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SUMMARY:Steadfast Imagining Session 3: Crossings: Hinduism\, Islam\, and Bidel's Practical Comparative Religion
DESCRIPTION: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) \nFriday\, November 20\, 2020\n1:00 PM – 2:00 PM (Pacific Time) \n  \nRSVP Here (Zoom registration) \nThis is Session 3 of the multidisciplinary workshop\, Steadfast Imagining: Lyric Meditation\, Islamic Philosophy\, and Comparative Religion in the Works of Bidel of Delhi (d.1720) organized and led by Prof. Domenico Ingenito (UCLA\, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures) and Dr. Jane Mikkelson (University of Virginia) in cooperation with scholars working in Persian Studies\, Islamic Studies\, South Asian\, Near Eastern\, and Central Asian Studies\, English\, Anthropology\, and Comparative Literature. All sessions will be held in English\, and all reading materials (both primary and secondary sources) will be circulated and presented in English translation. \nIn the 1660s\, Bidel engaged in a friendly debate with a Hindu friend about imagination\, time\, and experience in Islam and Hinduism. By transcribing this debate in his autobiography\, Bidel acquaints readers with his critical concept of “crossings”—a method of practical comparative religion that draws on the resources of the imagination and lyric poetry. Prashant Keshavmurthy and Hajnalka Kovacs join us to discuss some of the other ways that Bidel encounters\, absorbs\, appropriates\, and transforms Indic ideas\, and the broader role of comparative religion in Bidel’s system of thought. \nIn conversation with Prashant Keshavmurthy (McGill) and Hajnalka Kovacs (Harvard) \nRSVP Here (Zoom registration) \nFor more information about the workshop as a whole\, including the complete schedule of meetings\, please see the announcement here. \nThe workshop is sponsored and organized by UCLA Program on Central Asia (in collaboration with Iranian Studies)\, and co-sponsored by the Center for India and South Asia\, the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies\, and the Center for Near Eastern Studies. \n  \n  \nFor questions about the event\, please contact  caw@international.ucla.edu  \nSponsor(s):  Program on Central Asia\, Center for India and South Asia\, Center for Near Eastern Studies\, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies\, Iranian Studies
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/steadfast-imagining-session-3-crossings-hinduism-islam-and-bidels-practical-comparative-religion/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201118T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201118T130000
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SUMMARY:Pourdavoud Center Workshop: Papyrus Amherst 63
DESCRIPTION:The Puzzling Papyrus: New Perspectives on Papyrus Amherst 63\nIn 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 the papyrus\, scholars have turned to investigating the papyrus’ compositional setting\, as well as the hymns\, prayers\, and stories found in the papyrus\, some of which correspond to texts of the Hebrew Bible. Though the language\, script choice\, and other features of the papyrus have puzzled scholars for decades\, it speaks to the rich texts preserved by Aramaic-speaking populations in the region and provides access to Judean\, Aramean\, and other traditions. This workshop will discuss the content and organization of the papyrus and examine how its texts illuminate the diverse landscapes of peoples\, places\, traditions\, and languages in the ancient Near East under the Achaemenid Empire. \nThis workshop will feature the research of Professor Tawny Holm (Pennsylvania State University) and Professor Karel van der Toorn (University of Amsterdam). \nTextualizing Aramean Identities in Egypt: Papyrus Amherst 63\nProfessor Holm’s presentation highlights the new evidence that Papyrus Amherst 63 brings to our understanding of the Aramean and Aramaic-speaking diaspora in Egypt. The papyrus\, written in approximately the fourth century BCE in Aramaic but using Demotic Egyptian script\, is an anthology of Aramaic texts that reflect the traditions and collective cultural memory of a group of Aramean émigrés\, including Judeans and Samarians\, to Egypt in the first millennium BCE. The papyrus marries East and West in its nostalgia for lost landscapes\, cities\, and cult centers from across the Near East\, yet it also joins this nostalgia with themes of renewal and rejuvenation in a new land. It seems likely that the various compositions on the papyrus became anthologized as such in Egypt. \nThe Internal Organization of Papyrus Amherst 63\nBased on the 2018 published edition of Papyrus Amherst 63 Professor van der Toorn’s lecture will allow attendees of the workshop to engage with the most recent scholarship on the subject of the internal organization of the document.  His general subject will focus on how the document is organized\, but will also engage with students and other participants about any issue that arises in connection with the papyrus. \nProfessor Tawyn Holm’s Bio\nTawny Holm earned her Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible and Northwest Semitic Languages at The Johns Hopkins University\, and is now an Associate Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies and the Jewish Studies Program at Pennsylvania State University. Her main research areas are Hebrew Bible and Aramaic studies\, including Aramaic language and Aramean religion and culture. She is the author of Of Courtiers and Kings: The Biblical Daniel Narratives and Ancient Story-Collections (Eisenbrauns\, 2013)\, and Aramaic Literary Texts\, soon to appear in the SBL series “Writings from the Ancient World.” The latter is a bilingual edition of Aramaic literary texts from the Levant to Egypt\, in particular the multi-composition Papyrus Amherst 63\, written in Aramaic language but with Demotic Egyptian script. Other projects include a monograph on ancient Aramaic literature generally (under contract with de Gruyter)\, a critical edition of Papyrus Amherst 63 (also with de Gruyter)\, and a textbook of Imperial Aramaic currently under review. Professor Holm is also editing a collective volume\, Handbook of Religions in the Ancient Near East\, for Oxford University Press\, and co-editing with Juan Pedro Monferrer Sala the Proceedings volume of the 8th Biennial Meeting of the International Association of Comparative Semitics in 2019. Among other professional service\, she is an editorial board member of the Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions\, a member of the Eisenbrauns Editorial Committeee for Penn State University Press\, and Aramaic epigrapher for The University of Vienna Middle Egypt Project at Sheikh Faḍl. \nProfessor Karel van der Toorn’s Bio\nKarel van der Toorn is currently professor of Religion and Society at the University of Amsterdam. He studied Hebrew Bible and Semitic languages in Paris and Amsterdam; did his PhD on Sin and Sanction in Israel and Mesopotamia (1985). He wrote extensively on Israelite religion in the context of ancient Near Eastern civilisation. He published an edition of Papyrus Amherst 63\, along with translation and commentary\, in 2018 (in the series Alter Orient und Altes Testament\, 448; Münster: Ugarit-Verlag). His latest book Becoming Diaspora Jews: Behind the Story of Elephantine (Yale University Press\, 2019) explores the significance of Papyrus Amherst 63 for the history of the Jewish community at fifth century BCE Elephantine\, Egypt. \n  \nPlease click here to register for the Zoom Webinar.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pourdavoud-center-workshop-papyrus-amherst-63/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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SUMMARY:Bilingual Lecture Series: Claudia Yaghoobi
