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Afshin Marashi
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The Parsi Community of India and the Making of Modern Iran
Recorded: January 13, 2021
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Event: Pourdavoud Center/Amuzegar Lecture Series
by Afshin Marashi (University of Oklahoma)
Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak
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Ehsan Yarshater: A Homage
Recorded: November 19, 2018
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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)
Albert de Jong
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The Study of Zoroastrianism and the Academic Study of Religion
Recorded: May 30, 2018
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
by Albert de Jong (Leiden University) -
East of the Euphrates: The Contribution of Sasanian History to Theorizing Late Antiquity
Recorded: April 25, 2018
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Event: Ancient Persia and the West, An International Symposium
by Albert de Jong (Leiden University)
Alexander Schütze
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Udjahorresnet’s Egypt: The Crossroads of Conquest and Identity under Achaemenid Rule
Recorded: May 7, 2021
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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)
Ali Gheissari
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Ehsan Yarshater: A Homage
Recorded: November 19, 2018
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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)
Ali Mousavi
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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
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Event: The World of Ancient Iran and the West
by Ali Mousavi (University of California, Los Angeles) -
Pourdavoud Center 2021 Fall Welcome
Recorded: October 28, 2021
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Event: Pourdavoud Center 2021 Fall Welcome
by Ali Mousavi (UCLA), Marissa Stevens (UCLA), Jonathan Winnerman (UCLA) -
Fall Welcome 2020: Gateways to Iranian Archaeology
Recorded: October 23, 2020
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Event: Fall Welcome Event 2020
by Ali Mousavi (University of California, Los Angeles) -
Achaemenid Religious Monuments: An Archaeological Perspective
Recorded: February 19, 2020
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Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
by Ali Mousavi (University of California, Los Angeles)
Almut Hintze
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The Yasna Ritual in Performance
Recorded: May 13, 2021
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
by Almut Hintze (SOAS University of London)
Annalisa Azzoni
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Udjahorresnet’s Egypt: The Crossroads of Conquest and Identity under Achaemenid Rule
Recorded: May 7, 2021
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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)
Anne Hunnell Chen
Antigoni Zournatzi
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The King’s Peoples and Lands: The Apadana Reliefs, Herodotean Ethnography, and the Persian Imperial Lore
Recorded: May 29, 2019
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Event: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, An International Symposium
by Antigoni Zournatzi (National Hellenic Research Foundation) -
Mapping Ancient Cultural Encounters: Greeks in Iran ca. 550 BC – ca. AD 650
Recorded: May 13, 2019
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
by Antigoni Zournatzi (National Hellenic Research Foundation)
Bruno Jacobs
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The Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Two Volume Companion
Recorded: November 5, 2021
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
by Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck); Bruno Jacobs (University of Basel)
Carlo G. Cereti
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Narseh’s Diadem: Religion, Royalty, and Power under the Early Sasanians
Recorded: February 19, 2021
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
by Carlo G. Cereti (University of Rome)
Céline Redard
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Current Trends in Avestan Studies
Recorded: February 16, 2022
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
by Céline Redard (SOAS University of London)
Christelle Fischer-Bovet
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The Politics of Religion under the Ptolemies: Egyptian Statues, Achaemenid Persia, and the Seleucids
Recorded: February 20, 2020
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Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
by Christelle Fischer-Bovet (University of Southern California)
Damien Agut-Labordère
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Religious Interactions between Persians and Egyptians in Achaemenid Egypt
Recorded: February 18, 2020
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Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
by Damien Agut-Labordère (French National Center for Scientific Research)
Daniel Beckman
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Into the Ashes: Punishment at the Achaemenid Court
Recorded: February 19, 2020
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Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
by Daniel Beckman (Princeton University) -
The Eye of the King Comes to Athens: Persia in the Greek Imagination
Recorded: April 25, 2018
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Event: Ancient Persia and the West, An International Symposium
by Daniel Beckman (Princeton University)
Daniel Potts
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Feudalism and its Characteristics in Ancient Iran
Recorded: March 11, 2020
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Event: The Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series
by Daniel Potts (New York University) -
Descent and Marriage in Achaemenid Iran
Recorded: March 9, 2020
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Event: The Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series
by Daniel Potts (New York University) -
Problems in the Study of Elamite Kinship
Recorded: March 6, 2020
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Event: The Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series
by Daniel Potts (New York University) -
Aspects of Kinship in Iranian Prehistory
Recorded: March 4, 2020
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Event: The Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series
by Daniel Potts (New York University) -
Money is to the West, What Kinship is to the Rest
Recorded: March 2, 2020
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Event: The Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series
by Daniel Potts (New York University)
David Engels
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Towards and Intellectual History of the Seleucid Empire?
