Iranian
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Pourdavoud Center: 14th Melammu Symposium
314 Royce Hall“Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World” Please click here to view the full symposium schedule. The 14th Melammu Symposium: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World The Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World is convening the 14th Melammu Symposium at UCLA. The international three-day symposium held at Royce Hall will explore...
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Bilingual Lecture Series: Kaveh Madani
Please join UCLA Iranian Studies for their first Bilingual Lecture Series events of the academic year. These two lectures, featuring the research of Dr. Kaveh Madani, will be held virtually via Zoom. He will present “A Conversation with Kaveh Madani on Environmental Security in Iran and the Middle East” on Sunday, October 4, 2020 at...
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Bilingual Lecture Series: Kaveh Madani
Please join UCLA Iranian Studies for their first Bilingual Lecture Series events of the academic year. These two lectures, featuring the research of Dr. Kaveh Madani, will be held virtually via Zoom. He will present “Water Bankruptcy and Environmental Politics in Iran (A Conversation with Kaveh Madani)” on Monday, October 5, 2020 at 2:00pm Pacific...
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Pourdavoud Center Fall 2020 Welcome Event
You Are Invited: Pourdavoud Center Fall 2020 Welcome Event Friday, October 23, 2020 at 11:00am PST via Zoom Registration Required Please join us for a digital fall reception to celebrate the continued success of the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World. In the company of Dr. Anahita Naficy Lovelace and Mr. Jim Lovelace,...
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Steadfast Imagining Session 1: Introducing Bidel of Delhi (d. 1720)
Session 1 of the multidisciplinary workshop series on Steadfast Imagining: Lyric Meditation, Islamic Philosophy, and Comparative Religion in the Works of Bidel of Delhi (d. 1720) Friday, October 23, 2020 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (Pacific Time) RSVP Here (Zoom registration) This is Session 1 of the multidisciplinary workshop, Steadfast Imagining: Lyric Meditation, Islamic Philosophy,...
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Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Henry Colburn
Achaemenid Egypt: The Archaeology of a Colonial Encounter Traditionally, Egyptologists have regarded the period of Achaemenid Persian rule (the 27th Dynasty, c. 526-404 BCE) as an unmitigated disaster for the Egyptians. This view, however, is based primarily on the perception that there is a scarcity of material from this period; in turn this scarcity is...
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Steadfast Imagining Session 2: Philosophy in the First Person: Bidel’s Reception of Avicenna and Ibn ʿArabi
Session 2 of the multidisciplinary workshop series on Steadfast Imagining: Lyric Meditation, Islamic Philosophy, and Comparative Religion in the Works of Bidel of Delhi (d. 1720) Friday, November 6, 2020 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (Pacific Time) RSVP Here (Zoom registration) This is Session 2 of the multidisciplinary workshop, Steadfast Imagining: Lyric Meditation, Islamic Philosophy,...
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Bilingual Lecture Series: Claudia Yaghoobi
Embodiment, Power, and Politics in the context of Sigheh Marriages in Modern Iran Farahbakhsh’s Zendegi-ye Khosusi (2011) narrates the life story of a former religious zealot, Ebrahim Kiani, who has transformed into a Reformist. Ebrahim has a decent family life, a wife, Forugh, and a son. One night at a party, he is introduced to...
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Pourdavoud Center Workshop: Papyrus Amherst 63
The Puzzling Papyrus: New Perspectives on Papyrus Amherst 63 In this workshop, two of the world’s leading experts on Papyrus Amherst 63, Professors Tawny Holm and Karel van der Toorn, will reflect on recent scholarship on the Aramaic texts of this papyrus written in Demotic Egyptian script during the Persian Period. Since the decipherment of...
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Steadfast Imagining Session 3: Crossings: Hinduism, Islam, and Bidel’s Practical Comparative Religion
Session 3 of the multidisciplinary workshop series on Steadfast Imagining: Lyric Meditation, Islamic Philosophy, and Comparative Religion in the Works of Bidel of Delhi (d. 1720) Friday, November 20, 2020 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (Pacific Time) RSVP Here (Zoom registration) This is Session 3 of the multidisciplinary workshop, Steadfast Imagining: Lyric Meditation, Islamic Philosophy,...