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SUMMARY:Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Eberhard Sauer
DESCRIPTION:From the Gorgan Wall to the Alan Gates/Dariali: The Northern Defenses of the Sasanian Empire\nA lecture by Eberhard W. Sauer \nBased on collaborative research with Jebrael Nokandeh\, Hamid Omrani Rekavandi\, \nLana Chologauri and Davit Naskidashvili \n  \nIt was only in December 2005 that radiocarbon samples established beyond doubt a Sasanian-era construction date for the Gorgan Wall\, the longest fort-lined barrier of the late antique world. Until then\, majority opinion had favored a date half a millennium before. Over the 16 years since\, our knowledge of the northern defenses of the Sasanian Empire has grown rapidly. In the early 2000s\, few large Sasanian military fortifications had been securely identified; today\, their combined size arguably exceeds that of those in the contemporary late Roman world. Scholars have frequently argued that the Sasanian army was much smaller than that of the Roman Empire or even that there was no standing army at all. Our most recent excavations have demonstrated that the Gorgan Wall forts were densely filled with large barracks\, rising in part to a height of two storeys. Later\, annexes were added. Huge storage pits\, storage jars and a series of ovens and fire-places\, as well as finds\, demonstrate dense occupation for one-and-a-half to two centuries. Fortresses in the hinterland\, some of them earlier than the Gorgan Wall\, housed extensive tent cities\, probably for the field army. The Sasanian state was also the first external power to fortify the Caucasus passes\, turning Europe’s highest mountain range into a formidable barrier. Fieldwork in Dariali Gorge have enabled our team to date fortifications controlling Transcaucasian traffic to the time not long before or after a famous Hunnic invasion via the same mountain pass in AD 395. Our joint fieldwork has not only revealed the extraordinary scale and sophistication of Sasanian military infrastructure\, it has also shed new light on its purpose and effectiveness. The empire’s strong fortification belt in the north far from being merely symbolic\, as some have argued\, enabled the empire to hold its ground and protect its core territories\, to launch counter-offenses\, and even to conquer temporarily the Levant in the early seventh century. \n  \nAbout the Speaker\nEberhard W. Sauer is Professor of Roman Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh and one of the directors of the joint fieldwork projects in Iran and Georgia.  Since 2012 he has been the Project Leader in the ERC Persia Project\, which has been involved with fieldwork on Sasanian military monuments in Iran\, Georgia\, and Oman. His many publications include Dariali: The ‘Caspian Gates’ in the Caucasus from Antiquity to the Age of the Huns and the Middle Ages (co-authored 2020); Sasanian Persia: Between Rome and the Steppes of Eurasia (edited 2017); and Persia’s Imperial Power in Late Antiquity: The Great Wall of Gorgān and Frontier Landscapes of Sasanian Iran (co-authored 2013). \n  \nTo register and receive the Zoom information\, please click here.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pourdavoud-center-lecture-series-eberhard-sauer/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220119T110000
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SUMMARY:Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: John W.I. Lee
DESCRIPTION:Greek ‘Concubines’ and Achaemenid Dynastic Politics\nThe civil war of 401 BC between Cyrus the Younger and his older brother King Artaxerxes II (r. 405/4-359/8 BC) is well known to Achaemenid historians\, thanks especially to the famous account of Xenophon’s Anabasis.  While the military aspects of this conflict have been much studied\, this lecture focuses on the two Ionian Greek women who accompanied Cyrus on his campaign.   Xenophon describes them as “concubines\,” but setting these two women into the broader contexts of Achaemenid court culture and of intermarriage between Persians and local people in Achaemenid Anatolia reveals a more complex story. \nAbout the Speaker\n\n\nJohn W.I. Lee is Associate Professor of History at UC Santa Barbara.  He studies ancient Greece and West Asia\, especially the Archaic-Classical Greek world and its relations with the Achaemenid Persian Empire. He is interested in the social and cultural aspects of ancient warfare as well as in the equipment\, tactics\, and logistics of ancient armies.  His publications include A Greek Army on the March: Soldiers and Survival in Xenophon’s Anabasis (Cambridge 2007)\, The Persian Empire (The Great Courses 2012)\, and The First Black Archaeologist: A Life of John Wesley Gilbert (Oxford 2022).  At UCSB\, he teaches classes on Achaemenid and Greek history\, and on the history of ancient warfare. \n\n\n  \n\nPlease click here to register for the event and receive the Zoom information.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pourdavoud-center-lecture-series-john-w-i-lee/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220112T090000
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SUMMARY:From Medieval Afghanistan\, “The Most Beautiful of Stories”: Jami’s Yūsuf-u Zulaykhā\, a Persian reading group and workshop series
DESCRIPTION:The UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies and the UCLA Program in Iranian Studies\, in collaboration with the Center for Near Eastern Studies and the Program on Central Asia\, invite scholars and graduate students from across the world to participate in the following research program: From Medieval Afghanistan\, “The Most Beautiful of Stories”: Jami’s Yūsuf-u Zulaykhā\, a Persian reading group and workshop series\, which will take place via Zoom on a weekly basis between January and June 2022. \nThe reading group and workshop series are convened by Domenico Ingenito (Associate Professor of Persian Literature\, NELC) and organized in the context of the UCLA Afghan Scholars at Risk Program\, coordinated by the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies and the Humanities Division. The series takes place in conjunction with the cycle of workshops Afghanistan through Afghan Voices\, organized by the UCLA Program on Central Asia\, in collaboration with the University of Washington\, Stanford\, and UC Berkeley. \nDescription \nWhile today thousands of Afghan scholars and students are forced out of Afghanistan by the totalitarian bigotry imposed by the Taliban regime\, during the 15th century poets and artists migrated to this Central Asian region from all the corners of the Persian-speaking world to contribute to the cultural efflorescence of the city of Herat. \nIn 1483\, one of those medieval migrants\, the celebrated Persian poet and polymath ‘Abd al-Rahman Jami\, composed Yūsuf-u Zulaykhā\, a literary masterpiece that revisited the erotic and mystical dimensions of the tale of Joseph—extolled by the Quran as the “most beautiful of stories.” \nThe aim of this reading group and workshop series is to explore the story of Yusuf and his lover\, Zulaykha\, through the lens of Jami’s book\, which we may regard as an enchanting meditation in verse on the act of contemplating beauty for aesthetic and spiritual ends. Jami’s version of the narration is an originally Jewish and Islamic tale filtered through the lens of Persian mysticism and literature\, a story that addresses and stages the multiple meanings of exile and displacement\, unrequited desire and possibility of rebirth through love. It is a story that transcends ethnic\, religious\, and national boundaries. Although Jami’s text predates by centuries the formation of modern Afghanistan as a political entity\, it is a story that resonates with the cultural an aesthetic ideals and practices of the land and its people. It further shows how medieval Herat