What does the Center for Iranian studies in Canada have to do with Encyclopaedia Iranica, a project which was started in 1973 and is based at Columbia University?
The article which Opuslola posted is talking about another Center for Iranian Studies (There are many, Tel Aviv university even has one, ITS A COMMON NAME USED), not the one affiliated with Columbia University and founded in 1968 by Professor Ehsan Yarshater.
From the website:
Encyclopædia Iranica is a project of Columbia University and
is prepared at its Center for Iranian Studies. For over two decades it
has been supported chiefly by the National Endowment for the
Humanities, an independent Federal agency, which has classified the Encyclopædia Iranica
as a "major project". However, in order to realize the full operating
budget, the project is required to raise a third to half of its annual
budget from other sources. Several institutions and individuals have
assisted through private contributions. The need however is
ever-present, and all who value the completion of the Encyclopaedia should consider assisting it with their donations. |
Also note that there is no Iranian embassy in the United States and Iran does not fund such projects in the United States.
Get your facts straight, both of you. Does no one care about fact checking anymore? I would expect such a post from Opuslola, but you cavalry?
Edited by TheGreatSimba - 16-Apr-2010 at 20:12