Recorded: May 29, 2019
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Event: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, An International Symposium
by David Engels (Free University of Brussels)
David Potter
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Western Sources for the Sasanians
Recorded: May 20, 2022
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Event: The World of Ancient Iran and the West
by David Potter (University of Michigan)
Deirdre Klokow
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Laodike III and Seleucid Royal Cult
Recorded: February 20, 2020
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Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
by Deirdre Klokow (University of Southern California)
Eberhard Sauer
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From the Gorgan Wall to the Alan Gates/Dariali: The Northern Defenses of the Sasanian Empire
Recorded: January 28, 2022
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
by Eberhard Sauer (University of Edinburgh)
Elizabeth Carter
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Crafting under Divine Protection During the Middle Elamite Period
Recorded: February 18, 2020
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Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
by Elizabeth Carter (University of California, Los Angeles)
Elspeth Dusinberre
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Achaemenid Anatolia and the Creation of Empire
Recorded: April 25, 2018
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Event: Ancient Persia and the West, An International Symposium
by Elspeth Dusinberre (University of Colorado, Boulder)
Elton Daniel
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Ehsan Yarshater: A Homage
Recorded: November 19, 2018
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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)
Everett L. Wheeler
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Parthians in the Roman Army
Recorded: January 15, 2020
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
by Everett L. Wheeler (Duke University)
Gil Stein
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Achaemenids or Persians? Burials, Material Culture, and Imperial Identities in the Euphrates Valley (5th-4th centuries BCE)
Recorded: February 12, 2020
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
by Gil Stein (University of Chicago)
Gonzalo Rubio
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Axial Anxieties: The Politics and Theology of Temple Destruction in the Achaemenid Empire and the Ancient Near East
Recorded: February 18, 2020
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Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
by Gonzalo Rubio (Pennsylvania State University)
Henry Colburn
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Achaemenid Egypt: The Archaeology of a Colonial Encounter
Recorded: November 4, 2020
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
by Henry P. Colburn (University of Michigan) -
Persian Kings and Egyptian Gods: Religious Innovation in Achaemenid Egypt
Recorded: February 18, 2020
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Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
by Henry Colburn (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Hilmar Klinkott
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How to Govern an Empire? The Inscriptions of Darius I As a Constitutional Program
Recorded: May 19, 2022
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Event: The World of Ancient Iran and the West
by Hilmar Klinkott (University of Kiel) -
The Deportation of Gods – Between Persian Policy and Ptolemaic Ideology
Recorded: February 19, 2020
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Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
by Hilmar Klinkott (University of Kiel)
Iain Gardner
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New Research and Sources for the Life of Mani
Recorded: March 2, 2021
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Workshop - Current Trends in Manichaeism Studies
by Iain Gardner (University of Sydney)
Jake Nabel
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Parthia, Rome, and the Horizons of Ancient Diplomacy
Recorded: May 20, 2022
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Event: The World of Ancient Iran and the West
by Jake Nabel (Pennsylvania State University) -
Did the Parthian Kings Hate Democracy?