can still inspire the peaceful and bright future that Afghanistan and Afghan scholars deserve today\, beyond the political boundaries that separate them from Persian-speaking neighboring countries\, including Iran. \nVirtual Reading Group\nEvery Wednesday\, starting January 12\, 2022\, at 9-10am via Zoom (Los Angeles time)\nScholars and graduate students (from all institutions) with an intermediate or advanced level of proficiency in classical Persian are welcome to join the reading group. Participants with rudimentary knowledge of Persian may audit the sessions. \nThe sessions will follow the format of a virtual literary majlis\, where creative and intellectually stimulating conversations follow a collective form of shared concentration and active meditation on the lines and their meanings. Every week\, four or five voluntary readers will prepare a series of lines beforehand. The lines will be read\, tentatively translated\, and discussed during the reading session. \nNo prior knowledge of the story is required\, and participants are free to join the reading group anytime they wish. UCLA and UC graduate students may apply for credit. A PDF file with a critical edition of the text\, along with optional introductory readings in English and Persian and images from Timurid and Safavid manuscripts\, will be shared through a Dropbox folder. \nReading Group Registration Details: Prospective participants may join the reading group by submitting a short description of their background in Persian language and literature to the following email address: dingenito@ucla.edu \nWorkshop Series \nStarting in Spring 2022\, and parallel to the reading group\, the program will host a workshop series on the artistic\, literary\, and historical dimensions surrounding the genesis\, circulation\, and reception of Jami’s Yūsuf-u Zulaykhā. \nPreliminary program (abstracts and registration links will be circulated in February 2022) and confirmed speakers: Khalilullah Afzali\, Leili Anvar\, Lamia Balafrej\, Dominic Brookshaw\, Shiva Mihan\, Julia Rubanovich\, Claudia Yaghoobi. \nThe reading group and workshop series are generously sponsored by the UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies\, the UCLA Program in Iranian Studies\, the Center for Near Eastern Studies\, and the Program on Central Asia\, and hosted by the UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies. \n  \nImage: detail from Jami’s Yusuf u Zulaykha\, 1595 CE\, Bodleian Library\, University of Oxford\, MS. Elliott 418\, f. 56r.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/from-medieval-afghanistan-the-most-beautiful-of-stories-jamis-yusuf-u-zulaykha-a-persian-reading-group-and-workshop-series/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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SUMMARY:Bilingual Lecture Series: Ahmad Ashraf
DESCRIPTION:چگونگی آگاهی ایرانیان از سلسله های ماد و هخامنشی\nHow Has Iranians’ Awareness of the Medes\, Achaemenids\, and Parthians Been Shaped?\nUntil the threshold of the Constitutional Revolution\, Iranian historians were unaware of the Medes\, Achaemenids\, and even Parthian dynasties. There is\, for example\, no mention of the Medes\, Achaemenids\, and Seleucid kings in Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh\, a book that is often regarded to be the first written traditional history of pre-Islamic Iran. Even the Parthian dynasty\, who ruled in Iran for nearly half a millennium\, was mentioned in passing in Shahnameh. Mohammad Ali Foroughi was the first Iranian scholar who\, after studying the works of Western scholars in French and English\, introduced the existence of these dynasties to the Persian speaking world. He translated and compiled a book on the History of Iran from pre-Islamic times to the 1900 AD. Excavations by German archaeologist\, Ernest Herzfeld\, in Persepolis and Pasargadae\, began at approximately the same time and continued to the Reza Shah period. Herzfeld was one of the main promoters of the Achaemenid nationalism in this period. Hassan Pirnia (Mushir al-Dowleh)\, author of the History of Ancient Iran in three volumes\, was the third scholar to raise Iranians’ awareness about the Medes\, Achaemenids\, and Parthians. \nAbout the Speaker\nDr. Ahmad Ashraf served as a member of the Board of Editors and Associate Editor of the Encyclopedia Iranica at the Center for Iranian Studies of Columbia University. Professor Ashraf has taught sociology and social history of Iran in the universities of Tehran\, Princeton\, Columbia\, and Pennsylvania. He has published a number of books and numerous articles in various areas of Iranian Studies in scholarly journals. His lifetime contribution to Iranian Studies have been celebrated by Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies at Princeton University on 15 September 2021\, by Iranian Sociological Association on March 9\, 2021\, and by bilingual academic Journal IranNamag published by Institute for Iranian Studies of University of Toronto in its special issue in Winter 2021. Also\, the 13th Biennial Conference of the Association for Iranian Studies to be held in early September 2022 at the University of Salamanca\, Spain\, has included a panel in Dr. Ashraf’s honor. \nPlease click here to register and receive the Zoom webinar information.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/bilingual-lecture-series-ahmad-ashraf/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220107T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220107T130000
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SUMMARY:Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: James Howard-Johnston
DESCRIPTION:Official Sources and the Reconstruction of History: The Case of the Last Great War of Antiquity\nThe last and longest war of classical antiquity was fought in the early 7th century\, opening in 603 when Persian armies launched coordinated attacks across the Roman frontier. For twenty-five years\, the conflict raged on an unprecedented scale\, and its end brought the classical phase of history to a close. Despite all this\, it has left a conspicuous gap in the history of warfare. James Howard-Johnston’s The Last Great War of Antiquity aims to finally fill that gap by piecing together the scattered and fragmentary evidence of this period to form a coherent story of the dramatic events\, as well as an introduction to key players – Turks\, Arabs\, and Avars\, Persians\, and Romans – and a tour of the vast lands over which the fighting took place. The result is a solidly founded\, critical history of a conflict of immense significance in the final episode of classical history. \nAbout the Speaker\nJames Howard-Johnston was University Lecturer in Byzantine Studies at Oxford and Fellow of Corpus Christi College from 1971 to 2009. He complemented academic activity with involvement in local politics between 1972 and 1987. His historical interests range from the later Roman empire in the fourth century up to Byzantium on the eve of the Fourth Crusade. He is primarily concerned with the institutional\, social and economic structures of Byzantium\, and with international relations in the Middle East in late antiquity and the early middle ages. His principal publications are The Armenian history attributed to Sebeos (Liverpool\, 1999 – co-authored with Robert Thomson)\, Witnesses to a World Crisis: Historians and Histories of the Middle East in the Seventh Century (Oxford\, 2010)\, and Historical Writing in Byzantium (Heidelberg\, 2014). \nPlease click here to register and receive the Zoom information.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pourdavoud-center-lecture-series-james-howard-johnston/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211212T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211212T133000
