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SUMMARY:Between Egypt and the Near East: Current Research on the Amarna Letters
DESCRIPTION:Various aspects of the interaction between Egypt and other political and cultural centres of the Ancient Near East have always sparked the attention of scholars\, trying to understand this multi-layered and complex issue — ranging from the interpretation of finds of Egyptian or Egyptianized objects at the ANE sites to a misapprehension in communication resulting from considerably different concepts of royal power and authority. The Amarna tablets are a collection of almost 400 cuneiform documents discovered in the later 1880’s in the ruins of ancient Akhetaten (modern-day Tell el-Amarna). More than 130 years after those were unearthed in Middle Egypt the tablets still represent a primary source for understanding the political\, economic\, and legal relations between Egypt and the client kingdoms of the Levant during the 14th century BC. In recent years several key-studies have been published attempting to analyze the corpus from various angles including the language of the texts\, Egyptian imperialism and policy towards the Levantine city-states as well as transmission\, acquisition\, and adoption of cuneiform in these peripheral regions. It is the aim of this presentation to offer some suggestions concerning the role of Egyptian administration in the Levant\, especially with respect to its cuneiform tradition\, as well as to highlight several aspects of the Egyptian-ANE relations and set those into a wider cultural and political context. \n  \n\nJana Mynářová is an Assyriologist and Egyptologist at the Czech Institute of Egyptology\, Faculty of Arts\, Charles University. She graduated in 2004 in Philology – Languages of Asia and Africa (Charles University\, Prague) and since 2015 she is Associate Professor of Egyptology. She specializes above all in the relations of Egypt and the Near East in the second half of the 2nd millennium BC\, Peripheral Akkadian\, scribal culture\, and political and cultural history of the Levant in the Late Bronze Age. She is currently working on two projects supported by the Czech Science Foundation – Amarna Cuneiform Palaeography and Economic Complexity in the Ancient Near East. Management of Resources and Taxation in the 3rd and 2nd Millennium BC. \n  \n  \nEvent Flyer\n  \n\nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”95″ title=”false” description=”false”]\n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/between-egypt-and-the-near-east-current-research-on-the-amarna-letters/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 365
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Levantine Studies,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181107T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181107T180000
DTSTAMP:20181029T223045Z
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SUMMARY:Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Mark Garrison
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Pourdavoud Center for the first talk of our 2018-2019 Lecture Series\, featuring the research of Dr. Mark Garrison of Trinity University. \nDeities and Ritual at Persepolis: The Evidence from the Persepolis Fortification and Treasury Archives\nThe texts and seals preserved as impressions from two large archives of administrative tablets at Persepolis reveal remarkable rich and varied evidence for religion and religious ritual at and near Persepolis in the reign of Darius I (522-486 BC). The archives are known today as the Persepolis Fortification archive (509–493 BC) and the Persepolis Treasury archive (492–457 BC). \nThis lecture will focus principally on the glyptic imagery preserved from the two archives. The visual record is striking\, original\, and complex. These images raise multiple questions concerning how we approach the traditionally contentious topics of religion\, religious iconography\, and the depiction of ritual in the early Achaemenid period. Of particular interest is the manner in which this evidence compels us to re-visit the famous relief on Darius’ tomb façade at Naqš-e Rostam\, a monument generally considered one of the premier visual expressions of Achaemenid imperial ideology. \nAbout the Speaker\nMark B. Garrison holds the Alice Pratt Brown Distinguished Professorship in Art History in the Department of Art and Art History at Trinity University in San Antonio\, Texas\, USA. His primary research interests are the glyptic arts of ancient Iran and Iraq in the first half of the first millennium BC. He specializes in the glyptic preserved on two large archives from Persepolis\, the Persepolis Fortification archive and the Persepolis Treasury archive. With Margaret Cool Root\, he is author of Seals on the Persepolis Fortification Tablets\, Volume I: Images of Heroic Encounter\, Oriental Institute Publications 117 (The Oriental Institute: Chicago\, 2001). In addition to the documentary work represented in that publication\, his research has focused upon social aspects of glyptic production in workshops in Persepolis\, especially the issues surrounding the impact of individuals of high status and/or administrative rank on the development of glyptic style and iconography in the early