Search for tag: "sharmin and bijan mossavar-rahmani center for iran and persian gulf studies"

Sharon and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies: "How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare"

Sanctions have enormous consequences. Especially when imposed by a country with the economic influence of the United States, sanctions induce clear shockwaves in both the economy and political…

From  Broadcast Broadcast Center Staff 0 likes 4 plays

Signed, Sealed, and Undelivered: The Voyage of the Santa Catharina and a Global Microhistory of Trade and Politics in the Indian Ocean, 1739-1748

The talk focuses on the discovery of several thousand pieces of commercial correspondence and contracts traveling aboard the Armenian-freighted vessel, the Santa Catharina, across the Indian Ocean at…

+5 More
From  Broadcast Broadcast Center Staff 0 likes 22 plays

East Iran in Antiquity: Silk Road and Central Asia outside the Paradigm of Eurasian Trade

Princeton’s Dr. Khodadad Rezakhani (Associate Research Scholar, Mossavar-Rahmani Center) presents a case for late antique/early medieval Central Asia away from the prevailing paradigms that…

From  Broadcast Broadcast Center Staff 0 likes 453 plays

The Persian Romance of Alexander the Great: From Greek Epic to Persian Myth, Poetry, Mysticism, and Art

Dr. Michael Barry (Princeton University) presents the extraordinary legacy of Alexander the Great by demonstrating his impact on the regions he conquered through historical representation and…

From  Broadcast Broadcast Center Staff 0 likes 642 plays