Iranian
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Bilingual Lecture Series: Ali Gheissari
10383 Bunche Hall 11282 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles , CA, United StatesHasan Pirnia and Constitutional Experience: Articulation of Public Law and the Prospects of Modern State in Iran, 1905-1925 Ali Gheissari University of San Diego Monday, January 26, 2026 Lecture in English Bunche Hall 10383, 11:00am Zoom link for hybrid online viewing both days: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/92182697630 The topic of this presentation will be an assessment of the...
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Pourdavoud Lecture Series: Verena Lepper
Royce 306Elephantine Goes Global: Island of the Millennia Wednesday, February 25, 2026 4:00pm Royce Hall 306 Alternate Live Stream on Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/94774888079 RSVP Link: https://forms.gle/uhWcmWsk8DDH1Rdv9 Over a period of ten years a research project funded by the European Research Council (ERC) was conducted at the National Museums in Berlin entitled “Localizing 4000 years of...
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Biennial Yarshater Lecture Series: Frantz Grenet
Royce Hall 314 340 Royce Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesAncient Iran and Central Asia: Interactions and Shifting Identities March 4–11, 2026 A Series of Four Lectures at 4:00 pm Royce Hall 314 RSVP Link: https://forms.gle/fiCSCpULf7H3nJ6H8 The Pourdavoud Institute and Yarshater Center welcome Frantz Grenet (Collège de France) in March to deliver the four-part Biennial Yarshater Lecture Series on the theme, “Ancient Iran and Central...
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Bilingual Lecture Series: Pamela Karimi
Online Via ZoomWomen, Art, Freedom: Artists and Street Politics in Iran Pamela Karimi (Cornell University) Monday March 16, 2026, at 2:00pm Online via Zoom Registration Required https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mvqHL0u4QFGuYqFdFbiikg Download the event flyer here This talk, based on Pamela Karimi’s 2024 book Women, Art, Freedom: Artists and Street Politics in Iran, traces the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom uprising...
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Pourdavoud Lecture Series: Jake Nabel
Royce 306Misunderstanding in Ancient Interstate Relations The Arsacid Princes of the Roman Empire Jake Nabel (Pennsylvania State University) Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 4:00 pm Pacific Time Royce Hall 306 and Via Zoom Registration Link: https://forms.gle/ZFb7yBFBeEs2VfMt6 Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/92060104969 In the first century CE, several Arsacid princes from the Iranian empire of Parthia were sent to...
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Bilingual Lecture Series: Sunil Sharma
One Divan and Multiple Poets: The Strange Case of Makhfi Sunil Sharma Boston University English Lecture Monday, May 4, 2026 at 11:00 am Pacific Time Online via Zoom Registration Required: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6QTp311ZThKErILePfrBEQ The poet behind the Divan-e Makhfi is thought to have been the Mughal Princess Zebunnisa (d. 1702). However, there are historical and philological problems with this...
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Pourdavoud Lecture Series: Sören Stark
Royce 306Next to Turquoise Domes: Excavating the City of Bukhara Friday, May 8, 2026 4:00pm Royce Hall 306 and via Zoom RSVP Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeae-G4tZTbwP58Uoqkg0uMyf4O7j_k9CihsdQn4Wj5AnL86Q/viewform The city of Bukhara was once a key node along the fabled “Silk Roads.” Yet compared to other Central Asian cities of comparable importance, the systematic archaeological investigation of Bukhara lacks...
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Bilingual Lecture Series: Pooyan Tamimi Arab
Woman Life Freedom in the Mirror of Scholarship: Responses from the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Pooyan Tamimi Arab Utrecht University English Lecture Monday, June 8, 2026 at 11:00 am Pacific Time Online via Zoom Registration Required: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y6a-WJxYTX-wwqBuhAYndg This presentation will survey scholarship in the arts, humanities, and social sciences responding to the Woman, Life,...
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Bilingual Lecture Series: Panel Discussion on Current Situation in Iran
ZoomPanel Discussion on Current Situation in Iran MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2026 11:00 AM PST In Persian ONLINE ONLY To watch on Zoom: https://ucla.in/4yjoB6Q Panelists and Discussions Include: Iran and the War: Domestic and International Repercussions This presentation examines the cumulative impact of recent developments on Iran’s domestic politics and foreign policy. It argues that, taken...
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Co-Sponsored Conference: Sufis in Premodern Persianate Societies and Politics
314 Royce HallThe 2026 Giorgio Levi Della Vida conference and award ceremony honoring Professor Richard Eaton (University of Arizona). View conference information and register The 2026 Giorgio Levi Della Vida Award presentation and conference will take place on Thursday, November 5, 2026, at UCLA. The award will be presented to Professor Richard Eaton of the University of...