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SUMMARY:A Tale of Two Palaces: The Late Bronze Age at Hazor
DESCRIPTION:Co-Sponsored by:\nDepartment of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Kershaw Chair for Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Studies \nTel Hazor is located in the Upper Galilee\, about 15 km north of the Sea of Galilee. It was the largest Canaanite city in the 2nd millennium BCE\, measuring approximately 84 hectares and consisting of an acropolis and a lower city. The renewed excavations at the site have uncovered two monumental buildings\, dating to the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1550-1200 B.C.)\, one termed the Ceremonial Palace\, the other termed the Administrative Palace. These buildings will be the focus of the presentation. Both buildings were destroyed in a violent conflagration at the end of Late Bronze Age Hazor\, resulting in a unique state of preservation and allowing us a glimpse into royal buildings of “the head of all those kingdoms.” \n  \n\n\n\n\nShlomit Bechar is co-director of the Tel Hazor Excavations and has been part of the team since 2007. She received her PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem titled “The Effects of Political Changes on Material Culture: The Transition from the Middle to Late Bronze Age in Northern Canaan”. She co-authored the latest Hazor VII volume and is now co-authoring the upcoming Hazor VIII volume and the publications of the lower city excavations. Shlomit is currently a post-doc at the Oriental Institute in the University of Chicago. \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \nEvent Flyer\n\nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”106″ title=”false” description=”true”]\n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/a-tale-of-two-places-the-late-bronze-age-at-hazor/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 365
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190212T120000
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SUMMARY:PRESERVATION AND INNOVATION: THE TRACKS OF THE MASTER SCRIBE
DESCRIPTION:When we encounter a text\, whether ancient or modern\, we typically start at the beginning and work our way toward the end. For biblical and Mesopotamian literature\, however\, this habit can lead to misinterpretation. In the ancient Near East\, “master scribes”—those who held the authority to produce and revise texts—regularly introduced changes in the course of transmission. One of the most effective techniques in the scribal toolbox was what Milstein calls “revision through introduction\,” a method that allowed scribes to preserve received material while simultaneously recasting it. Milstein\ndemonstrates what is to be gained by disentangling the competing voices in a given work\, a process that allows for the text to be perceived afresh at all stages in its development. \n  \nSara Milstein is Associate\nProfessor of Hebrew Bible and Near Eastern Studies\nin the Classical\, Near Eastern\, and Religious Studies at the University of British Columbia. She is the author of Tracking the Master Scribe: Revision through Introduction in Biblical and Mesopotamian Literature (Oxford University Press\, 2016)\, which won the ASOR Frank Moore Cross Award; and with Daniel Fleming\, she co-authored The Buried Foundation of the Gilgamesh Epic: The Akkadian Huwawa Narrative (Brill\, 2010). Her current project\, “Making a Case: The Emergent Near Eastern Legal Mind\,” is funded by a Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Grant. This year she is a Wall Scholar at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of British Columbia. \nEvent Flyer\nRSVP:\nE-mail cjsrsvp@humnet.ucla.edu
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/preservation-and-innovation-the-tracks-of-the-master-scribe/
LOCATION:Royce Hall 314\, 340 Royce Drive\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190211T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190211T160000
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SUMMARY:UCLA Bilingual Lecture Series with Dr. Mary Hegland
DESCRIPTION:Please join the UCLA Iranian Studies Outreach Program for their Bilingual Lecture Series. Dr. Mary Helgand will present her research in Bunche Hall 10383 on February 11\, 2019 at 2:00pm. This lecture will be in English. Please see the attached flyer for details. \n  \nEconomic and Social Transformation in Aliabad: New Trends in Work\, Life Styles\, Marriage\, and Sexuality\n  \nRapid change was already reaching Aliabad in 1978-1979. Land reform and the shift from agriculture\, low-level shop-keeping\, and itinerant trading to factory work\, construction\, services\, and government employment were affecting kinship and extended family dynamics\, cutting back on the authority of the older generation and bringing new opportunities to the younger generation. Today\, extended family and community ties have declined as people develop more individualized lives. Many men work outside of Aliabad. Many people\, especially the young\, consider themselves to be Shirazis. Aliabad has been formally incorporated into Shiraz. In spite of Islamic Republic teachings\, changes in gender\, marriage\, and sexuality have been dramatic. Today\, young people take a much more active role in choosing a spouse. Like elsewhere in Iran\, girls marry and bear children later\, raise smaller families\, live separately from in-laws\, sometimes divorce husbands\, and sometimes work outside of the home. Contact between males and females takes place before marriage; some engage in extra-marital affairs\, and a few individuals have expressed their wish to have a “white marriage” before a long-term commitment. The cultural and sexual revolutions have entered even the former village of Aliabad. \n  \nAbout the Speaker\nMary Elaine Hegland’s interest in Iranian society and anthropology began with her time serving in the Peace Corps in Mahabad\, Iran from 1966-1968.  