Achaemenid period. His publications have also addressed the emergence and development of royal ideology in glyptic at Persepolis\, religious imagery in Achaemenid art\, and the relationship of glyptic of the Achaemenid period with earlier glyptic traditions in Assyria\, Babylonia\, and Elam. His most recent books are: The Ritual Landscape at Persepolis: Glyptic Imagery from the Persepolis Fortification and Treasury Archives (Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 72\, Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago\, 2017)\, which won the 2018 Ehsan Yarshater Book Award; Communication\, Language and Power in the Achaemenid Empire: Volume 2: The Seals and Bullae of the Satrap Aršāma (Oxford: Oxford University Press\, in press\, co-author with W.F.M. Henkelman); The Art of Empire in Achaemenid Persia: Festschrift in Honor of Margaret Cool Root (Achaemenid History. Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten\, in press\, co-editor with E.R.M. Dusinberre and W.F.M. Henkelman). \nTo RSVP\, please visit: https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/events/pourdavoud-center-lecture-series-mark-garrison/
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pourdavoud-center-lecture-series-mark-garrison/
LOCATION:Royce Hall Room 306
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181102T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181102T143000
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Research Presentations and Q&A
DESCRIPTION:12:00 – 1:00pm \nOverspecializing the Specialist: Reevaluating the Role of Producers in the Study of Technological Interconnectivity\nNadia Ben-Marzouk (Archaeology) \nAccounting for Kingship: The Samaria Ostraca as Royal Performance Jason Price (Hebrew Bible) \nAn Image on the Stele or a Ghost in the Shell? A Cognitive Scientific Approach to the Material “Soul” in the Levant\nTimothy Hogue (Hebrew Bible) \n1:00 – 2:00pm \nQWS\, Edom\, and Identities: Exploring the Use of Theophoric Elements in Onomastica as Markers of Identity\nAndrew Danielson (Archaeology) \nThe Role of the Hyksos in Technological Transmission and Its Influence on New Kingdom Egypt\nDani Candelora (Egyptology) \nEarthly and Eternal: The Poetics of Violence in Ancient Egypt\nRose Campbell (Egyptology) \n2:00 – 2:30pm \nData Capture Strategies at Tel Shimron during the 2017 Season\nNicholas Schulte (Archaeology) \n‘In Honor or Memory of’ Whom? Exploring the Gendered Nature of Festschrifts and Memorial Volumes\nAmanda Bauer (Archaeology \n  \n  \nEvent Flyer\n  \nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”91″ title=”false” description=”false”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/graduate-student-research-presentations-and-qa/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 365
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Egyptology,Hebrew & Jewish,Hebrew Bible,Middle Eastern Studies,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181023T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181023T133000
DTSTAMP:20190510T170655Z
CREATED:20181016T234945Z
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SUMMARY:Imagined Wahhabis:  Disentangling British and Indian Representations  of Wahhabism in Colonial India
DESCRIPTION:Throughout the nineteenth century\, the British in India feared a vast conspiracy of “Wahhabi” Muslim fanatics that threatened their imperial interests. While the British discourse on so-called Indian Wahhabis has received significant attention from academics\, the same is not true of an Indian Muslim discourse on Wahhabis. A closer analysis of the latter not only helps explain why the British used the specific term “Wahhabi” to refer to potential rebels\, but also reveals that Indian Muslim concerns about Wahhabis were tied to intra-Muslim debates about how to define Islam. \n  \nMohsin Ali is a PhD student in Islamic Studies. His interests include modern intellectual history an scholarly networks between South Asia and the Middle East. \n  \n  \n  \n\n  \nEvent Flyer\n  \nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”90″ title=”false” description=”false”]\n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/imagined-wahhabis-disentangling-british-and-indian-representations-of-wahhabism-in-colonial-india/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 365
CATEGORIES:NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181015T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181015T160000
DTSTAMP:20181015T181604Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20181015T181604Z
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SUMMARY:The Relationship of Egyptian and Semitic
