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SUMMARY:Ancient Persia and the West: An International Symposium
DESCRIPTION: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 world. \nThe Getty Scholars Program at the Villa for the 2017–18 and the 2018–19 years address the political\, intellectual\, religious\, and artistic relations between Persia\, Greece\, and Rome from the ninth century BC to AD 651. The Greeks viewed the Persian Empire\, which reached from the boarders of Greece to India\, as a vastly wealthy and powerful rival and often as an existential threat. When the Macedonian king Alexander the Great finally defeated the Persians in 331 BC\, Greek culture spread throughout the Near East\, but native dynasties—first the Parthian (247 BC—AD 224) and then the Sasanian (AD 224—651)—soon reestablished themselves. The rise of the Roman Empire as a world power quickly brought it\, too\, into conflict with Persia\, despite the common trade that flowed through their territories. \nImage: Bust of Dionysos (Seleucid Empire/Bactrian Kingdom\, Third to mid-Second Century BCE). Arts of the Hellenized East (2015) \n\nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/ancient-persia-and-the-west-an-international-symposium/
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:20180422T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180422T180000
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CREATED:20180410T000841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180416T174857Z
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SUMMARY:The Frankfurt School\, Authoritarianism\, Fundamentalism and Cosmetics: From 1920s Germany to Contemporary Middle East
DESCRIPTION:Janet Afary (UC Santa Barbara) \nThere 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 will be addressed: is there’s a link between authoritarianism and the desire to control women’s bodies? Furthermore\, is there a connection between authoritarianism and Islamic religious fundamentalism\, similar to a correlation that recent studies in the US and Canada have confirmed between Christian fundamentalism and right-wing authoritarianism? \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/the-frankfurt-school-authoritarianism-fundamentalism-and-cosmetics/
LOCATION:121 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bilingual Lecture Series,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:20180422T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180422T140000
DTSTAMP:20180410T190700Z
CREATED:20180410T190700Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180410T190700Z
UID:9932-1524405600-1524405600@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Persian and Greek Participation in the Making of China's First Empire
DESCRIPTION:Terra-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 Asian trade routes.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/persian-and-greek-participation-in-the-making-of-chinas-first-empire/
LOCATION:UCLA Fowler Museum
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180408T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180408T180000
DTSTAMP:20180404T171352Z
CREATED:20180205T201517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180404T171352Z
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SUMMARY:Panel on Environment and Sustainability (in Persian)
DESCRIPTION:Following the lectures of the speakers\, there will be a period for Q & A. \nAmir AghaKouchak (UC Irvine)\nAnthropogenic Drought and the Notion of Water-Bankruptcy\nخشکسالی انسانی و مقوله ورشکستگی آبی \nThe presentation focuses on Iran currently experiencing serious water and environmental problems. Droughts coupled with increasing water demands and over-abstraction of surface and groundwater resources have escalated the nation’s water situation to a critical level. We argue that while climate change has played a role\, the primary drivers of the current water problems is water bankruptcy. This problem\, at least in theory\, can be addressed by re-establishing the balance between the natural water supply and human water needs through demand management and/or developing additional water resources \nAzadeh Tabazadeh (Stanford University)\nCurrent and Future Concerns of Air Pollution and Climate Change in Iran\nآلودگی هوا و تغییرات اقلیمی در ایران:  نگرانی های کنونی و چشم انداز آینده \nDesertification and rapid urbanization without sound regulatory environmental polices are two main factors that contribute to severe air pollution episodes in Tehran\, Ahvaz and many large cities in Iran. The process by which air pollution forms in metropolitan areas will be discussed as well as why such episodes have become more severe in Iran in recents decades. Causes and effects of global climate change will be discussed with emphasizes on how such changes will likely affect Iran’s  future weather patterns\, mean surface temperature\, average precipitation\, and sea level rise. \nMohsen Mesgaran (UC Davis)\nAgricultural and Environmental Issues in Iran\nچالش های کشاورزی ایران در تولید غذا برای جمعیتی رو به افزایش \nThis presentation will provide an overview of the dynamics of agricultural production in Iran and its future food demands based on recent projections of population growth\, then it will explore whether the land and water resources of Iran can meet the projected future food requirements of Iran and highlight technological and ecological solutions that can help improve both the productivity and sustainability of agriculture in Iran. \n[Event featured image from scoop.it]\n  \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/panel-on-environment/
LOCATION:121 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bilingual Lecture Series,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:20180221T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180221T180000
DTSTAMP:20171218T231951Z
CREATED:20171120T225330Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171218T231951Z
UID:8969-1519228800-1519236000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Between Graven Images and Zoroastrian Texts: How to Study Ancient Iranian Religious Iconography?
