As part of University of California, Irvine‘s Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture‘s research, this two year project aims to collect information, from the earliest textual and archaeological evidence, including the Avesta and the Old Persian inscriptions, to numismatics about the birth and formation of Iranian identity. How the idea of Iran and the notion of Iranian people came to be formed is the first part of this research project. The second part discusses the cultural implications of Iranian identity and its reflection in medieval Persian and Arabic textual and numismatic evidence. By this time not only the idea of Iranshahr (Land of the Iranians), but Iranianess and it cultural attributes became visible in literature and historical documentation. Furthermore, a specific Iranian political philosophical vision of the state had developed which historians, men of state and religious clerics discussed in their work. Such people as Ibn Miskawiya, Nizam ul-Mulk and others discussed the idea of Iran, the Iranian state and its world-view. The project will study all of these scholars and bring together their ideas about Iranshahr and its implication. During this two year period, there will be a website dedicated to the project, where articles, ideas and discussion will be dedicated to it. The project will come to an end with a collection of articles and a book on Iranian identity.
Support this Project!
To support this project, you may donate to UCI Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture through University of California, Irvine’s secure online portal here.
Instruction for Online donations:
After you click this link, you will be taken to University of California, Irvine’s official giving website. Leave the “Unit-Fund” section unchanged. The Unit-Fund section should read as School of Humanities – Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies. As mentioned before, you do not need to change this section. Enter the amount that you would like to donate. Enter the total amount that you would like to donate (this should be the same as the amount). Make the gift one-time. Press Next to go to the next page. Enter your information such as name, email, relation to UCI (this could be “friend of UC Irvine), billing address. You may also check the box to enter you spouse information if you would like, but you don’t have to. Please leave honor/support/memory section un-changed. In the comments section, please write “for Persian Philosophy project“. Press next and you will then be guided to the next page. You may then enter your credit card information and then click submit. If your transaction was successful, you will be shown a successful transaction message and a thank you message. You will be also sent an email confirmation with the details of your donation.
Instruction for Check donations:
Alternatively, you may aslo send a check made payable to UCI Foundation with UCI Jordan Center – Persian Philosophy in the notes section.
You may then mail your donation checks to:
Jordan Center for Persian Studies & Culture
University of California, Irvine
1100 Humanities Gateway, 1st floor
Irvine, CA 92697-3375
This project is part of UCI Jordan Center for Persian Studies & Culture‘s research projects. University of California, Irvine is a public university and UCI Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation. All donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law and in accordance with IRS regulations. Thank you for your support!