DESCRIPTION:  \nIt has long been known that the ancient Egyptian language is related to the Semitic language family\, but the details of this relationship are still not fully understood. In this lecture\, we will look at the major similarities (and differences) of the two language groups\, including topics in phonology\, morphology\, and the lexicon\, with an eye towards identifying inherited Afroasiatic features. We will also look at how Egyptian and some dialects of Northwest Semitic influenced one another as a consequence of sustained linguistic and cultural contact. \n\n\n\n\nAaron Rubin is Malvin and Lea Bank Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies\, Jewish Studies\, and Linguistics at Penn State University\, where he has taught since 2004. His main field of research is the Semitic family of languages\, in particular Hebrew\, Mehri\, and Jibbali. Recently\, he has also been exploring manuscripts in lesser known Jewish languages\, such as Judeo-Italian and Judeo-Urdu. He has authored seven monographs\, and co-edited four volumes. His most recent works are Omani Mehri: A New Grammar with Texts (2018) and Handbook of Jewish Languages (2016). \n\nEvent Flyer\nPlease RSVP\n[gravityform id=”88″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/the-relationship-of-egyptian-and-semitic/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 348
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Egyptology,Humanities,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180927T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180927T173000
DTSTAMP:20180922T003013Z
CREATED:20180802T173154Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180922T003013Z
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SUMMARY:Ice Cream Social
DESCRIPTION:Stop by to have a delicious treat and learn about the different majors and minors offered by the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. Meet other students in the majors and minors\, as well as current faculty. Non-dairy options will be available! \n[gravityform id=”87″ title=”false” description=”false”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/ice-cream-social-2/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180926T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180926T130000
DTSTAMP:20180922T002854Z
CREATED:20180802T172645Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180922T002854Z
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SUMMARY:Fellowship Funding Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Interested in learning more about the Graduate Summer Research Mentorship (GSRM)\, Graduate Research Mentorship (GRM)\, Dissertation Year Fellowship (DYF) and other extramural funding opportunities? Want to know what it takes to make a successful proposal? \n  \nChérie Francis currently works in the Fellowships & Financial Services unit of UCLA’s Graduate Division. Dr. Francis sees her 31-year career in higher education as having offered a series of opportunities to inform others about the benefits of an undergraduate and/or graduate education and about the added value brought to that education by the existence and nurturing of a diverse body of students\, faculty\, and staff. Dr. Francis earned her bachelor’s degree in French at Middlebury College (VT)\, her master’s degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) at the University of Pennsylvania\, and her doctorate in Educational Leadership at UCLA. \n[gravityform id=”86″ title=”false” description=”false”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/fellowship-funding-workshop-2/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180828T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180828T140000
DTSTAMP:20180816T165104Z
CREATED:20180802T165518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180816T165104Z
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SUMMARY:Reuse of New Kingdom Monuments and Visitors’ Graffiti in Late and Graeco-Roman Period Elkab
DESCRIPTION:Since 2016\, the Oxford Expedition to Elkab has extended its work of epigraphic recording and publication to the Late and Graeco-Roman Period monuments and inscriptions in the necropolis and the adjacent Wadi Hillal. Recording of the inscribed material\, which mainly consists of unpublished graffiti and secondary inscriptions\, is proceeding hand-in-hand with the re-documentation of the entirety of the monuments and architectural structures that host them (New Kingdom and later tomb chapels\, the Ramesside/Ptolemaic hemispeos\, and the temple of Amenhotep III)\, through digital techniques based on photogrammetry. This is in order to enable the study and presentation of both textual and architectural material in context\, with a holistic approach that is intended to reflect the original situation on site. Samples of the epigraphic material collected so far (both textual and figural in nature) and the techniques employed in its recording will be discussed in the course of this seminar. \n  \nLuigi Prada is British Academy Research Fellow in Egyptology at the University of Oxford and a Trustee of the Egypt Exploration Society\, London. Previously\, he was Visiting Associate Professor in Egyptology at the University of Copenhagen\, Junior Research Fellow and Lecturer in Egyptology and Coptic at the University of Oxford\, and Theodor Heuss Research Fellow for the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the University of Heidelberg. Luigi’s main research interests lie in ancient Egyptian textual studies—with special focus on texts from the later phases of ancient Egypt’s history\, in hieroglyphs\, hieratic\, and demotic—\, as well as in the study of Graeco-Egyptian bilingualism and ancient translations\, in connection with the development of Coptic. He is also active in the field\, both in Egypt (as Assistant Field Director of the Oxford Expedition to Elkab)\, and in Sudan (as an epigraphist at Jebel Dosha and the Dal Cataract). \n  \nEvent Flyer\n  \nPlease RSVP for Event\n[gravityform id=”85″ title=”false” description=”false”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/reuse-of-new-kingdom-monuments-and-visitors-graffiti-in-late-and-graeco-roman-period-elkab/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Egyptology,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180610T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180610T183000