DESCRIPTION:Embodiment\, Power\, and Politics in the context of Sigheh Marriages in Modern Iran\nFarahbakhsh’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 Parisa Zandi\, and their relationship culminates in their sigheh marriage. Highlighting the unsettling balance of the political and the personal\, the manipulation of religion\, double standards\, and gendered inequality\, Zendegi-ye Khosusi demonstrates the inimical power of patriarchy to protect and maintain male dominance. Farahbakhsh depicts the politicization of the female body and sexuality in the context of sigheh under the Islamic regime. I argue that Zendegi-ye Khosusi demonstrates the inimical power of patriarchy to willingly eliminate a female body in order to protect and maintain the male prerogative while precariously balancing political ideals\, personal desires\, and religious beliefs in a society dominated by gender disparities. \nPlease note that this lecture will be in English. \nTo register for this event and receive the Zoom webinar information\, please visit: \nhttps://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aDcBSCLCRmSoqffOLBIppg
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/bilingual-lecture-series-claudia-yaghoobi/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201106T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201106T140000
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SUMMARY:Steadfast Imagining Session 2: Philosophy in the First Person: Bidel's Reception of Avicenna and Ibn ʿArabi
DESCRIPTION: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) \nFriday\, November 6\, 2020\n1:00 PM – 2:00 PM (Pacific Time) \n  \nRSVP Here (Zoom registration) \nThis is Session 2 of the multidisciplinary workshop\, Steadfast Imagining: Lyric Meditation\, Islamic Philosophy\, and Comparative Religion in the Works of Bidel of Delhi (d.1720) organized and led by Prof. Domenico Ingenito (UCLA\, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures) and Dr. Jane Mikkelson (University of Virginia) in cooperation with scholars working in Persian Studies\, Islamic Studies\, South Asian\, Near Eastern\, and Central Asian Studies\, English\, Anthropology\, and Comparative Literature. All sessions will be held in English\, and all reading materials (both primary and secondary sources) will be circulated and presented in English translation. \nThe end goal of philosophy is certain knowledge. What do imagination and lyric poetry have to do with this quest for certainty? Justine Landau and Domenico Ingenito join us to talk about the vital intersections between lyric poetry and philosophy in the premodern Persianate world. Placing Bidel in conversation with Avicenna and Ibn ʿArabī\, we will see how Bidel’s style of steadfast imagining traces a distinctive\, phenomenologically inflected path to certainty that is just as methodical and robust as the logic-driven procedures of systematic thought —and how lyric poetry for Bidel functions like philosophy in the first person. \nIn conversation with Domenico Ingenito (UCLA) and Justine Landau (Harvard) \nRSVP Here (Zoom registration) \nFor more information about the workshop as a whole\, including the complete schedule of meetings\, please see the announcement here. \nThe workshop is sponsored and organized by UCLA Program on Central Asia (in collaboration with Iranian Studies)\, and co-sponsored by the Center for India and South Asia\, the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies\, and the Center for Near Eastern Studies. \n  \n  \nFor questions about the event\, please contact  caw@international.ucla.edu  \nSponsor(s):  Program on Central Asia\, Center for India and South Asia\, Center for Near Eastern Studies\, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies\, Iranian Studies
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/steadfast-imagining-session-2-philosophy-in-the-first-person-bidels-reception-of-avicenna-and-ibn-%ca%bfarabi/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201104T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201104T173000
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SUMMARY:Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Henry Colburn
DESCRIPTION:Achaemenid Egypt: The Archaeology of a Colonial Encounter\nTraditionally\, 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 read through an orientalist lens as the result of oppression and political and economic turmoil. This is not to say that turmoil and oppression did not take place\, but that our understanding of this period should arise from a critical engagement with the evidence rather than an argument from silence. \nIn this lecture I argue that this scarcity is as much a consequence of modern factors as ancient ones. I provide several examples\, drawn from my recent book\, of material culture\, including statues\, stelae\, coins\, drinking vessels and tomb reliefs\, that can or must date to the 27th Dynasty. Each of these types of objects sheds different light on how the Egyptians – and other people living in Egypt – experienced Persian rule. These experiences could vary considerably\, ranging from exploitation to acculturation\, precisely the diversity of experience that comparative studies of colonialism lead us to expect. Thus Achaemenid Egypt was not an unmitigated disaster per se\, but a colonial encounter like any other. \nAbout the Speaker\nHenry Colburn earned a PhD in Classical Art and Archaeology from the University of Michigan. His research focuses on the art and archaeology of ancient Iran\, and on the regions of the Near East\, Eastern Mediterranean\, and Central Asia that interacted with Iran prior to the advent of Islam. His first book on this subject\, Archaeology of Empire in Achaemenid Egypt\, was published earlier this year. He has held fellowships at the Harvard Art Museums\, the Getty Research Institute\, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, and teaching positions at the University of California\, Irvine and the University of Southern California. He is currently a Research Associate of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology at the University of Michigan by virtue of his ongoing work on the seals of the Persepolis Fortification Archive. \nPlease click here to register for the Zoom link.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pourdavoud-center-lecture-series-henry-colburn/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201023T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201023T140000
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SUMMARY:Steadfast Imagining Session 1: Introducing Bidel of Delhi (d. 1720)