DESCRIPTION:Michael Shenkar (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) \nThe 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. \nHowever\, to treat these problematic texts as a source of Iranian imagery comparable with the Bible for the Byzantine art or with the Buddhist sacred texts for the Buddhist art\, is certainly misleading. The potential and the relevance of the Zoroastrian texts even for the interpretation of the Sasanian religious iconography is quite limited\, and we should be careful applying their contents to the artistic traditions of other Iranians in different historical periods. Instead\, priority should be given to the iconographic analysis in context of Mesopotamian\, Hellenistic and Indian religious imagery. \nThis event is co-sponsored by The UCLA Asia Pacific Center. \nTo register for this event\, please click here. Seating is limited. \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/graven-images-zoroastrian-texts-study-ancient-iranian-religious-iconography/
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:20180211T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180211T180000
DTSTAMP:20180205T201443Z
CREATED:20171211T210938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180205T201443Z
UID:9056-1518364800-1518372000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Why and How Iranian Identity has become so Politicized? (Lecture in Persian)
DESCRIPTION:Mehrzad Boroujerdi (Syracuse) \nIn 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. \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/iranian-identity-become-politicized-lecture-persian/
LOCATION:121 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bilingual Lecture Series,Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180207T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180207T160000
DTSTAMP:20180103T214228Z
CREATED:20180103T214228Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180103T214228Z
UID:9090-1518019200-1518019200@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Freed from Hostageship: Iranian Perspectives on the Arsacids of Rome
DESCRIPTION:Jake Nabel (Getty Research Institute) \nOver 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 contemporary Parthian evidence is scarce\, this talk will draw on later Iranian sources and broader histories of the ancient Near East to consider the Arsacids of Rome from a new perspectives – namely\, as foster-children rather than hostages. This reinterpretation supports a different view of Roman-Parthian relations in the first century CE\, one that departs from the scholarly literature’s usual focus on war and diplomacy between unitary empires and emphasizes instead the interconnection of two royal families through the bonds of fictive kinship. \nEvent Flyer\nTo register for this event\, please click here. Seating is limited.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/freed-hostageship-iranian-perspectives-arsacids-rome/
LOCATION:Royce Hall Room 306\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA (CALIFORNIA)\, 90095
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180203T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180203T180000
DTSTAMP:20180130T164301Z
CREATED:20171129T221943Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180130T164301Z
UID:9020-1517673600-1517680800@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:In Search of Modern Iran (Lecture in Persian)
DESCRIPTION:Abbas Amanat (Yale) \nIn 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). \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/in-search-of-modern-iran-lecture-in-persian/
LOCATION:121 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bilingual Lecture Series,Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180131T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180131T180000
DTSTAMP:20180130T163938Z
CREATED:20171129T221038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180130T163938Z
UID:9014-1517414400-1517421600@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:In Search of Modern Iran
DESCRIPTION:Abbas Amanat (Yale) \nIn this book talk\, 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). \nEvent Flyer\nRegistration\nPlease complete this form to register for the event. Seating is limited.  \n[gravityform id=”66″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/search-modern-iran/
LOCATION:Royce Hall Room 306\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA (CALIFORNIA)\, 90095
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180110T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180110T180000
DTSTAMP:20180111T213814Z
CREATED:20171121T234112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180111T213814Z
UID:8984-1515600000-1515607200@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Great King / King of Kings. Survival and Transformation of a Persian Title in the Hellenistic Period\, c. 330–30 BCE: From the Achaemenids to the Parthians
DESCRIPTION:Rolf Strootman (Utrecht University) \nThe Old Persian imperial titles Great King and King of Kings (xšāyaθiya vazạrka and xšāyaθiya xšāyaθiyānām) disappeared after the Macedonian conquest of the Achaemenid Empire in 330 BCE. But already before the Parthians reestablished Iranian kingship in Iran\, the title Great King had returned in a Greek version: basileus megas. That title was adopted around 205 BCE by the Seleukid emperor Antiochos III (‘the Great’) and by several of his successors. When later the Parthian rulers Mithradates I and Mithradates II assumed pretensions to the titles of Great King and King of Kings respectively\, they too used Greek renderings of these titles\, until finally the Sasanians introduced the Middle Persian title of šāhān šāh (King of Kings). \nWhat did these tiles signify? Did their meaning change in the course of time? And how were they transmitted across their c. 125-year period of absence? \nEvent Flyer\n  \nTo register for this event\, please click here. Seating is limited.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/great-king-king-kings-survival-transformation-persian-title-hellenistic-period-c-330-30-bce-achaemenids-parthians/
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:20171129T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171129T180000
DTSTAMP:20171117T180755Z
CREATED:20171012T165527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171117T180755Z
UID:8693-1511971200-1511978400@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:The Achaemenid King and his Governors: Identity - Imitation - Identification
DESCRIPTION:Maria Brosius (University of Toronto) \nWhile we may have a rather clear idea about the relationship between the Achaemenid king and his satraps\, the relationship between the king and local governors and city-rulers has received less scholarly attention. An exception to this omission is Mausolus of Caria who seems to stand out because Greek sources refer to him both as a king and a satrap. Is his position within the Persian governmental structure indeed exceptional\, and perhaps a sign of the increasing autonomy of local rulers of the fourth century BCE\, as has been suggested\, or is he a typical representative for the local dynasts of the Persian empire? This lecture aims to investigate the relationship between the Achaemenid king and local rulers\, and considers images of royalty and imperial power\, as well as recent archaeological finds to inquire to what extent these rulers identified themselves with the Persian court or saw themselves as (semi-) independent political leaders. \nEvent Flyer\n  \nPlease note that this event will now be held in 306 Royce Hall. To register for this event\, please click here. Seating is limited.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/achaemenid-king-governors-identity-imitation-identification/
