Bilingual Lecture Series: Nazanin Shahrokni
Book Talk - Women in Place: The Politics of Gender Segregation in Iran (University of California Press, 2020) by Nazanin Shahrokni To register and receive the Zoom webinar information, please click here. This lecture will be in Persian.
Bilingual Lecture Series: Nazanin Shahrokni
Book Talk - Women in Place: The Politics of Gender Segregation in Iran (University of California Press, 2020) by Nazanin Shahrokni To register and receive the Zoom webinar information, please click here. This lecture will be in English.
Pahlavi Workshop: Pahlavi Foreign Relations
Pahlavi Foreign Relations To download the full program of events, click here. This third panel of the Iranian Studies workshop, “History and Historiography of Pahlavi Iran, 1921-1979: A Workshop” will feature the research of: Gregory Brew Fellow, Center for Presidential History, Southern Methodist University Paper: The Birth of the Pahlavi Petro-State: Oil Companies,...
Pahlavi Workshop: Pahlavi Iran and Global History
Pahlavi Iran and Global History To download the full program of events, click here. This final panel of the Iranian Studies workshop, “History and Historiography of Pahlavi Iran, 1921-1979: A Workshop” will feature the research of: Roham Alvandi Associate Professor of International History, London School of Economics and Political Science Paper: Bringing Down...
Pourdavoud Center Workshop: Udjahorresnet’s Egypt
Udjahorresnet’s Egypt: The Crossroads of Conquest and Identity under Achaemenid Rule The 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...
Engaging Lived Religion: Muslim Communities in LA
OnlineJoin 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...
Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Almut Hintze
The Yasna Ritual in Performance Up 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 Burials of the 25th Dynasty and Napatan Kings
OnlineThe 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. Peter Lacovara (B.A. 1976, Boston University; Ph.D. 1993 The Oriental...
22nd St. Shenouda-UCLA Conference of Coptic Studies
OnlineUCLA is proud to announce the 22nd St. Shenouda-UCLA Conference of Coptic Studies. Please visit http://www.stshenouda.org/22conferencereg2021 to view all conference information. Click here to RSVP at Coptic Studies Conference website
Pourdavoud Center Fall Welcome Event
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,...