DTSTAMP:20180524T190840Z
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SUMMARY:"Untaken Paths"- Film Screening and Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Film Screening of Untaken Paths (2017\, 106 min\, English subtitles) from director Tahmieh Milani will be followed by a panel discussion. \nAbout the Film: Legendary feminist filmmaker Tahmineh Milani is no stranger to stories of women’s marital struggles. Untaken Paths\, her fourteenth feature\, tells the story of a young woman in love who marries against the wishes of her family. She is challenged when her nascent marriage is thrown into trouble because of the couple’s roots in different social strata. The film explores issues including domestic violence and women’s resistance. \nPanel discussion by: Poet\, writer\, literary\, and film critic\, Partow Nooriala\, Clinical Psychologist\, Dr. Nelly Fardnoody-Zahiri\, and Family Law Specialist\, Abbas Hadjian. See flyer for more information. \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/untaken-paths-film-screening-and-discussion/
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:20180524T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180524T133000
DTSTAMP:20180524T152124Z
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SUMMARY:A Romano-Egyptian Obelisk Beyond the Nile
DESCRIPTION:Using a Romano-Egyptian obelisk from the collection of the Museo del Sannio in Benevento\, Italy as a case study\, this talk will overview the major themes of the current Getty exhibition “Beyond the Nile: Egypt and the Classical World.” This exhibition explores cross-cultural interactions between Egypt\, Greece\, and Rome from about 2000 BC until about AD 300. Part of a new Getty initiative called The Classical World in Context\, the exhibition kicks off a series that will highlight the Classical world’s relationships with other ancient cultures. The themes encapsulated in the obelisk – an Egyptian monument made during the reign of emperor Domitian and set up at a temple to Isis in Benevento – will be connected to other objects in the exhibition\, demonstrating that many of the underlying motivations for contact remained the same over the course of nearly 2500 years. \n  \nSara E. Cole is an Assistant Curator in the Antiquities Department at the Getty Villa. She received her PhD from Yale University in 2015. Her research focuses primarily on cross-cultural exchange in Graeco-Roman Egypt and she is a co-curator of the Getty exhibition “Beyond the Nile: Egypt and the Classical World.” Prior to joining the Getty\, she curated the exhibitions “Glass of the Ancient Mediterranean” (McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture\, Knoxville\, TN\, 2014) and “Drink That You May Live: Ancient Glass from the Yale University Art Gallery” (Yale University Art Gallery\, New Haven\, CT\, 2017). \n  \nEvent Flyer \n  \nPlease RSVP for Event\n[gravityform id=”82″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/a-romano-egyptian-obelisk-beyond-the-nile/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Egyptology,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180520T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180520T180000
DTSTAMP:20180509T172003Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20180509T172003Z
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SUMMARY:Is There a Persian Literary History? Twentieth-century Journals and the Formation of Literary Criticism
DESCRIPTION:Aria Fani (UC Berkeley) \nThis talk will consider the role of early twentieth-century Persian-language journals in institutionalizing what we know as Persian literary history today in Iran and Afghanistan. The focus of the talk will be Mohammad Taqi Bahar’s journal Daneshkadeh\, and in particular ‘Abbas Eqbal-Ashtiyani’s series titled “Tarikh-e adabi” (Literary history\, 1918-1919). Once we investigate the ways in which literary journals have helped to forge and institutionalize Persian literary history\, they will emerge not just as a byproduct of literary modernization\, but as one of its main sites of power and literary production. \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/is-there-a-persian-literary-history-twentieth-century-journals-and-the-formation-of-literary-criticism/
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:20180517T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180517T183000
DTSTAMP:20180516T184413Z
CREATED:20180430T221922Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180516T184413Z
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SUMMARY:Grad (WINE) + Cheese
