The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, in conjunction with the Program of Iranian Studies, at UCLA, invite applications for a postdoctoral position in the history and culture of…
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Adjunct Assistant Professor in Iranian Studies
Published: June 12, 2018The Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World and the Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles announce a search for…
Read MoreProfessor Ismail Receives 25th World Award for Book of the Year in Iran
Published: January 8, 2018Professor Ismail K. Poonawala’s book entitled “Sciences of the Soul and Intellect, Part III; An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Epistles 39-41” co-authored with Carmela Baffioni, and published…
Read MoreThe Classical World in Context: Persia (Getty Villa) 2018/2019
Published: September 8, 2017For a second year, the 2018/2019 term of the Getty Scholars Program at the Villa will address the political, intellectual, religious, and artistic relations between Persia, Greece, and Rome from…
Read MoreUCLA Recruitment: Assistant Professor in Early Judaism
Published: August 1, 2017The Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles, announces a search for a tenure-track position in early Judaism at the rank of Assistant…
Read MorePersian for High School Students
Published: June 7, 2017
Persian for Heritage Students July 10 to August 3, 2017 at UCLA Monday-Thursday 9:00am-2:00pm UCLA will offer a summer Persian class for high school students who are exposed to Persian…
Read MorePourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World established at UCLA
Published: February 21, 2017
By Margaret MacDonald UCLA has established the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World, the first center in the Western Hemisphere that aims to advance the knowledge of…
Read MoreIranian 187: Cities of Ancient Iran
Published: January 5, 2017
Winter 2017 – MW 2:00-3:15pm, 101 Kaufman Hall – Instructor: Ali Mousavi A survey of historical cities and sites of Iran from 4000 B.C. to 1900 This survey course is designed…
Read MoreEthnomusicology 91L/161L: Music of Persia
Published: January 5, 2017
Winter 2017 – Thursdays, 4:00-6:00pm, 1659 Schoenberg Music Building (SMB) – Instructor: Amir Hosein Pourjavady This class focuses on the performance of Persian classical music including the radif and tasnifs (vocal…
Read MoreEthnomusicology 91L/161L: Music of Persia
Published: September 20, 2016
Fall 2016 – Thursdays, 4:00-6:00pm, Schoenberg 1659 – Instructor: Amir Hosein Pourjavady This class focuses on the performance of Persian classical music including the radif and tasnifs (vocal repertoire). This is…
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