Iranian
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Bilingual Lecture Series: Nahid Pirnazar
Judeo Persian Writings an original comprehensive collection published in 2021 gives parallel examples in Judeo Persian and Perso Arabic script and their translations into English Most Judeo Persian documents not only reflect the twenty seven centuries of Jewish life in Iran, but they are also a testament to their intellectual, cultural, and socioeconomic conditions The...
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Pourdavoud Center Fall Reception 2022
Royce 306Pourdavoud Center Fall 2022 Welcome Reception Friday, October 7, 2022 4:00 – 6:00 pm Royce Hall 306 Registration Required The Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World invites you to join us for a fall reception. In the company of our supporters, colleagues, academic affiliates, students, and esteemed guests, we shall be...
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Bilingual Lecture Series – Panel Discussion on the Roles of Gender & Women in the Current Protests in Iran
Panel Discussion on the Roles of Gender & Women in the Current Protests in Iran Sunday, October 30, 2022 at 11:30am Pacific Time via Zoom Discussion in Persian Registration Required https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mtVBiDvtSyKJZFbDrkslkw
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Bilingual Lecture Series: Women in Iran: Past, Present, and Future, A Double Book Talk
Women in Iran: Past, Present, and Future A Double Book Talk with Mahnaz Afkhami and Mona Tajali Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 11:30am Pacific Time via Zoom Discussion in Persian Registration Required https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HETyPvAaTj6fx-3oJw99mQ
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Bilingual Lecture Series: Saeed Paivandi
The Results of Four Decades of Authoritarian Islamization of Education in Iran Saeed Paivandi Sunday, January 8, 2023 at 11:30am Pacific Time via Zoom Discussion in Persian Registration Required https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_B0zjlJHmRb-c38OxE0BdcQ
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Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Arash Zeini
The Birth of the Abestāg from the Spirit of Philology Scholars have often discussed Zoroastrianism as an ancient Iranian religion that reaches back thousands of years into the middle of the second millennium BCE. For a long time, the idea of monolithic continuity has dominated the scholarly discourse in the study of this religion. While...
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Bilingual Lecture Series: Nadereh Chamlou and Mansoureh Shojaee
Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 11:30am Pacific Time via Zoom Discussion in Persian Registration Required https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5o6mHEqFSlShMNVQQiHgXA What Drives Iran’s Population Rejuvenation Policy? by Nadereh Chamlou and One Century and Two Uprisings toward the Women’s Liberation Movement by Mansoureh Shojaee
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Iranian Studies Lecture Series: Houchang Chehabi Lecture 1
314 Royce HallAspects of Everyday Life in Iran Between Religion, State, and the Lure of the West A series of four lectures by Houchang Chehabi Professor Emeritus of International Relations Boston University Lecture 1: Iran and the Standard of "Civilization" February 1, 2023 | Royce Hall 314 | 4:00 pm Registration Requested for In-Person Attendance A hybrid...
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Iranian Studies Lecture Series: Houchang Chehabi Lecture 2
314 Royce HallAspects of Everyday Life in Iran Between Religion, State, and the Lure of the West A series of four lectures by Houchang Chehabi Professor Emeritus of International Relations Boston University Lecture 2: Names February 10, 2023 | Royce Hall 314 | 4:00 pm Registration Requested for In-Person Attendance A hybrid Zoom live stream option is...
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Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Anne Hunnell Chen
314 Royce HallDislodging Disciplinary Silos at Dura-Europos Founded by the Seleucids, successively occupied by the Arsacids (Parthians) and Romans, and spectacularly conquered in a Sasanian siege, the borderland town of Dura-Europos (Syria) was home throughout its history to a fascinatingly diverse population. Since its initial excavation, the site has become justly famous thanks to unique circumstances of...