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:20171120T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171120T173000
DTSTAMP:20171120T192315Z
CREATED:20171120T191614Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171120T192315Z
UID:8957-1511193600-1511199000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Many Roads to Oxiana: Safavid and Mughal Poetry on Central Asian Campaigns
DESCRIPTION:Sunil Sharma (Boston University) \n\nCentral Asia under the Uzbeks was viewed with ambivalence by their Persianate neighbors\, the Safavids and Mughals. On the one hand\, it was cherished as the cradle of Persian literature and the Timurid homeland\, but at the same time its rulers were also frequently at war with them. Literary representations of military conflicts between the three polities were often characterized by the deployment of the mythical Turan-Iran binary and recast in the manner of later epics modeled on Firdawsi’s Shahnama. But there was also a newness to this poetry in keeping with the popular ‘fresh style’ of the period. This paper will study the tension between traditional modes of representation and the poetics of the early modern period in the context of a close reading of some poems\, such as on the Battle of Marv (1510) by the Safavid poet Qasimi and on the Balkh campaigns of the seventeenth century by the Mughal poets Kalim and Alavi. \nNOTE: This lecture was rescheduled from spring 2017. \n \nThis event is cosponsored by the Program of Iranian Studies and presented in collaboration with the Center for Near Eastern Studies.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/many-roads-oxiana-safavid-mughal-poetry-central-asian-campaigns/
LOCATION:10383 Bunche Hall\, 11282 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles \, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171120T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171120T160000
DTSTAMP:20171009T181233Z
CREATED:20170830T184531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171009T181233Z
UID:8059-1511186400-1511193600@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Computers and Challenges of Writing in Persian
DESCRIPTION:A lecture in English by Behrooz Parhami (UCSB). November 20\, 2017.  \nThe Persian script has presented some difficulties\, ever since printing presses were introduced in Iran in the 1600s. The appearance of typewriters created additional problems and the introduction of digital computers added to the design challenges. These difficulties persisted\, until high-resolution dot-matrix printing offered greater flexibility to font designers and the expansion of the computer market in the Middle East attracted investments on improving the Persian script for computers. Nevertheless\, certain peculiarities of the Persian script have led to legibility and aesthetic issues to persist in many cases. In this talk\, I will enumerate some of the features of the modern Persian script that made it a poor match to implementation on modern technologies and review the challenges presented by\, and some of the solutions proposed for\, each new generation of computer printers. Interestingly\, the same features that make legible and pleasant printing and displaying difficult also lead to challenges in automatic text recognition. I will conclude with an overview of current state of the art and areas that still need further work. \nThis event is made possible with the major support of the Amuzegar Chair in Iranian Studies and the Musa Sabi Term Chair of Iranian Studies and the generous support of The Farhang Foundation and in collaboration with the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/fifty-years-poor-penmanship-computers-struggled-learn-persian-script-2/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bilingual Lecture Series,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:20171119T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171119T180000
DTSTAMP:20171009T181255Z
CREATED:20170830T183956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171009T181255Z
UID:8055-1511107200-1511114400@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Computers and Challenges of Writing in Persian
DESCRIPTION:A lecture in Persian by Behrooz Parhami (UCSB). November 19\, 2017. \nThe Persian script has presented some difficulties\, ever since printing presses were introduced in Iran in the 1600s. The appearance of typewriters created additional problems and the introduction of digital computers added to the design challenges. These difficulties persisted\, until high-resolution dot-matrix printing offered greater flexibility to font designers and the expansion of the computer market in the Middle East attracted investments on improving the Persian script for computers. Nevertheless\, certain peculiarities of the Persian script have led to legibility and aesthetic issues to persist in many cases. In this talk\, I will enumerate some of the features of the modern Persian script that made it a poor match to implementation on modern technologies and review the challenges presented by\, and some of the solutions proposed for\, each new generation of computer printers. Interestingly\, the same features that make legible and pleasant printing and displaying difficult also lead to challenges in automatic text recognition. I will conclude with an overview of current state of the art and areas that still need further work. \nThis event is made possible with the major support of the Amuzegar Chair in Iranian Studies and the Musa Sabi Term Chair of Iranian Studies and the generous support of The Farhang Foundation and in collaboration with the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/fifty-years-poor-penmanship-computers-struggled-learn-persian-script/
LOCATION:121 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bilingual Lecture Series,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:20171108T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171108T180000
DTSTAMP:20171019T233114Z
CREATED:20171005T211922Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171019T233114Z
UID:8508-1510156800-1510164000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:The King of Kings’ Empire as a Garden in Ancient Iran
DESCRIPTION:Touraj Daryaee (UC Irvine) \nThis lecture explores the idea of the Sasanian Empire (Iranshahr) as a garden. The theme of the Persian Empire as a paradise has been explored by a number of scholars\, but the continuation of this idea in Late Antiquity is neglected. The speaker will discuss how the Sasanian king of kings acted as a gardener who not only protected his subjects from invaders and malicious forces\, but also weeded out those who brought havoc to the internal order of the empire established by Ohrmazd. \nEvent Flyer\n  \nTo register for this event\, please click here.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/king-kings-empire-garden-ancient-iran/
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:20171018T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171018T180000
DTSTAMP:20171013T210701Z
CREATED:20170911T223117Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171013T210701Z
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SUMMARY:How much of a physician was Rashīd al-Dīn?