DESCRIPTION:Come and enjoy an evening with fellow grad students of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures! Avoid work\, and your professors!\n\nBYOB!!!\nThis event is sponsored by the Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Humanities Council funds\, so no funds can be spent on alcoholic beverages.  HumCo money will provide non-alcoholic refreshments and food\, but please bring your own beverages! \nEvent Flyer \n[gravityform id=”81″ title=”false” description=”false”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/grad-wine-cheese/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180507T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180507T180000
DTSTAMP:20180427T213935Z
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SUMMARY:Soundtrack of the Revolution: The Politics of Music in Iran
DESCRIPTION:Nahid Siamdoust (Yale University) \nSoundtrack of the Revolution offers a striking account of Iranian culture\, politics\, and social change. Drawing on over five years of research in Iran\, including during the 2009 protests\, Nahid Siamdoust introduces a full cast of characters\, from musicians and audience members to state officials\, and takes readers into concert halls and underground performances\, as well as the state licensing and censorship offices. \nEvent Flyer \n  \nRegistration\nPlease complete this form to register for the event. Seating is limited.  \n[gravityform id=”79″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/soundtrack-of-the-revolution-the-politics-of-music-in-iran/
LOCATION:Royce Hall Room 306\, 340 Royce Drive\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180425T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180425T183000
DTSTAMP:20180410T163159Z
CREATED:20180410T163159Z
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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:20180423T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180423T170000
DTSTAMP:20180516T183230Z
CREATED:20180326T235325Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180516T183230Z
UID:9787-1524492000-1524502800@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:In the Workshop of an Ancient Egyptian Sculptor
DESCRIPTION:In 1912\, the excavation team of the Deutsch Orient-Gesellschaft under the direction of Ludwig Borchardt revealed the exceptional remains of the estate and workshop of an ancient Egyptian sculptor of the middle of the 15th century BCE\, who worked for Pharaoh Akhenaten in the latter’s new royal residence of Akhet-Aten (modern Amarna)\, in Middle Egypt. Next to the world-famous bust of Nefertiti\, the German excavators unearthed a collection of plaster portrait studies that allow reconstructing the creation procedure of ancient Egyptian portraits as well as the technique used to ensure the consistency of royal portraiture in ancient Egypt. The presentation will address those issues from a hands-on perspective\, as well as the reason why this royal sculptor\, named Thutmose\, kept those plaster pieces in his estate. \n  \nDimitri Laboury is Research Director of the FNRS\, the National Foundation for Scientific Research of Belgium\, at the University of Liège\, where he teaches Ancient Egyptian Art History\, Archaeology\, History and History of Religion\, as Associate Professor. Trained as an Egyptologist and an Art Historian\, he specialized in the study of Ancient Egyptian thought and cultural history through the art of that civilization. His interests range from the study of royal statuary to the analysis of painterly practices in the decoration of Theban Tombs\, and from the history of western reception of Ancient Egyptian art to a theoretical approach to the functioning and meaning of Ancient Egyptian art. He is currently preparing the edition of an Oxford Handbook of Egyptian Epigraphy and Paleography at Oxford University Press. \n  \nEvent Flyer \n[gravityform id=”77″ title=”true” description=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/workshop-ancient-egyptian-sculptor/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Egyptology,Middle Eastern Studies,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180422T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180422T180000
DTSTAMP:20180416T174857Z
CREATED:20180410T000841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180416T174857Z
UID:9919-1524412800-1524420000@nelc.ucla.edu
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:20180416T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180416T170000
DTSTAMP:20180410T172350Z
CREATED:20180326T234701Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180410T172350Z
UID:9781-1523887200-1523898000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Royal Succession in Ancient Egypt and Early Trade in the Eastern Mediterranean