DESCRIPTION: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) \nFriday\, October 23\, 2020\n1:00 PM – 2:00 PM (Pacific Time) \n  \nRSVP Here (Zoom registration) \nThis is Session 1 of the multidisciplinary workshop\, Steadfast Imagining: Lyric Meditation\, Islamic Philosophy\, and Comparative Religion in the Works of Bidel of Delhi (d.1720) organized and led by Prof. Domenico Ingenito (UCLA\, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures) and Dr. Jane Mikkelson (University of Virginia) in cooperation with scholars working in Persian Studies\, Islamic Studies\, South Asian\, Near Eastern\, and Central Asian Studies\, English\, Anthropology\, and Comparative Literature. All sessions will be held in English\, and all reading materials (both primary and secondary sources) will be circulated and presented in English translation. \nThis session introduces the remarkable Persian corpus of the Indian poet and philosopher Bidel of Delhi (1644–1720 CE). We will trace a broad overview of Bidel’s life\, thought\, literary style\, and distinctive practices of the self—his system of steadfast imagining. \nIn conversation with Paul Losensky (Indiana University) \nRSVP Here (Zoom registration) \nFor more information about the workshop as a whole\, including the complete schedule of meetings\, please see the announcement here. \nThe workshop is sponsored and organized by UCLA Program on Central Asia (in collaboration with Iranian Studies)\, and co-sponsored by the Center for India and South Asia\, the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies\, and the Center for Near Eastern Studies. \n  \n  \nFor questions about the event\, please contact  caw@international.ucla.edu  \nSponsor(s):  Program on Central Asia\, Center for India and South Asia\, Center for Near Eastern Studies\, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies\, Iranian Studies
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/steadfast-imagining-session-1-introducing-bidel-of-delhi-d-1720/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201023T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201023T120000
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SUMMARY:Pourdavoud Center Fall 2020 Welcome Event
DESCRIPTION:You Are Invited:\nPourdavoud Center Fall 2020 Welcome Event\nFriday\, October 23\, 2020 at 11:00am PST\nvia Zoom\n\nRegistration Required \n\nPlease 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\, the Center’s benefactors\, David Schaberg\, Dean of Humanities\, M. Rahim Shayegan\, the Center’s director\, our staff\, academic affiliates\, colleagues\, students\, and esteemed guests\, we shall be introducing the Center’s stimulating programming and research agenda for the Academic year 2020-21.\n\nProgram:\n\nWelcoming Remarks from:\n\nDean David Schaberg\nDr. Anahita Naficy Lovelace\nProfessor M. Rahim Shayegan\n\nFeatured Presentation by:\n\nDr. Ali Mousavi\n\nGateways to Iranian Archaeology\nThe Pourdavoud Gazetteer Project\n\n\n\nPlease click here to register for this event.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pourdavoud-center-fall-2020-welcome-event/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201005T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201005T160000
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SUMMARY:Bilingual Lecture Series: Kaveh Madani
DESCRIPTION: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 Time. \nPlease note that this lecture will be in English. \nTo register for this event and receive the Zoom webinar information\, please visit: \nhttps://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ICCWuSlwSOe9d7U2jSNRRw
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/bilingual-lecture-series-kaveh-madani-2/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201004T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201004T133000
DTSTAMP:20200918T224440Z
CREATED:20200918T224440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200918T224440Z
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SUMMARY:Bilingual Lecture Series: Kaveh Madani
DESCRIPTION: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 11:30am Pacific Time. \nPlease note that this lecture will be in Persian. \nTo register for this event and receive the Zoom webinar information\, please visit: \nhttps://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Xm_MGxf6Q3qxYT0pLHQFCQ
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/bilingual-lecture-series-kaveh-madani/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200218
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200221
DTSTAMP:20200131T202950Z
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SUMMARY:Pourdavoud Center: 14th Melammu Symposium
DESCRIPTION:“Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World”\nPlease click here to view the full symposium schedule.\n \nThe 14th Melammu Symposium: Contextualizing Iranian Religions in the Ancient World \nThe 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 Iranian religions in light of ancient Near Eastern traditions and precedents. It hosts scholars whose work pertain to the interchange of ideas and practices between the ancient Near East\, Egypt\, the Classical and Hellenistic worlds\, and ancient Iran. The overarching themes of the symposium encompass: Elam\, the Ancient Near East\, and Persia; Ancient Egypt and Persia; the Divine in Achaemenid Material Culture; (Post-)Achaemenid Religious Practices in Literary Traditions; Religions and Religious Policy in the Hellenistic and Arsacid Worlds; and the Religious Landscape of the Sasanian World. \nPlease click here to RSVP.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pourdavoud-center-14th-melammu-symposium/
LOCATION:314 Royce Hall
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200212T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200212T180000
DTSTAMP:20191119T232418Z
CREATED:20191119T232418Z
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SUMMARY:Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Gil Stein
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World for a lecture by Professor Gil Stein. \nAchaemenids or Persians?  Burials\, Material Culture\, and Imperial Identities in the Euphrates Valley (5th-4th centuries BCE)\nThe Achaemenid empire was the largest empire in the world in the 5th-4th centuries BCE\, encompassing numerous polities and cultural groups within its 20 satrapies. To rule this enormous empire\, the Persian elites had to gain the active support of the people they governed to get them to participate in the administrative and military apparatus of the Achaemenid state. How did this actually work in practice? This lecture examines two enigmatic Persian-period burials at the site of Hacınebi\, on the Euphrates River crossing at Zeugma/Apamea\, to investigate the relationship between material culture and social identity in the multi-ethnic empire. Achaemenid material culture was an imperial synthesis that combined stylistic elements from Scythia\, Mesopotamia\, Egypt\, and other regions; as a result\, it is very difficult to identify the ethnicity of any person in a burial based only on the style of specific objects. Taken together\, textual\, artistic\, and archaeological data on burial practices\, military organization\, and material culture styles at Hacınebi highlight and help us to understand the complex hybrid identities and shared cultural koine that linked Persian and non-Persian elites across the cosmopolitan Achaemenid empire. \nAbout the Speaker\nGil Stein is Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago and Director of the Chicago Center for Cultural Heritage Preservation. From 2002 to 2017 he served as Director of the Oriental Institute. He received his BA in Archaeology from Yale University and his PhD in Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania. His research investigates ancient economies\, the archaeology of colonialism\, inter-regional interaction\, the development of the earliest cities and states in the Near East\, zooarchaeology\, and the preservation of cultural heritage. He has directed excavations at the Uruk period Mesopotamian trading colony of Hacınebi in Turkey\, at Halaf and Ubaid period site of Tell Zeidan in Syria\, and is currently excavating at the 7000 year old town of Surezha in the Kurdistan region of Northeast Iraq.