Iranian Studies Lecture: Yann Richard
Royce 306Some major landmarks of modern Iranian history such as the 1921 coup d’Etat or the toppling of Mosaddeq in 1953 are now checked with critical attention by historians. Was the 1953 coup against Mosaddeq an American achievement or did it eventually succeed through a popular uprising? If the Shiite clergy would be responsible for the...
Headless Men and Shattered Bodies: The Destruction of Prisoner Statues during the Late Old Kingdom
Kaplan 365Six pharaohs of the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties erected nearly life-size statues of kneeling bound foreigners in their pyramid complexes. These unique statues, which are known as prisoner statues, have only ever been discovered in fragments. This has led scholars to question whether the statues had been intentionally broken for ritualistic reasons. However, only the...
The Indo-European Origins of the Armenian Language
365 Kaplan HallThis 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 welcome Pizza and refreshments will be served All proceedings will be in Armenian Co-Sponsored by the UCLA Center for World Languages Hrach Martirosyan is currently Lecturer...
Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Everett Wheeler
Royce Hall Room 306 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA (CALIFORNIA)Dr. Everett Wheeler of Duke University will present his research on "Parthians in the Roman Army" for the Pourdavoud Center on January 15, 2020. Parthians in the Roman Army The open frontier along the Euphrates River between the Roman and Parthian empires by no means marked a cultural divide. From the time of Pompey on,...
The Arabicization of Christian Egypt: Reframing the Debate
365 Kaplan HallThe linguistic evolution of Egypt has been studied at some length, and with the invaluable evidence offered by the papyrological sources it has been possible to make very fine and detailed observations on the chronology and distribution of linguistic change. The different linguistic balance established by the Egyptian language with the two imperial languages that...
Bilingual Lecture Series: Ahmad Kiarostami
121 Dodd Hall 390 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesPlease join the Iranian Studies Program at UCLA for a Bilingual Lecture Series film screening of Case No. I, Case No. 2. The film and following Q&A with Ahmad Kiarostami will be in Persian.
Does Jewish Biblical Scholarship Exist: A Historical Perspective
314 Royce HallBible and Its Interpreters Seminar Series Moderator: William Schniedewind (UCLA) Sponsored by: The UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies Cosponsored by: The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and Center for the Study of Religion How and when did Jewish scholars enter into the mainstream of biblical scholarship? What religious and other constraints...
Armenian Personal Names
365 Kaplan Hall1. Native and Iranian Layers 2. Divine Twins in the Armenian Epic All welcome Pizza and refreshments will be served All proceedings will be in Armenian Hrach Martirosyan is currently Lecturer in Eastern Armenian in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA. After receiving his MA in Philology from Vanadzor Pedagogical...
Amuzegar Lecture Series: Robert Steele
Royce 306Please join the Iranian Studies Program for a lecture by Dr. Robert Steele. Ancient Persia in Pahlavi Politics: The Imperial Celebrations of 1971 and Cultural Policy under the Shah In October 1971, heads of state, political and cultural figures, business leaders, and journalists from around the world came to Persepolis at the invitation of Shah...
Through the Female Gaze: Men in the Book of Genesis
193 Kaplan HallSponsored by The UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies Cosponsored by The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures While the bulk of biblical scholarship on the book of Genesis had been conducted by men and about men, more recent works have used feminist approaches to center the female characters in Genesis from...