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SUMMARY:Latest Developments in Afghanistan and Implications for Iran A Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Ahmad Nader Nadery \nFormer Chair of Independent Civil Service Commission in Kabul\, and Member of the Peace Negotiation Team for Afghanistan  \nThe Taliban’s Return to Power and Its Implications for Afghanistan and Iran \n  \nHomeira Qaderi \nAfghan Writer and Women’s Rights Activist\, and Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University \nHow Women in Afghanistan have Strived for Their Rights\nFarah Karimi  \nHead of the Dutch Parliamentary Delegation to the OSCE PA and Former UN Consultant for Capacity Building of the Afghan Parliament  \nAn Expert Reflection on International Responses to the Crisis in Afghanistan \n  \nThis panel will be in Persian.  To register for the event\, please click here.\n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/latest-developments-in-afghanistan-and-implications-for-iran-a-panel-discussion/
CATEGORIES: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:20211107T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211107T130000
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SUMMARY:Women\, Public Spaces\, and Social Participation in Iran
DESCRIPTION:زنان و مشارکت اجتماعی در فضاهای عمومی\n  \nZoom Registration: \nhttps://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HiJGAxyRQsSb-YhjTbofvg \nSince the beginning of the Islamic revolution\, Iranian women have been the focus of the Islamization of public spaces. However\, this form of Islamization did not occur as expected by clerics who used many methods to frame and limit women in private and public spaces. Iranian women who experienced some social and individual freedoms during the Shah’s time\, after the revolution\, used different social and individual strategies to maintain their presence in public spaces and public spheres. Over time and over generations\, they have invented new strategies and thus have become important social actors. In this lecture\, some of these strategies that women have used over the past 4 decades to maintain their active presence in public space and public spheres will be discussed. \nAbout the Speaker\nMasserat Amir-Ebrahimi is an Urban Sociologist (MA) and Human Geographer (PhD) from the University of Paris X – Nanterre. She has worked on several urban and socio-cultural projects in Iran and has taught in the Department of Environment at the University of Tehran. In 2002\, she was awarded an International Collaborative Research Grant by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Program on MENA for her project “Authority and Public Space in Iran.” In 2006-2007 and in 2011 she held the Nikki Keddie Balzan Fellowship at UCLA where she taught at Sociology and Geography Departments. Her research focuses are on Women\, youth\, Tehran\, public spaces\, public spheres\, and cyberspace. Her articles have been published in Persian\, French\, English\, Italian\, and German. \nClick here to register and receive the Zoom information.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/women-public-spaces-and-social-participation-in-iran/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211031T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211031T133000
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SUMMARY:Panel 2: Economic Challenges – The Politics of Water and Gender
DESCRIPTION:Recent Developments and Changes in Iran Series\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSunday\, October 31\, 2021 at 11:30am Pacific Time via Zoom\nPanel in Persian\n\nRegistration Required \n\nReza Ghorashi (Stockton University)\nEconomic Challenges of Ebrahim Raisi Era\n\n\nAmir AghaKouchak (University of California\, Irvine)\n Status and Prospects of Water and Environmental Management in Iran\n\n\nRoja Fazaeli (Trinity College Dublin)\nThe Gender Dimensions of the Latest Changes in the Government\n\n\n\nPlease click here to register and receive the Zoom information.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/panel-2-economic-challenges-the-politics-of-water-and-gender/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211024T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211024T133000
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SUMMARY:Panel 1: Health & Public Health Policy Political & Social Changes
DESCRIPTION:Recent Developments and Changes in Iran Series\n  \nRegistration Required \n\nSahar Motallebi (Lund University)\nThe Public Health Structure and the Management of the Corona Crisis in Iran\n\nMehrzad Boroujerdi (Virginia Tech)\nAssessing Iran’s New President\, Cabinet\, and Parliament\n\nMohammad Ali Kadivar (Boston College)\nContentious Politics in Iran: Recent Developments and Patterns\n\nPlease click here to register and receive the Zoom link.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/panel-1-health-public-health-policy-political-social-changes/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211022T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211022T130000
DTSTAMP:20211005T171409Z
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SUMMARY:Pourdavoud Center Fall Welcome Event
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a digital fall reception to celebrate the continued success of the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World. In the company of Dr. Anahita Naficy Lovelace and Mr. Jim Lovelace\, the Center’s benefactors\, David Schaberg\, Dean of Humanities\, M. Rahim Shayegan\, the Center’s director\, our staff\, academic affiliates\, colleagues\, students\, and esteemed guests\, we shall be introducing the Center’s stimulating programming and research agenda for the academic year 2021–22. \nZoom registration is required.  Please click here to register.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pourdavoud-center-fall-welcome-event/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210716
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210718
DTSTAMP:20210528T175550Z
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SUMMARY:22nd St. Shenouda-UCLA Conference of Coptic Studies
DESCRIPTION:UCLA is proud to announce the 22nd St. Shenouda-UCLA Conference of Coptic Studies. \n  \nPlease visit http://www.stshenouda.org/22conferencereg2021 to view all conference information. \n  \nClick here to RSVP at Coptic Studies Conference website 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/22nd-st-shenouda-ucla-conference-of-coptic-studies/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210602T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210602T113000
DTSTAMP:20210601T221258Z
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SUMMARY:The Burials of the 25th Dynasty and Napatan Kings
DESCRIPTION:The Royal tombs at Kurru and Nuri belonging to the pharaohs of the 25th Dynasty and their Napatan successors exhibit remarkable similarities to the royal tombs Tanis and other Egyptian burial practices. This presentation will explore this convergence and what were the motivations behind them. \nPeter Lacovara (B.A. 1976\, Boston University; Ph.D. 1993 The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago) is Director of The Ancient Egyptian Archaeology and Heritage Fund. He was Senior Curator of Ancient Egyptian\, Nubian\, and Near Eastern Art at the Michael C. Carlos Museum from 1998 to 2014. Previously he has served as Assistant Curator in the Department of Ancient Egyptian\, Nubian and Near Eastern Art at the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston. Currently he is also Consulting Curator for the Egyptian Collection at the Albany Institute of History and Art and Visiting Research Scholar at the American University in Cairo.\nHe has also taught at Syracuse University\, Virginia Commonwealth University\, Georgia State University\, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and been the W. K. Simpson Distinguished Visiting Professor at the American University in Cairo.\nHis archaeological fieldwork has included excavations at the Valley of the Kings at Thebes\, the Palace city of Amenhotep III at Malqata in Western Thebes\, Abydos\, Hierakonpolis and at the Giza Plateau\, and currently he is directing the survey and restoration of the site of Deir el-Ballas. His publications include studies on Daily Life and Urbanism in Ancient Egypt\, Egyptian Mortuary Traditions\, and the Material Culture of Ancient Egypt and Nubia. \n  \n\nRSVP Below – RSVP Required to Receive Online Access:\n[gravityform id=”140″ title=”false” description=”false”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/the-burials-of-the-25th-dynasty-and-napatan-kings/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Egyptology,NELC
