Research

• Blackwell Companion to the Sasanian Empire
  College of Letters and Science: Humanities
  This project is designed as an exhaustive introduction to the multifaceted Sasanian world. It simultaneously contextualizes Sasanian cultural practices in the continuity of Iranian traditions and exposes the extent of Sasanian interactions with empires and cultures of late antiquity.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Rahim Shayegan
  (Updated: Apr 28 2023)

• A History of the Sasanian Empire
  College of Letters and Science: Humanities
  The project of a History of the Sasanian Empire, a multi-volume undertaking contracted with Cambridge University Press, shall greatly benefit from the wealth of programmatic offerings on the Sasanian empire hosted by the Pourdavoud Center.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Rahim Shayegan
  (Updated: Apr 28 2023)

• South Asian Lab
  College of Letters and Science: Social Sciences
  The South Asian Lab highlights the archaeology of South Asia– the area encompassed by the modern-day countries of India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Monica L. Smith
  (Updated: May 02 2023)

• Conserving the Archives of Progressive Pakistan
  UCLA Library
  The Modern Endangered Archives Program of UCLA funds the conservation of the material legacies of Pakistan's progressive movements through inventory and documentation of print, audio, and video items housed at the South Asia Resource and Research Center (SARRC) in Islamabad.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Rachel Deblinger
  (Updated: Oct 23 2023)

• Endangered Archives from Sufi Shrines of the Afghan-Pakistan Frontier
  UCLA Library
  The Modern Endangered Archives Program of UCLA funds the digitization of endangered archives of Sufi monasteries and shrines within the Pashtun tribal regions on the Pakistan-Afghanistan frontier. This project will empower local stakeholders to preserve their collections and build preservation infrastructure for sustainable community-driven archiving.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Rachel Deblinger
  (Updated: Oct 23 2023)

College of Letters and Science: Humanities

• Blackwell Companion to the Sasanian Empire
  Research|
  This project is designed as an exhaustive introduction to the multifaceted Sasanian world. It simultaneously contextualizes Sasanian cultural practices in the continuity of Iranian traditions and exposes the extent of Sasanian interactions with empires and cultures of late antiquity.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Rahim Shayegan
  (Updated: Apr 28 2023)

• A History of the Sasanian Empire
  Research|
  The project of a History of the Sasanian Empire, a multi-volume undertaking contracted with Cambridge University Press, shall greatly benefit from the wealth of programmatic offerings on the Sasanian empire hosted by the Pourdavoud Center.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Rahim Shayegan
  (Updated: Apr 28 2023)

College of Letters and Science: Social Sciences

• South Asian Lab
  Research
  The South Asian Lab highlights the archaeology of South Asia– the area encompassed by the modern-day countries of India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Monica L. Smith
  (Updated: May 02 2023)

UCLA Library

• Conserving the Archives of Progressive Pakistan
  Research|
  The Modern Endangered Archives Program of UCLA funds the conservation of the material legacies of Pakistan's progressive movements through inventory and documentation of print, audio, and video items housed at the South Asia Resource and Research Center (SARRC) in Islamabad.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Rachel Deblinger
  (Updated: Oct 23 2023)

• Endangered Archives from Sufi Shrines of the Afghan-Pakistan Frontier
  Research|
  The Modern Endangered Archives Program of UCLA funds the digitization of endangered archives of Sufi monasteries and shrines within the Pashtun tribal regions on the Pakistan-Afghanistan frontier. This project will empower local stakeholders to preserve their collections and build preservation infrastructure for sustainable community-driven archiving.
  Project Contact:

  Project website			Rachel Deblinger
  (Updated: Oct 23 2023)