Department of Religions and Philosophies,
School of History, Religions and Philosophies
& Shapoorji Pallonji Institute of Zoroastrian Studies
Dr Yousef Moradi
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Key information
Key information
- Roles
- Department of Religions and Philosophies Marie Skłodowska-Curie Experienced Researcher
- Department
- Department of Religions and Philosophies, School of History, Religions and Philosophies & Shapoorji Pallonji Institute of Zoroastrian Studies
- Building
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office
- 338
- Email address
- ym22@soas.ac.uk
Biography
Yousef Moradi in collaboration with Professor Almut Hintze are working on the Seals and Sealing Practices Project founded by European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (IF).
In 2016, he obtained his PhD in the Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology from Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. He takes interest in the Archaeology of the Near and Middle East and Central Asia in Sasanian and early Islamic periods, in Zoroastrian studies, sigillography, and urban and landscape archaeology. Moradi has conducted several seasons of fieldworks on a number of Parthian and Sasanian archaeological sites in Iran including Takht-e Solayman, Qasr-e Shirin, Jundi Shapour, Bisotun, Mil-e Milagah, and Sarab-e Murt. He has recently edited a book entitled AfarinName: A festschrift on the archaeology of Iran in honor of Mehdi Rahbar.
Key collaborations
- 2006–2018 Director of the archaeological expedition at Qasr-e Shrin (Collaborative project between Iranian Center for Archaeological Research (ICAR) and Kermanshah Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization)
- 2017 Director of the archaeological expedition at Jundi Shapur (Collaborative project between Iranian Center for Archaeological Research (ICAR) and Khuzestan Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization)
- 2009 Director of the archaeological expedition at Mil-e Milagah (Collaborative project between Iranian Center for Archaeological Research (ICAR) and Kermanshah Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization)
- 2007–2008 Director of the archaeological expedition at Sarab-e Murt (Collaborative project between Iranian Center for Archaeological Research (ICAR) and Kermanshah Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization)
- 2002–2008 Director of the archaeological expedition at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Takht-e Solayman (Collaborative project between Iranian Center for Archaeological Research (ICAR) and Western Azerbaijan Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization)
- 2001–2002 Director of the archaeological expedition at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Bisotun (Collaborative project between Iranian Center for Archaeological Research (ICAR) and Bisotun World Heritage Base)