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210521T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210521T130000
DTSTAMP:20210419T162637Z
CREATED:20210419T162637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210419T162637Z
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SUMMARY:Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Almut Hintze
DESCRIPTION:The Yasna Ritual in Performance\nUp to the present day Zoroastrian priests perform a millennia old ritual\, the Yasna\, in which the recitation of ancient Avestan texts accompanies the performance of ritual actions. Using new visual source material of images and film clips\, this lecture discusses the performance of the Yasna and its significance for the Zoroastrian tradition. \nAbout the Speaker\nAlmut Hintze studied Indo-European philology at the Universities of Heidelberg and Oxford and earned her PhD in Indo-Iranian Studies at the University of Erlangen. After her habilitation in Berlin with a study of the semantics of “reward” in Ancient Iranian (Avestan) and Vedic Sanskrit texts\, she spent a term at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. Subsequently she became Research Fellow at Clare Hall\, Cambridge and was appointed to the Zartoshty Brothers post at SOAS in 2001. She was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 2015. \n  \nTo RSVP and receive the Zoom information\, please click here.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pourdavoud-center-lecture-series-almut-hintze/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210520T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210520T131500
DTSTAMP:20210517T151802Z
CREATED:20210517T151802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210517T151802Z
UID:16056-1621512000-1621516500@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Engaging Lived Religion: Muslim Communities in LA
DESCRIPTION:Join the Fowler for a moderated panel discussion featuring three local community leaders: Marta Khadija Felicitas Galedary\, Edina Lekovic\, and Imam Jihad Saafir. This panel will reveal the histories of Black and Latino Muslims in Los Angeles\, and their interactions with Muslims of other backgrounds in the city. It will also highlight the leadership of Muslim women within these groups. The testimonies of the panelists will shed light on intersections of Islamic belief\, race\, and gender\nin Southern California; and show how lived experiences of Muslims map onto the city of Los Angeles. The program will begin with a brief history of Islamic communities in LA by Asma Sayeed. The panel will be moderated by Harold D. Morales.\nThis program is co-presented by UCLA’s Islamic Studies Program\, in partnership with the Center for the Study of Religion and the City at Morgan State University. \nTo RSVP for this event\, please visit https://tinyurl.com/muslimcommunitiesinla.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/engaging-lived-religion-muslim-communities-in-la/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210507T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210507T130000
DTSTAMP:20210413T174810Z
CREATED:20210413T174709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210413T174810Z
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SUMMARY:Pourdavoud Center Workshop: Udjahorresnet’s Egypt
DESCRIPTION:Udjahorresnet’s Egypt: The Crossroads of Conquest and Identity under Achaemenid Rule\nThe concept for this workshop was inspired by the open access volume\, Udjahorresnet and His World (JAEI 26\, 2020)\, which contextualizes the life of Udjahorresnet\, an elite politician and chief physician of Egypt’s 26th and 27th Dynasties in the 6th century BCE.  His career spanned the end of the Egyptian Saite period and the beginning of Achaemenid Persian dominion in Egypt\, and his (auto)biographical inscriptions suggest he played a key role in establishing the authority of the Persian kings on the Egyptian throne.  His social background\, professional functions\, and political agency within the Saite and the Achaemenid courts in Egypt and abroad are the topics of intense scholarly discussion and debate.  By looking through Udjahorresnet’s eyes to study the world he witnessed\, this workshop aims to address the current research on the culturally diverse Achaemenid world\, the associated intricate cross-regional diplomacy\, and the social and political techniques for empire consolidation used by the Persians. \nPlease click here to RSVP and receive the Zoom link.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pourdavoud-center-workshop-udjahorresnets-egypt/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210319T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210319T123000
DTSTAMP:20210222T172034Z
CREATED:20210125T220841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210222T172034Z
UID:15648-1616148000-1616157000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Pahlavi Workshop: Pahlavi Iran and Global History
DESCRIPTION:Pahlavi Iran and Global History\n  \nTo download the full program of events\, click here.\n  \nThis final panel of the Iranian Studies workshop\, “History and Historiography of Pahlavi Iran\, 1921-1979: A Workshop” will feature the research of: \nRoham Alvandi\nAssociate Professor of International History\, London School of Economics and Political Science \nPaper: Bringing Down the Shah: Human Rights Activism and Late Pahlavi Iran \n  \nRasmus Elling\nAssociate Professor\, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies\, University of Copenhagen \nPaper: City\, Periphery\, Beyond: Iranian Third-Worldism on Different Scales \n  \nFiroozeh Kashani-Sabet\nProfessor of History\, University of Pennsylvania \nPaper: America’s Vietnam in Iran \n  \nCyrus Schayegh\nProfessor of International History\, The Graduate Institute\, Geneva \nPaper: 1940s-70s: Global Historical Reflections \n  \nTo register for this event and receive the Zoom webinar information\, please click here.\n  \nHistory and Historiography of Pahlavi Iran\, 1921-1979: A Workshop\nIt has been nearly one hundred years since the coup of 21 February 1921 that ultimately brought Reza Khan to the throne\, and more than forty years since the 1979 revolution that overthrew his son and brought an end to the Pahlavi dynasty. Because the revolution looms so large in the 20th century history of Iran\, much of the scholarship has examined the Pahlavi period\, and the late Pahlavi period in particular\, primarily in the context of the events of 1978-79. In recent years\, however\, the Pahlavi period has experienced a surge in scholarly interest\, as a new generation of historians has emerged with access to newly released documents and a fresh view on the era unimpeded by experiences of the ancien régime. These scholars\, pioneers in the emerging field of ‘Pahlavi Studies’\, look beyond the extensively covered debates concerning the revolution\, to study the Pahlavi era as a period worthy of attention in its own right\, contextualizing it within modern Iranian and global history. \nThis online workshop will bring together scholars who study Pahlavi Iran through the lens of a wide variety of specializations including politics\, foreign policy\, sociology\, cultural studies and intellectual history\, to share innovative approaches to the history and historiography of the period. There have been several important studies of either early or late Pahlavi Iran\, but this workshop will look at the whole period from 1921 to 1979. The purpose of this approach is to better understand the significance of this nearly 60-year period in modern Iranian and global history. The workshop will identify themes and questions that emerge from current research on the Pahlavi period\, and discuss ways in which the discovery of new sources has helped to shape\, and continues to shape\, the debates in our various fields.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pahlavi-workshop-panel-4/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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ORGANIZER;CN="UCLA Iranian Studies":MAILTO:iranianstudies@humnet.ucla.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210309T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210309T123000