DESCRIPTION:Photo: Humboldt Foundation/Wolfgang Hemmann \nA lecture by Judith Pfeiffer (University of Bonn) \nRashīd al-Dīn Faḍl Allāh Hamadānī (d. 718/1318) is often introduced as “ṭabīb\,” or ‘physician\,’ mostly to distinguish him from authors with similar names\, notably the epistolographer Rashīd al-Dīn Waṭwāṭ (d. 578/1182). This paper discusses Rashīd al-Dīn’s scholarly persona as a physician. Starting from his epithet\, ṭabīb\, the paper explores his role as a medical practitioner\, patron\, and author of scholarly medical treatises\, arguing that Rashīd al-Dīn’s name is henceforth to be included in earnest in the history of Islamic medicine. \nJudith Pfeiffer’s research focuses on the social\, political\, and intellectual history of the Nile to Oxus region with a particular emphasis on Iran\, Central Asia\, and Anatolia during the Later Middle and Early Modern Periods of Islamic history. She has a special interest in the ways in which political and confessional boundaries were re-negotiated and re-defined during the post-Mongol period\, and has worked on Islamization processes\, historiography\, and political thought during the 13th to 17th centuries. \nHer publications include History and Historiography of Post-Mongol Central Asia and the Middle East (2006\, co-edited with Sholeh Quinn); Theoretical Approaches to the Transmission and Edition of Oriental Manuscripts (co-edited with Manfred Kropp\, 2007); and Politics\, Patronage and the Transmission of Knowledge in 13th-15th Century Tabriz (2013). \nJudith received her Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies/History from the University of Chicago in 2003. In the same year she joined the Faculty of Oriental Studies in Oxford as a University Lecturer and then Associate Professor\, where she taught courses on Islamic History and Culture; Arabic\, Persian\, and Ottoman Turkish historical texts and palaeography; and special options on Seljuq\, Mongol\, Mamluk\, Timurid\, Ottoman\, and Safavid history and historiography. In 2016 she was appointed Alexander von Humboldt Professor in Islamic Studies at the University of Bonn\, where she currently directs the Alexander von Humboldt Kolleg on 13th to 16th century Islamicate intellectual history. \nCo-sponsored by the UCLA Program on Central Asia \nNOTE: This lecture was rescheduled from spring 2017.\nEvent Flyer\nRegistration\nPlease complete this form to register for the event.  \n[gravityform id=”46″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]\n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/much-physician-rashid-al-din-2/
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:20171016T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171016T173000
DTSTAMP:20171013T210701Z
CREATED:20170922T213237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171013T210701Z
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SUMMARY:Rashīd al-Dīn in the Eye of the Beholder: Proposing a Holistic Approach to Reception History
DESCRIPTION:Photo: Humboldt Foundation/Wolfgang Hemmann \nCentral Asia in Transition Lecture by Judith Pfeiffer (University of Bonn) \nRecent scholarship has painted a rather dim picture of the Mongol-Ilkhanid vizier and historian Rashīd al-Dīn’s (d. 718/1318) historiographical impact in the Muslim world. This lecture proposes a holistic approach to Rashīd al-Dīn’s oeuvre that includes both his historiographical and theoretical works\, and adduces evidence to revise the above statement by reviewing the reception of Rashīd al-Dīn in the Islamic world with a special focus on Central Asia and here in particular Bukhara in its connection to Herat. \nJudith Pfeiffer’s research focuses on the social\, political\, and intellectual history of the Nile to Oxus region with a particular emphasis on Iran\, Central Asia\, and Anatolia during the Later Middle and Early Modern Periods of Islamic history. She has a special interest in the ways in which political and confessional boundaries were re-negotiated and re-defined during the post-Mongol period. Her publications include History and Historiography of Post-Mongol Central Asia and the Middle East (2006\, co-edited with Sholeh Quinn); and Politics\, Patronage and the Transmission of Knowledge in 13th-15th Century Tabriz (2013). In 2016 she was appointed Alexander von Humboldt Professor in Islamic Studies at the University of Bonn\, where she currently directs the Alexander von Humboldt Kolleg on 13th to 16th century Islamicate intellectual history. \nThis event is co-sponsored by The UCLA Asia Pacific Center. \nNOTE: This lecture was rescheduled from spring 2017.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/rashid-al-din-eye-beholder-proposing-holistic-approach-reception-history/
LOCATION:10383 Bunche Hall\, 11282 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles \, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian,Pourdavoud Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171009T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171009T160000
DTSTAMP:20171009T181525Z
CREATED:20170830T182825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171009T181525Z
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SUMMARY:What Kind of Wine did Rudaki Fancy?
DESCRIPTION:A lecture in English by Kamran Talattof (University of Arizona). October 09\, 2017. \nOne of the earliest Persian poets\, Rudaki (859–941)\, employed the word wine within a wide semantic register in his poems. However\, his unicity is most manifest when the process of wine making is depicted within a highly allegorical poem entitled “Mother of Wine.” Through contextual\, historical\, and discursive analyses\, it is argued that this poem—written in the form of a qasideh—was composed for the purpose of being performed for an audial audience\, and thus reflected the conscious cultural discourse of the Samanids (819–999 – the first Iranian dynasty following the Arab conquest of Persia)\, who deemed themselves heirs to past\, pre-Islamic grandeur\, and sought to connect both in content and form (here the performativity of the poem) with the Sasanian empire (ca. 224–651). \nThis event is made possible with the major support of the Amuzegar Chair in Iranian Studies and the Musa Sabi Term Chair of Iranian Studies and the generous support of The Farhang Foundation and in collaboration with the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/kind-wine-rudaki-d-941-like/
LOCATION:Humanities Bldg. Rm 348\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA (CALIFORNIA)\, 90095
CATEGORIES:Bilingual Lecture Series,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:20171008T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171008T180000
DTSTAMP:20171009T181542Z
CREATED:20170830T181910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171009T181542Z
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SUMMARY:Sexuality and Cultural Change in Iranian Cinema
