Iranian
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In Search of Modern Iran (Lecture in Persian)
121 Dodd Hall 390 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesAbbas Amanat (Yale) In this book talk given in Persian, Abbas Amanat discusses the challenges and rewards of writing about a half millennium of history in his recently published book: Iran: A Modern History (Yale University Press, 2017). Event Flyer
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Freed from Hostageship: Iranian Perspectives on the Arsacids of Rome
Royce Hall Room 306 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA (CALIFORNIA)Jake Nabel (Getty Research Institute) Over the course of the Julio-Claudian period in Rome (c.30 BCE-68 CE), several Arsacid princes from the ruling family of the Parthian empire were sent to live in the court of the Roman emperor. Ancient Greco-Roman sources describe these figures as “hostages,” and modern scholars have largely followed suit. While...
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Why and How Iranian Identity has become so Politicized? (Lecture in Persian)
121 Dodd Hall 390 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesMehrzad Boroujerdi (Syracuse) In this presentation, Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University and Visiting Scholar at UCLA’s Center for Near Eastern Studies, will address such issues as the central tenants of Iranian identity, attempts to refine it, and the current challenges and controversies regarding this contested notion. Event Flyer
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Between Graven Images and Zoroastrian Texts: How to Study Ancient Iranian Religious Iconography?
Royce Hall Room 306 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA (CALIFORNIA)Michael Shenkar (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) The study of the Iranian religious iconography has been traditionally bound to the Zoroastrian texts. Deities, animals and symbols have all been usually interpreted based on the descriptions found in the Avesta and in the Middle Persian literature. However, to treat these problematic texts as a source of...
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Panel on Environment and Sustainability (in Persian)
121 Dodd Hall 390 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesFollowing the lectures of the speakers, there will be a period for Q & A. Amir AghaKouchak (UC Irvine) Anthropogenic Drought and the Notion of Water-Bankruptcy خشکسالی انسانی و مقوله ورشکستگی آبی The presentation focuses on Iran currently experiencing serious water and environmental problems. Droughts coupled with increasing water demands and over-abstraction of surface and...
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Persian and Greek Participation in the Making of China’s First Empire
UCLA Fowler MuseumTerra-cotta warriors, bronze chariots and horses are among the iconic artifacts associated with China's first imperial dynasty, the Qin (221 206 BCE). Chinese archaeologist Duan Qinbo shares new evidence that suggests the material culture and social governance of the Qin may not be solely indigenous Chinese, but may also have come to China along Central...
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The Frankfurt School, Authoritarianism, Fundamentalism and Cosmetics: From 1920s Germany to Contemporary Middle East
121 Dodd Hall 390 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesJanet Afary (UC Santa Barbara) There is very little information on the romantic and sexual behaviors of young Muslim contemporaries in the Middle East, or among immigrant communities in the West. However, Facebook has provided us with a new tool, which permits a better understanding of young Muslim practices from Algeria and Egypt to Iran and Pakistan. In this lecture, two questions...
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Ancient Persia and the West: An International Symposium
Royce Hall Room 306 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA (CALIFORNIA)The Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World and the Getty Research Institute are co-organizing a one-day symposium to be held on April 25, 2018 at the Pourdavoud Center, UCLA. Presenters will include invited speakers and the current Getty Villa Scholars, whose projects focus on the encounters of ancient Iran with the classical...
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Soundtrack of the Revolution: The Politics of Music in Iran
Royce Hall Room 306 340 Royce Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesNahid Siamdoust (Yale University) Soundtrack of the Revolution offers a striking account of Iranian culture, politics, and social change. Drawing on over five years of research in Iran, including during the 2009 protests, Nahid Siamdoust introduces a full cast of characters, from musicians and audience members to state officials, and takes readers into concert halls...
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Is There a Persian Literary History? Twentieth-century Journals and the Formation of Literary Criticism
121 Dodd Hall 390 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesAria Fani (UC Berkeley) This talk will consider the role of early twentieth-century Persian-language journals in institutionalizing what we know as Persian literary history today in Iran and Afghanistan. The focus of the talk will be Mohammad Taqi Bahar's journal Daneshkadeh, and in particular 'Abbas Eqbal-Ashtiyani's series titled "Tarikh-e adabi" (Literary history, 1918-1919). Once we...