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 sc…
Dec 12th, 2024 |
1:30:03
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…
Nov 21st, 2024 |
46:43
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 percept…
Oct 31st, 2024 |
55:57
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, wat…
Oct 10th, 2024 |
53:39
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…
Jun 27th, 2024 |
06:04
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…
Jun 20th, 2024 |
06:32
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…
Jun 13th, 2024 |
07:44
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…
Jun 6th, 2024 |
07:43
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…
May 30th, 2024 |
1:02:43
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…
May 16th, 2024 |
1:00:36
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 kin…
May 2nd, 2024 |
55:55
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 o…
Apr 18th, 2024 |
1:13:42
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 academi…
Apr 4th, 2024 |
52:11
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 rat…
Mar 21st, 2024 |
51:25
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 deconstru…
Mar 7th, 2024 |
1:04:05
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 c…
Feb 22nd, 2024 |
1:01:53
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 di…
Feb 8th, 2024 |
54:11
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 ins…
Jan 25th, 2024 |
48:35
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 grow…
Jan 11th, 2024 |
54:45
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…
Dec 28th, 2023 |
1:00:30
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…
Dec 14th, 2023 |
1:09:53
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 Ath…
Nov 30th, 2023 |
1:02:43
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…
Nov 16th, 2023 |
1:15:22
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 empi…
Nov 2nd, 2023 |
1:06:32
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 expe…
Oct 19th, 2023 |
1:22:49
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 Per…
Oct 4th, 2023 |
1:11:47
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 (I…
Oct 3rd, 2023 |
51:55
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. F…