Iranian
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Applying for Jobs and Life After the Dissertation
Kaplan Hall 365Join 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. Event Flyer RSVP Below:
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2019 Pourdavoud Center Fall Welcome Reception
Royce 306Please 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...
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Bilingual Lecture Series: Dr. Kaveh Madani
78 Dodd Hall 315 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesPlease 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.
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Bilingual Lecture Series: Dr. Kaveh Madani
10383 Bunche Hall 11282 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles , CA, United StatesPlease 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.
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A Panel on Peace: Navigating Identity in the Iranian Diaspora
Melintz Hall, Royce Hall 314Hear 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. Dr. Farid Holakouee is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with a private practice in Beverly Hills. He received his...
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Iranian Studies Lecture: Yann Richard
Royce 306Some 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...
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Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Everett Wheeler
Royce Hall Room 306 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA (CALIFORNIA)Dr. Everett Wheeler of Duke University will present his research on "Parthians in the Roman Army" for the Pourdavoud Center on January 15, 2020. Parthians in the Roman Army The 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,...
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Bilingual Lecture Series: Ahmad Kiarostami
121 Dodd Hall 390 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesPlease 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.
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Amuzegar Lecture Series: Robert Steele
Royce 306Please join the Iranian Studies Program for a lecture by Dr. Robert Steele. Ancient Persia in Pahlavi Politics: The Imperial Celebrations of 1971 and Cultural Policy under the Shah In 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...
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Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Gil Stein
Royce Hall Room 306 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA (CALIFORNIA)Please join the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World for a lecture by Professor Gil Stein. Achaemenids or Persians? Burials, Material Culture, and Imperial Identities in the Euphrates Valley (5th-4th centuries BCE) The Achaemenid empire was the largest empire in the world in the 5th-4th centuries BCE, encompassing numerous polities and cultural...