DESCRIPTION:A lecture in Persian by Kamran Talattof (University of Arizona). October 8\, 2017.\n \nThe history of Iranian cinema adequately reflects the construction of gender in Iran. But the expression of sexuality is a problematic notion on a number of levels. In western societies\, the preoccupation with human sexuality prompted reflection about human physiology\, gender identity\, and ethical considerations\, resulting in the perception of sex as ontologically separate from mere reproduction\, eventually facilitating sexual expression. In traditional segments of Iranian society\, sex outside of marriage for women was deemed synonymous with sin. Analyzing movies from the pre- and post-revolutionary eras\, a case is made that Iranian cinema\, albeit tributary to socio-political tribulations\, has also been a major agent for change\, and partially responsible for the reification of gender and sexuality as central points of contention among different social players in Iran. Whereas in the pre-revolutionary period\, the presentation of the feminine\, the female body\, and sexuality was linked to a greater westernization project\, and resulted in a backlash in more traditional segments of society\, in the revolutionary era\, those representations were confronted with the new Islamic codes of morality\, which all filmmakers were forced to respect. \nThis event is made possible with the major support of the Amuzegar Chair in Iranian Studies and the Musa Sabi Term Chair of Iranian Studies and the generous support of The Farhang Foundation and in collaboration with the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/sexuality-cultural-change-presentation-gender-iranian-cinema/
LOCATION:121 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bilingual Lecture Series,Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171004T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171004T180000
DTSTAMP:20171013T210702Z
CREATED:20170906T214525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171013T210702Z
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SUMMARY:Greater Glory: Darius I and Divinity in Achaemenid Royal Ideology
DESCRIPTION:Matthew Waters (University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire) \nThe close link between the king and the divine has deep roots in Near Eastern royal ideologies\, and the Persian kings during the Achaemenid period (c. 550-330 BCE) followed this tradition. Exactly how close was the link? Recent studies suggest a blurred line between the two especially during at least some parts of the Neo-Assyrian period. However one chooses to answer that question for the Achaemenids\, the king is to be considered a fulcrum. The glorification of the King considers his multiple roles within the Achaemenid ideological scheme\, as manifest in both textual and iconographic evidence. The Achaemenids were masters of adoption and adaptation of previous structures in the fashioning a compelling royal ideology\, one that incorporated several Persian and Iranian elements and one that also embedded some ambiguity. This presentation considers some of the ambiguity within Achaemenid royal ideology\, and its reception\, with regard to the glorification of the king and the intersection with the divine. \nEvent Flyer\n\nRegistration\nPlease complete this form to register for the event.  \n[gravityform id=”45″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]\n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/greater-glory-darius-divinity-achaemenid-royal-ideology/
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:20170611T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170611T180000
DTSTAMP:20170510T154840Z
CREATED:20170502T233226Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170510T154840Z
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SUMMARY:Abbas Kiarostami: The Man and His Arts
DESCRIPTION:On Kiarostami’s Poetic Landscapes\nShiva Balaghi \nAbbas Kiarostami: The Belated Poet\nAhmad Karimi-Hakkak \nThe Artful Cinema of Abbas Kiarostami\nHamid Naficy\n \nTake Me Home (2016)\nFilm screening and remarks by Ahmad Kiarostami\n \nRoundtable discussion\nModerated by Nayereh Tohidi\n \n*Presentations in English followed by a Roundtable Discussion in Persian \nShiva Balaghi is a cultural historian\, focusing on the visual arts of the contemporary Middle East. For nearly two decades\, she taught history and art history at NYU and Brown University. Her recent curatorial projects include curating an exhibition of Marcos Grigorian’s art at Frieze London\, co-curating a retrospective of leading Iranian sculptor Parviz Tanavoli at Wellesley’s Davis Museum\, and curating feminist Egyptian artist Ghada Amer’s first exhibit in the Arab world in two decades. Balaghi is a Trustee of the American Institute for Iranian Studies and an Editorial Correspondent for Ibraaz. She has written widely on visual culture for museum catalogues and publications like Artforum\, Hyperallergic\, and Canvas. Her books include Picturing Iran: Art\, Society and Revolution. She is an independent scholar based in Los Angeles. \nAhmad Karimi-Hakkak is a professor of Persian Language\, Literature and Culture at the University of Maryland and now a visiting professor at the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages. He is the author\, translator and editor of twenty-three books and over one-hundred academic articles\, and has contributed to various leading encyclopedias such as Britannica and Iranica. His works have been translated into many languages and the Persian translation of one of his most important books\, titled Recasting Persian Poetry (Persian title: Tali`eh-ye Tajaddod dar She`r-e Farsi) is the standard textbook for Ph.D. programs in Persian literature in Iranian and Indian universities. \nHamid Naficy is a professor of Radio-Television-Film and the Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani Professor in Communication Northwestern University. Naficy is a leading authority in cultural studies of diaspora\, exile\, and postcolonial cinemas and media and of Iranian and Middle Eastern cinemas.  He has published and lectured extensively\, nationally and internationally\, on these and allied topics. His latest work is the award-winning four-volume book A Social History of Iranian Cinema\, published in 2011-12.  Naficy has also published extensively in Persian\, including a two-volume book on the documentary cinema theory and history\, Film-e Mostanad.  He has also produced and directed many educational and documentary films. \nAhmad Kiarostami is the co-founder and CEO of Koantum\, a new startup to teach science to elementary school students in the United States. Ahmad serves as a board member at National Iranian American Council (NIAC)\, and The Roxie\, the oldest operational movie theatre in North America. Before moving to the United States in 2001\, he founded three companies in Iran\, including Negah\, the first multimedia and online production venue in Iran\, where he published award-winning multimedia products in cinema and visual arts. Ahmad has also worked with several Iranian directors\, and has served on the board of San Francisco Cinematheque\, the oldest organization in North America promoting experimental cinema and video. He makes music videos\, which are among the most viewed Iranian music videos on YouTube.  In 2014\, he started Docunight\, an initiative to show Iranian documentaries\, with monthly screenings in major cities in North America. In 2016\, Ahmad became a fellow at the Aspen Institute. \nThis event is made possible with the generous support of Farhang Foundation \nCo-sponsored by the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/abbas-kiarostami-man-arts/
LOCATION:Royce Hall 314\, 340 Royce Drive\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170524T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170524T180000
DTSTAMP:20170522T225845Z
CREATED:20170410T235838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170522T225845Z
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SUMMARY:** CANCELLED ** How much of a physician was Rashīd al-Dīn?