DTSTAMP:20210222T172004Z
CREATED:20210125T220115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210222T172004Z
UID:15641-1615284000-1615293000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Pahlavi Workshop: Pahlavi Foreign Relations
DESCRIPTION:Pahlavi Foreign Relations\n  \nTo download the full program of events\, click here.\n  \nThis third panel of the Iranian Studies workshop\, “History and Historiography of Pahlavi Iran\, 1921-1979: A Workshop” will feature the research of: \nGregory Brew\nFellow\, Center for Presidential History\, Southern Methodist University \nPaper: The Birth of the Pahlavi Petro-State: Oil Companies\, American NGOs\, and Dual Integration of Iranian Oil\, 1941-1965 \n  \nWilliam Figueroa\nUniversity of Pennsylvania \nPaper: China and the Pahlavis\, 1921-1979 \n  \nChelsi Mueller \nResearch Fellow\, The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies\, Tel Aviv University \nPaper: Reza Shah’s Policy in the Persian Gulf \n  \nMaaike Warnaar\nAssistant Professor of International Studies and Middle East Studies\, Leiden University \nPaper: Representation and Netherlands-Iran Relations in the 1960s and 1970s \n  \nTo register for this event and receive the Zoom webinar information\, please click here.\n  \nHistory and Historiography of Pahlavi Iran\, 1921-1979: A Workshop\nIt has been nearly one hundred years since the coup of 21 February 1921 that ultimately brought Reza Khan to the throne\, and more than forty years since the 1979 revolution that overthrew his son and brought an end to the Pahlavi dynasty. Because the revolution looms so large in the 20th century history of Iran\, much of the scholarship has examined the Pahlavi period\, and the late Pahlavi period in particular\, primarily in the context of the events of 1978-79. In recent years\, however\, the Pahlavi period has experienced a surge in scholarly interest\, as a new generation of historians has emerged with access to newly released documents and a fresh view on the era unimpeded by experiences of the ancien régime. These scholars\, pioneers in the emerging field of ‘Pahlavi Studies’\, look beyond the extensively covered debates concerning the revolution\, to study the Pahlavi era as a period worthy of attention in its own right\, contextualizing it within modern Iranian and global history. \nThis online workshop will bring together scholars who study Pahlavi Iran through the lens of a wide variety of specializations including politics\, foreign policy\, sociology\, cultural studies and intellectual history\, to share innovative approaches to the history and historiography of the period. There have been several important studies of either early or late Pahlavi Iran\, but this workshop will look at the whole period from 1921 to 1979. The purpose of this approach is to better understand the significance of this nearly 60-year period in modern Iranian and global history. The workshop will identify themes and questions that emerge from current research on the Pahlavi period\, and discuss ways in which the discovery of new sources has helped to shape\, and continues to shape\, the debates in our various fields.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pahlavi-workshop-panel-3/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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ORGANIZER;CN="UCLA Iranian Studies":MAILTO:iranianstudies@humnet.ucla.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210308T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210308T153000
DTSTAMP:20210128T163233Z
CREATED:20210128T163233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210128T163233Z
UID:15655-1615212000-1615217400@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Bilingual Lecture Series: Nazanin Shahrokni
DESCRIPTION:Book Talk – Women in Place: The Politics of Gender Segregation in Iran (University of California Press\, 2020)\nby Nazanin Shahrokni\nTo register and receive the Zoom webinar information\, please click here.\nThis lecture will be in English.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/bilingual-lecture-series-nazanin-shahrokni-2/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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ORGANIZER;CN="UCLA Iranian Studies":MAILTO:iranianstudies@humnet.ucla.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210307T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210307T130000
DTSTAMP:20210128T162712Z
CREATED:20210128T162712Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210128T162712Z
UID:15652-1615116600-1615122000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Bilingual Lecture Series: Nazanin Shahrokni
DESCRIPTION:Book Talk – Women in Place: The Politics of Gender Segregation in Iran (University of California Press\, 2020)\nby Nazanin Shahrokni\nTo register and receive the Zoom webinar information\, please click here.\nThis lecture will be in Persian.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/bilingual-lecture-series-nazanin-shahrokni/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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ORGANIZER;CN="UCLA Iranian Studies":MAILTO:iranianstudies@humnet.ucla.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210305T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210305T170000
DTSTAMP:20210226T001145Z
CREATED:20210210T230943Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210226T001145Z
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SUMMARY:NELC Undergraduate Social
DESCRIPTION:Join us to meet other students in the majors and minors\, as well as current faculty. Win prizes for NELC trivia! RSVP below to receive access information: \n[gravityform id=”168″ title=”false” description=”false”]\n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/nelc-undergraduate-social/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210304T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210304T130000
DTSTAMP:20210303T175030Z
CREATED:20210303T174938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210303T175030Z
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SUMMARY:The Goddess Isis and the Kingdom of Meroe