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pourdavoud-center-lecture-series-gil-stein/
LOCATION:Royce Hall Room 306\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA (CALIFORNIA)\, 90095
CATEGORIES:Humanities,Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200129T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200129T180000
DTSTAMP:20200108T231006Z
CREATED:20191204T214842Z
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SUMMARY:Amuzegar Lecture Series: Robert Steele
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Iranian Studies Program for a lecture by Dr. Robert Steele. \nAncient Persia in Pahlavi Politics: The Imperial Celebrations of 1971 and Cultural Policy under the Shah\nIn October 1971\, heads of state\, political and cultural figures\, business leaders\, and journalists from around the world came to Persepolis at the invitation of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran. They were there to celebrate the 2500th Anniversary of the Founding of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great. Many historians and commentators consider this event to have been a huge mistake – some even claim it sparked the widespread popular discontent with the Shah’s rule that culminated in the revolution of 1978/9. For decades\, coverage of the Celebrations has been characterized by sensationalism and an obsession with the supposed flamboyance of an oriental despot\, and a 2016 BBC documentary on the event titled Decadence and Downfall: The Shah’s Ultimate Party shows that not much has changed. This paper challenges the prevailing narrative of Celebrations\, looking beyond the extravagant parties to analyze them in the context of cultural policy in the late Pahlavi period. It examines what the regime sought to gain from holding such an event\, economically and politically as well as ideologically\, and the role played by the cultural structures of the Pahlavi state. \nAbout the Speaker\nRobert Steele is the inaugural recipient of the Jahangir and Eleanor Amuzegar Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Iranian Studies at the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA. He earned his PhD from the University of Exeter’s Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies\, specializing in 20th century Iranian history. His first book\, titled The Shah’s Imperial Celebrations of 1971: Nationalism\, Culture and Politics in Late Pahlavi Iran\, will be published in 2020\, and will be the first comprehensive study on the subject. \n \nTo RSVP\, please click here.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pourdavoud-center-lecture-series-robert-steele/
LOCATION:Royce 306
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200126T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200126T180000
DTSTAMP:20191119T002218Z
CREATED:20191119T002218Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191119T002218Z
UID:14211-1580054400-1580061600@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Bilingual Lecture Series: Ahmad Kiarostami
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Iranian Studies Program at UCLA for a Bilingual Lecture Series film screening of Case No. I\, Case No. 2. The film and following Q&A with Ahmad Kiarostami will be in Persian.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/bilingual-lecture-series-ahmad-kiarostami/
LOCATION:121 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Humanities,Iranian,NELC
ORGANIZER;CN="UCLA Iranian Studies":MAILTO:iranianstudies@humnet.ucla.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200115T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200115T180000
DTSTAMP:20191211T224430Z
CREATED:20191211T224400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191211T224430Z
UID:14343-1579104000-1579111200@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Everett Wheeler
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Everett Wheeler of Duke University will present his research on “Parthians in the Roman Army” for the Pourdavoud Center on January 15\, 2020. \nParthians in the Roman Army\nThe open frontier along the Euphrates River between the Roman and Parthian empires by no means marked a cultural divide. From the time of Pompey on\, both powers availed themselves of forces from local dynasts and mercenaries. Parthian dynastic strife produced exiles and refugees\, some of which migrated into Roman territory with retinues and war bands. The Roman army’s need for horsearchers rendered Parthian skills most desirable. This lecture will survey Parthians in the Roman army with particular attention to two explicit Parthian units: the ala I Augusta Parthorum\, with service c. 6-401 in Pannonia\, on the Rhine\, in Spain\, North Africa\, and occasionally in the East\, and the ala Parthorum et Araborum\, active c. 38-70 on the Rhine. How ethnically Iranian these units were is unknown\, particularly after the first generation of service. Re-stocking of such ethnic units with new recruits from their homeland is controversial\, but probably occurred to some extent. From a Roman perspective\, however\, anyone from east of the Euphrates could be called a “Parthian\,” especially if their native tongue was “Parthian\,” e.g.\, Armenian\, which makes ascertaining ethnic identity within these units challenging. \nAbout the Speaker\nEverett L. Wheeler (A.B. with honors\, Indiana University; Ph.D.\, Duke University) is currently Scholar in Residence at Duke University. He has held research positions from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation\, the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation\, and the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. His hardcover publications include: Stratagem and the Vocabulary of Military Trickery (1988)\, translation (with Peter Krentz) of Polyaenus Strategika and related texts (1994)\, and (ed.) The Armies of Classical Greece (2007). His research focuses on ancient military history (both practice and theory) and the Eastern frontier of the Roman Empire\, especially the Upper Euphrates frontier and Transcaucasia. \nTo RSVP\, please click here.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pourdavoud-center-lecture-series-everett-wheeler/