Recorded: May 30, 2019
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Event: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, An International Symposium
by Jake Nabel (University of California, Los Angeles) -
Fish out of Water: Greek Deportees, Persian Empires, and the Classical Mediterranean
Recorded: April 25, 2018
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Event: Ancient Persia and the West, An International Symposium
by Jake Nabel (Getty Villa Scholar)
James Howard-Johnston
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Official Sources and the Reconstruction of History: The Case of the Last Great War of Antiquity
Recorded: January 7, 2022
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
by James Howard-Johnston (University of Oxford) -
Khusro II as War Leader
Recorded: May 30, 2019
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Event: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, An International Symposium
by James Howard-Johnston (University of Oxford)
Jason BeDuhn
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Manichaean Interpretation of Iranian Religious Traditions
Recorded: March 2, 2021
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Workshop - Current Trends in Manichaeism Studies
by Jason BeDuhn (Northern Arizona University)
Jason Schlude
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Rome, Parthia, and the Politics of Peace: The Origins of War in the Ancient Middle East
Recorded: January 22, 2021
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
by Jason Schlude (College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University) -
Power Play in the Middle East: Rome, Parthia, and the Politics of Peace
Recorded: May 30, 2019
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Event: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, An International Symposium
by Jason Schlude (College of St. Benedict and St. John's University) -
Motivations in the Ancient Middle East: Rome, Parthia, and Realpolitik
Recorded: May 9, 2019
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
by Jason Schlude (College of St. Benedict and St. John's University)
Jeffrey Spier
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Achaemenid Seals: East and West
Recorded: May 19, 2022
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Event: The World of Ancient Iran and the West
by Jeffrey Spier (J. Paul Getty Museum)
Johannes Haubold
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The Magus in Hell
Recorded: February 19, 2020
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Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
by Johannes Haubold (Princeton University) -
The Making of the Chaldeans
Recorded: May 29, 2019
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Event: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, An International Symposium
by Johannes Haubold (Princeton University)
John Hyland
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Celebrating Achaemenid Victories: A Glyptic Triumphal Motif and its Greek and Egyptian Victims
Recorded: May 19, 2022
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Event: The World of Ancient Iran and the West
by John O. Hyland (Christopher Newport University)
John Ma
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Achaemenid Cultural History and the Hellenistic World
Recorded: May 19, 2022
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Event: The World of Ancient Iran and the West
by John Ma (Columbia University)
John W.I. Lee
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Greek ‘Concubines’ and Achaemenid Dynastic Politics
Recorded: January 19, 2022
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
by John W.I. Lee (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Jonathan Winnerman
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Pourdavoud Center 2021 Fall Welcome
Recorded: October 28, 2021
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Event: Pourdavoud Center 2021 Fall Welcome
by Ali Mousavi (UCLA), Marissa Stevens (UCLA), Jonathan Winnerman (UCLA) -
The Cryptographic Titulary of Darius at Hibis
Recorded: February 18, 2020
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Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
by Jonathan Winnerman (University of California, Los Angeles)
Josef Wiesehöfer
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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
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Event: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, An International Symposium
by Josef Wiesehöfer (University of Kiel)
Julian Degen
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Herodotus and the Persian Priests: The Histories as a Source for Iranian Religion
Recorded: February 19, 2020
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Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
by Julian Degen (University of Innsbruck)
Kai Ruffing
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The Persian Great King and the Gods in Herodotus
Recorded: February 19, 2020
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Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
by Kai Ruffing (University of Kassel)
Karel van der Toorn
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The Internal Organization of Papyrus Amherst 63
Recorded: November 18, 2020
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Workshop - The Puzzling Papyrus: New Perspectives on Papyrus Amherst 63
by Karel van der Toorn (University of Amsterdam)
Kathleen Lynch
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More than Greeks Bearing Gifts: Athenian Pottery in the Achaemenid Empire
Recorded: May 29, 2019
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Event: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, An International Symposium
by Kathleen Lynch (University of Cincinnati)
Kathlyn Cooney
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The Invention of Monotheism in Ancient Egypt
Recorded: February 18, 2020
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Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
by Kathlyn Cooney (University of California, Los Angeles)
Kianoosh Rezania
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How Did the Ancient Iranians Coordinate Space? On the Old Iranian Absolute Frame of Reference
Recorded: February 23, 2022
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
by Kianoosh Rezania (Ruhr University Bochum)
Krzysztof Nawotka
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Iranian Religions and the Alexander Romance
Recorded: February 20, 2020
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Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
by Krzysztof Nawotka (University of Breslau)
Květa Smoláriková
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Udjahorresnet’s Egypt: The Crossroads of Conquest and Identity under Achaemenid Rule
Recorded: May 7, 2021
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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)
Ladislav Bareš
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Udjahorresnet’s Egypt: The Crossroads of Conquest and Identity under Achaemenid Rule
Recorded: May 7, 2021
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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)
Lindsay Allen
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The Boundaries of Kingship: Objects and Relationships at the Margins
Recorded: May 19, 2022
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Event: The World of Ancient Iran and the West
by Lindsay Allen (King’s College, London)
M. Rahim Shayegan
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Universality and Alterity in the Achaemenid World
Recorded: May 19, 2022
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Event: The World of Ancient Iran and the West
by M. Rahim Shayegan (University of California, Los Angeles) -
Ehsan Yarshater: A Homage
Recorded: November 19, 2018
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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)
Margaret C. Miller
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Diophante’s Kandys: Faceted Relations between Persia and Classical Athens
Recorded: May 30, 2018
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
by Margaret C. Miller (University of Sydney) -
