Pourdavoud Institue Established in 2017 as the premier research center for the study of ancient Iran, the mission of the Pourdavoud Institute for the Study of the Iranian World is to engage in transformative research on all aspects of Iranian antiquity, including its reception in the medieval and modern periods,…
SoCal Persian American Medical Association is an IRS 501(c) approved non-profit physician membership organization. We are composed of healthcare professionals of Persian/ American heritage, who are interested in Persian culture, and live and work in Southern California. We are led by a Board of Directors composed of seven volunteer members and…
The Association of Professors and Scholars of Iranian Heritage (APSIH) was established in 1986 by several professors and scholars of Iranian heritage who served in academic institutions and research centers in Southern California. APSIH was formed at the time when the Iranian image was distorted to the extreme, especially in western countries, due…
Nayereh Tohidi (Persian: نیره توحیدی; born 1951) is an Iranian-born American professor, researcher, and academic administrator. Tohidi is a professor emerita and former Chair of Gender and Women’s Studies Department, and the founding director of the Middle Eastern and Islamic studies (from 2011 to 2021) at California State University, Northridge. She is also a research associate…
