Courses & Seminars
Courses at the University of British Columbia
Farrokh teaches sessionally at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Continuing Studies Division (for further details of Farrokh’s teaching at UBC since 2004 kindly click here).
See examples of course provided for the University of British Columbia’s Continuing Studies since 2004:
Description: Part of a lecture series taught by several Iranologists. Farrokh’s lectures focus on the concise history of three pre-Islamic empires of Persia; the Achaemenid, Parthian and Sassanian dynasties. Emphasis placed on the military history of this era, especially in Persia’s wars with the Greco-Roman world to the West and nomadic warriors in Central Asia. Also discussed are the architectural and artistic developments of Persia across the three pre-Islamic dynasties. followed by the Islamo-Arab conquests of Persia.
Description: This course trace the extent of Persian influence in China, India, Islam and Europe with specific examples such as the city palace of Persepolis and her legacy in Merovingian and Gothic arts; the dress of the Iranian nobility at the time of Darius the Great, and its later appearance among the Germanic Ostrogoths and Polish Szlachta; and Persian miniatures and their influence on Indian and Turkish arts.
Description: This course explores the legacy of Persia in Judeo-Christianity (e.g. in concepts of Good versus Evil, Heaven and Hell, the resurrection and the Apocalypse), its profound impact upon European culture and folklore such as the Legedn of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, and its powerful influence in European architecture, artistry, music and clothing.
The University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Arts announced the publication of Farrokh’s third book, Iran at War: 1500-1988, on May 31, 2011 on Twitter. For more on Iran at War, kindly click here.
Seminars for Stanford University
Farrokh is a member of Stanford University’s WAIS (World Association of International Studies) and provided lecture’s at Stanford University’s WAIS 2006 Critical World Problems Conference Presentations on July 30-31, 2006.
The History Channel, the BBC and the Voice of America
Farrokh has also interviewed and filmed Farrokh on the topic of technology in ancient Persia for the History Channel program entitled:
Engineering an Empire: The Persians (2006).
The History Channel has consulted Farrokh on matters of ancient military technology, the Persian Gardens and other facets of ancient Iranian technology.
Farrokh has also been cited and interviewed on History topics by the BBC, and the Voice of America network.
The WAALM School of Cultural Diplomacy
Kaveh Farrokh is the Chair of the Cultural Diplomacy’s Department of Traditions & Cultural History of the WAALM Academy in London, England. WAALM is affiliated with the Academic Council On The United Nations System (ACUNS) and The International Peace Bureau. WAALM was also nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011.
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Prof. Kaveh Farrokh, PhD 