DESCRIPTION:Royal Succession in Ancient Egypt\nNowhere are the legal terms of royal succession in ancient Egypt set out in explicit terms. The concept of hereditary monarchy manifests a wide range of modes of succession across time and place\, and today we will review these\, together with such evidence as survives from Egypt to discuss the way in which Egyptian pharaonic succession may have functioned\, in both theory and practice. We also consider the evidence for and existence of\, the institution of coregency. \nAidan Dodson is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology & Archaeology at the University of Bristol. His primary research interests concern ancient Egypt and funerary customs. His particular areas of specialization are Egyptian dynastic history and chronology\, tomb architecture\, coffin and sarcophagus design\, canopic equipment\, and the history of Egyptology\, particularly in Bristol. A prolific author and editor of nearly three hundred academic works\, he has worked to publish the coffins and related material from the tomb of Tutankhamun\, and his recent books include The Royal Tombs of Ancient Egypt. \n  \nEarly Trade in the Eastern Mediterranean\nThe talk will address the earliest trade from around the beginning of the Bronze Age. We will do our best to trace and follow its main lines\, engaging with both the historical and theoretical questions that arise treating precious materials\, textiles\, and so on in addition to dealing with prices\, values\, import substitution and product substitution as well as circulation. We will discuss grain in particular in order to provide a critical perspective on long term changes. There will be a prolonged period for questions and discussion of the range of issues raised by such a broad topic\, so audience input will be both vital and welcomed. \nDavid Warburton studies political science\, archaeology and Egyptology. He holds degrees from the American University of Beirut (BA\, MA)\, the University of Bern (D.phil)\, and the Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (HDR). Warburton has since taught in cities across the world – Bern\, Copenhagen\, Aarhus\, Lyon\, Berlin\, Cairo\, and Changchun. His excavations\, surveys & epigraphy have taken place in France\, Switzerland\, Syria\, Iraq\, Yemen\, and Egypt. He serves as the Resident Director for the American Institute for Yemeni Studies from 1993-1995. His publications include books on economics\, religion\, chronology\, stratigraphy; articles & chapters on economics\, religion\, chronology\, stratigraphy\, colour terminology\, history of science\, architecture\, excavation reports; and many reviews \n  \nEvent Flyer\nEvent Flyer\nPlease RSVP for Event\n[gravityform id=”76″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/royal-succession-ancient-egypt-and-early-trade-in-the-eastern-mediterranean/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180411T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180411T170000
DTSTAMP:20180516T194627Z
CREATED:20180326T222225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180516T194627Z
UID:9768-1523458800-1523466000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:ARCE Practice Talks Round 2
DESCRIPTION:The Compositional Design of Djedhor Cairo JE 46341 \nMichael Chen (Egyptology). This paper examines the layout of spells upon the statue surfaces of Djedhor to uncover the inherent planning behind the design of the statue. This strategic design reveals both a balanced spell arrangement and the inscribing order of the statue’s construction. The patterns observed in my analysis permit a greater intertextual study of magical healing spells and a better understanding of these spells’ relationships with materiality. \n  \n\nTemple Rank and 21st Dynasty Funerary Papyri: Documenting Status in Theban Society \n\nMarissa Stevens (Egyptology). This talk focuses on the funerary papyri of the Theban priesthood and the choices they made regarding the content of the papyri. These choices of content reflect the positions these priests held within the temple\, and oftentimes passed through the generations\, illustrating the inheritance of temple positions and the importance of hereditary positions in this religiously entrenched society \n  \nEvent Flyer\n[gravityform id=”74″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/arce-practice-talks-round-2/
LOCATION:161 Dodd Hall\, 315 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Egyptology,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180408T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180408T180000
DTSTAMP:20180404T171352Z
CREATED:20180205T201517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180404T171352Z
UID:9295-1523203200-1523210400@nelc.ucla.edu
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:20180313T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180313T163000
DTSTAMP:20180303T005249Z
CREATED:20180302T205936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180303T005249Z
UID:9565-1520953200-1520958600@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Egyptology in Nazi Germany: Ideology\, Scholarship\, Careers
DESCRIPTION:The history of Egyptology in the Third Reich has long been tabooed and never been the subject of academic analysis. Based on extensive archival research in Germany\, this lecture will provide an overview of the discipline under National Socialism. It will look at the careers of individual scholars\, from the emigrants and those persecuted to scholars who served in the SA\, SS and Waffen-SS\, and who themselves as “political leaders” for the new regime. Attempts to align Egyptology\, a discipline studying a “non-Aryan” civilization\, with Nazi ideas occurred early on; in addition\, the German Archaeological Institute in Egypt played an important role in Nazi propaganda in the Middle East. The discipline’s history in Nazi Germany was also of decisive significance for the post-war