LOCATION:Royce Hall Room 306\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA (CALIFORNIA)\, 90095
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191204T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191204T180000
DTSTAMP:20191017T215217Z
CREATED:20191014T211427Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191017T215217Z
UID:13917-1575475200-1575482400@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Iranian Studies Lecture: Yann Richard
DESCRIPTION:Some major landmarks of modern Iranian history such as the 1921 coup d’Etat or the toppling of Mosaddeq in 1953 are now checked with critical attention by historians. Was the 1953 coup against Mosaddeq an American achievement or did it eventually succeed through a popular uprising? If the Shiite clergy would be responsible for the coming back of the Shah\, how can we understand the ideological mixture of radical Islam and nationalism at the time of the 1979 revolution? Iranian awareness of history is often blurred by myths\, stereotypes and lack of a clear chronological scale. The talk will present some headlines of Persian history as an introduction to my last book Iran: A Social and Political History since the Qajars (Cambridge University Press\, 2019). \n \n[gravityform id=”141″ title=”true” description=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/iranian-studies-lecture-yann-richard/
LOCATION:Royce 306
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
ORGANIZER;CN="UCLA Iranian Studies":MAILTO:iranianstudies@humnet.ucla.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191121T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191121T200000
DTSTAMP:20191119T161356Z
CREATED:20191114T221555Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191119T161356Z
UID:14133-1574359200-1574366400@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:A Panel on Peace: Navigating Identity in the Iranian Diaspora
DESCRIPTION:Hear from an interdisciplinary panel of experts and scholars discussing their experiences in the Iranian-American community and their ideas for bringing our community closer to our shared goal of unity and tolerance despite ethnic and religious differences. \nDr. Farid Holakouee is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with a private practice in Beverly Hills. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from UCLA and his Master’s and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Alliant International University. He is the host of the talk show “In Session with Dr. Farid Holakouee” on Radio Hamrah. \n  \n  \nDr. Benjamin Radd is a lecturer in political science\, global studies\, public affairs\, and communications at UCLA. Dr. Radd is an expert on government and politics in the Middle East\, particularly Iran\, U.S. foreign policy\, and comparative law. He is also a research fellow at the UCLA Center for Middle East Development and he is a member of the UCLA International Institute. Dr. Radd holds a PhD (Political Science\, 2015) from …..UCLA and a JD (2003) from Stanford Law School. \n  \nDr. Nooshin Jahangiri chose to be a doctor as she was inspired by the role of the physicians in the community. She finished her medical training at Tehran University of Medical Sciences and attended the residency program at Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield. She has been with Kaiser Permanente since 2011. Additionally\, she is part of the California Zoroastrian Center Core Education Group. \n  \n  \nDr. Nader Saiedi was born in Tehran\, Iran. He holds a master’s degree in economics from Pahlavi University in Shiraz and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin. In 2013\, he became the Taslimi Foundation Professor of Baha’i Studies in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA. \n  \n  \nDr. Nooshin Valizadeh is a curriculum developer and instructional faculty member at USC’s Center for Race and Equity and UCLA’s Department of Sociology. Dr. Valizadeh’s teaching background and areas of research and expertise include: diversity and inclusion and issues of gender and racial equity in education. She has an MBA in Finance and is on the Advisory Board of Peace Over Violence\, a social service agency dedicated to the elimination of sexual and domestic violence. Dr. Valizadeh is a spoken word performer who strongly believes in the power of music and art to                                                   promote peace and social change. \n\n  \nEvent Flyer\nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”144″ title=”false” description=”false”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/a-panel-on-peace-navigating-identity-in-the-iranian-diaspora/
LOCATION:Melintz Hall\, Royce Hall 314
CATEGORIES:Iranian
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191028T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191028T160000
DTSTAMP:20191007T190232Z
CREATED:20191007T182607Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191007T190232Z
UID:13880-1572271200-1572278400@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Bilingual Lecture Series: Dr. Kaveh Madani
DESCRIPTION:Please join UCLA Iranian Studies for the first Bilingual Lecture Series talks of the year.  Dr. Kaveh Madani will present his research on Monday\, October 28 at 2:00pm in Bunch Hall 10383. This lecture will be in English.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/bilingual-lecture-series-dr-kaveh-madani-2/
LOCATION:10383 Bunche Hall\, 11282 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles \, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Humanities,Iranian,NELC
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ORGANIZER;CN="UCLA Iranian Studies":MAILTO:iranianstudies@humnet.ucla.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191027T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191027T180000
DTSTAMP:20191010T181646Z
CREATED:20191007T182351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191010T181646Z
UID:13875-1572192000-1572199200@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Bilingual Lecture Series: Dr. Kaveh Madani
DESCRIPTION:Please join UCLA Iranian Studies for the first Bilingual Lecture Series talk of the year.  Dr. Kaveh Madani will present his research on Sunday\, October 27\, 2019 in Dodd Hall 78 at 4:00pm. This lecture will be in Persian.  His English lecture will follow on Monday\, October 28 at 2:00pm in Bunch Hall 10383.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/bilingual-lecture-series-dr-kaveh-madani/
LOCATION:78 Dodd Hall\, 315 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Humanities,Iranian,NELC
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ORGANIZER;CN="UCLA Iranian Studies":MAILTO:iranianstudies@humnet.ucla.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191009T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191009T180000
DTSTAMP:20190918T153701Z
CREATED:20190918T153701Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190918T153701Z
UID:13808-1570636800-1570644000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:2019 Pourdavoud Center Fall Welcome Reception