Her anthropological research in the community of “Aliabad\,” near Shiraz\, lasted from 1978 through 2018 and has resulted in a monograph\, Days of Revolution: Political Unrest in an Iranian Village\, as well as many articles about women\, gender\, local politics\, religion\, ritual\, revolution\, and social change in Iran.  She currently teaches anthropology at Santa Clara University. Currently\, Dr. Hegland is conducting research about aging and the elderly in Iran and among Iranian Americans in California’s San Francisco Bay Area. She also plans to study women and gender and family hierarchy and dynamics as related to aging and the elderly in Tajikistan.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/ucla-bilingual-lecture-series-with-dr-mary-hegland-2/
LOCATION:10383 Bunche Hall\, 11282 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles \, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190210T160000
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SUMMARY:UCLA Bilingual Lecture Series with Dr. Mary Hegland
DESCRIPTION:Please join the UCLA Iranian Studies Outreach Program for their Bilingual Lecture Series. Dr. Mary Helgand will present her research in Dodd Hall 121 on February 10\, 2019 at 4:00pm. This lecture will be in Persian. Please see the attached flyer for details. \n  \nروزهای انقلاب:  «علی آباد» شیراز در ایران و جهان در قرن بیستم و بیست و یکم\nDays of Revolution: “Aliabad” of Shiraz in Iran and in the World in the 20th and 21st Centuries\n  \nResearch in Aliabad between 1978 and 2018 allows examination of how national and international politics can affect people on the ground and how local politics and “ordinary” people can affect national and international politics. Even the village of Aliabad was part of the world scene from an early stage. In areas around Shiraz\, the Qavam family gained power through international trade through the Gulf\, helping provide England with the opium they wanted to exchange with China in return for tea\, porcelain\, and silk. Because of this\, the Qavams were able to take ownership and control of Aliabad and many other villages. US political pressures – specifically Kennedy’s push for land reform and the English and American-engineered coup against Minister Mossadeq – brought political conflict to Aliabad. During the 1979 Iranian Revolution\, villagers who participated with millions of other Iranians brought about drastic national and international change. Now laptops\, travel\, and communication bring them into closer contact with the outside world\, but the economic sanctions cause economic difficulties and dissatisfaction. \nAbout the Speaker\nMary Elaine Hegland’s interest in Iranian society and anthropology began with her time serving in the Peace Corps in Mahabad\, Iran from 1966-1968.  Her anthropological research in the community of “Aliabad\,” near Shiraz\, lasted from 1978 through 2018 and has resulted in a monograph\, Days of Revolution: Political Unrest in an Iranian Village\, as well as many articles about women\, gender\, local politics\, religion\, ritual\, revolution\, and social change in Iran.  She currently teaches anthropology at Santa Clara University. Currently\, Dr. Hegland is conducting research about aging and the elderly in Iran and among Iranian Americans in California’s San Francisco Bay Area. She also plans to study women and gender and family hierarchy and dynamics as related to aging and the elderly in Tajikistan.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/ucla-bilingual-lecture-series-with-dr-mary-hegland/
LOCATION:121 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190206T160000
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SUMMARY:Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Robert Rollinger
DESCRIPTION:Contextualizing the Achaemenid-Persian Empire: What Does Empire Mean in the 1st Millennium BCE?\nLooking at historical handbooks of the Ancient Near East\, there appears to be a general agreement on structuring the outline of political history of the first millennium BCE. The epoch is conceptualized as a succession of three clearly defined empires. The first\, the Neo-Assyrian empire\, is regarded to represent a turning point in history by establishing imperial structures connected with a claim to rule the world. It is succeeded by the Neo-Babylonian empire and the Persian empire which\, on the one hand\, follow the previously introduced imperial trajectory but\, on the other hand\, shape their individual and distinctive conceptions of empire and state. With the conquests of Alexander the Great a major break is generally considered to have taken place. Ancient Near Eastern empires end and a fresh\, western empire emerges intrducing a new era. Rollinger challenges this narrative by contemplating the meaning of empire in the first millennium BCE and the role the fringes of empire play in the dynamic relationship of interconnected regions and zones to which both the east and the west belonged. \nAbout the Speaker\nRobert Rollinger is Professor of Ancient History and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at Universität Innsbruck\, Austria. He is a scholar of history and culture between the Aegean world and the ancient Near East. He has been a visiting professor at the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilizations (AKU-ISMC) and the Institute for History (Jean Monnet Chair for European History) at Universität Hildesheim. In 2008\, Rollinger became the first Austrian historian to be a member of the European Network for the History of Ancient Greece\, which is dedicated to changes in ancient historical research. \nSelf-pay parking in Lots 5\, 4\, or 2 recommended. Please click here to RSVP.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pourdavoud-center-lecture-series-robert-rollinger/
