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  • Fowler Films: The Dawn is Too Far: Stories of Iranian-American Life

    UCLA Fowler Museum

    The UCLA Program of Iranian Studies is pleased to co-sponsor the following event: The Dawn is Too Far: Stories of Iranian-American Life   Click here to RSVP.   This compelling documentary highlights the untold stories of eight Iranian Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area, weaving together personal narratives from both Iran and the United...

  • Pourdavoud Lecture Series: Lucinda Dirven: Zoroastrianism in the Religious Context of the Arsacid Empire

    Royce 306

    November 5, 2025 Royce Hall 306, 4:00pm Download Event Flyer Here Zoom link for online attendance: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/94920554065 RSVP link: https://forms.gle/2BmZz73crt582bJJ8 Zoroastrianism in the Religious Context of the Arsacid Empire Unlike the tendency to emphasize the multifaceted and diverse aspects of religious life in the Parthian Empire, this talk aims to identify shared characteristics by focusing...

  • Bilingual Lecture Series: Panel Discussion on Iran’s Current Economic, Political, and Environmental Situation

    Zoom

    Panel Discussion on Iran’s Current Economic, Political, and Environmental Situation SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2025 4:00 PM PST NOW ONLINE ONLY To watch on Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/97789716771 Panelists Include: Iran’s Water Crisis: Current Realities and Preconditions for Solutions Amir AghaKouchak is a Chancellor’s Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth System Science at the University of...

  • Antigoni Zournatzi: Greek-Persian Encounters c. 550–c. 330 BCE

    Pourdavoud Lecture Series: Antigoni Zournatzi: Greek-Persian Encounters c. 550–c. 330 BCE

    Royce 306

    Wednesday, December 3, 2025 Royce Hall 306, 4:00pm Download Event Flyer Here Zoom link for online attendance: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/91230760258 RSVP link Greek-Persian Encounters c. 550 – c. 330 BCE: Looking Beyond Stereotypes Ancient Greek—and particularly Athenian—bias against the Achaemenid empire has contributed significantly to the modern perception of historical relations between the Greeks and the Persians...

  • Bilingual Lecture Series: Panel on Afghan Refugees in Iran

    Online Via Zoom

    Panel on Afghan Refugees in Iran January 12, 2026 11:00am Pacific Time Online via Zoom In Persian and English Registration Required Registration Link: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hcYEa8i_QB6EIvQRBb9YEw Munazza Ebtikar PANEL MODERATOR Dr. Munazza Ebtikar recently completed her PhD (2025) in Politics, History, and Anthropology at the University of Oxford. She was a 2024-2025 Peace Fellow at Princeton's School...

  • Bilingual Lecture Series: Ali Gheissari

    314 Royce Hall

    Hasan Pirnia and Constitutional Experience: Articulation of Public Law and the Prospects of Modern State in Iran, 1905-1925 Ali Gheissari University of San Diego Sunday, January 25, 2026 Lecture in Persian Royce Hall 314, 4:00pm Zoom link for hybrid online viewing both days: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/92182697630 The topic of this presentation will be an assessment of the...

  • Bilingual Lecture Series: Ali Gheissari

    10383 Bunche Hall 11282 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles , CA, United States

    Hasan Pirnia and Constitutional Experience: Articulation of Public Law and the Prospects of Modern State in Iran, 1905-1925 Ali Gheissari University of San Diego Monday, January 26, 2026 Lecture in English Bunche Hall 10383, 11:00am Zoom link for hybrid online viewing both days: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/92182697630 The topic of this presentation will be an assessment of the...

  • Chaucer’s “Ioveris maladye / Of Hereos,” Avicenna’s Treatise on Love, and an Arabic-Islamic Metaphysics of Love

    Kaplan 348

      The CMRS Center for Early Global Studies, the Near Eastern Languages and Cultures department, and the Comparative Literature department are pleased to present a talk with Shazia Jagot (York University) titled Chaucer’s “Ioveris maladye / Of Hereos,” Avicenna’s Treatise on Love, and an Arabic-Islamic Metaphysics of Love. The talk will take place on Wednesday, February 11,...

  • Pourdavoud Lecture Series: Verena Lepper

    Royce 306

    Elephantine Goes Global: Island of the Millennia Wednesday, February 25, 2026 4:00pm Royce Hall 306   Alternate Live Stream on Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/94774888079 RSVP Link: https://forms.gle/uhWcmWsk8DDH1Rdv9   Over a period of ten years a research project funded by the European Research Council (ERC) was conducted at the National Museums in Berlin entitled “Localizing 4000 years of...

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