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a fall reception at Royce Hall to celebrate the continued success of the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World\, the latest addition to the research centers in the Humanities Division. In the company of faculty\, our staff\, academic affiliates\, colleagues\, students\, and esteemed guests\, we shall explore the growth of the Center’s philosophy\, programs\, fellowships\, and grants.  Light refreshments will be served. \nThe event will be held on the terrace of Royce 306.  Self-pay parking is available in UCLA lots 2\, 3\, 4\, and 5.  Please view the UCLA Interactive Map for location details. \nPlease click here to view the invitation flyer. \nTo RSVP\, please click here.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/2019-pourdavoud-center-fall-welcome-reception/
LOCATION:Royce 306
CATEGORIES:Humanities,Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190926T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190926T133000
DTSTAMP:20190823T222126Z
CREATED:20190823T155911Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190823T222126Z
UID:13744-1569499200-1569504600@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Applying for Jobs and Life After the Dissertation
DESCRIPTION:Join NELC faculty Dr. Cate Bonesho\, Dr. Kara Cooney\, and Dr. Bill Schniedewind for a workshop and discussion of applying for jobs and life after the dissertation. \n  \nEvent Flyer\nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”137″ title=”false” description=”false”]\n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/life-after-the-dissertation/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 365
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Arabic,Arabic & Islamic Studies,Armenian,Assyriology,Bilingual Lecture Series,Egyptology,Hebrew & Jewish,Hebrew Bible,Iranian,Israel Studies,Jewish Studies,Jewish Studies,Levantine,Levantine Studies,Middle Eastern Studies,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC,Pourdavoud Center,Semitics,Turkic,Turkic Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190529T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190529T190000
DTSTAMP:20190501T201025Z
CREATED:20190315T181913Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190501T201025Z
UID:12952-1559120400-1559156400@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Ancient Iran and the Classical World
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to attend: \nAncient Iran and the Classical World\nA two-day international symposium \njointly hosted by the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World at UCLA and the Getty Research Institute \n  \nWednesday\, May 29th – 306 Royce Hall\, UCLA \nThursday\, May 30\, 2019 – Getty Villa\, VN 113-114 \n  \nClick here to download the full symposium program. \nPlease RSVP to Marissa Stevens at stevensma@humnet.ucla.edu
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/ancient-iran-and-the-classical-world/
LOCATION:Royce Hall Room 306\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA (CALIFORNIA)\, 90095
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190522T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190522T183000
DTSTAMP:20190418T155423Z
CREATED:20190418T155423Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T155423Z
UID:13311-1558540800-1558549800@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Book Talk by Nile Green: The Persianate World
DESCRIPTION:Copies of the book will be available for sale from the ASUCLA Bookstore at this event. \nTo RSVP\, please click here.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/book-talk-by-nile-green-the-persianate-world/
LOCATION:Royce Hall 314\, 340 Royce Drive\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190519T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190519T180000
DTSTAMP:20190423T161727Z
CREATED:20190423T161727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190423T161727Z
UID:13331-1558279800-1558288800@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Bilingual Lecture Series: Poets of Life with Rakhshan Banietemad
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/bilingual-lecture-series-poets-of-life-with-rakhshan-banietemad/
LOCATION:121 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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ORGANIZER;CN="UCLA Iranian Studies":MAILTO:iranianstudies@humnet.ucla.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190513T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190513T180000
DTSTAMP:20190503T155705Z
CREATED:20190503T155705Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190503T155705Z
UID:13470-1557763200-1557770400@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Dr. Antigoni Zournatzi
DESCRIPTION:Mapping Ancient Cultural Encounters: Greeks in Iran ca. 550 BC – ca. AD 650: Aims\, Prospects\, and Case Studies\nGreco-Iranian cultural interactions within the territory of the modern state of Iran are attested since the Achaemenid period\, although they considerably intensify during the Alexandrine and Seleucid eras. A thorough investigation of these cultural exchanges necessitates our reliance on extant archaeological data – a corpus that is highly fragmentary and uneven\, and which has yet to be systematically assembled and assessed. This lecture introduces a collaborative research initiative\, hosted by the National Hellenic Research Foundation\, which is still in an early stage of development. The project seeks to capture in a comprehensive manner relevant archaeological\, epigraphic\, and numismatic evidence from Iran\, from the Achaemenids to the Sasanian Empire. On the strength of selected Seleucid and Arsacid period artifacts\, which portray themes of religious significance\, the lecture shall highlight different facets of the dialogue between Greek and Iranian artistic traditions and worldviews\, as well as showcase the interpretative difficulties and ambiguities encountered in this process. \n  \nAbout the Speaker\nAntigoni Zournatzi is Director of Research at the Institute of Historical Research of the National Hellenic Research Foundation. Her main areas of research are the interconnections between the ancient Greek world and the Ancient Near East\, cross-cultural phenomena in archaic and classical Cyprus\, and the Achaemenid Empire. She is currently a Getty Scholar\, engaging in research on ethnographical knowledge as part of the interconnections between ancient Greek and Persian traditions. The ongoing project\, Mapping Ancient Cultural Encounters: Greeks in Iran ca. 550 BC – ca. AD 650\, which she coordinates\, seeks to promote a holistic view of ancient Iranian and Greek interactions in Iran proper on the strength of an integrative inventory of different source materials and sites across historical periods. Research on this project is presently also conducted within the framework of the program Material Entanglements in the Ancient Mediterranean and Beyond\, funded as part of the Connecting Art Histories initiative of the Getty Foundation. \n  \nTo RSVP\, please click here.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pourdavoud-center-lecture-series-dr-antigoni-zournatzi/
LOCATION:Royce 306
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190425T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190425T180000
DTSTAMP:20190402T164339Z