DESCRIPTION:Photo: Humboldt Foundation/Wolfgang Hemmann \nTHIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. \nA lecture by Judith Pfeiffer (University of Bonn) \nRashīd al-Dīn Faḍl Allāh Hamadānī (d. 718/1318) is often introduced as “ṭabīb\,” or ‘physician\,’ mostly to distinguish him from authors with similar names\, notably the epistolographer Rashīd al-Dīn Waṭwāṭ (d. 578/1182). This paper discusses Rashīd al-Dīn’s scholarly persona as a physician. Starting from his epithet\, ṭabīb\, the paper explores his role as a medical practitioner\, patron\, and author of scholarly medical treatises\, arguing that Rashīd al-Dīn’s name is henceforth to be included in earnest in the history of Islamic medicine. \nJudith Pfeiffer’s research focuses on the social\, political\, and intellectual history of the Nile to Oxus region with a particular emphasis on Iran\, Central Asia\, and Anatolia during the Later Middle and Early Modern Periods of Islamic history. She has a special interest in the ways in which political and confessional boundaries were re-negotiated and re-defined during the post-Mongol period\, and has worked on Islamization processes\, historiography\, and political thought during the 13th to 17th centuries. \nHer publications include History and Historiography of Post-Mongol Central Asia and the Middle East (2006\, co-edited with Sholeh Quinn); Theoretical Approaches to the Transmission and Edition of Oriental Manuscripts (co-edited with Manfred Kropp\, 2007); and Politics\, Patronage and the Transmission of Knowledge in 13th-15th Century Tabriz (2013). \nJudith received her Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies/History from the University of Chicago in 2003. In the same year she joined the Faculty of Oriental Studies in Oxford as a University Lecturer and then Associate Professor\, where she taught courses on Islamic History and Culture; Arabic\, Persian\, and Ottoman Turkish historical texts and palaeography; and special options on Seljuq\, Mongol\, Mamluk\, Timurid\, Ottoman\, and Safavid history and historiography. In 2016 she was appointed Alexander von Humboldt Professor in Islamic Studies at the University of Bonn\, where she currently directs the Alexander von Humboldt Kolleg on 13th to 16th century Islamicate intellectual history. \nCo-sponsored by the UCLA Program on Central Asia \n\n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/much-physician-rashid-al-din/
LOCATION:Royce Hall Room 306\, 340 Royce Drive\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170519T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170519T140000
DTSTAMP:20170516T003212Z
CREATED:20170510T185449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170516T003212Z
UID:7327-1495195200-1495202400@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:My Story: From Iran to NASA and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Azadeh Tabazadeh is an author\, environmental consultant\, and has worked as a senior research scientist at NASA. She has taught geophysics at Stanford University and received her doctoral degree in physical chemistry from UCLA. Named as a top “Brilliant 10” young scientist in the U.S. by ​Popular Science​ \, Tabazadeh has published more than 60 articles  and was given a Presidential White House Award. Come see Tabazadeh speak on her experiences\, including her TIME-featured memoir ​The Sky Detective​  that details her life growing up in Iran. \nLight refreshments will be served. \nCo-sponsored by UCLA Iranian Studies
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/story-iran-nasa-beyond/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170501T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170501T180000
DTSTAMP:20170405T223312Z
CREATED:20170216T203246Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170405T223312Z
UID:6862-1493654400-1493661600@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Lost Souls:  Photography of African Eunuchs & Female Servants in Qajar Iran
DESCRIPTION:©The Farhad Diba Collection of Qajar Photographs.\nCaption: Malek Jahan Khanom/ Mahd-e Olia\, the mother of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar \nA lecture in English by Pedram Khosronejad \nThe focus of scholars of photography of Qajar Iran\, remains fixed solely on photographic content\, without any consideration of the materiality of photographic form. Recognizing photographs as material culture is a way to address such a blind spot\, and suggests that any methodological use of them requires a more complex and subtle approach. Photographs of enslaved children\, women and men in Iran during the Qajar period provide compelling and haunting documentation of individuals (African slaves) otherwise lost to the written historical record. Yet the history of such photographs is firmly embedded in the dynamic of exploitation and dehumanization that lay at the core of African slavery in Qajar Iran. \nPedram Khosronejad is Farzaneh Family Chair and Associate Director for Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies Program (IPGS) at the Oklahoma State University and also associate member of Groupe Sociétés\, Religions\, Laicités\, CNRS-Paris\, France. He obtained his PhD at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. His research interests include cultural and social anthropology\, the anthropology of death and dying\, visual anthropology\, visual piety\, devotional artefacts\, and religious material culture\, with a particular interest in Iran\, Persianate societies and the Islamic world. He is author of Les Lions en Pierre Sculptée chez les Bakhtiari: Description et significations de sculptures zoomorphes dans une société tribale du sud-ouest de l’Iran\, The Anthropology of Persianate Societies\, Volume 2 (Sean Kingston Publishing\, U.K.). He is also the editor of several publications: The Art and Material Culture of Iranian Shi’ism: Iconography and Religious Devotion in Shi’i Islam (I.B. Tauris); Saints and their Pilgrims in Iran and Neighboring Countries (Sean Kingston); Iranian Sacred Defence Cinema: Religion\, Martyrdom and National Identity (Sean Kingston); Unburied Memories: The Politics of Bodies\, and the Material Culture of Sacred Defense Martyrs in Iran (Routledge). He is also chief editor of the Anthropology of the Contemporary Middle East and Central Eurasia (ACME). \nThis event is made possible with the generous support of Farhang Foundation \nCo-sponsored by the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/lost-souls-photography-african-eunuchs-female-servants-qajar-iran/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian
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ORGANIZER;CN="UCLA Iranian Studies":MAILTO:iranianstudies@humnet.ucla.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170430T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170430T180000
