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Professor Frantz Grenet delivers the four-part 2026 Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series on the theme, “Ancient Iran and Central Asia: Interactions and Shifting Identities.”

Mar 4

Biennial Yarshater Lecture Series

Frantz Grenet: A World between Worlds

Wed March 4, 2026 4:00 pm Royce Hall 314 & Livestream Zoom

Lecture 1 of 4 of the 2026 Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lecture Series, delivered by Frantz Grenet.

Mar 4

Pourdavoud Lecture Series

Antigoni Zournatzi: Greek-Persian Encounters c. 550–c. 330 BCE

Wed December 3, 2025 4:00 pm Royce Hall 306 & Zoom

This presentation considers the historical circumstances which gave rise to the negative stereotypes about the Persians reflected in ancient Greek sources.

Dec 3

2025 Fall Welcome Reception

Wed October 8, 2025 4:00 pm–6:00 pm 306 Royce Hall

The Pourdavoud Institute and Yarshater Center invite you to join us for a fall reception introducing our programming and research agenda for 2025-26.

Oct 8

Workshop

Co-Sponsorship: Whither Global Antiquity?

Thu April 10 – Fri April 11, 2025 Royce Hall 314 & 306

Whither Global Antiquity? Retrospection and Future Directions, Global Antiquity's second annual symposium, aims to assess the state of ancient studies, its relevance to the Humanities today, and its future directions.

Whither Global Antiquity? Retrospection & Future Directions

Apr 10

Conference

The Bible in Its Ancient Iranian Context

Thu March 13 – Fri March 14, 2025 306 Royce

Although there has been renewed interest in the Persian period in biblical scholarship, the profound impact of the ancient Iranian world on the biblical books of Esther and Daniel has often been taken for granted.

Mar 13

Yarshater Lecture Series

Cameron Cross: Spiderweb Stories

Wed March 5, 2025 4:00 pm 306 Royce

This lecture by Cameron Cross explores some avenues for comparative literary study through the framework of early Persian romances.

Mar 5

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