The Persianization of Greek Myth
Recorded: April 25, 2018
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Event: Ancient Persia and the West, An International Symposium
by Margaret C. Miller (University of Sydney)
Margaret Cool Root
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Persia and the Parthenon
Recorded: May 29, 2019
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Event: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, An International Symposium
by Margaret Cool Root (University of Michigan) -
Kingship for a New World: Achaemenid Art and its Global Resonances
Recorded: February 27, 2019
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
by Margaret Cool Root (University of Michigan / Getty Scholar)
Marissa Stevens
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Pourdavoud Center 2021 Fall Welcome
Recorded: October 28, 2021
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Event: Pourdavoud Center 2021 Fall Welcome
by Ali Mousavi (UCLA), Marissa Stevens (UCLA), Jonathan Winnerman (UCLA) -
The Utilization of Collective Memory to Legitimate Persian Kingship in Egypt
Recorded: February 18, 2020
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Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
by Marissa Stevens (University of California, Los Angeles)
Mark Garrison
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Some Observations on the Representation of the Divine and Numinous in Persepolitan Glyptic
Recorded: February 19, 2020
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Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
by Mark Garrison (Trinity University) and Emma Petersen (University of California, Los Angeles) -
Deities and Ritual at Persepolis: The Evidence from the Persepolis Fortification and Treasury Archives
Recorded: November 11, 2018
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
by Mark Garrison (Trinity College)
Matthew P. Canepa
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Parthian Silver and the Creation and Contestation of Aristocracies in Post-Hellenistic Iran
Recorded: May 20, 2022
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Event: The World of Ancient Iran and the West
by Matthew Canepa (University of California, Irvine) -
Reevaluating Divine Imagery in Late Antique Iranian Metalwork
Recorded: February 20, 2020
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Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
by Matthew Canepa (University of California, Irvine) -
The Getty Stag Rhyton and Parthian Aristocratic Culture: New Discoveries
Recorded: May 30, 2019
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Event: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, An International Symposium
by Matthew Canepa (University of California, Irvine) -
Transmillenial Ecologies of Iranian Religion and Identity
Recorded: January 9, 2019
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
by Matthew P. Canepa (University of California, Irvine)
Matthew Waters
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By All Means, Ahuramazda: Help, Support, and Protect the King
Recorded: February 18, 2020
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Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
by Matthew Waters (University of Wisconsin, Eau de Claire)
Mehrnoush Soroush
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The Lords of Canals: Re-Examining the Sasanian Hydraulic Landscapes and Their Heritage in the Islamic Period
Recorded: May 9, 2019
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
by Mehrnoush Soroush (Harvard University)
Melanie Wasmuth
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Udjahorresnet’s Egypt: The Crossroads of Conquest and Identity under Achaemenid Rule
Recorded: May 7, 2021
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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)
Michael Jackson Bonner
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Sasanian Iran: A Personal View
Recorded: December 2, 2020
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
by Michael Jackson Bonner
Miguel John Versluys
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Persianism in Commagene: The Mnemohistory of the Achaemenid Empire in Hellenistic Eurasia
Recorded: May 30, 2018
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
by Miguel John Versluys (Leiden University) -
Ex Oriente Lux? A Eurasian Perspective on the Formation of the Roman Empire
Recorded: April 25, 2018
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Event: Ancient Persia and the West, An International Symposium
by Miguel John Versluys (Leiden University)
Nikolaus Overtoom
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Reconsidering the Emergence of the Parthian State: The Crisis of the 240s-230s BCE in the Hellenistic Middle East
Recorded: February 3, 2021
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
by Nikolaus Overtoom (Washington State University)
Olga M. Davidson
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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
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Event: The World of Ancient Iran and the West
by Olga M. Davidson (Boston University)
Paul Dilley
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Also Schrieb Zarathustra? New Manichaean Sources for the “Law of Zarades” & His Otherworldly Journeys
Recorded: March 1, 2021
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Workshop - Current Trends in Manichaeism Studies
by Paul Dilley (University of Iowa)
Pollet Samvelian
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Word Order Variation and Change in the Languages of Western Asia
Recorded: April 25, 2019
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
by Pollet Samvelian
ProdsOktor Skjærvø
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Ehsan Yarshater: A Homage
Recorded: November 19, 2018
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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)
Robert Rollinger
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The Achaemenid Persian Empire and the West: A Structural Approach
Recorded: May 19, 2022
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Event: The World of Ancient Iran and the West
by Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck / University of Wrocław) -
Empire and Borderlands at Interplay: A Structural Approach (First Millennium BCE – First Millennium CE)
Recorded: April 20, 2022
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Event: The Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series
by Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck) -
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
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Event: The Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series
by Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck) -
Whither the Achaemenid Empire? Towards a New Connected History of Afro-Eurasia in Antiquity
Recorded: April 13, 2022
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Event: The Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series
by Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck) -
An Afro Eurasian “Hyperpower” and Its Ancient Near Eastern Roots
Recorded: April 11, 2022
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Event: The Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series
by Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck) -
The Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Two Volume Companion
Recorded: November 5, 2021
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
by Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck); Bruno Jacobs (University of Basel) -
Entangled Worlds: Afro-Eurasian Networks in Achaemenid Times
Recorded: February 19, 2020
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Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
by Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck) -
Does the West Matter? The Persian Empire, Borders, and Ideology
Recorded: May 29, 2019
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Event: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, An International Symposium
by Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck) -
Contextualizing the Achaemenid-Persian Empire: What Does Empire Mean in the 1st Millennium BCE?
