Program of Iranian Studies The Program of Iranian Studies at UCLA, established half a Division of Humanities century ago, in 1963, is the largest and most comprehensive doctoral program of its kind in the Americas. It covers the entire spectrum David Schaberg of Iranian studies across disciplines, linguistic boundaries, and periods.ABOUT Among its THEdistinctive POURDAVOUD strengths is the focus onCENTER Old and Dean of Humanities Middle Iranian philology, ancient Iranian history and religions, archaeology,Established as well inas the2017 study as ofthe classical premier and research modern Persiancenter for literature. In addition, courses in Judeo-Persian literature are Presents the study of ancient Iran, the mission of the Pourdavoud Ehsan regularly read in the Program. Center for the Study of the Iranian World is to engage in Near transformativeEastern Languages research on and all aspects Cultures of Iranian antiquity, Yarshater The missionincluding of the its receptionDepartment in theof Nearmedieval Eastern and modernLanguages periods, and The APourdavoud Homage Center Cultureby is expanding the discovery, on the interpretation, traditional domainsdissemination, of Old andIranian preservationstudies of humanand promotingvalues created cross-cultural over a period ofinterdisciplinary five or more thousandscholarship. years in an area that was the cradle of civilization. The for the Study of the department provides a holistic understanding of Near Eastern civilizations through the prism of language, history, culture, archeology,The and Pourdavoud religion, offering Center degree operates programs as indisciplinary Ancient Near home Iranian World Easternto stimulatingCivilizations intellectual(including Assyriology,encounters Biblicaland exchanges Studies, for Egyptology,scholars Hebrew, working Near onEastern ancient Archaeology, Iran and andthe ancientOld Iranian world, On the Occasion of the Studies,and as contributeswell as Middleto the development Eastern Languages of collaborative and Cultures research 130th Anniversary of (includingprojects Arabic in andsuch Islamic, diverse Armenian,areas as Art Hebrew History, and Assyriology, Jewish Studies, as well as Iranian Studies). Professor Ebrahim Pourdavoud Biblical Studies, Central Asian studies, Classics, Egyptology, Divisionancient of HumanitiesHistory, Indology, Near Eastern and Levantine and the Archaeology, Sinology, and the Study of Religion. The Division of Humanities at UCLA offers a remarkable 95th Anniversary of breadth of study, from philosophy and classics to art history Mrs. Pourandokht Pourdavoud Naficy 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 Eventpreserve Details centuries-old approaches June 18, 2016 to research and teaching, focus on abiding questions of meaning, value and truth, and Advancedencourage registration our students is requested. to explore widely, to analyze deeply,For and more to information think critically and to andRSVP, independently. please visit: By exposing our studentshttp://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/events/ehsan-yarshater/ to the long legacy of human thought and to the most recent expressions of human creativity, our faculty ready students to live well,Parking: to respondParking iswith $12 versatility at Lot 2 onto thethe cornerchallenges of of our times, and to make lastingHilgard contributions and Westholme to Ave.the betterment of human experience.Parking attendants will be available at the gate. Center of the Study for the Iranian World

