In California: Fellowship in Pre-Islamic Iranian History and Culture

Ali Asghar Payravi Fellowship  in Pre-Islamic Iranian History and Culture
 
 
We are pleased to announce the Ali Asghar Payravi Fellowship, funded   by the generous support of the Farhad family. This fellowship is for   a continuing international student pursuing doctoral research in   pre-Islamic Iranian history and culture. For the forthcoming academic   year 2010-2011, the fellowship will provide a stipend of $18,000 plus   cover non-resident tuition and fees, and a 2011 summer stipend of   $2500. The recipient should be advanced to doctoral candidacy before   the start of fall 2011, if he or she has not already done so.
 
Further, the recipient will receive a dissertation year of funding   (ideally in 2012-2013) comprised of a stipend of $18,000 and coverage of fees, and one year of Teaching Assistantships (ideally in   2011-2012) provided by the Dean of Humanities to the recipient’s home department in addition to its allocation for that academic year.
 
The fellowship will be administered by the Samuel Jordan Center for   Persian Studies and Culture. Applicants must submit a research statement including a timeline for research and writing (no longer   than two pages typed, single-spaced) and a current CV. The   applicant’s advisor must also submit a letter of recommendation. All   materials are due via email attachments to Angelica Enriquez   enriquea@uci.edu, Manager of the Jordan Center, by September 7,   2010, Tuesday Noon.
 
For more information, please contact Nasrin Rahimieh, Director of the   Jordan Center, at nasrin.rahimieh@uci.edu.
 
Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies
University of California, Irvine
1st Floor Humanities Gateway
Irvine, CA 92697-3370
 
 
Dr. Touraj Daryaee
Howard Baskerville Professor in the history of Iran and the Persianate > World
Associate Director, Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and
Culture
Krieger Hall 324
Irvine, CA 92697-3375 
 

Courtesy : Behram Pastakia