Ernst Herzfeld’s Excavation of Pasargad
Mausoleum of Cyrus Photo Courtesy of the Freer Sackler Archives In 530 B.C.E., Cyrus II - responsible for the downfall of the Medes,...
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Matthew Hermane
- Jan 21, 2016
- 3 min
The King: Kader Abdolah’s Naser al-din Shah
It 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...
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Josh Weaver
- Jan 17, 2016
- 3 min
Early Editions of Edward FitzGerald’s Translation of Khayyam’s Rubaiyat
A print by Edmund Sullivan from the first edition of FitzGerald’s translation My vintage book collection began a few years ago when my...
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Matthew Hermane
- Dec 11, 2015
- 4 min
(Re)Discovering the Past: Undergraduate Research at the National Archives
Matt Hermane, Roxi Eshghipour, and Daniel Durkin reviewing research materials at the Roshan Institute for Persian Studies Research is not...
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Jason Prior
- Dec 9, 2015
- 3 min
Following Ferdowsi's Footsteps in the 21st Century
Imagine if you will a scraggly English man dressed in tattered clothes with a patchy beard trying to cross the border from Iran into...
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Homa Hajarian
- Dec 2, 2015
- 3 min
Insights: Mohammad Aghebati
Negar Abedi and Mohammad Hassan Majooni in The Sky of Snowy Days (2009) staged at the 27th Fadjr Theater Festival, Iran. Directed by...
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Mojan Najmabadi and Jason Prior
- Nov 10, 2015
- 1 min
Insights: Shahram Karimi
Shahram Karimi is an accomplished Iranian artist and set designer who has worked both inside and outside of Iran for the last few...
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Josh Weaver
- Oct 29, 2015
- 2 min
Sperm Whale
When 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...
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Joseph Ritch
- Oct 23, 2015
- 3 min
A Portal To Tehran
Ida Yousofi, Ashley Kiani, Joseph Ritch, and Bahareh Ghonsul outside the Shared Studios portal to Tehran On the morning of September 9th,...
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