Rethinking Divine Kingship in Ancient Egypt
Kaplan Hall 365The divinity of the king and the power it implies has attracted the attention of Egyptologists ever since the inception of the field. Much of the debate has centered on determining whether the king was either the foremost of the human or the lowest of the gods. Inherent in these conversations was the assumption that...
HOW MOSES BECAME A LEVITE
Royce Hall 314 340 Royce Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesThe Bible presents Moses as Israel’s prophet par excellence and among the most prominent members of the Israelite tribe of Levi. But how does this picture of Moses square with actual history? How did the memory of an early Transjordanian holy man become part of a priestly tradition in ancient Israel? Answering these (and other)...
Tigran Mansurian 80th Anniversary Celebration
Jan Popper TheaterSponsored by the Herb Alpert School of Music Co-sponsored by Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Symposium: "East and West: Search for Meeting Point" 2:00pm - 5:30pm March 6th, Jan Popper Theater FREE ADMISSION Armenia’s foremost living composer’s 80th anniversary is celebrated during a day-long symposium. Featured symposium speakers include composer/pianist Artur Avanesov (Armenia); Artistic Administrator...
Graduate Seminar in Armenian Studies: Komitas and the Paradigm of Armenian Musical Identity
Kaplan 365Lilit Yernjakyan is a musicologist, Doctor of Arts, professor, Honored Worker of Art of the Republic of Armenia, Leading Researcher at the Institute of Arts of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia and a professor at the Komitas State Conservatory in Yerevan. She is also a member of the Composers’ Union...
Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Stefan Hauser
Royce Hall Room 306 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA (CALIFORNIA)Dr. Stefan Hauser will present his research as part of the Pourdavoud Center 2018-2019 Lecture Series. Dr. Hauser is Professor of Archaeology and Ancient Mediterranean Culture at the Universität Konstanz, Germany. He is also a Getty Scholar for the 2018-2019 academic year. To RSVP, please click here. Charax Spasinou Research on the Capital of...
The faces of the Priests of Amun Exploring Egyptian ‘yellow coffins’ with 3D-modelling
Kaplan 365In collaboration with the Vatican Coffin Project a project was started based on a new methodological approach for studying ‘yellow coffins’. The project is mainly based on the analysis of ‘facial features’ carved on the lid. These are important elements regarding the typology and the classification of the statues, but they have never been considered...
Ottoman Armenian Theater and the Role of Actresses in Forging New Cultural Norms
Kaplan Hall 365The presentation discusses the emergence of theater among Ottoman Armenians in the 19th century in the context of modernization and national awakening and the role Armenian actresses had in the development and popularization of the art. Theater played the dual role of reflecting and serving as an agent of sociocultural and political shifts. Largely concentrating...
Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Mehrnoush Soroush
Royce Hall Room 306 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA (CALIFORNIA)Please join the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World for a lecture by Dr. Mehrnoush Soroush of Harvard University as part of the 2018-2019 Lecture Series. The Lords of Canals and Bridges: Re-Examining the Sasanian Hydraulic Landscapes and Their Heritage in the Islamic Period Sasanian kings are known as builders of impressive...
Undergraduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies
Royce 3066:30 p.m.-7:00 Refreshments 7:00-7:10 Opening Remarks Ara Mandjikian - Director of the 2019 Undergraduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA Dr. S. Peter Cowe - Narekatsi Professor of Armenian Studies Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA Panel 1: Contemporary Issues of Armenian Language Acquisition Chair: Ani...
EVENT CANCELED: The Cenotaph of Harwa: Mystery Religions, Resurrection and Renaissance in an Amazing Monument in the Egypt of the Late 8th Century BC
Kaplan 365THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. The Italian Archaeological Mission to Luxor works in the Funerary Complex of Harwa (TT 37) and Akhamunru (TT 404) since 1996. With its 4000 square meters of extension the Cenotaph of the Great Majordomo of the God-Wife Harwa (7th Century BC) is one of the largest monuments ever built...