DESCRIPTION:Discussions of the widespread appeal of the cult of Isis in antiquity often omit any mention of the Nubian priests who served the rulers of the Kingdom of Meroe (located south of Egypt in the Sudan) and the royal donations of gold that they delivered to the temple of Isis at Philae\, located at Egypt’s border with Nubia. Those funds were essential to the survival of the temple of Philae\, allowing it to remain in active use for centuries after other temples had been abandoned in Egypt. I will describe the rites performed by the Nubian priests and their participation in a tradition of Nubian pilgrimage to this site that spanned one thousand years.\nAs a Black Egyptologist it is important to me to investigate the southern connections that are evident in the ancient religious practices of Egypt. Much work remains to be done to highlight these connections. \nSolange Ashby received her Ph.D. in Egyptology with a specialization in ancient Egyptian language and Nubian religion from the University of Chicago. She has researched in Egypt at the temple of Philae and participated in an archaeological excavation in El-Kurru\, Sudan (royal Kushite cemetery). Her first book\, Calling Out to Isis: The Enduring Nubian Presence at Philae\, is published by Gorgias Press. Her current research explores the roles of women in traditional Nubian religious practices. Dr. Ashby is working on the first monograph dedicated to the history\, religious symbolism\, and political power of the queens of Kush. \n  \n\nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”169″ title=”false” description=”false”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/the-goddess-isis-and-the-kingdom-of-meroe/
LOCATION:Online Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Egyptology,NELC
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210304T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210304T123000
DTSTAMP:20210222T171914Z
CREATED:20210125T214955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210222T171914Z
UID:15638-1614852000-1614861000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Pahlavi Workshop: Pahlavi State and Society
DESCRIPTION:Pahlavi State and Society\n  \nTo download the full program of events\, click here.\n  \nThis second panel of the Iranian Studies workshop\, “History and Historiography of Pahlavi Iran\, 1921-1979: A Workshop” will feature the research of: \nHouchang Chehabi \nProfessor of International Relations and History\, Boston University \nPaper: Dual Society in Pahlavi Iran \nBianca Devos\nAssistant Professor\, Centre of Near and Middle East Studies\, Philipps-University Marburg \nPaper: Islam and Censorship in Pahlavi Iran: a Case Study from the 1970s \nKevan Harris\nAssistant Professor of Sociology\, University of California\, Los Angeles \nPaper: Variations in Land Reform during the Late Pahlavi Period: Nine Provinces Compared \nLiora Hendelman-Baavur\nDirector\, The Alliance Center for Iranian Studies\, Tel Aviv University \nPaper: Royal Hype: The court’s Efforts to Popularize the Pahlavis in the Media \n  \nTo register for this event and receive the Zoom webinar information\, please click here.\n  \nHistory and Historiography of Pahlavi Iran\, 1921-1979: A Workshop\nIt has been nearly one hundred years since the coup of 21 February 1921 that ultimately brought Reza Khan to the throne\, and more than forty years since the 1979 revolution that overthrew his son and brought an end to the Pahlavi dynasty. Because the revolution looms so large in the 20th century history of Iran\, much of the scholarship has examined the Pahlavi period\, and the late Pahlavi period in particular\, primarily in the context of the events of 1978-79. In recent years\, however\, the Pahlavi period has experienced a surge in scholarly interest\, as a new generation of historians has emerged with access to newly released documents and a fresh view on the era unimpeded by experiences of the ancien régime. These scholars\, pioneers in the emerging field of ‘Pahlavi Studies’\, look beyond the extensively covered debates concerning the revolution\, to study the Pahlavi era as a period worthy of attention in its own right\, contextualizing it within modern Iranian and global history. \nThis online workshop will bring together scholars who study Pahlavi Iran through the lens of a wide variety of specializations including politics\, foreign policy\, sociology\, cultural studies and intellectual history\, to share innovative approaches to the history and historiography of the period. There have been several important studies of either early or late Pahlavi Iran\, but this workshop will look at the whole period from 1921 to 1979. The purpose of this approach is to better understand the significance of this nearly 60-year period in modern Iranian and global history. The workshop will identify themes and questions that emerge from current research on the Pahlavi period\, and discuss ways in which the discovery of new sources has helped to shape\, and continues to shape\, the debates in our various fields.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pahlavi-workshop-panel-2/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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ORGANIZER;CN="UCLA Iranian Studies":MAILTO:iranianstudies@humnet.ucla.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210302T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210302T170000
DTSTAMP:20210227T003102Z
CREATED:20210205T232147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210227T003102Z
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SUMMARY:Pourdavoud Center Workshop: Current Trends in Manichaeism Studies Day 2
DESCRIPTION:The origin of the Manichaean religion stands at the intersection of multiple cultural worlds: Iranian\, Semitic\, & Greco-Roman. Its literary and artistic remains enrich our understanding of those cultures and the exchange that went on among them in late antiquity. The scholars assembled for this workshop offer the latest insights obtained from the painstaking work of extracting information from the fragmentary and effaced relics of this religion with the aid of new research technologies and approaches. They report on work in progress related specifically to conditions and developments in 3rd century CE Iran in which Mani and Manichaeism served as a cultural catalyst\, explaining how these new insights are reshaping our understanding of both the religion and the world in which it emerged. \nIain Gardner\, Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Sydney\n\n\nNew Research and Sources for the Life of Mani \n  \n\nThis presentation will outline recent trajectories in research on the Life of Mani. Evidence from in-process work on new sources will be presented\, with particular reference to the editing of surviving remnants from Mani’s letters. Copies of these compositions were revered\, collected\, translated into many languages and circulated throughout the Manichaean communities\, and they provide a remarkable insight into the life of the apostle and his immediate circle.\n\n\n\nJason BeDuhn\, Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions and Asian Studies at Northern Arizona University\n\n\nManichaean Interpretation of Iranian Religious Traditions \n  \n\nNew sources such as the Chester Beatty Kephalaia Codex allow us to begin to break down the long-standing division between “Western” and “Eastern” Manichaeism in modern scholarship\, and discover connections especially between Coptic and Middle Iranian Manichaean texts that shed light on the earliest centuries of the Manichaean religion. We are now in a better position to see how Mani and his early followers set out to acculturate their Christian movement to an Iranian context by identifying their teachings as the true interpretations of old Iranian religious traditions\, contesting the authority of an emerging Zoroastrian leadership.\n\n\n\n\nPlease click here to RSVP and receive the Zoom information.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pourdavoud-center-workshop-current-trends-in-manichaeism-studies-day-2/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210301T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210301T170000
DTSTAMP:20210227T003036Z
CREATED:20210205T232008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210227T003036Z
UID:15697-1614607200-1614618000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Pourdavoud Center Workshop: Current Trends in Manichaeism Studies Day 1