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:20190128T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190128T180000
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SUMMARY:UCLA Bilingual Lecture Series with Dr. Hashem Pesaran
DESCRIPTION:Please join the UCLA Iranian Studies Outreach Program for their Bilingual Lecture Series.  Dr. Hashem Pesaran will present his research in Kaplan Hall (former Humanities Building) on January 28\, 2019 at 4:00pm.  This lecture will be in English.  Please see the attached flyer for details. \n  \nUS Sanctions: Unfulfilled Expectations and Challenges Facing the Iranian Economy\n  \nThe nuclear agreement (JCPOA) created hopes and expectations for improved economic conditions and better relationships with the West. The decision by the US to withdraw from the agreement and reintroduce economic and financial sanctions has fundamentally altered the policy choices and challenges facing the Iranian economy.  This talk provides an overview of the Iranian economy and discusses existing empirical evidence on the effects of past sanctions\, in particular the 2012-2015 UN sanctions that led to the JCPOA. It compares and contrasts the new round of US sanctions with the earlier ones and considers their implications for the Islamic Republic’s economic strategies and their likely short-term and long-term consequences for output growth\, inflation\, unemployment\, and currency stability. \nIn the past when faced with sanctions\, the Iranian government has generally opted for short-term populist policies\, increased government interventions\, and the expansion of rent seeking activities at the expense of badly needed reforms for longer term enhanced efficiencies and sustained economic and environmental development. Should we expect more of the same\, or are there other possibilities? \n  \nAbout the Speaker\nHashem Pesaran is the John Elliot Distinguished Chair in Economics at USC\, Emeritus Professor of Economics at Cambridge University\, and a Fellow of Trinity College\, Cambridge. Previously\, he was the head of the Economic Research Department of the Central Bank of Iran\, the Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Education\, Iran\, and Professor of Economics at UCLA. He is a fellow of the British Academy\, Econometric Society\, Journal of Econometrics\, and the International Association for Applied Econometrics. He has Honorary Doctorates from Universities of Salford\, Goethe\, Maastricht and Prague. He has over 200 publications in the areas of econometrics\, empirical finance\, macroeconomics\, and the Iranian economy. His most recent book\, Time Series and Panel Data Econometrics was published in 2015.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/ucla-bilingual-lecture-series-with-dr-hashem-pesaran/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 365
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190128T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190128T133000
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SUMMARY:John of Litharb (d. 738 CE)\, On the Soul:  A Previously Unknown Syriac Treatise and the New Light it sheds on  Islamic Kalām\, on Byzantine Theology\, and on Syriac Psychology
DESCRIPTION:John of Litharb is a fairly well-known Syriac author from the turn of the seventh-and-eighth centuries\, who participated in a robust circle of intellectual Christian theologians\, historians and philosophers. Although he is known to have authored several important works\, due to the accidents of manuscript transmission\, only one very short letter of his was thought to have survived to this day. I have recently discovered a significant work of his On the Soul\, completely overlooked in previous scholarship. I seek to understand this work and contextualize it in terms of the information it provides pertaining to three areas of research: 1) the emergence of the Islamic rational-theological school of Kalām\, long claimed by some scholars to have had Christian roots; 2) current Byzantine debates about the soul\, with special attention to the question of its ability to intercede for the living in its post-mortem state; 3) subsequent Syriac works on the soul\, and their relations to this source. \n  \nDr. Yonatan Moss is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Comparative Religion at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He holds a BA in Classics and Linguistics from the Hebrew University and a PhD in Religious Studies from Yale University. In 2016 Moss published Incorruptible Bodies: Christology\, Society and Authority in Late Antiquity (University of California Press)\, which analyzes the sixth-century Julianist controversy about the body of Christ in its late ancient social and cultural contexts. Moss’ interests lie in the intersections between theology\, politics\, technology and language in the late ancient and early medieval domains of the Abrahamic religions. His two current large-scale projects concern 1) Christian Greek literary production in Byzantine Palestine; and 2) West Syriac theological and exegetical culture in early Islamic Mesopotamia. \n  \n  \n  \nEvent Flyer\n  \nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”103″ title=”false” description=”false”]\n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/john-of-litharb-d-738-ce-on-the-soul-a-previously-unknown-syriac-treatise-and-the-new-light-it-sheds-on-islamic-kalam-on-byzantine-theology-and-on-syriac-psychology/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 365
