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…
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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