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Legacies of Ancient Persia
Legacies of Ancient Persia explores the multiplicity of legacies left by ancient Persia through interviews and round-table discussions with leading scholars and experts to discuss the impact ancient Iranian civilization has had on other ancient cultures and modern global patrimony. Legacies of Ancient Persia is brought to you by the UCLA Pourdavoud Institute for the Study of the Iranian World. The show is hosted and produced by Lexie Henning and features original music by Brent Arehart.
Episodes
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Episode 42: Divine Kingship Project with Dr. Marco Ferrario
Dr. Marco Ferrario, a post-doctoral fellow at UCL, returns to the podcast to discuss winning a Marie Curie scholarship for his project “GOOSH” (“God’s Shadows…
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Episode 41: The Book of Esther with Dr. Alexiana Fry and Dr. Esther Brownsmith
Dr. Alexiana Fry, a guest researcher at the University of Copenhagen, and Dr. Esther Brownsmith, an assistant professor of Hebrew Bible at the University of…
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Episode 40: Dr. James Howard-Johnston
Dr. James Howard-Johnston, an Emeritus Fellow at Corpus Christi College at the University of Oxford, joins Lexie to discuss his research on the Byzantine army…
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Episode 39: Dr. Matheus Treuk
Dr. Matheus Treuk Medeiros de Araujo, an Associate Professor of Ancient Archaeology at the State University of Rio de Janeiro, is interviewed by Charlotte…
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Episode 38: "The Parthians at War" with Dr. Nikolaus Overtoom
Dr. Nikolaus Overtoom, a professor of Ancient History at Washington State University, returns to the podcast to discuss his new book, "The Parthians at War…
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Episode 37: Dr. Deirdre Klokow
Dr. Deirdre Klokow, an assistant professor of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin, joins Lexie to discuss Seleucid coin iconography, who used coins…
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Episode 36: Dr. Jennifer Finn
Dr. Jennifer Finn, an ancient historian and chair of the Department of Classics at Loyola University, joins Lexie to discuss her research focus on Alexander…
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Episode 35: Dr. Konrad Schmid
Dr. Konrad Schmid, a professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism at the University of Zurich, joins Lexie to discuss the historical and cultural context of…
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Episode 34: Dr. Simone Oppen
Dr. Simone Oppen, a professor of Classical & Near Eastern Religions and Cultures at the University of Minnesota, joins Lexie to discuss how her high school…
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Episode 33: Dr. Olga Davidson
Dr. Olga Davidson, a research fellow with the Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations at Boston University, joins Lexie to discuss her…
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Episode 32: Dr. Catherine Bonesho
Dr. Catherine Bonesho, an Assistant Professor of Early Judaism at UCLA, joins Lexie to discuss her interest in the field of ancient Judaism and in ancient…
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Episode 31: Dr. Margaret Cool Root
Dr. Margaret Cool Root, a Professor Emerita of Iranian Studies at the University of Michigan, joins Lexie to discuss her academic journey from Classical and…
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Episode 30: Dr. Jeffrey Spier
Dr. Jeffrey Spier, a former Senior Curator of Antiquities at the Getty Villa, joins Lexie to discuss the intricacies of museum work, particularly the…
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Episode 29: Grad Student Interview with Dr. Jenny Rose
Dr. Jenny Rose, a former professor of Ancient Iranian Studies at Claremont Graduate University, is interviewed by Charlotte Howley – a 3rd year PhD student in…
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Episode 28: Dr. Elizabeth Carter
Dr. Elizabeth Carter, professor emerita of Iranian Archaeology at UCLA, joins Lexie to discuss how backyard digs sparked her early love for archaeology, her…
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Episode 27: Marco Ferrario
Marco Ferrario, an ancient historian specializing in the longue durée of the Eastern Iranian world, joins Lexie to discuss how influential mentors and…
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Episode 26: Dr. Nikolaus Overtoom
Dr. Nikolaus Overtoom, a professor of Ancient History at Washington State University, joins Lexie to discuss the significance of Parthian warfare, the…
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Episode 25: Dr. Jason BeDuhn
Dr. Jason BeDuhn, a professor of Religious Studies at Northern Arizona University, joins Lexie to discuss the history of Manichaeism, exploring its dualistic…
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Episode 24: Dr. Rolf Strootman
Dr. Rolf Strootman, a professor of Ancient History at the University of Utrecht, joins Lexie to discuss the complexities surrounding the Persian identity after…
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Episode 23: Dr. Eve MacDonald
Dr. Eve MacDonald, an ancient historian and archaeologist at Cardiff University, joins Lexie to discuss the often-overlooked technological advancements of the…
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Episode 22: Grad Student Interview with Dr. Neville McFerrin
Dr. Neville McFerrin, a professor of Art History at the University of North Texas, is interviewed by Charlotte Howley – a 2nd year PhD student in UCLA’s…
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Episode 21: Dr. David Potter
Dr. David Potter, a professor of Classics at the University of Michigan, joins Lexie to discuss the intriguing figure of Empress Theodora, the perceptions of…