DTSTAMP:20170405T223510Z
CREATED:20170314T212232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170405T223510Z
UID:7073-1493568000-1493575200@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Iran-Iraq War (1980-88) and the Creation of the “Sacred Defense Art”
DESCRIPTION:© Revayat-e Farth Institute\, Tehran\, Iran. Caption: Morteza Avini. \nA lecture in Persian by Pedram Khosronejad \nPedram Khosronejad is Farzaneh Family Chair and Associate Director for Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies Program (IPGS) at the Oklahoma State University and also associate member of Groupe Sociétés\, Religions\, Laicités\, CNRS-Paris\, France. He obtained his PhD at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. His research interests include cultural and social anthropology\, the anthropology of death and dying\, visual anthropology\, visual piety\, devotional artefacts\, and religious material culture\, with a particular interest in Iran\, Persianate societies and the Islamic world. He is author of Les Lions en Pierre Sculptée chez les Bakhtiari:  Description et significations de sculptures zoomorphes dans une société tribale du sud-ouest de l’Iran\, The Anthropology of Persianate Societies\, Volume 2 (Sean Kingston Publishing\, U.K.). He is also the editor of several publications: The Art and Material Culture of Iranian Shi’ism: Iconography and Religious Devotion in Shi’i Islam (I.B. Tauris); Saints and their Pilgrims in Iran and Neighboring Countries (Sean Kingston); Iranian Sacred Defence Cinema: Religion\, Martyrdom and National Identity (Sean Kingston); Unburied Memories: The Politics of Bodies\, and the Material Culture of Sacred Defense Martyrs in Iran (Routledge). He is also chief editor of the Anthropology of the Contemporary Middle East and Central Eurasia (ACME). \nThis event is made possible with the generous support of Farhang Foundation \nCo-sponsored by the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/iran-iraq-war-1980-88-creation-sacred-defense-art/
LOCATION:121 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian
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ORGANIZER;CN="UCLA Iranian Studies":MAILTO:iranianstudies@humnet.ucla.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170409T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170409T180000
DTSTAMP:20170216T201919Z
CREATED:20170216T201919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170216T201919Z
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SUMMARY:Literature: Its Existence and Its Appearance
DESCRIPTION:A lecture in Persian by Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak \nBud o Nemud-e Sokhan (Literature: Its Existence and Its Appearance) brings together twenty select articles which Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak has written and published in the Persian language over three decades of academic service in the United States\, and which have a bearing on a novel understanding of the history of Persian Literature. In an extensive Introductory essay\, the author relates each of the works he analyzes and interprets to its specific social context and to the ways these essays\, taken collectively\, contribute to the formation and evolution of this world renowned literary belletristic tradition over eleven centuries of continued writing. In his talk the author will also chart the course for a new project\, that is a History of Persian Poetry conceptualized as a multinational cosmopolitan aesthetic tradition of universal relevance. \nAhmad Karimi-Hakkak is a professor of Persian Language\, Literature and Culture at the University of Maryland and now a visiting professor at the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages. He is the author\, translator and editor of twenty-three books and over one-hundred academic articles\, and has contributed to various leading encyclopedias such as Britannica and Iranica. His works have been translated into many languages and the Persian translation of one of his most important books\, titled Recasting Persian Poetry (Persian title: Tali`eh-ye Tajaddod dar She`r-e Farsi) is the standard textbook for Ph.D. programs in Persian literature in Iranian and Indian universities. \nThis event is made possible with the generous support of Farhang Foundation \nCo-sponsored by the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/literature-existence-appearance/
LOCATION:161 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian
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ORGANIZER;CN="UCLA Iranian Studies":MAILTO:iranianstudies@humnet.ucla.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170405T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170405T210000
DTSTAMP:20170317T172918Z
CREATED:20170313T174955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170317T172918Z
UID:7061-1491418800-1491426000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Camera Orientalis: Reflections on Photography of the Middle East
DESCRIPTION:A book celebration for Ali Behdad \nIn the decades after its invention in 1839\, photography was inextricably linked to the Middle East. Introduced as a crucial tool for Egyptologists and Orientalists who needed to document their archaeological findings\, the photograph was easier and faster to produce in intense Middle Eastern light—making the region one of the original sites for the practice of photography. A pioneering study of this intertwined history\, Camera Orientalis: Reflections on Photography of the Middle East (University of Chicago Press\, forthcoming 2016) traces the Middle East’s influences on photography’s evolution\, as well as photography’s effect on Europe’s view of “the Orient.” \nConsidering a range of Western and Middle Eastern archival material from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries\, Ali Behdad offers a rich account of how photography transformed Europe’s distinctly Orientalist vision into what seemed objective fact\, a transformation that proved central to the project of European colonialism. At the same time\, Orientalism was useful for photographers from both regions\, as it gave them a set of conventions by which to frame exotic Middle Eastern cultures for Western audiences. Behdad also shows how Middle Eastern audiences embraced photography as a way to foreground status and patriarchal values while also exoticizing other social classes. \nHosted reception at 6:00pm in the indoor atrium on the main level. \nCo-sponsored by the UCLA Department of English\, UCLA Department of Comparative Literature and UCLA Iranian Studies
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/camera-orientalis-reflections-photography-middle-east/