CATEGORIES:Assyriology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190127T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190127T180000
DTSTAMP:20190109T170239Z
CREATED:20190109T170239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190109T170239Z
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SUMMARY:UCLA Bilingual Lecture Series with Dr. Hashem Pesaran
DESCRIPTION:Please join the UCLA Iranian Studies Outreach Program for their Bilingual Lecture Series.  Dr. Hashem Pesaran will present his research in Kaplan Hall (former Humanities Building) on January 27\, 2019 at 4:00pm.  This lecture will be in Persian.  Please see the attached flyer for details. \n  \nتحریم های آمریکا، انتظارات برآورده نشده و چالش های اقتصادی ایران\nUS Sanctions: Unfulfilled Expectations and Challenges Facing the Iranian Economy\n  \nThe nuclear agreement (JCPOA) created hopes and expectations for improved economic conditions and better relationships with the West. The decision by the US to withdraw from the agreement and reintroduce economic and financial sanctions has fundamentally altered the policy choices and challenges facing the Iranian economy.  This talk provides an overview of the Iranian economy and discusses existing empirical evidence on the effects of past sanctions\, in particular the 2012-2015 UN sanctions that led to the JCPOA. It compares and contrasts the new round of US sanctions with the earlier ones and considers their implications for the Islamic Republic’s economic strategies and their likely short-term and long-term consequences for output growth\, inflation\, unemployment\, and currency stability. \nIn the past when faced with sanctions\, the Iranian government has generally opted for short-term populist policies\, increased government interventions\, and the expansion of rent seeking activities at the expense of badly needed reforms for longer term enhanced efficiencies and sustained economic and environmental development. Should we expect more of the same\, or are there other possibilities? \n  \nAbout the Speaker\nHashem Pesaran is the John Elliot Distinguished Chair in Economics at USC\, Emeritus Professor of Economics at Cambridge University\, and a Fellow of Trinity College\, Cambridge. Previously\, he was the head of the Economic Research Department of the Central Bank of Iran\, the Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Education\, Iran\, and Professor of Economics at UCLA. He is a fellow of the British Academy\, Econometric Society\, Journal of Econometrics\, and the International Association for Applied Econometrics. He has Honorary Doctorates from Universities of Salford\, Goethe\, Maastricht and Prague. He has over 200 publications in the areas of econometrics\, empirical finance\, macroeconomics\, and the Iranian economy. His most recent book\, Time Series and Panel Data Econometrics was published in 2015.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/ucla-bilingual-lecture-series-with-dr-hashem-pesaran-2/
LOCATION:121 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190123T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190123T120000
DTSTAMP:20190108T191927Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20190108T191927Z
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SUMMARY:DWELLING ON THE PAST AND LONGING  FOR HOME: ISRAEL IN EXILE
DESCRIPTION:This talk examines the effect of the sixth century BCE deportations to Babylonia on Israelite identity. Paying close attention to the prophetic book of Ezekiel\, whose community was deported from Jerusalem to Babylonia by Nebuchadnezzar\, it explores how the experience of forced migration changed the way the people talked about themselves\, their past\, and their homeland. To help make sense of these changes\, it places Ezekiel’s reactions in conversation with the responses of more recent forced migrants to similar experiences. \n  \n\nDr. Carly L. Crouch is David Allen Hubbard Professor of Old Testament at Fuller\nTheological Seminary and author of several volumes\, including War and Ethics in the Ancient Near East (2009)\, The Making of Israel (2014)\, Israel and the Assyrians (2014) and An Introduction to the Study of Jeremiah (2017). Her research focuses on the intersection of theology\, ethics\, and community identities\, with a historical focus on the social and intellectual world of ancient Israel and a contemporary interest in the relevance of this work for twenty-first century ethics. She is especially interested in integrating insights from other disciplines\, such as anthropology\, refugee studies\, and postcolonial theory\, into biblical studies. Her current work addresses the effects of Nebuchadnezzar’s destruction of Jerusalem on Israelite and Judahite identities and is forthcoming with Cambridge University Press. \nEvent Flyer\nRSVP Below:\nE-mail cjsrsvp@humnet.ucla.edu
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/dwelling-on-the-past-and-longing-for-home-israel-in-exile/
LOCATION:Royce Hall 314\, 340 Royce Drive\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190119T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190119T210000
DTSTAMP:20181206T190455Z
CREATED:20181206T190455Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T190455Z
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SUMMARY:Living Diaspora Concert
DESCRIPTION:Event Flyer\n\nLiving Diaspora Concert\n\nArtistic Director Greg Hosharian. \nFeaturing: Tinie T\, Mihran Kirakosian\, Jacob Armen\, R-Mean\, Ayline Amirayan\, Alene Aroustamian\, Jon Vato\, and Hovig  Demirjian. \nRoyce Hall | 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM | Ticketed Event \n  \n\n\nTo reserve your tickets please visit:\n\nTicketmaster\nRoyce Hall
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/living-diaspora-concert/
