Iranian
Pourdavoud Lecture Series: Robert Rollinger
Royce 306The “Persian Wars”: An Alternative Perspective? The “Persian Wars” are still regarded by many scholars and the interested general public as one of the major events in western history. The instructive and captivating narrative of Herodotus’ Histories became a pillar of Greek historical consciousness which, after some breaks, was transformed into a western European culture...
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 probably the most beloved of poets among Persian-speakers the world over, and his ghazals are not simply read, or even recited, as English poetry is,...
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...
Bilingual Lecture Series: Heroes to Hostages: US—Iran Diplomacy through Race Relations and Human Rights
قھرمان یا گروگان : تاریخ روابط آمریکا و ایران از دیدگاه مسائل نژادی و اجتماعی Heroes to Hostages: US—Iran Diplomacy through Race Relations and Human Rights Sunday, May 19, 2024 I 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Zoom Registration: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aieHlTjSSJa2-tL__Bf22g This presentation appraises US-Iranian diplomacy through race relations and human rights. Intellectuals of the post-Mosaddeq era...
Bilingual Lecture Series: Heroes to Hostages: US—Iran Diplomacy through Race Relations and Human Rights
Heroes to Hostages: US—Iran Diplomacy through Race Relations and Human Rights Monday, May 20, 2024 I 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Zoom Registration: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QUtvGrfQTl2ZcaQhcdlJ1Q This presentation appraises US-Iranian diplomacy through race relations and human rights. Intellectuals of the post-Mosaddeq era gave voice to an anti-colonial rhetoric that burst wide open during the Islamic Revolution of...
Bilingual Lecture Series: Socio-Economic Stratification, Labor Issues, and the Labor Movement in Iran
قشر بندی اجتماعی-اقتصادی، مسائل کارگری و جنبش کارگران در ایران Socio-Economic Stratification, Labor Issues, and the Labor Movement in Iran Sunday, June 2, 2024 I 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Zoom Registration: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CpBto5YGT-WkGYFOwtwB5Q Kazem Alamdari Discussant Touraj Atabaki نقش کارگران بیکار و ناپایدارکار در جنبشهای اعتراضی ایران ۱۴۰۲-۱۳۹۶ ( ۲۰۱۷-۲۰۲۳) The Agency of Unemployed and...