, Lâtife

• Tomb Paintings of Achaemenid Anatolia between East and West

  Recorded: April 13, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 1
  
  by Lâtife Summerer (Arkin University of Creative Arts and Design)

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Toorn, Karel van der

• The Internal Organization of Papyrus Amherst 63

  Recorded: November 18, 2020
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Workshop - The Puzzling Papyrus: New Perspectives on Papyrus Amherst 63
  
  by Karel van der Toorn (University of Amsterdam)

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Versluys, Miguel John

• Containing Connectivity: Empires and Globalization in the Axial Age

  Recorded: July 3, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 2
  
  by Miguel John Versluys (Leiden University)

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• Persianism in Commagene: The Mnemohistory of the Achaemenid Empire in Hellenistic Eurasia

  Recorded: May 30, 2018
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by Miguel John Versluys (Leiden University)

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• Ex Oriente Lux? A Eurasian Perspective on the Formation of the Roman Empire

  Recorded: April 25, 2018
  Event: Ancient Persia and the West, An International Symposium
  
  by Miguel John Versluys (Leiden University)

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Wasmuth, Melanie

• Udjahorresnet’s Egypt: The Crossroads of Conquest and Identity under Achaemenid Rule

  Recorded: May 7, 2021
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Workshop - Udjahorresnet’s Egypt
  
  by Annalisa Azzoni (Vanderbilt University); Ladislav Bareš (Charles University); Alexander Schütze (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich); Květa Smoláriková (Charles University); Uzume Z. Wijnsma (Leiden University); Melanie Wasmuth (University of Helsinki)

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Waters, Matthew

• Still Sorting the Mail: The Assyrian Imperial Impress in Elam and Parsumaš

  Recorded: April 13, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 1
  
  by Matthew Waters (University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire)

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• By All Means, Ahuramazda: Help, Support, and Protect the King

  Recorded: February 18, 2020
  Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
  
  by Matthew Waters (University of Wisconsin, Eau de Claire)

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Wheeler, Everett L.

• Parthians in the Roman Army

  Recorded: January 15, 2020
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
  
  by Everett L. Wheeler (Duke University)

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Wiesehöfer, Josef

• The State of Achaemenid Studies

  Recorded: April 12, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 1
  
  by Josef Wiesehöfer (University of Kiel)

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• Parthians, Romans, and Early Sasanians: Reflections on a Change of Power and Its Antique and Modern Evaluation

  Recorded: May 30, 2019
  Event: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, An International Symposium
  
  by Josef Wiesehöfer (University of Kiel)

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Wijnsma, Uzume Z.

• Udjahorresnet’s Egypt: The Crossroads of Conquest and Identity under Achaemenid Rule

  Recorded: May 7, 2021
  Event: Pourdavoud Center Workshop - Udjahorresnet’s Egypt
  
  by Annalisa Azzoni (Vanderbilt University); Ladislav Bareš (Charles University); Alexander Schütze (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich); Květa Smoláriková (Charles University); Uzume Z. Wijnsma (Leiden University); Melanie Wasmuth (University of Helsinki)

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Winnerman, Jonathan

• The Hidden and the Revealed: Parallel Conceptions of the Divine at Hibis and in Context

  Recorded: April 14, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 1
  
  by Jonathan Winnerman (University of California, Los Angeles)

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• Pourdavoud Center 2021 Fall Welcome

  Recorded: October 28, 2021
  Event: Pourdavoud Center 2021 Fall Welcome
  
  by Ali Mousavi (UCLA), Marissa Stevens (UCLA), Jonathan Winnerman (UCLA)

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• The Cryptographic Titulary of Darius at Hibis

  Recorded: February 18, 2020
  Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
  
  by Jonathan Winnerman (University of California, Los Angeles)

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Xin, Wu

• Origin of Fire Temples and the Achaemenid Domination in Central Asia

  Recorded: July 5, 2023
  Event: Achaemenid Workshop 2
  
  by Wu Xin (Fudan University)

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Zournatzi, Antigoni

• The King’s Peoples and Lands: The Apadana Reliefs, Herodotean Ethnography, and the Persian Imperial Lore

  Recorded: May 29, 2019
  Event: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, An International Symposium
  
  by Antigoni Zournatzi (National Hellenic Research Foundation)

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