DESCRIPTION:The origin of the Manichaean religion stands at the intersection of multiple cultural worlds: Iranian\, Semitic\, & Greco-Roman. Its literary and artistic remains enrich our understanding of those cultures and the exchange that went on among them in late antiquity. The scholars assembled for this workshop offer the latest insights obtained from the painstaking work of extracting information from the fragmentary and effaced relics of this religion with the aid of new research technologies and approaches. They report on work in progress related specifically to conditions and developments in 3rd century CE Iran in which Mani and Manichaeism served as a cultural catalyst\, explaining how these new insights are reshaping our understanding of both the religion and the world in which it emerged.\n\n\nPaul Dilley\, Associate Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Religions at the University of Iowa\n\nAlso Schrieb Zarathustra? New Manichaean Sources for the “Law of Zarades” & His Otherworldly Journeys \n  \n\nThe second volume of the Kephalaia\, a Coptic papyrus manuscript held at the Chester Beatty library\, is a major source for the history of early Manichaeism in its Iranian context.  In this talk\, I will give an overview of the multispectral imaging of the codex\, reporting on the latest results which have significantly improved its legibility. I will then discuss the various references to and quotations of the so-called “Law of Zarades\,” comparing them to both Iranian and Greco-Roman sources\, and assess their rhetorical significance in the Kephalaia as well as their importance for understanding the Sasanian background of third-century Manichaeism. Finally\, I will contextualize the Kephalaia passage on the journey to heaven and hell by Zarades and other apostles of light\, connecting it to rival claims of inspired vision by Mani and Kartir.\n\n\n\n\nZsuzsanna Gulácsi\, Professor of Art History at Northern Arizona University\n\n\nThe Footprint of Mani’s Book of Pictures in Late Antique Sources: An Assessment of Social & Geographical Data about Teaching with Images During the 3rd and 4th Centuries \n  \n\nUnlike other religions\, Manichaeism had canonical images\, not just canonical texts. Primary and secondary textual sources document that the Manichaean canon included a solely pictorial volume—a picture book—that was authored by Mani\, circulated in multiple copies already during Mani’s life\, and issued in many later editions. From late antiquity\, 13 passages mention the Book of Pictures (Copt. Hikōn\, Syr. Yuqnā\, Parth. Ārdhang\, MPers. Nigār). They convey that Mani commissioned its images to be painted as visual aids for teaching. The goal of this study is to assess who had access to this pictorial volume of the canon and where it was used during the first 120 years of Manichaean history. Mapping this data reveals the geographic footprint of teaching with images among the followers of Mani.\n\n\n\nPlease click here to RSVP and receive the Zoom information.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pourdavoud-center-workshop-current-trends-in-manichaeism-studies-day-1/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210222T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210222T123000
DTSTAMP:20210222T171826Z
CREATED:20210125T214030Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210222T171826Z
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SUMMARY:Pahlavi Workshop: Roundtable on the 100th Anniversary of the 1921 Coup and Reflections on the Reza Pahlavi Period
DESCRIPTION:Roundtable on the 100th Anniversary of the 1921 Coup and Reflections on the Reza Pahlavi Period\nThe first panel of the Iranian Studies workshop\, “History and Historiography of Pahlavi Iran\, 1921-1979: A Workshop” will feature a round table discussion centered on the 100th anniversary of the coup that initiated the Reza Pahlavi Period in Iran. \nThis panel will be chaired by workshop organizer Dr. Robert Steele\, the Jahangir and Eleanor Amuzegar Post-Doctoral Fellow in Iranian Studies at UCLA. \n  \nTo download the full program of events\, click here.\n  \nFeatured panelists of the round table discussion include: \nCamron Michael Amin\nProfessor of History\, University of Michigan-Dearborn \nAli Ansari\nProfessor of Iranian History\, University of St Andrews and Senior Associate Fellow\, Royal United Services Institute \nStephanie Cronin\nElahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Research Fellow\, St Antony’s College\, University of Oxford \nAfshin Marashi\nProfessor of Middle Eastern History\, University of Oklahoma \n  \nTo register for this event and receive the Zoom webinar information\, please click here.\n  \nHistory and Historiography of Pahlavi Iran\, 1921-1979: A Workshop\nIt has been nearly one hundred years since the coup of 21 February 1921 that ultimately brought Reza Khan to the throne\, and more than forty years since the 1979 revolution that overthrew his son and brought an end to the Pahlavi dynasty. Because the revolution looms so large in the 20th century history of Iran\, much of the scholarship has examined the Pahlavi period\, and the late Pahlavi period in particular\, primarily in the context of the events of 1978-79. In recent years\, however\, the Pahlavi period has experienced a surge in scholarly interest\, as a new generation of historians has emerged with access to newly released documents and a fresh view on the era unimpeded by experiences of the ancien régime. These scholars\, pioneers in the emerging field of ‘Pahlavi Studies’\, look beyond the extensively covered debates concerning the revolution\, to study the Pahlavi era as a period worthy of attention in its own right\, contextualizing it within modern Iranian and global history. \nThis online workshop will bring together scholars who study Pahlavi Iran through the lens of a wide variety of specializations including politics\, foreign policy\, sociology\, cultural studies and intellectual history\, to share innovative approaches to the history and historiography of the period. There have been several important studies of either early or late Pahlavi Iran\, but this workshop will look at the whole period from 1921 to 1979. The purpose of this approach is to better understand the significance of this nearly 60-year period in modern Iranian and global history. The workshop will identify themes and questions that emerge from current research on the Pahlavi period\, and discuss ways in which the discovery of new sources has helped to shape\, and continues to shape\, the debates in our various fields.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pahlavi-workshop-panel-1/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210219T110000
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SUMMARY:Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Carlo G. Cereti