LOCATION:Fowler Museum (Lenart Auditorium)\, 308 Charles E Young Dr E\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian
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SUMMARY:The Anatomy of Loyalty and Patterns of Patronage in the Religio-political Culture of Sixteenth Century Iran
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Khafipour discusses the spiritual dimensions of political loyalty that was instrumental in the formation of strong ties between the Safavid rulers and their chiefs at the epicenter of the order\, where power was continually contested. Drawing on a wide variety of historical and literary sources\, Islamic theology\, and theories of power\, he discusses the anatomy of political loyalty among the early Safavids within the context of early modern state formation and posits that hierarchies of spiritual power inherent in Sufi orders and sacrosanct mutual obligations that informs pir-murid interactions helped to create a strong patronage system that offered the early Safavids the ideological sources for long term success as a political order. \nHani Khafipour received his doctorate from the University of Chicago. He is a specialist in the history of medieval and early-modern Iran. His research encompasses study of the structures of political orders\, theories of power and state formation\, sociolinguistics and critical discourse analysis. He has held research fellowships from the Iran Heritage Foundation (UK)\, and the American Institute of Iranian Studies.  He was an Andrew W. Mellon fellow\, and a fellow of the Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute. Khafipour teaches courses on Islamic political thought and theory\, and medieval and modern history of Iran at the University of Southern California. His recent research and teaching interests has culminated in an edited volume\, Empires of the Near East and India: Source Studies of the Safavid\, Ottoman\, and Mughal Literate Communities (Columbia University Press\, 2017)\, and a book manuscript\, The Mantle of Authority in an Early Modern Society (under preparation). He is the current History of Iran Section Editor for the Encyclopedia of Islam 3\, Brill.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/anatomy-loyalty-patterns-patronage-religio-political-culture-sixteenth-century-iran/
LOCATION:11348 Charles E. Young Research Library
CATEGORIES:Iranian
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170305T040000
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SUMMARY:Iran-China Relations in a Changing World
DESCRIPTION:A lecture in Persian \nAs two great civilizations with an illustrious imperial past\, Iran and China have a long history of trade\, political and cultural ties that go back to the ancient Silk Road more than 2100 years ago.  Islam was introduced to China by Persian speaking Muslims.  Currently\, China has more than 30 million Muslims living primarily in the Western part of the country. Against this historical backdrop\, Iran and China have witnessed an impressive expansion of their bilateral relations since the 1979 Iranian revolution. While we would briefly discuss the historical ties\, the major focus of this lecture would be on the multifaceted dimensions of Iran- China relations in the last 36 years\, including trade\, energy\, security\, and political relations. I would also discuss the possible future directions of Iran–China relations in the aftermath of the nuclear agreement\, thus shedding light on the larger implications of this relationship for the region and beyond. \nManochehr Dorraj received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas Austin and is currently professor of Political Science at Texas Christian University. He is the author\, coauthor\, editor or coeditor of 6 books and numerous articles and book chapters. He has been invited to present his scholarship in national and international symposiums\, including those in John Hopkins\, Yale\, Harvard\, Queens University (Canada)\, and Nottingham University (Great Britain). Manochehr Dorraj is a frequent commentator on global affairs in general and Middle East politics in particular. He has granted numerous interviews to international\, national and local media. He is also active in lecture circuits and has delivered many speeches to universities\, think tanks and community groups in Dallas-Fort Worth area and throughout the United States\, Canada\, Europe\, China and the Middle East. \nThis event is made possible with the generous support of Farhang Foundation \nCo-sponsored by the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/iran-china-relations-changing-world/
LOCATION:121 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170215T160000
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SUMMARY:Excavations at Pasargadae: The First Imperial City of the Achaemenids
DESCRIPTION:The World Heritage site of Pasargadae was the first dynastic site of the Achaemenid Empire\, founded by Cyrus the Great\, in Fars\, in the sixth century BCE. Its palaces\, gardens\, and the mausoleum of Cyrus are outstanding examples of the first phase of royal Achaemenid art and architecture and testament to the grandeur of the Achaemenid civilization. In 2016\, a new comprehensive excavation project was launched at the site. The first season of work concentrated on the ruined\, solitary tower known as Zendān–e Soleymān (“Prison of Solomon”)\, with the aim of shedding more light on this enigmatic edifice that has been regarded as a tomb\, a fire temple\, or a depository. \nAli Mousavi was born and raised in Iran. He studied in Lyon\, France\, and took his B.A. in Art History\, and his M.A. in Archaeology\, from the University of Lyon\, France. He obtained his Ph.D. in archaeology of the ancient Near East from the University of California\, Berkeley. He excavated in France\, Turkey\, and Iran\, and contributed to the nomination of a number of archaeological sites and monuments for inscription on the World Heritage List of UNESCO. He is the author of a book on the site of Persepolis (Persepolis: Discovery and Afterlife of a World Wonder)\, co-editor of the book Ancient Iran from the Air\, and a number of scholarly articles. He worked as an Assistant Curator of Ancient Near Eastern Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from 2006 to 2013. He teaches art and archaeology of ancient Iran at UCLA. He is the director of the Pasargadae Archaeological Excavations. \n*Light refreshments will be served*
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/excavations-pasargadae-first-imperial-city-achaemenids/
LOCATION:Royce Hall Room 306\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA (CALIFORNIA)\, 90095
CATEGORIES:Iranian
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