In the years of his retirement, which were really not like a retirement, Ehsan Yarshater, who has died aged 98, used to joke that he had been afflicted by a bug. It made him think that if an important ...

In 1958, professor Ehsan Yarshater began teaching at Columbia University in New York. He was part of a generation of Iranian academics who sought training in the West. He was always concerned about ...

He was also a professor and the founder of the Center for Iranian Studies at Columbia University in New York. Born in Hamedan in 1920 he got a Ph.D. in Persian language and literature at the ...

Ehsan Yarshater, an eminent Iranian historian who founded and edited the Encyclopedia Iranica, a magnum opus of Iranian history and culture that helped transform the modern understanding of Persian ...

After Sept. 11, 2001, journalists turned to Encyclopaedia Iranica to learn about Afghanistan, part of the "Iranian cultural continent." The staff of Iranica, headquartered at Columbia University's ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation (EIF) today published Volume 16 of the Encyclopaedia Iranica, the international, collaborative research project dedicated to the study ...

Ralph Ellison wrote for 40 years without finishing his novel “Juneteenth.” Antoni Gaudi labored 43 years on the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona, Spain, but construction continues today. And in ...

In 1974, Columbia University professor Ehsan Yarshater began a comprehensive encyclopedia of Iranian history. Now, he's 91 years old and at the... 37 Years And Halfway Through Encyclopaedia Iranica In ...

The work on Encyclopaedia Iranica began in 1974. After nearly four decades, the project has completed 15 volumes and has reached the letter K. In 1958, professor Ehsan Yarshater began teaching at ...