One of the most productive periods in the history of the region from Iran to Anatolia (in modern Turkey) corresponds to the rule of the Seljuqs and their immediate successors, from 1038 .
Apr 4, 2021
eBay founder Pierre Omidyar’s charitable foundation helps fund radical professors, some of whom push anti-Semitic, anti-Israel, and anti-American agendas.
By Yakir Benzion, United With Israel
A new report by a watchdog group exposed the family foundation of billionaire eBay founder Pierre Omidyar for funding professors who push anti-Semitic, anti-American and anti-Israel agendas, the Middle East Forum (MEF) reported last week.
The Forum’s Campus Watch investigated Omidyar’s private foundation, the Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute, which awards fellowships and scholarships to many American and foreign universities.
The report, “Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute: The Omidyar Empire’s Misadventures in Academe,” discovered that some of the money is funding professors who are not just highly politicized, but who push anti-American and anti-Israel agendas at universities across the globe.
Support further distinguishes UCI as destination for scholars of ancient and modern Iran March 17, 2021
“The endowment from Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute will enable Iranian studies graduate students to gain intensive training in their chosen disciplines while simultaneously acquiring deep, field-specific expertise in art, archaeology, history, languages, literatures and religions from the interdisciplinary program. It is my honor and responsibility to ensure that the endowment and the graduate program fulfill this extraordinary promise,” says Matthew Canepa, UCI’s Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Presidential Chair in Art History & Archaeology of Ancient Iran and director of the graduate specialization in ancient Iran and the premodern Persian world.