LOCATION:Royce Hall 314\, 340 Royce Drive\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Armenian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190119T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190119T210000
DTSTAMP:20181206T183016Z
CREATED:20181206T182815Z
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SUMMARY:Living Diaspora
DESCRIPTION:Event Flyer\nIt is our esteemed pleasure to invite you in joining Melkonian Global Overture\, to celebrate 50 Years of Narekatsi Armenian Studies Chair at UCLA. \nOn January 19\, 2019\,  MGO will host Living Diaspora\, a day of events at UCLA to support the Narekatsi Chair in Armenian Studies and other important language studies programs around the globe. UCLA has an important educational place in our community and the Narekatsi Chair has been contributing to the scholarly exchange in Armenian studies and to the Armenian community for the past half century. UCLA is the only university on the continent conducting research\, experimentation\, and applied programs aimed at the continued vitality of Western Armenian\, which was pronounced an endangered language by UNESCO based precisely on a report prepared by UCLA’s Western Armenian faculty. Today\, the program is threatened by class closures of Eastern Armenian due to the lack of public funding\, while Western Armenian offers only partial coverage.. \nOur event looks to ensure that both branches of modern Armenian are taught in a full three-year program\, so that we may guarantee the continuity of Armenian language usage in the everyday life of Armenians. It is our hope that we develop a new generation of local-born readers and creators in the language in order to prevent its stagnation. In that spirit\, we are also supporting Armenian language studies at other institutions such Padus Araxes Cultural Association which offers Summer Intensive Courses of Armenian language and culture in Venice Italy\, and Zarmanazan by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation\, an innovative Summer Camp offering a Armenian Language immersion experience in a creative and playful world in the Alps of France. \n\n  \nEvent details:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShort Documentary Film Contest\n\nPanel of judges: Vahe Berberian\, Albert Kodagolian\, Sev Ohanian\, Natalie Qasabian\, Peter Cowe\, & Nazeli Kodjoian. \nMelintz Hall | 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM | Free Admission \n\n\nDiscussion Panel\n\nFeaturing UCLA Faculty\, Students\, & Dr. Razmik Panossian\, Director at Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. \nMelintz Hall | 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM | Free Admission \n\n\nLiving Diaspora Concert\n\nArtistic Director Greg Hosharian. \nFeaturing: Tinie T\, Mihran Kirakosian\, Jacob Armen\, R-Mean\, Ayline Amirayan\, Alene Aroustamian\, Jon Vato\, and Hovig  Demirjian. \nRoyce Hall | 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM | Ticketed Event \n  \n\n\nTo reserve your tickets please visit:\n\nTicketmaster\nRoyce Hall\n\n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/living-diaspora/
LOCATION:Melintz Hall\, Royce Hall 314
CATEGORIES:Armenian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190117T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190117T160000
DTSTAMP:20190110T181809Z
CREATED:20190110T181701Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190110T181809Z
UID:12231-1547740800-1547740800@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:VITERBI LECTURE IN MEDITERRANEAN JEWISH STUDIES: THE LEGEND OF KHAYBAR\, A JEWISH “KINGDOM” IN THE ARABIAN DESERT
DESCRIPTION:In the year 628 C.E.\, a few years after the Prophet Muhammad’s migration from Mecca to Medina and the founding\, in Medina\, of the early Muslim State\, the Jewish stronghold of Khaybar in the Arabian Desert fell into the Prophet’s hands. This marked the end of the Khaybari settlement that also served as a refuge to Medinan Jews as a result of their previous battles against the Prophet. The Khaybari Jews\, however\, did not disappear from history. According to Jewish legend\, the Jews of Khaybar remained in their territory and lived there as a nation of mighty warriors free from Muslim rule. Their fantastic survival in the desert attracted the attention of adventurers and travelers to the Orient from the twelfth century to modern times. Even twentieth century Zionist pioneers in Palestine were fascinated with the Khaybari legend as they were looking for ancient Jewish roots in their old-new homeland. This lecture will follow the legend of Khaybar from the early Islamic period to the twentieth century. \nLiran Yadgar\, the UCLA Viterbi Visiting Professor/Postdoctoral Scholar in Mediterranean Jewish Studies\, earned his B.A. and M.A. from Tel Aviv University\, and received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 2016. His research examines the history of Jewish communities in the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt and Syria (1250-1517)\, and Jewish-Muslim interaction and intellectual exchange during the Late Middle Islamic Period. He currently is working on his first book about the representations and knowledge of Jews\, Judaism\, and the Hebrew Bible in the works of two prominent theologians of fourteenth-century Damascus\, Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya. Previously Yadgar served as the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Postdoctoral Associate in the Judaic Studies Program of Yale University. \nEvent Flyer\nRSVP:\nE-mail cjsrsvp@humnet.ucla.edu
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/viterbi-lecture-in-mediterranean-jewish-studies-the-legend-of-khaybar-a-jewish-kingdom-in-the-arabian-desert/
