The 2009-2010 National Lecture Program Committee of the Archaeological
Institute of America invited Dr. Patrick Hunt to be an AIA National
Lecturer. Various societies selected him to speak for the
2009-2010 academic year in venues including East and West Coasts (New York, Los Angeles, Charlotte,
etc.) and these locaitons were posted on the National AIA website. He has been invited again for 2010-2011 as an AIA National Lecturer, including returning to New York and other AIA venues
PERSIAN GOLDEN LIONESS 2008 - Award Winner- Laureate in Literature from the World Academy of Art, Literature and Media (WAALM)
In a fall 2008 London ceremony, Patrick was awarded the PERSIAN GOLDEN LIONESS 2008 in the form of a gold medal from the World Academy of Art, Literature and Media (WAALM) as a Laureate in Literature. This award recognizes his work in Iranian Studies, including his History Channel contributions to several episodes for the "Engineering an Empire" series, especially "Persia", for which he also did much background research, as well as for his academic publications on ancient Persia, his teaching repeat courses at Stanford on "Art and Archaeology of Persia" and overall cultural diplomacy.
Other awardees include Dr. John Curtis, OBE, British Museum, for his leadership in the blockbuster British Museum 2005 exhibition FORGOTTEN EMPIRE: THE WORLD OF ANCIENT PERSIA and co-authoring the exhibition catalog; also Dr. Richard Davis, Ohio State University, for his three volume translation of the great Persian epic SHAHNAMEH (Book of Kings), along with his other award-winning translations of Persian poets and his own acclaimed poetry; also Dr. Vesta Sarkoush Curtis, British Museum, for her books on Persian mythology and art and archaeology. Among other awardees in academe, film, television, music and journalism, the BBC was also awarded multiple prizes and former WAALM awardees since 2005 include Prof. Richard N. Frye of Harvard University and actress Vanessa Redgrave.
