Dr. Matthew Stolper, John A. Wilson Professor Emeritus of Oriental Studies of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, announced that Erin Daly and Christina Chandler have been selected to continue their work on the Persepolis Fortification Archive (PFA) Project during summer 2014. Ms. Daly and Ms. Chandler were among the six students who participated in the PFA Project during summer 2013 and will focus their efforts in the coming months on identifying seals impressed on tablets with unpublished Elamite texts and on enriching the PFA Project database. The 2013 and 2014 summer fellowships were made possible through a grant awarded by Roshan Institute to Professor Stolper in recognition of the PFA Project’s tremendous contributions to Persian Studies scholarship.
Ms. Daly recently completed her M.A. in Classics and Art History at Notre Dame University and has been admitted to the Ph.D. program in the Department of Classics at the University of Chicago. Ms. Chandler obtained her B.A. in Classics at the University of Colorado this year and has been admitted to the Ph.D. program in Classical Archaeology at Bryn Mawr College. Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute would like to congratulate both students on their recent academic accomplishments and welcome them back to the PFA Project this summer.