LOCATION:Royce Hall 314\, 340 Royce Drive\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190116T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190116T180000
DTSTAMP:20190110T162811Z
CREATED:20190109T221104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190110T162811Z
UID:12210-1547661600-1547661600@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Graduate Seminar in Armenian Studies: “The Traditional Armenian Genre of Lullaby within its Broader Folkloric Context
DESCRIPTION:Ms. Hagopyan will begin her lecture by first sketching the diverse musical genres that\ndeveloped in Armenia over the centuries and especially those related to traditional village\nlife\, transitioning thereafter to her main theme of lullaby. She will illustrate her\npresentation with a range of musical examples. \nThe lecture will be given in Armenian \nAll Welcome!! \nPizza and refreshments will be served! \nMs. Hagopyan is a musicologist and folklorist\, a junior researcher at the Institute of Art of the National Academy of Sciences of the Armenian Republic. She also chairs the\nDepartment of History of Music at the Romanos Melikyan State College of Music. The author of a series of studies on different aspects of traditional music\, she has specialized in the characteristics of the genre of lullaby. \nEvent Flyer\nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”104″ title=”false” description=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/graduate-seminar-in-armenian-studies-the-traditional-armenian-genre-of-lullaby-within-its-broader-folkloric-context/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 365
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190116T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190116T133000
DTSTAMP:20190104T193547Z
CREATED:20190104T192646Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190104T193547Z
UID:12126-1547640000-1547645400@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:DemonBase: The Imaginal Realm of Ancient Egyptian Supernatural Beings
DESCRIPTION:This presentation provides an overview of the Ancient Egyptian Demonology Project: Second Millennium BCE\, centered at Swansea University\, Wales. In both the modern and ancient world\, intangible entities embody and are blamed for a host of physical and psychological afflictions\, as well as being called upon to aid the sufferer. These mythical beings are known in many cultures by many names such as: gremlins\, imps\, faeries\, ghosts\, daemons\, genies\, Mischwesen\, monsters\, small gods\, angels\, superheroes and invisibilia. Although the Ancient Egyptians themselves had no specific all‐encompassing generic label for this category of beings\, as individuals and groups they were described in texts and imagery. For the ordinary person\, these beings played vital roles as mechanisms for coping with and manifesting abstract stress\, afflictions\, and fears. They come in an incredible range of imaginative forms\, made up of bits and pieces of humans\, animals and even objects. This presentation introduces the DemonBase\, a relational database of liminal entities represented on a range of artifacts. The initial dataset was limited to coffins\, wands\, headrests\, and a selection of complete manuscripts (usually papyrus). The approach combines archaeological\, iconographic\, and philological analysis. To date\, the analysis includes 200 objects which resulted in the discovery of over 4500 distinct imaginal beings. The database treats them in the same detail as the artifact on which they appear\, with full context included for the scholar. In this presentation we will also explore these beings in the broader context of cognition: the embodiment and expression of inexpressible concepts through these icons\, memes and archetypes. The aim is to work out the motivation underlying the choice of particular attributes over others and seeing which emotive characteristics still resonate today. \n  \nKasia Szpakowska is Associate Professor of Egyptology at Swansea University\, Wales. Her research focuses on Ancient Egyptian private religious practices\, dreams\, gender and the archaeology of magic. She is an avid proponent of interdisciplinary research and digital humanities\, and collaborates with engineers\, artists\, glaciologists and computer scientists. Kasia is currently focusing on images of ancient Egyptian supernatural beings as mechanisms for coping with stresses\, anxieties\, trauma and health afflictions. Of particular interest is the motivation underlying the choice of attributes (animal\, facial\, gesture) and of archetypes. Discovering which emotive characteristics still resonate today furthers our understanding of our own modern responses\, as well as those of the past. She was elected to Phi Beta Kappa (1987)\, is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (London)\, Patron of the Friends of the Egypt Centre\, and Vice President of the Friends of the Petrie Museum of Archaeology. Her publications include Daily Life in Ancient Egypt: Reconstructing Lahun and Behind Closed Eyes: Dreams and Nightmares in Ancient Egypt. TV work includes National Geographic’s The Egyptian Job and Discovery Kids’ Tutenstein.gy \n  \n  \nEvent Flyer\n  \nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”103″ title=”false” description=”true”]\n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/demonbase-the-imaginal-realm-of-ancient-egyptian-supernatural-beings/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 365
CATEGORIES:Egyptology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190114T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190114T180000
DTSTAMP:20190111T184107Z
CREATED:20190111T180452Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190111T184107Z