Recorded: February 6, 2019
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
by Robert Rollinger (Universität Innsbruck, Austria)
Rolf Strootman
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The Marriage of Antiochos and Nanaia: Empire and Religion in Hellenistic Iran
Recorded: February 20, 2020
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Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
by Rolf Strootman (Utrecht University)
Rudi Matthee
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Ehsan Yarshater: A Homage
Recorded: November 19, 2018
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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)
Salvatore Gaspa
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Constructing Religious Identities in the Age of the Empires: Remarks on the “Imperial Religion(s)” of the Early Achaemenid Period
Recorded: February 18, 2020
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Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
by Salvatore Gaspa (University of Padua)
Simonetta Ponchia
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Channels and Methods of Diffusion of Administrative Models and Imperial Ideology in the Neo-Assyrian Empire
Recorded: February 18, 2020
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Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
by Simonetta Ponchia (University of Verona)
Sonja Richter
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Seleucid Encounters with the Iranian World: Religious and Cultic Elements in the Administration and Ruling of the Seleucid East
Recorded: May 29, 2019
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Event: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, An International Symposium
by Sonja Richter (University of Duisburg-Essen)
Stefan R. Hauser
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Charax Spasinou: Research on the Capitol of Mesene and the Arsacid Center of Trade
Recorded: April 8, 2019
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series
by Stefan R. Hauser (University of Konstanz/Getty Scholar)
Tawny Holm
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Textualizing Aramean Identities in Egypt: Papyrus Amherst 63
Recorded: November 18, 2020
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Workshop - The Puzzling Papyrus: New Perspectives on Papyrus Amherst 63
by Tawny Holm (Pennsylvania State University)
Touraj Daryaee
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Ardashir I, the Early Sasanians, and Reorienting the Near East and the Caucasus
Recorded: May 20, 2022
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Event: The World of Ancient Iran and the West
by Touraj Daryaee (University of California, Irvine) -
The Limits of Tolerance: Jews, Christians, Buddhists, and Others in the Sasanian Empire
Recorded: February 20, 2020
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Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
by Touraj Daryaee (University of California, Irvine) -
Fearless Ērānšahr: Sasanian Coinage in Context of Roman Relations
Recorded: April 25, 2018
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Event: Ancient Persia and the West, An International Symposium
by Touraj Daryaee (UC Irvine)
Uzume Z. Wijnsma
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Udjahorresnet’s Egypt: The Crossroads of Conquest and Identity under Achaemenid Rule
Recorded: May 7, 2021
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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)
Vito Messina
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Religion of Parthian Iran: A Matter of Complexity – New Evidence from Ancient Elymais
Recorded: February 20, 2020
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Event: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World - 14th Melammu Symposium
by Vito Messina (University of Torino) -
Lost Hellenistic Sculptures ‘Rediscovered’ in Mesopotamia and Iran
Recorded: April 25, 2018
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Event: Ancient Persia and the West, An International Symposium
by Vito Messina (University of Turin)
Zsuzsanna Gulácsi
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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
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Event: Pourdavoud Center Workshop - Current Trends in Manichaeism Studies
by Zsuzsanna Gulácsi (Northern Arizona University) -
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
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Event: Ancient Iran and the Classical World, An International Symposium
by Zsuzsanna Gulácsi (Northern Arizona University)