the program of iranian studies at ucla, established half a...
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Division of Humanities
David SchabergDean of Humanities
The Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the
Iranian World
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On the Occasion of the130th Anniversary of
Professor Ebrahim Pourdavoudand the
95th Anniversary of Mrs. Pourandokht Pourdavoud Naficy
Program of Iranian Studies The Program of Iranian Studies at UCLA, established half a century ago, in 1963, is the largest and most comprehensive doctoral program of its kind in the Americas. It covers the entire spectrum of Iranian studies across disciplines, linguistic boundaries, and periods. Among its distinctive strengths is the focus on Old and Middle Iranian philology, ancient Iranian history and religions, archaeology, as well as the study of classical and modern Persian literature. In addition, courses in Judeo-Persian literature are regularly read in the Program.
Near Eastern Languages and CulturesThe mission of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Culture is the discovery, interpretation, dissemination, and preservation of human values created over a period of five or more thousand years in an area that was the cradle of civilization. The department provides a holistic understanding of Near Eastern civilizations through the prism of language, history, culture, archeology, and religion, offering degree programs in Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations (including Assyriology, Biblical Studies, Egyptology, Hebrew, Near Eastern Archaeology, and Old Iranian Studies, as well as Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (including Arabic and Islamic, Armenian, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, as well as Iranian Studies).
Division of HumanitiesThe Division of Humanities at UCLA offers a remarkable breadth of study, from philosophy and classics to art history and the languages and literatures of every part of the world. The Division takes the best traditions from the past to inform exciting innovations for the future. We preserve centuries-old approaches to research and teaching, focus on abiding questions of meaning, value and truth, and encourage our students to explore widely, to analyze deeply, and to think critically and independently. By exposing our students to the long legacy of human thought and to the most recent expressions of human creativity, our faculty ready students to live well, to respond with versatility to the challenges of our times, and to make lasting contributions to the betterment of human experience.
For more informationUCLA Iranian Studies
378 Humanities Building(310) 825-4165
AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
UCLAWEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2018
306 ROYCE HALL
Convened by:
M. Rahim Shayegan (UCLA) A. Alexa Sekyra (Getty Research Institute)
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POURDAVOUD CENTEREstablished in 2017 as the premier research center for the study of ancient Iran, the mission of the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World is to engage in transformative research on all aspects of Iranian antiquity, including its reception in the medieval and modern periods, by expanding on the traditional domains of Old Iranian Studies and promoting cross-cultural and interdisciplinary scholarship. The Pourdavoud Center intends to be a disciplinary home to stimulating intellectual encounters and exchanges for scholars working on ancient Iran and the ancient world, and will contribute to the development of collaborative research projects in such diverse areas as Assyriology, Biblical Studies, Central Asian Studies, Classics, Egyptology, Ancient History, Indology, Sinology, and the Study of Religion.
GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTEThe Getty Research Institute is dedicated to furthering knowledge and advancing understanding of the visual arts and their various histories through its expertise, active collecting program, public programs, institutional collaborations, exhibitions, publications, digital services, and residential scholars programs. Its Research Library and Special Collections of rare materials and digital resources serve an international community of scholars and the interested public. The Institute’s activities and scholarly resources guide and sustain each other and together provide a unique environment for research, critical inquiry, and scholarly exchange. The Getty Research Institute is a program of the J. Paul Getty Trust. Other programs of the Trust include the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Conservation Institute, and the Getty Foundation.
For more informationUCLA Pourdavoud Center
360 Royce Hall(310) 206-6042
Event DetailsEvent is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required. Seating is limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
RSVP: Email [email protected] with “Ancient Persia and the West RSVP” in the subject line and give the names of all attendees.
Parking: Parking is $12 at Lot 2 on the corner of Hilgard and Westholme Ave.
Image: Bust of Dionysos (Seleucid Empire/Bactrian Kingdom, Third to mid-Second Century BCE). Arts of the Hellenized East (2015)
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25TH | 306 ROYCE HALL, UCLA 8:30 AM CHECK-IN & REFRESHMENTS
9:00 AM INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Scott L. Waugh (Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, UCLA)
Timothy Potts (Director, J. Paul Getty Museum)
A. Alexa Sekyra (Head, Getty Scholars Program)
M. Rahim Shayegan (Director, Pourdavoud Center, UCLA)
9:30 AM PANEL I: ACHAEMENID PERSIA AND WESTERN ENCOUNTERS Chair: Jeffrey Spier ( J. Paul Getty Museum)
Achaemenid Anatolia and the Creation of Empire Elspeth Dusinberre (University of Colorado, Boulder)
The Eye of the King comes to Athens: Persia in the Greek Imagination Daniel Beckman (Princeton University)
10:50 AM PANEL II: GRECO-PERSIAN INTELLECTUAL EXCHANGES Chair: Stephanie Jamison (UCLA)
The Persianization of Greek Myth Margaret Miller (University of Sydney / Getty Villa Scholar)
Xerxes’ Chariots and the Merging of Greco-Persian Imagery Kathryn Morgan (UCLA)
12:00 PM LUNCH BREAK
2:00 PM PANEL III: THE HELLENISTIC WORLD, ARSACID IRAN, AND ROME Chair: Kathlyn Cooney (UCLA)
Ex Oriente Lux? A Eurasian Perspective on the Formation of the Roman Empire Miguel John Versluys (Leiden University / Getty Villa Scholar)
Lost Hellenistic Sculptures ‘Rediscovered’ in Mesopotamia and Iran Vito Messina (University of Turin / Getty Villa Scholar)
Fish out of Water: Greek Deportees, Persian Empires, and the Classical Mediterranean Jake Nabel (Getty Villa Scholar)
4:00 PM PANEL IV: SASANIAN IRAN AND ROME: THE AGE OF UNIVERSALIST EMPIRES Chair: Elizabeth Carter (UCLA)
East of the Euphrates: The Contribution of Sasanian History to Theorizing Late Antiquity Albert de Jong (Leiden University / Getty Villa Scholar)
Fearless Ērānšahr: Sasanian Coinage in Context of Roman Relations Touraj Daryaee (UC Irvine)
A War of Gifts: Iranian and Roman Competition in Late Ancient Caucasia Scott McDonough (William Paterson University)
5:45 PM RECEPTION
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West ersiaP The Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World and the Getty Research Institute are co-organizing this one-day symposium at the Pourdavoud Center, UCLA. Presenters will include invited speakers and the current Getty Villa Scholars, whose projects fo-cus on the encounters of ancient Iran with the classical world.
The Getty Scholars Program at the Villa for the 2017–2018 and the 2018–2019 terms addresses the political, intellectual, religious, and artistic relations between Persia, Greece, and Rome from the ninth century BC to AD 651. The Greeks viewed the Persian Empire, which reached from the borders of Greece to India, as a vastly wealthy and powerful rival and often as an existen-tial threat. When the Macedonian king Alexander the Great finally defeated the Persians in 331 BC, Greek culture spread throughout the Near East, but native dynasties—first the Parthian (247 BC–AD 224) and then the Sasanian (AD 224–651)—soon reestab-lished themselves. The rise of the Roman Empire as a world power quickly brought it, too, into conflict with Persia, despite the common trade that flowed through their territories.
UCLAWEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2018 306 ROYCE HALL
Image: Attributed to Berlin Painter (Greek [Attic], act. ca. 500–ca. 460 bc). Detail of figure, side B from red-figure amphora, 480–470 bc, terracotta. J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection (96.AE.98). Gift of Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman.
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