NELC
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Ancient Iran and the Classical World
Royce Hall Room 306 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA (CALIFORNIA)You are invited to attend: Ancient Iran and the Classical World A two-day international symposium jointly hosted by the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World at UCLA and the Getty Research Institute Wednesday, May 29th – 306 Royce Hall, UCLA Thursday, May 30, 2019 – Getty Villa, VN 113-114 Click...
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The Politics of Language in the Making of Diaspora’s Grand Narrative
Kaplan 365In the years immediately following World War II, what was once referred to during the years of post-genocide dispersion as թրքահայութիւն , ցրուածութիւն , գաղութահայութիւն , գաղթահայութիւն , and արտասահմանի հայութիւն became solidified as սփիւռք , and came to imagine itself as a transnationally organized homogenous entity. This presentation focuses on this period of transition...
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Friendship, Love, and the Urge to Write in Christian Batikian’s novel Metal Dreams
Kaplan 365Metal Dreams (Erevan, 2018) is the second book and first novel of the Western Armenian writer Christian Batikian. It is significant on a number of levels, not least of which pertains to its contribution to the vitality of Western Armenian, an endangered language. This presentation however, will not focus on the often-discussed topic of the...
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Reforms, policies and ideologies as propaganda during the decline of despotic power and the wake of nation-building
Kaplan 348Arpi Melikyan is a first-year Ph.D. student in the Department of French and Francophone Studies. In 2015,she received her B.A. in French with a Spanish minor from University of California, Los Angeles. As an undergraduate, she was awarded the Martin-Turrill Memorial Best Essay Award in the French and Francophone Studies department of UCLA. The presentation...
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Applying for Jobs and Life After the Dissertation
Kaplan Hall 365Join NELC faculty Dr. Cate Bonesho, Dr. Kara Cooney, and Dr. Bill Schniedewind for a workshop and discussion of applying for jobs and life after the dissertation. Event Flyer RSVP Below:
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2019 Pourdavoud Center Fall Welcome Reception
Royce 306Please join us for a fall reception at Royce Hall to celebrate the continued success of the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World, the latest addition to the research centers in the Humanities Division. In the company of faculty, our staff, academic affiliates, colleagues, students, and esteemed guests, we shall explore the...
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Bilingual Lecture Series: Dr. Kaveh Madani
78 Dodd Hall 315 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesPlease join UCLA Iranian Studies for the first Bilingual Lecture Series talk of the year. Dr. Kaveh Madani will present his research on Sunday, October 27, 2019 in Dodd Hall 78 at 4:00pm. This lecture will be in Persian. His English lecture will follow on Monday, October 28 at 2:00pm in Bunch Hall 10383.
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Bilingual Lecture Series: Dr. Kaveh Madani
10383 Bunche Hall 11282 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles , CA, United StatesPlease join UCLA Iranian Studies for the first Bilingual Lecture Series talks of the year. Dr. Kaveh Madani will present his research on Monday, October 28 at 2:00pm in Bunch Hall 10383. This lecture will be in English.
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The Indo-European Origins of the Armenian Language
Kaplan 365This presentation will address Indo-European origins of Armenian language, possible Proto-Indo-European homelands, the place of Armenian in the Indo-European language family, and the age of the Armenian language. All are welcome! Pizza and refreshments will be served. All proceedings will be in Armenian. Hrach Martirosyan is currently Lecturer in Eastern Armenian in the department...
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The Uyghur Crisis in China: Adversity, Advocacy, Activism
Royce 314Event Flyer A public event sponsored by the UCLA Islamic Studies Program, the Center for Near Eastern Studies (CNES), and the UCLA Promise Institute for Human Rights Saturday, November 16, 2019 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. UCLA Campus, Royce Hall, Room 314 RSVP to CollegeEvents@support.ucla.edu or 310-825-0913 RSVP is necessary Parking instructions provided upon reservation ...