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www.iranian.ucla.eduwww.pourdavoud.ucla.edu Pourdavoud Hall 358 & 360 Royce Los Angeles, CA 90095 November 19, 2018 | 4:00-8:30 p.m. UCLA Faculty Center, California Room Design: David Wu David Design: Persian Persian , a 22-volume, a 22-volume, , (1988). He was the Founding Founding the was He (1988). , arguably the world’s most extensive scholarly, scholarly, most extensive , arguably the world’s (1970). He edited the third volume ofthird volume the He edited (1970). Cambridge History of Encyclopædia Iranica Professor Yarshater authored several books and servedEditor the or several as authored Professor Yarshater General Editor of His books include works. scholarly numerous Heritage Series, General Editor of the Persian Series, Text the Persian The Series. Literature and Modernthe Persian Series, Studies Persian the annotated translation of History completed was in 40 volumes Tabari’s Editor of also the Founding He was under his General Editorship. the Poetry HalfSecond in the ofCentury15th the Southernand 1953), Persian, (in Dialects Tati and Sasanian periods Parthian, Seleucid, the covering parts, Iran, in two Literature and Persian 1986), and (1983 to the dedicated work reference groundbreaking, and comprehensive of study broad and inclusive of all aspects in the Iranian civilization Central Indian Asia, and the subcontinent, Middle East, the Caucasus, overviewand detailed of offering a comprehensive He was subject. its Editor of Founding also the A History ofLiterature Persian authoritative survey designed to reflect the status specimens and selected carefully extensive, It includes and significance literature. Persian of of poetrytranslations and commentaryand prose with prominent by scholars. an honorary was ofmember Yarshater Professor Iranologica Societas served he for which Association for Iranian Europaea and the Studies, also ofmember a life was He as President. of the American Institute the at instituted been his name have in series Lecture Iranian Studies. of University of London, the University California, the Angeles, Los of and University of University the University, Paris, Maryland, Yale Fund Fellowship The Ehsan Yarshater Harvardat 2005 until University. ofat the Graduate School was Arts at Columbia and University Sciences a $10 received Columbia 2018, University in In 2012. August established Ehsan the endow to HeritageFoundation Persian from the million gift lasting legacy ensuring the of for Center Iranian Studies, Yarshater his and vision for years to come. scholarship transformeda creating Iranian studies, Professor Ehsan Yarshater to that will continue and worldwide legacy at Columbia University ofand understanding scholarship the advance cultures, histories, the of and accomplishments trulywith was He endowed Iranian peoples. a bold and erudition,broadvision, immense academic and unfailing determination. California ageat the of September on in Fresno, 2018 2, He passed away and her husband, Mojdeh Yarshater, Ms. his niece, He is survived98. by Jebian. Tony Mr. ) in ) was born was in Bongah-e Tarjomeh va Nashr-e Tarjomeh va Bongah-e Danesh-sara-ye Moqaddamati Danesh-sara-ye hsan Yarshater Hamadan 1920. on April 3, in Tehran, up mostly Growing Tehran. By 1944, he was appointed he was 1944, By Tehran. DeputyDirector of Preparatory the teacher at Elmieh High School in at Elmieh High School teacher ofMinistry the of as a Education College service he joined the in 1941, Upon graduation from the Teacher’s Upon graduationTeacher’s from the College of the University of Tehran. College ofof University the Tehran. Faculty of Literature and the Teacher’s of Faculty Teacher’s and the Literature , during the meeting ofmeeting during the , Congressthe of earning at the study to him a scholarship the top ofthe this success with his class, he finished his secondary education at E M. Rahim Shayegan Iranian Studies, Columbia University Iranian Studies, Hagop KevorkianProfessor Emeritus of Ehsan Yarshater Ehsan 1920-2018 Educational College( Southern Tati Dialects Southern Tati - BTNK). Since its foundation in 1953 until the Islamic Revolution Revolution Islamic the until foundation in 1953 its Since BTNK). - Ketab of encompassing three 500 volumes, published over the institute 1979, ofand a series on Iranian a series Studies, series, text Persian (a series and general knowledgebooks into Persian), translated works classic of lives the to enrich intended The has been BTNK audience. a wide lauded as the most important to come into being in Iran. publisher of Professor Assistant an as first appointed was Yarshater Ehsan 1953, In ofyear following the and Literature Persian of Faculty in the Old Persian of Columbia University the at Letters by invited was he In 1958, Tehran. serveto ofProfessor Associate Visiting as University Indo-Iranian for as Ebrahim Professor Pourdavoud he succeeded In 1960, years. two Professor ofof University Iranian the at Ancient Culture In Tehran. the newly to occupy Columbia University by back invited he was 1961, Chair founded of a well- Hagop by Kevorkian, endowed Iranian Studies, developing with Armenian tasked known There,was he artcollector. the field of Iranian Studies at Columbia University, which resultedthe founding of in the Center for Iranian at Columbia University Studies in 1968. the Orientalists held in Moscow that year. the Orientalists held in Moscow Thefounded he [Royal] Doctorate, his second towards Whileworking and Publication ( for Translation Institute Tehran. While working in the field of education, he studied at the Faculty the at studied ofhe field education, the in working While Tehran. of of In study addition, he pursued the and earned Law his B.A. Persian of University at the literature He in 1947. a Doctorate receiving Tehran, from a scholarship in England receiving after his studies continued then Old Henning, he studied Under British Council. tutelagethe the of W.B. he 1960, In an M.A. in 1953. and Middle Iranian Languages received and of from the University earnedhis defending Ph.D. a second London by dissertation, From Gaumāta to Wahnām

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Introductions Yarshater Yarshater Whither Iranica Encyclopædia Elton Daniel Ehsan Yarshater and the Study ofEhsan Yarshater Ehsan Yarshater and Persian Poetry and Persian Ehsan Yarshater Ali Gheissari Rudi Matthee Rudi

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