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Steadfast Imagining Session 3: Crossings: Hinduism, Islam, and Bidel’s Practical Comparative Religion
Session 3 of the multidisciplinary workshop series on Steadfast Imagining: Lyric Meditation, Islamic Philosophy, and Comparative Religion in the Works of Bidel of Delhi (d. 1720) Friday, November 20, 2020 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (Pacific Time) RSVP Here (Zoom registration) This is Session 3 of the multidisciplinary workshop, Steadfast Imagining: Lyric Meditation, Islamic Philosophy,...
Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Michael Jackson Bonner
Sasanian Iran: A Personal View This talk will focus on topics included in Dr. Bonner’s new book, The Last Empire of Iran, a narrative history of Sasanian Persia. Throughout this lecture, Dr. Bonner will share with the audience the impetus for writing this book. The principle motivation was to portray the Sasanian state as the...
Steadfast Imagining Session 4: Worlds Together Shined: Bidel, Traherne, and Experiments in Comparison
Session 4 of the multidisciplinary workshop series on Steadfast Imagining: Lyric Meditation, Islamic Philosophy, and Comparative Religion in the Works of Bidel of Delhi (d. 1720) Friday, December 11, 2020 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (Pacific Time) RSVP Here (Zoom registration) This is Session 4 of the multidisciplinary workshop, Steadfast Imagining: Lyric Meditation, Islamic Philosophy,...
Steadfast Imagining Session 5: Bidel in Modern Central Asia, South Asia, Afghanistan, Iran: The Geopolitics of Literary Legacy
Session 5 of the multidisciplinary workshop series on Steadfast Imagining: Lyric Meditation, Islamic Philosophy, and Comparative Religion in the Works of Bidel of Delhi (d. 1720) Friday, December 18, 2020 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (Pacific Time) RSVP Here (Zoom registration) This is Session 5 of the multidisciplinary workshop, Steadfast Imagining: Lyric Meditation, Islamic Philosophy,...
Pourdavoud Center/Amuzegar Lecture Series: Afshin Marashi
The Parsi Community of India and the Making of Modern Iran This book talk will provide an overview of Exile and the Nation: The Parsi Community of India and the Making of Modern Iran (University of Texas Press, 2020). In the aftermath of the 7th century Islamic conquest of Iran, large numbers of Zoroastrians departed...
Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Jason Schlude
Book Talk: Rome, Parthia, and the Politics of Peace This volume offers an informed survey of the problematic relationship between the ancient empires of Rome and Parthia from c. 96/95 BCE to 224 CE. Schlude explores the rhythms of this relationship and invites its readers to reconsider the past and our relationship with it. Some...
Book launch: Domenico Ingenito’s Beholding Beauty: Saʿdi of Shiraz and the Aesthetics of Desire in Medieval Persian Poetry (Brill, 2020)
A conversation with Paul Losensky (Indiana University) and Jane Mikkelson (University of Virginia) Wednesday, January 27, 2021 10:00 AM (Pacific Time) To RSVP, please click here. Beholding Beauty: Saʿdi of Shiraz and the Aesthetics of Desire in Medieval Persian Poetry explores the relationship between sexuality, politics, and spirituality in the lyrics of Saʿdi Shirazi...
Bilingual Lecture Series: Panel on Development
“Socio-Economic Development Strategies and Challenges in Iran,” a panel discussion featuring Azam Khatam (York University), Kaveh Ehsani (DePaul University), and Kevan Harris (UCLA) will take place via Zoom on Monday, February 1 at 3:00pm Pacific. Please click on the link below to register for this Bilingual Lecture Series event. https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lB7hy0biSWSx61ssFf5jVg
From Lor Girl to May Lady: Music, Sound, and Constructions of Womanhood in Iranian Cinema
Lecture by Laudan Nooshin, Professor of Music at City, University of London Wednesday, February 3, 2021 1:00 PM (Pacific Time) Part of the Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy Colloquium Series, this event is sponsored by The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music Department of Ethnomusicology, the UCLA Program of Iranian Studies, and the UCLA Center for Near...
Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Nikolaus Overtoom
Reconsidering the Emergence of the Parthian State: The Crisis of the 240s-230s BCE in the Hellenistic Middle East Nikolaus Overtoom’s study of the rise of the Parthian Empire, Reign of Arrows: The Rise of the Parthian Empire in the Hellenistic Middle East, brings a new perspective to this important development in the history of the...