UID:12272-1547481600-1547488800@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Prestige among the Baloch: "Monopolization" of Historical Events in Inter-Tribal Relations in Sarhadd (Iranian Balochistan)
DESCRIPTION:The Sarhadd region is unique in Iranian Balochistan because of the “tribal” Baloches’ still functioning but gradually fading traditional social structures and relations. Prestige\, authority\, and honor have always been essential to Balochi “tribal” identity\, particularly in Sarhadd where the “tribes” position themselves as the “true” heirs and guarantors of Balochi culture and traditions. Alongside the mayar – the behavioral code of honor\, certain “implements” exist for constructing and maintaining inter-tribal relations. This presentation examines one such “implement\,” monopolization of historical events\, which\, though firmly rooted in the past\, provides unlimited food for historical imagination. The presentation is based on data and observations obtained during ethnographic fieldwork over the last few years in Balochistan\, most recently in March-May\, 2018. \n  \nDr. Vahe S. Boyajian received his doctorate from the Department of Iranian Studies\, Yerevan State University\, Armenia\, in 2001 in the field of Iranian Comparative Linguistics and spent the next academic year on a post-doc at the Department of Anthropology\, Boston University. Since 2010 he has embarked on a second Ph.D. in the Department of Social Anthropology\, University of Saint Andrews\, Scotland\, Contemporaneously\, he is a Research Fellow in the Department of Contemporary Anthropological Studies\, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography in Yerevan\, where he is working on a monograph entitled “Everyday Muslim life in Sarhadd” for publication in 2020. His research interests include Balochi language\, history and culture and the anthropology of Iran and Afghanistan. \n  \nEvent Flyer\nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”105″ title=”false” description=”false”]\n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/prestige-among-the-baloch-monopolization-of-historical-events-in-inter-tribal-relations-in-sarhadd-iranian-balochistan/
LOCATION:Kaplan 348
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190114T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190114T160000
DTSTAMP:20190104T164555Z
CREATED:20181201T002859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190104T164555Z
UID:12010-1547474400-1547481600@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:UCLA Bilingual Lecture Series with Dr. Reza Bavafa
DESCRIPTION:Please join the UCLA Iranian Studies Outreach Program for their Bilingual Lecture Series.  Dr. Reza Bavafa will present his research in Bunche Hall 10383 on January 14\, 2019 at 2:00pm.  This lecture will be in English.  Please see the attached flyer for details. \n  \n\nBack to the Future\nThe Return of U.S. Economic Sanctions and Iran’s Response\n  \nPresident Trump’s unilateral scrapping of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal\, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)\, opens a new chapter in the adversarial relationship between Iran and the United States. The reinstatement of economic sanctions is a major setback to President Rouhani’s reformist policies\, which aimed at taming high inflation and reducing unemployment while opening up the economy to muchneeded foreign investment. It also emboldens the hardliners who use the sanctions as both a reaffirmation of their mistrust in the U.S. and a justification for reclaiming some of their lost political and economic influence. The economic hardship that accompanies such sanctions\, meanwhile\, is borne by ordinary Iranians who have suffered repeatedly from such crises. \n  \nAbout the Speaker\nReza Bavafa is an adjunct professor at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California\, where he teaches courses in Economics and Business Strategy. He has twenty-five years of executive management experience with AT&T and IBM\, where he led strategic outsourcing accounts that spanned multiple industries\, including telecommunications\, health\, aerospace and entertainment; and Fortune 500 clients\, including Boeing\, Nissan and The Walt Disney Company. Dr. Bavafa has a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California\, Riverside.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/ucla-bilingual-lecture-series-with-dr-reza-bavafa-2/
LOCATION:10383 Bunche Hall\, 11282 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles \, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES: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:20190113T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190113T180000
DTSTAMP:20190104T163402Z
CREATED:20181201T001937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190104T163402Z
UID:12001-1547395200-1547402400@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:UCLA Bilingual Lecture Series with Dr. Reza Bavafa
