Humanities

Pahlavi Workshop: Pahlavi Foreign Relations

Published: January 25, 2021

Pahlavi Foreign Relations   To download the full program of events, click here.   This third panel of the Iranian Studies workshop, “History and Historiography of Pahlavi Iran, 1921-1979: A…

Bilingual Lecture Series: Panel on Development

Published: January 22, 2021

“Socio-Economic Development Strategies and Challenges in Iran,” a panel discussion featuring Azam Khatam (York University), Kaveh Ehsani (DePaul University), and Kevan Harris (UCLA) will take place via Zoom on Monday,…

Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Carlo G. Cereti

Published: January 22, 2021

Narseh’s Diadem: Religion, Royalty, and Power under the Early Sasanians This talk focuses on the Sasanian king Narseh (293-302 CE), who celebrated his accession to the throne through the bilingual…

8th Latin American & Iberian Film Festival

Published: January 19, 2021

Due to the global pandemic, the 8th edition of the annual film festival has been transferred to an online format. This offers a unique possibility of reaching a wider audience…

CMRS Reading Group for Graduate Students and Faculty

Published: January 12, 2021

CMRS hosts a monthly medieval and Renaissance reading group for graduate students and faculty. CMRS-affiliated graduate students and faculty propose and share an article or a book particularly important for…

CMRS Reading Group for Graduate Students and Faculty

Published: January 12, 2021

CMRS hosts a monthly medieval and Renaissance reading group for graduate students and faculty. CMRS-affiliated graduate students and faculty propose and share an article or a book particularly important for…

“Bodies and Maps” — A New Book

Published: January 12, 2021

Since antiquity, artists have visualized the known world through the female (sometimes male) body. In the age of exploration, America was added to figures of Europe, Asia, and Africa who…

CMRS Reading Group for Graduate Students and Faculty

Published: January 12, 2021

CMRS hosts a monthly medieval and Renaissance reading group for graduate students and faculty. CMRS-affiliated graduate students and faculty propose and share an article or a book particularly important for…

Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Nikolaus Overtoom

Published: January 3, 2021

Reconsidering the Emergence of the Parthian State: The Crisis of the 240s-230s BCE in the Hellenistic Middle East Nikolaus Overtoom’s study of the rise of the Parthian Empire, Reign of…

Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Jason Schlude

Published: December 23, 2020

Book Talk: Rome, Parthia, and the Politics of Peace This volume offers an informed survey of the problematic relationship between the ancient empires of Rome and Parthia from c. 96/95…