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Episode 20: Dr. Mehrnoush Soroush
Dr. Mehrnoush Soroush, a professor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago, joins Lexie to discuss studying water hydraulics, water…
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Episode 19: Dr. Tawny Holm
Dr. Tawny Holm, a professor of Jewish Studies and Classics at Pennsylvania State University, joins Lexie to discuss the importance of Aramaic language, why…
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Gazetteer Minisode 4 with Dr. Ali Mousavi
Dr. Ali Mousavi, a Pourdavoud Research Scholar and adjunct professor of Iranian Archaeology at UCLA, joins Lexie for a special minisode to talk about a unique…
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Gazetteer Minisode 3 with Dr. Ali Mousavi
Dr. Ali Mousavi, a Pourdavoud Research Scholar and adjunct professor of Iranian Archaeology at UCLA, joins Lexie for a special minisode to talk about a unique…
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Gazetteer Minisode 2 with Dr. Ali Mousavi
Dr. Ali Mousavi, a Pourdavoud Research Scholar and adjunct professor of Iranian Archaeology at UCLA, joins Lexie for a special minisode to talk about a unique…
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Gazetteer Minisode 1 with Dr. Ali Mousavi
Dr. Ali Mousavi, a Pourdavoud Research Scholar and adjunct professor of Iranian Archaeology at UCLA, joins Lexie for a special minisode to talk about a unique…
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Episode 18: Graduate Student Roundtable Discussion
This week we are joined by 5 Iranian Studies Graduate students: Emma Petersen, Charlotte Howley, James Scherrer, Ethan Friedland, and Hong Yu Chen. In this…
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Episode 17: Dr. Jonathan Winnerman
Dr. Jonathan Winnerman, an Egyptologist, and Academic Administrator in Ancient Studies at UCLA, joins Lexie to discuss exploring aspects of sacred kingship in…
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Episode 16: Dr. Touraj Daryaee
Dr. Touraj Daryaee, a professor of Iranian studies and director of the Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture at the University of…
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Episode 15: Dr. Lara Fabian
Dr. Lara Fabian, a professor of Iranian archaeology at UCLA, joins Lexie to discuss how she came to archaeology from a solid career outside of academia, the…
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Episode 14: Dr. Julian Degen
Dr. Julian Degen, a research fellow and academic teacher at Trier University, joins Lexie to discuss assessing Alexander of Macedon as a statesman rather than…
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Episode 13: Dr. Robert Rollinger
Dr. Robert Rollinger, a professor of ancient history and ancient Near Eastern studies at the University of Innsbruck, joins Lexie to discuss deconstructing…
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Episode 12: Dr. Marissa Stevens
Dr. Marissa Stevens, the Assistant Director of the Pourdavoud Institute and an Egyptologist, joins Lexie to discuss how she developed an interest in…
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Episode 11: Dr. Christelle Fischer-Bovet
Dr. Christelle Fischer-Bovet, a professor of Classics, History, and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Southern California, joins Lexie to discuss…
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Episode 10: Dr. Henry Colburn
Dr. Henry Colburn, a research associate of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology at the University of Michigan and an adjunct faculty member at several…
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Episode 9: Leyla Johnson
Leyla Johnson, a Lebanese American video game developer specializing in historical strategy games and CEO of Mohawk Games, joins Lexie to discuss growing up in…
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Episode 8: Dr. Ali Mousavi
Dr. Ali Mousavi, a Pourdavoud Research Scholar and adjunct professor of Iranian Archaeology at UCLA, joins Lexie to discuss his experience growing up in Iran…
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Episode 7: Dr. John W.I. Lee
Dr. John W.I. Lee, a professor of Ancient History at the University of California, Santa Barbara, joins Lexie to discuss why the Persian Wars weren’t his entry…
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Episode 6: Dr. Kathleen Lynch
Dr. Kathleen Lynch, a professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Cincinnati, joins Lexie to discuss how she got into studying ancient Athenian…
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Episode 5: Trevor Culley
Trevor Culley, creator and host of the History of Persia podcast, joins Lexie to discuss why he started a podcast on Persian history, what the writing process…
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Episode 4: Dr. Jake Nabel
Dr. Jake Nabel, a professor of Classics at Pennsylvania State University, joins Lexie to discuss and provide a short introduction to the Parthian empire and…
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Episode 3: Dr. Sara Cole
Dr. Sara Cole, an antiquities curator at the J. Paul Getty Museum, joins Lexie to discuss her early interest in material culture and museums, her experience…
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Episode 2: Dr. John Hyland
Dr. John Hyland, a professor of Ancient History at Christopher Newport University, joins Lexie to discuss the real relationship between Sparta and Persia, dive…
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Episode 1: Dr. Daniel Potts
Dr. Daniel Potts, a professor of Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology and History at New York University’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW)…
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Introduction to Ancient Persia with Prof. Rahim Shayegan
Prof. Rahim Shayegan, Director of the Pourdavoud Institute, provides an introduction to the 5 W’s (who, what, when, where & why) of Ancient Persia. For those…