Image of Persian warriors in an ancient frieze comprised of glazed bricks, c. 510 BC

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(2017) A gift from Anahita Naficy Lovelace, granddaughter of the late Ebrahim Pourdavoud, and her husband, James Lovelace, makes possible the establishment of the Pourdavoud Center at UCLA — the first center in the Western Hemisphere that aims to advance the knowledge of ancient Iranian languages, history and religions. In 2023, the center is renamed the UCLA Pourdavoud Institute for the Study of the Iranian World, becoming the first institute in the UCLA College’s Division of Humanities.