DESCRIPTION:Narseh’s Diadem: Religion\, Royalty\, and Power under the Early Sasanians\nThis talk focuses on the Sasanian king Narseh (293-302 CE)\, who celebrated his accession to the throne through the bilingual inscription (Middle Persian and Parthian) and commemorative monument built in Paikuli\, the site currently studied by the archaeological mission of Sapienza-University of Rome: The Italian Archaeological Mission to Iraqi Kurdistan (MAIKI – Missione Archeologica Italiana nel Kurdistan Iracheno). The mission’s work in Paikuli focuses on the reconstruction and preservation of the monument and its unique inscription. Choosing a holistic scholarly approach and joining methodologies of historical linguistics and philology with those of archaeology\, field campaigns were organised in 2007\, 2008\, 2018\, and 2019\, revealing a number of previously unknown inscribed blocks; a first volume of these new inscriptions was published in 2014\, and the remaining inscriptions will be published in the final report. This lecture will present the multiple scientific methodologies and research approaches applied over the years and will also illustrate strategies to promote the monument in the framework of Kurdistan’s cultural heritage\, including the Paikuli Gallery built by MAIKI in the Slemani Museum and the recent realization of an exhibition at Sapienza\, which features a tactile 3D printing of one of the\nNarseh’s sculptures (once decorating the Paikuli monument and now preserved at the Slemani Museum). These strategies offer clear examples of the potential of interaction between field documentation and the application of innovative technologies aimed at promoting full accessibility of Cultural Heritage. \n  \nAbout the Speaker\nCarlo G. Cereti is a Professor at Sapienza – University of Rome in Iranian Philology\, Religions and History.  He also serves as the Coordinator of the Class in Humanities at the Scuola Superiore di Studi Avanzati – Sapienza\, the Director of the Winter School in Cultural Heritage of the Near and Middle East\, a Rector’s delegate for International cooperation\, and a Senior Fellow at the Scuola Superiore di Studi Avanzati – Sapienza. He studied at the Istituto Universitario Orientale of Naples where in 1985\, he obtained his Master’s (Laurea) degree in Oriental languages and civilizations focusing on Iranian and Indian Studies. In 1992\, he obtained his Ph.D. in the same field.  From 1997 to 1999\, Professor Cereti was engaged in research at the Kommission für Iranistik of the Austrian Academy of Sciences\, while at the same time teaching Iranian Languages at the Seminar für  Sprachwissenschaft of the Vienna University. In 1999\, he served as a visiting professor at the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Parism and in 2002 acted as Directeur de Recherche at the UMRS “Monde Iranien” of the French CNRS. He has published extensively in Iranian Studies\, mainly on Middle Persian and Zoroastrianism. His publications include: An 18th  century Account of Parsi History\, The Qesse-ye Zartoštiān-e Hendustān\, The Zand ī Wahman Yasn: A Zoroastrian Apocalypse\, and La Letteratura Pahlavi. Introduzione ai testi con riferimenti alla storia degli studi ed alla tradizione manoscritta.  Professor Cereti is also a Consulting editor of Encyclopaedia Iranica\, a Member of the Editorial Board of Iran and the Caucasus and The Journal of Persianate Studies\, and a Member of the Advisory Board of Vicino Oriente and Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni. \nPlease click here to RSVP and receive the Zoom information.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/15658/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210203T160000
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SUMMARY:Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Nikolaus Overtoom
DESCRIPTION:Reconsidering the Emergence of the Parthian State: The Crisis of the 240s-230s BCE in the Hellenistic Middle East\nNikolaus 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 Hellenistic Middle East. By emphasizing the changing international-systems elements that led to the expansion of the Arsacid kings\, Overtoom allows scholars to develop a more sophisticated view of how this expansion occurred\, with less causal emphasis merely on the warlike nature of Parthian society or the personalities of individual rulers — important though these were. This monograph draws on a wide variety of sources to explain the political and military encounters that shaped the international environment of the Hellenistic Middle East from the middle third to the early first centuries BCE. This study combines traditional historical approaches\, such as source criticism and the integration of material evidence\, with the incorporation of modern international relations theory to better reconstruct the rise of the Parthians (or Arsacids) to dominance over their Greek\, Persian\, and nomadic neighbors in the ancient Middle East. \nAbout the Speaker\nNikolaus Overtoom is an Assistant Professor of Ancient History at Washington State University.  He is the author of Reign of Arrows: The Rise of the Parthian Empire in the Hellenistic Middle East (Oxford Studies in Early Empires Series\, 2020). He earned his Ph.D. in Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern History from Louisiana State University in 2016. His reserach interests include geopolitics in the ancient world\, ancient international relations\, ancient propaganda\, and imperial rivalries. \n  \nPlease click here to register for this event.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pourdavoud-center-lecture-series-nikolaus-overtoom/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210203T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210203T143000
DTSTAMP:20210107T200318Z
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SUMMARY:From Lor Girl to May Lady: Music\, Sound\, and Constructions of Womanhood in Iranian Cinema
DESCRIPTION:Lecture by Laudan Nooshin\, Professor of Music at City\, University of London\nWednesday\, February 3\, 2021\n1:00 PM (Pacific Time) \nPart 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 Eastern Studies\, with support from the Dean of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. \nSponsor(s):  Center for Near Eastern Studies\, Herb Alpert School of Music\, Iranian Studies \nClick here to RSVP.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/from-lor-girl-to-may-lady-music-sound-and-constructions-of-womanhood-in-iranian-cinema/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210201T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210201T163000
DTSTAMP:20210112T221044Z
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SUMMARY:Bilingual Lecture Series: Panel on Development
DESCRIPTION:“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. \nhttps://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lB7hy0biSWSx61ssFf5jVg
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/bilingual-lecture-series-environmental-panel/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210127T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210127T130000
DTSTAMP:20210115T165822Z
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SUMMARY:Book launch: Domenico Ingenito's Beholding Beauty: Saʿdi of Shiraz and the Aesthetics of Desire in Medieval Persian Poetry (Brill\, 2020)
DESCRIPTION:A conversation with Paul Losensky (Indiana University) and Jane Mikkelson (University of Virginia) \nWednesday\, January 27\, 2021\n10:00 AM (Pacific Time) \nTo RSVP\, please click here.\n  \nBeholding 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 (d. 1292 CE)\, one of the most revered masters of classical Persian literature. Relying on a variety of sources\, including unstudied manuscripts\, Domenico Ingenito presents the so-called “inimitable smoothness” of Saʿdi’s lyric style as a serene yet multifaceted window into the uncanny beauty of the world\, the human body\, and the realm of the unseen. \nThe book constitutes the first attempt to study Saʿdi’s lyric meditations on beauty in the context of the major artistic\, scientific and intellectual trends of his time. By charting unexplored connections between Islamic philosophy and mysticism\, obscene verses and courtly ideals of love\, Ingenito approaches Saʿdi’s literary genius from the perspective of sacred homoeroticism and the psychology of performative lyricism in their historical context. \n  \nSponsor(s):  Center for Near Eastern Studies\, Iranian Studies\, Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/book-launch-domenico-ingenitos-beholding-beauty-sa%ca%bfdi-of-shiraz-and-the-aesthetics-of-desire-in-medieval-persian-poetry-brill-2020/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
ORGANIZER;CN="UCLA Iranian Studies":MAILTO:iranianstudies@humnet.ucla.edu
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