CREATED:20190402T164339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190402T164339Z
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SUMMARY:Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Pollet Samvelian
DESCRIPTION:Word Order Variation and Change in the Languages of Western Asia\nWestern Asia is an area of linguistic diversity and longstanding contact between languages of different families (Indo-European\, Semitic\, Turkic\, Caucasian). Research on language contact globally has revealed that shared structural features can emerge among unrelated languages in geographically delimited areas via contact between speakers. This inescapably leads to growing differences between languages initially considered typologically similar. Yet\, not all linguistic changes are induced by contact; instead\, some are internally motivated. Distinguishing between internally motivated and contact-induced changes is a challenging task. This talk presents initial results of a newly launched research project on word order variation in the languages of Western Asia (Labex EFL\, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité). It focuses on three languages\, Persian\, Kurdish\, and Eastern Armenian\, which are characterised by the Subject-Object-Verb canonical order. Based on corpus investigation and preliminary experiments\, this presentation will discuss the varied degrees to which each of these languages drifts away from canonical order\, and explore possible ways to account for these differences. \nAbout the Speaker\nPollet Samvelian is Professor of Linguistics at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle and director of the multi-institutional research unit Mondes iranien et indien at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). She also chairs the research unit Empirical Foundations of Linguistics\, a multi-institutional research excellence cluster under the auspices of the Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC). Her research focuses on the description\, typology\, and formal modelling of western Iranian languages\, in particular Persian and Kurdish. She has authored and edited several books and written numerous articles on such topics as complex predicates\, pronominal clitics\, the ezafe construction\, differential object marking\, verbal periphrases\, and word order variation. \nTo RSVP\, please click here.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pourdavoud-center-lecture-series-pollet-samvelian/
LOCATION:Royce 306
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190423T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190423T203000
DTSTAMP:20190419T183517Z
CREATED:20190416T002111Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190419T183517Z
UID:13279-1556035200-1556051400@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:A Tribute to Morteza Neydavoud
DESCRIPTION:  \nTo view the full program\, please click here.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/a-tribute-to-morteza-neydavoud/
LOCATION:Royce Hall 314\, 340 Royce Drive\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian,Jewish Studies,NELC
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ORGANIZER;CN="UCLA Iranian Studies":MAILTO:iranianstudies@humnet.ucla.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190417T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190417T180000
DTSTAMP:20190315T181634Z
CREATED:20190315T181634Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190315T181634Z
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SUMMARY:Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Jason Schlude
DESCRIPTION:Motivations in the Ancient Middle East: Rome\, Parthia\, and Realpolitik\nThe Roman and Parthian Empires enjoyed no shortage of wars. From the 50s BCE through the 200s CE\, they frequently clashed. Why? The dominant explanation is realpolitik. In the zero-sum game of international relations\, each state\, out for its own interests\, sought the aggressive expansion of its empire and the external security that would bring. Insofar as this is true\, we need only one theory to explain the whole Roman-Parthian dynamic. Yet it is worth considering whether such a picture is oversimplified. First\, individual decision-makers frequently acted based on their internal security. Second\, two principles guided this action: the image of external security was as important as its realities\, and the fear of major military defeat sometimes outweighed the hope of military victory\, with the result that self-interest could permit\, even promote\, the interests of peace. Consequently\, our general understanding of Roman-Parthian realpolitik needs adjustment. The picture of Roman-Parthian history thus becomes more complex\, needing an additional model of explanation. \nAbout the Speaker\nJason Schlude is Associate Professor of Classics at the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University\, Co-Director of the Omrit Settlement Excavation Project in northern Israel\, and a Getty Scholar at the Getty Research Institute in 2019. He is an ancient historian\, archaeologist\, and essayist with particular interest in the Roman Near East and the relationship between the Roman and Parthian empires. His current book project\, Rome\, Parthia\, and the Politics of the Ancient Middle East\, reconsiders our understanding of this important\, early phase in the relationship between the ancient West and Middle East. \nTo RSVP\, please click here.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pourdavoud-center-lecture-series-jason-schlude/
LOCATION:Royce Hall Room 306\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA (CALIFORNIA)\, 90095
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190415T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190415T160000
DTSTAMP:20190326T221434Z
CREATED:20190326T221434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190326T221434Z
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SUMMARY:UCLA Bilingual Lecture Series with Dr. Ida Meftahi
DESCRIPTION:Performing a Nation’s Angels and Princesses:\nThe Female Dancing Subjects of a Century-Old Iranian Nationalist Stage\nIn early twentieth-century Iran\, a nationalist-modernist theatrical milieu emerged that meant to educate society through performing arts. While touring companies from neighboring regions showcased new genres of arts on the Iranian stage\, the dispersion of ethno-religious minorities in regions added to the Iranian scene new artistic skills in ballet\, theatre\, and music\, as well as female performers who were previously absent in Iranian preforming arts.  