• Prestige among the Baloch: “Monopolization” of Historical Events in Inter-Tribal Relations in Sarhadd (Iranian Balochistan)

    Kaplan 348

    The Sarhadd region is unique in Iranian Balochistan because of the "tribal" Baloches' still functioning but gradually fading traditional social structures and relations. Prestige, authority, and honor have always been essential to Balochi "tribal" identity, particularly in Sarhadd where the "tribes" position themselves as the "true" heirs and guarantors of Balochi culture and traditions. Alongside the...

  • UCLA Bilingual Lecture Series with Dr. Hashem Pesaran

    121 Dodd Hall 390 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Please join the UCLA Iranian Studies Outreach Program for their Bilingual Lecture Series.  Dr. Hashem Pesaran will present his research in Kaplan Hall (former Humanities Building) on January 27, 2019 at 4:00pm.  This lecture will be in Persian.  Please see the attached flyer for details.   تحریم های آمریکا، انتظارات برآورده نشده و چالش های...

  • UCLA Bilingual Lecture Series with Dr. Hashem Pesaran

    Kaplan Hall 365

    Please join the UCLA Iranian Studies Outreach Program for their Bilingual Lecture Series.  Dr. Hashem Pesaran will present his research in Kaplan Hall (former Humanities Building) on January 28, 2019 at 4:00pm.  This lecture will be in English.  Please see the attached flyer for details.   US Sanctions: Unfulfilled Expectations and Challenges Facing the Iranian...

  • Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Robert Rollinger

    Royce Hall Room 306 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA (CALIFORNIA)

    Contextualizing the Achaemenid-Persian Empire: What Does Empire Mean in the 1st Millennium BCE? Looking at historical handbooks of the Ancient Near East, there appears to be a general agreement on structuring the outline of political history of the first millennium BCE. The epoch is conceptualized as a succession of three clearly defined empires. The first,...

  • UCLA Bilingual Lecture Series with Dr. Mary Hegland

    121 Dodd Hall 390 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Please join the UCLA Iranian Studies Outreach Program for their Bilingual Lecture Series. Dr. Mary Helgand will present her research in Dodd Hall 121 on February 10, 2019 at 4:00pm. This lecture will be in Persian. Please see the attached flyer for details.   روزهای انقلاب:  «علی آباد» شیراز در ایران و جهان در قرن...

  • UCLA Bilingual Lecture Series with Dr. Mary Hegland

    10383 Bunche Hall 11282 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles , CA, United States

    Please join the UCLA Iranian Studies Outreach Program for their Bilingual Lecture Series. Dr. Mary Helgand will present her research in Bunche Hall 10383 on February 11, 2019 at 2:00pm. This lecture will be in English. Please see the attached flyer for details.   Economic and Social Transformation in Aliabad: New Trends in Work, Life...

  • Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Margaret Root

    The Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World announces the lecture of Dr. Margaret Root as part of the 2018-2019 Lecture Series.  Dr. Root is Professor and Curator Emerita of Near Eastern and Classical Art and Archaeology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a 2018-2019 Getty Scholar. Kingship for a New...

  • Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Stefan Hauser

    Royce Hall Room 306 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA (CALIFORNIA)

    Dr. Stefan Hauser will present his research as part of the Pourdavoud Center 2018-2019 Lecture Series. Dr. Hauser is Professor of Archaeology and Ancient Mediterranean Culture at the Universität Konstanz, Germany. He is also a Getty Scholar for the 2018-2019 academic year. To RSVP, please click here.   Charax Spasinou Research on the Capital of...

  • Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Mehrnoush Soroush

    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 Dr. Mehrnoush Soroush of Harvard University as part of the 2018-2019 Lecture Series. The Lords of Canals and Bridges: Re-Examining the Sasanian Hydraulic Landscapes and Their Heritage in the Islamic Period Sasanian kings are known as builders of impressive...

  • UCLA Bilingual Lecture Series with Dr. Afshin Matin-Asgari

    Kaplan Hall 365

    Please join UCLA Iranian Studies for Dr. Afshin Matin-Asgari's second lecture of the 2018-2019 academic year. He will present research from his latest book on April 9, 2019 in Kaplan Hall 365 (former Humanities Building) at 2:00pm. Both East and West: A Commentary on the History of Modernity in Iran Since the Iranian Revolution of...