A study on Indo-European languages, using direct linguistic data, reconciles the two dominant hypotheses of where and how ...

Five thousand years ago nomadic horseback riders from the Ukrainian steppe charged through Europe and parts of Asia. They brought with them a language that is the root of many of those spoken ...

Thousands of years ago, a group of hunter-gatherers roamed the steppes of southern Russia, fishing in its rivers and hunting ...

Introduction to Persian language and culture. By the end of the semester, students will have an overview of Persian grammar and will able to read and converse in Persian at a basic level. Class ...

These illustrations come from a miniature book of classical Persian poetry. Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Persian Manuscript Collection A sumptuously ...

The Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies hosted a culture and language day on Tuesday to commemorate the introduction of a newPersian studies concentration this fall that will be housed ...

In France, deep divisions within the Iranian diaspora over events unfolding in their country of origin look set to deepen ...