Matthew HermaneMar 18, 20163 minErnst Herzfeld’s Excavation of PasargadMausoleum of Cyrus Photo Courtesy of the Freer Sackler Archives In 530 B.C.E., Cyrus II - responsible for the downfall of the Medes,...
Matthew HermaneJan 21, 20163 minThe King: Kader Abdolah’s Naser al-din ShahIt is 1870 in Tehran as aromas of tobacco, chai, spices, and naan waft through the air amid the bustle of daily business at the grand...
Josh WeaverJan 17, 20163 minEarly Editions of Edward FitzGerald’s Translation of Khayyam’s RubaiyatA print by Edmund Sullivan from the first edition of FitzGerald’s translation My vintage book collection began a few years ago when my...
Matthew HermaneDec 11, 20154 min(Re)Discovering the Past: Undergraduate Research at the National ArchivesMatt Hermane, Roxi Eshghipour, and Daniel Durkin reviewing research materials at the Roshan Institute for Persian Studies Research is not...
Jason PriorDec 9, 20153 minFollowing Ferdowsi's Footsteps in the 21st CenturyImagine if you will a scraggly English man dressed in tattered clothes with a patchy beard trying to cross the border from Iran into...
Homa HajarianDec 2, 20153 minInsights: Mohammad AghebatiNegar Abedi and Mohammad Hassan Majooni in The Sky of Snowy Days (2009) staged at the 27th Fadjr Theater Festival, Iran. Directed by...
Mojan Najmabadi and Jason PriorNov 10, 20151 minInsights: Shahram KarimiShahram Karimi is an accomplished Iranian artist and set designer who has worked both inside and outside of Iran for the last few...
Josh WeaverOct 29, 20152 minSperm WhaleWhen it comes to judging film, or any art form, what metrics do we use? By what criteria can we say one film was good, or successful, or...
Joseph RitchOct 23, 20153 minA Portal To TehranIda Yousofi, Ashley Kiani, Joseph Ritch, and Bahareh Ghonsul outside the Shared Studios portal to Tehran On the morning of September 9th,...