Bilingual Lecture Series: Calendar and Identity: Why did the Persian solar calendar survive for 1400 years and become an important feature of Iranian identity?
314 Royce Hall:گاهشماری و هویت چگونه تقویم خورشیدی ایران ۱۴۰۰ سال پایدار ماند و نماد بارزی از هویت ملی شد؟ Calendar and Identity: Why did the Persian solar calendar survive for 1400 years and become an important feature of Iranian identity? Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 4:00pm, Royce Hall 314 Alternate live stream on Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/97895439218 (No...
Bilingual Lecture Series: Calendar and Identity: Why did the Persian solar calendar survive for 1400 years and become an important feature of Iranian identity?
10383 Bunche Hall 11282 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles , CA, United StatesCalendar and Identity: Why did the Persian solar calendar survive for 1400 years and become an important feature of Iranian identity? Monday, April 7, 2025 at 3:00pm, Bunche Hall 10383 Alternate live stream on Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/95885037418 (No need to register in advance, just click the link at 3:00pm on April 7 to join.) Since the...
Bilingual Lecture Series: The Mahsa Movement and the Feminist Uprising in Iran
جنبش مهسا و قیام فمینیستی در ایران The Mahsa Movement and the Feminist Uprising in Iran Sunday, April 27, 2025 | 11:30 am – 1:30 pm Zoom Registration: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HxPN8qGWQuSbj1Y1WO9TRQ This book talk will focus on a social movement that brought new characteristics to the fore, not only in Iran, but also in the Muslim world....
Bilingual Lecture Series: The Mahsa Movement and the Feminist Uprising in Iran
The Mahsa Movement and the Feminist Uprising in Iran Monday, April 28, 2025 | 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Zoom Registration: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iPW7un5RTfySMm-7Eicfrg This book talk will focus on a social movement that brought new characteristics to the fore, not only in Iran, but also in the Muslim world. It was probably the first genuine, global, and extensive...
Symposium – (Mis)Using the Bible: White Evangelicalism & Christian Nationalism in America
Royce Hall Room 306 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA (CALIFORNIA)White Evangelicalism and Christian Nationalism has occupied an increasingly prominent position since—and in many ways before—the first Trump administration. Events such as January 6 and the second Trump presidency have highlighted the entanglement of politics and religious belief that is central to Christian Nationalism. This symposium brings together several scholars to discuss various aspects of...
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, revered initially as the protector of departed souls. Her representation emerged during the late Western Han period around the 1st century BCE. Scholars have drawn...
Pourdavoud Lecture Series: Gunvor Lindström
Royce 306The Denavar Satyrs as Time Travelers: From Ancient Persia to Greece, Rome, and 20th Century Collections The influence of Greco-Roman artistic traditions on the Parthian Empire (c. 250 BCE–225 CE) remains a subject of debate, with little direct evidence attesting to their presence. One long-overlooked artifact that challenges this assumption is the recently reconstructed Denavar...