Iranian Studies: And, Towards Happy Alleys Film Screening
314 Royce HallFascinated by Iran’s film culture and the poetic works of the feminist poet Forough Farrokhzad, Indian filmmaker Sreemoyee Singh sets out in search of the protagonists of Iranian cinema. The...
Philip Grant – Iranian Studies Translation Workshop 1
Kaplan 365This event is being hosted by Iranian Studies for all interested UCLA students and faculty. The Siar al-Molūk or Siyāsatnāme of Neẓām-al-Molk This late eleventh century CE text, the “Rules...
Pourdavoud Lecture Series: Hilmar Klinkott
Royce 306Consolidation of Law, Legal Order, and the Question of Constitutionalizing Processes in the Achaemenid Empire The Old Persian inscriptions of Darius I deal with a range of legal, particularly constitutional...
Philip Grant – Iranian Studies Translation Workshop 2
365 Kaplan HallThis event is being hosted by Iranian Studies for all interested UCLA students and faculty. A Ghazal by Hafez Hafez of Shiraz, the lesān-al-ḡayb, “tongue of the unseen,” is today...
Pourdavoud Lecture Series: Wu Xin
Royce 306Regal Metamorphosis: A Transcultural Journey of the Achaemenid Royal Women to the East Xiwangmu, also known as the Queen of the West, is a significant deity in ancient Chinese mythology,...