The cohabitation of new genres with their indigenous counterparts led to new conventions in Iranian performing arts including operettas\, which combined music\, poetry\, singing\, acting and dancing. Deploying romantic themes from the depository of Persian literature – the greatest of Iranian arts – the operettas became events for enthusiast audiences to view the ideal bodies of their national heroes and heroines as they danced and sang to Persian music. In the decades to follow\, operettas lost momentium while other disciplines – including “national dance” – became professionalized. After a century\, Persian classical music featuring literary motifs preformed with both ballet and indigenous movements have remained a scapegoat for Iranian dance to claim national legitimacy. This presentation traces female dancing subject of the nationalist stage – from the early operettas to the national dances presented prior to the Revolution of 1979 and the recently-emerged operettas of current Iran – and explores the ways women embody the ideas\, aesthetics\, and ethics of Iranian nationalism and modernity in ecurrent characterizations as Persian princesses and angels. \nAbout the Speaker\nIda Meftahi is a historian specializing in modern Iran with a focus on the intersections of politics\, gender\, and performance.  She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto’s Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations and has been a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for the Arts and Humanities at Pennsylvania State University as well as a visiting assistant professor at the University of Maryland.  Meftahi’s scholarship has been published in numerous scholarly journals and volumes including Islam and Popular Arts (2016)\, Oxford Handbook of Dance and Ethnicity (2016)\, IranNameh (2016)\, International Journal of Middle East Studies (2016)\, and the bilingual Clio. Femmes\, Genre\, Histoire (2018). She is currently working on her second manuscript\, a geo-political reading of Tehran’s historic Lalehzar district and its vicinity\, while simultaneously directing the Lalehzar Digital Project.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/ucla-bilingual-lecture-series-with-dr-ida-meftahi-2/
LOCATION:Kaplan 365
CATEGORIES:Humanities,Iranian,NELC
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ORGANIZER;CN="UCLA Iranian Studies":MAILTO:iranianstudies@humnet.ucla.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190414T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190414T180000
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SUMMARY:UCLA Bilingual Lecture Series with Dr. Ida Meftahi
DESCRIPTION:Film and Discussion on Lalehzar Street\nA Socio-Historical View\nOften compared to New York’s Broadway and Paris’s Champs-Élysées\, Lalehzar District and its vicinity was a hub for experimentations in music and performing arts as well as new modes of business practices\, socialization\, and political expression partly due to its proximity to multitude of foreign embassies\, diplomatic ventures\, and missionary schools. The World War II occupation of Iran by the Allies in 1941 turned this district to a cultural war zone where the Allies followed their own agenda of public diplomacy. These activities ranged from screenings of American films and Soviet-sponsored theatrical performances to British Shakespearean soirées and English language classes in hope of substituting French with English in post war Iran. At the same time\, Allied soldiers became a visible community in this area and resided in Lalehzar’s hotels\, walked its streets\, mingled in its bars\, restaurants\, and cinemas\, danced in its cafés along with the “modernized” (mutajaddid) Tehran residents\, and sometimes got into clashes with Iranian civilians. Probing periodicals of various ideological persuasions\, diplomatic sources\,  archival documents\, and interviews\, this lecture tries to capture the history of this important cultural landscape during the war by means of its soundscape. While seeking to reimagine this microcosm of modern Iran by listening to the sonic experience of its Earwitnesses\, this presentation also sheds light on the multiplicity of musical\, sonic\, and performative trends which hit this critical zone of cultural production with an impact lasting for many decades. \nAbout the Speaker\nIda Meftahi is a historian specializing in modern Iran with a focus on the intersections of politics\, gender\, and performance.  She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto’s Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations and has been a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for the Arts and Humanities at Pennsylvania State University as well as a visiting assistant professor at the University of Maryland.  Meftahi’s scholarship has been published in numerous scholarly journals and volumes including Islam and Popular Arts (2016)\, Oxford Handbook of Dance and Ethnicity (2016)\, IranNameh (2016)\, International Journal of Middle East Studies (2016)\, and the bilingual Clio. Femmes\, Genre\, Histoire (2018). She is currently working on her second manuscript\, a geo-political reading of Tehran’s historic Lalehzar district and its vicinity\, while simultaneously directing the Lalehzar Digital Project.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/ucla-bilingual-lecture-series-with-dr-ida-meftahi/
LOCATION:121 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Humanities,Iranian,NELC
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ORGANIZER;CN="UCLA Iranian Studies":MAILTO:iranianstudies@humnet.ucla.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190409T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190409T173000
DTSTAMP:20190325T214835Z
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SUMMARY:The Seventeenth Century Judeo-Persian Adaptation of the Buddha Biographies
DESCRIPTION:Elisha ben Shemuel’s Shahzadeh va-Sufi or The Prince and The Sufi is a seventeenth century Judeo-Persian adaptation of the life of Buddha\, known in the west as the story of Barlaam and Josaphat. The plot\, that of the prince who abandons a life of privilege and opulence for spiritual enlightenment\, has traveled through centuries in various languages including Sanskrit\, Middle Persian\, multiple Arabic versions\, Georgian\, Greek\, Latin\, several European languages and Hebrew. As with previous adaptations\, the author of The Prince and The Sufi uses the language\, literary style and conventions suited to the tastes of his readership. Dr. Yasharpour is preparing to publish the edited Judeo-Persian text of The Prince and the Sufi together with an English annotated translation. In her talk\, she will discuss how Ben Shemuel appealed to his acculturated Persian Jewish audience by modeling his Judeo-Persian adaptation after popular classical Persian advice literature and conveying practical wisdom by way of a Sufi master. \n  \nDr. Dalia Yasharpour (Ph.D. Near Eastern Languages & Cultures\, UCLA\, 2005) is a scholar of Judeo-Persian language and literature. A lecturer and researcher\, Dalia most recently headed the Iranian Studies program at Harvard University’s Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. In addition to authoring academic articles and editing Persian language textbooks\, she is the co-author of The Haggadah of the Kaifeng Jews of China (Brill\, 2011). A Los Angeles native\, she lives in West Los Angeles with her family. \n  \n  \n  \nEvent Flyer\n  \nPlease RSVP at https://religion.ucla.edu/event/https-religion-ucla-edu-event-the-seventeenth-century-judeo-persian-adaptation-of-the-buddha-biographies/
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/the-seventeenth-century-judeo-persian-adaptation-of-the-buddha-biographies/
LOCATION:Royce 306
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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