development of Egyptology in the United States. More fundamentally\, the history of academe since the Weimar Republic is an example of the diverse dispositions of scholarship to political pressure and the fragility of tenets of academic integrity. \nThomas Schneider is Professor of Egyptology and Near Eastern Studies at the University of British Columbia\, Vancouver. He studied at Zurich\, Basel\, and Paris\, earning a Master’s degree (Lizentiat)\, a doctorate\, and a habilitation in Egyptology at the University of Basel. He has published widely in his main areas of research: Egyptian interconnections with the Levant and the Near East (including Egypt and the Bible)\, Egyptian history and chronology\, Egyptian historical phonology\, and the history of Egyptology in Nazi Germany. He is founding editor of the Journal of Egyptian History\, as well as editor of Near Eastern Archaeology for the American Schools of Oriental Research. \n  \nEvent Flyer\n  \nPlease RSVP for Event\n[gravityform id=”72″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/egyptology-nazi-germany-ideology-scholarship-careers/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:NELC
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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:20180205T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180205T180000
DTSTAMP:20180131T003207Z
CREATED:20180131T003207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180131T003207Z
UID:9270-1517848200-1517853600@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Rare Manuscripts of the Moroccan Royal Library: An Introduction and Overview
DESCRIPTION:This lecture will describe some of the rare holdings of al-Khizāna al-Ḥassania\, discuss issues related to Maghribi paleography\, codicology\, and art\, imagery\, and the symbolism and significance of color used in selected manuscripts. The lecture will also offer advice for potential researchers and suggest fruitful avenues for research in manuscripts at the Ḥassania Library. \n  \nDr. Khalid Zahri is Assistant Director\, Curator\, and researcher for the manuscript collection of the Hassania Royal Library in Morocco. He travels widely to share his expertise in manuscript preservation and publication of glosses and commentaries. He has presented lectures and facilitated workshops across the Arab world\, Southeast Asia\, and Western Europe. He is an established expert in Muslim theology (kalām)\, Sufism\, and the methodology of Islamic law (uṣūl al-fiqh). \n  \nEvent Flyer\n\nPlease RSVP for Event\n[gravityform id=”70″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/rare-manuscripts-moroccan-royal-library-introduction-overview/
LOCATION:NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365)\, 365 Humanities\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES: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:20171208T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171208T170000
DTSTAMP:20171102T164453Z
CREATED:20171026T175222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171102T164453Z
UID:8827-1512745200-1512752400@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Holiday Party
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for our First Annual Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Holiday Party! Come meet faculty\, graduate\, and undergraduate students within the program. Refreshments will be provided. \nEvent Flyer\n\nPlease RSVP for Event\n[gravityform id=”61″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/2017-holiday-party/
LOCATION:NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365)\, 365 Humanities\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171205T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171205T130000
DTSTAMP:20171121T190102Z
CREATED:20171026T190250Z
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SUMMARY:From Pastoral Nomads to Policemen: Ethnicity and Identity of the Medjay in Ancient Egypt
DESCRIPTION:Professor Kate Liszka will provide a lecture on the introduction of the diverse textual\, artistic\, and archaeological sources that help us identify how Medjay evolved from an ethnic group to Egypt’s most important police force. Come learn more about the Medjay people. Lunch will be provided. \n  \nKate Liszka completed her degree in Egyptology at the University of Pennsylvania in 2012. In her dissertation\, she studied the evolution of the Medjay from the Old Kingdom—when they were a Nubian ethnic group of itinerant laborers—to the beginning of the New Kingdom—when they became an elite military group who protected places of pharaonic interest\, like the borders of Egypt against the Nubians. Kate Liszka went on to become a Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow in the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts at Princeton University. Currently\, she is proud to be the Benson and Pamela Harer Chair and Assistant Professor of History at California State University\, San Bernardino. \n  \nEvent Flyer\n\nPlease RSVP for Event\n[gravityform id=”60″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pastoral-nomads-policemen-ethnicity-identity-medjay-ancient-egypt/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Egyptology,NELC
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