DESCRIPTION:Please join the UCLA Iranian Studies Outreach Program for their Bilingual Lecture Series.  Dr. Reza Bavafa will present his research in Dodd Hall 121 on January 13\, 2019 at 4:00pm.  This lecture will be in Persian.  Please see the attached flyer for details.  Self-pay parking Lot 2 is recommended. \n  \nبرگشت به آینده: بازگشت تحریم های اقتصادی آمریکا علیه ایران و عکس العمل ایران\n  \nBack to the Future\nThe Return of U.S. Economic Sanctions and Iran’s Response\n  \nPresident Trump’s unilateral scrapping of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal\, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)\, opens a new chapter in the adversarial relationship between Iran and the United States. The reinstatement of economic sanctions is a major setback to President Rouhani’s reformist policies\, which aimed at taming high inflation and reducing unemployment while opening up the economy to muchneeded foreign investment. It also emboldens the hardliners who use the sanctions as both a reaffirmation of their mistrust in the U.S. and a justification for reclaiming some of their lost political and economic influence. The economic hardship that accompanies such sanctions\, meanwhile\, is borne by ordinary Iranians who have suffered repeatedly from such crises. \n  \nAbout the Speaker\nReza Bavafa is an adjunct professor at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California\, where he teaches courses in Economics and Business Strategy. He has twenty-five years of executive management experience with AT&T and IBM\, where he led strategic outsourcing accounts that spanned multiple industries\, including telecommunications\, health\, aerospace and entertainment; and Fortune 500 clients\, including Boeing\, Nissan and The Walt Disney Company. Dr. Bavafa has a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California\, Riverside.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/ucla-bilingual-lecture-series-with-dr-reza-bavafa/
LOCATION:121 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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ORGANIZER;CN="UCLA Iranian Studies":MAILTO:iranianstudies@humnet.ucla.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190109T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190109T190000
DTSTAMP:20181220T185430Z
CREATED:20181220T162754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181220T185430Z
UID:12091-1547053200-1547060400@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Matthew Canepa
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World for the continuation of the 2018-2019 Lecture Series.  This first talk of Winter Quarter 2019 will feature the research of Dr. Matthew Canepa\, Professor of Art History and Archaeology at the University of California\, Irvine.  Dr. Canepa is also a 2018-2019 Getty Scholar. \nTransmillenial Ecologies of Iranian Religion and Identity\nThis lecture explores continuities and changes in the formation of religious sites\, structures\, and practices in Persia and the wider ancient Iranian world. By ‘ecology’ this lecture focuses both on religion in the natural environment and\, in a more metaphorical sense\, the relationship of religious activities and sites to their physical surroundings across millennia. It considers the lingering impact and transformation of Persian heritage as well as Pārsa’s deeper Elamite history by briefly surveying problems in defining Iranian sacred architecture\, and then focusing on the introduction of new types of religious architecture and simultaneous persistence of open-air sanctuaries and ritual activities at natural phenomena. This lecture\, and the book from which it draws\, investigates how traditions of Iranian identity and kingship developed. It emphasizes that\, instead of naturally replicating traditions\, most continuities in Persian kingship resulted from the active efforts and choices of sovereigns to curate or even fabricate them in response to contemporary struggles to gain legitimacy and dominance. \nAbout the Speaker\nMatthew P. Canepa (PhD\, University of Chicago) is Professor of Art History and Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Presidential Chair in Art History and Archaeology of Ancient Iran at University of California\, Irvine. His research focuses on the intersection of art\, ritual\, and power in the eastern Mediterranean\, Persia\, and the wider Iranian world. Professor Canepa’s most recent book is entitled The Iranian Expanse: Transforming Royal Identity through Landscape\, Architecture\, and the Built Environment (550 BCE – 642 CE) (University of California Press\, 2018). It is a large-scale study of the transformation of Iranian cosmologies\, landscapes\, and architecture from the height of the Achaemenids to the coming of Islam. \n \nSelf-pay parking in Lots 5\, 4\, or 2 recommended. Please click here to RSVP.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pourdavoud-center-lecture-series-matthew-canepa/
LOCATION:Royce Hall Room 306\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA (CALIFORNIA)\, 90095
CATEGORIES:NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181209T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181209T180000
DTSTAMP:20181128T233835Z
CREATED:20181121T161433Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T233835Z
UID:11925-1544371200-1544378400@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:UCLA Bilingual Lecture Series with Dr. Ali Kiafar
DESCRIPTION:  \nPlease join the UCLA Iranian Studies Outreach Program for their Bilingual Lecture Series.  Dr. Ali Kiafar will present his research in Dodd Hall 121 on December 9\, 2018 at 4:00pm.  This lecture will be in Persian.  Please see the attached flyer for details.  Self-pay parking for $12 in Lot 2 is recommended. \n  \nمدرنیت ایرانی  و تحول در شهرها و معماری طی یک قرن تجربه\n\nIranian Modernity and  the Transformation of Cities\, City Planning\, and Architecture\nA Century of Experience\n  \nBeginning with the constitutional movement and subsequent social changes that marked Iranian society in the 20th century\, numerous aspects of intellectual life (including literature and the arts) were transformed.  Among elements most pertinent to this transformation are discourses on urbanity and identity.  Urban concepts\, and the identity they forged\, impacted the formation\, development\, and expansion of cities\, neighborhoods\, and buildings.  Focusing as a case study on Tehran and its status as Iran’s main urban center\, this lecture will explore the complex entanglement of urbanity and identity in modern Iran. \n  \nAbout the Speaker\n  \nAli A. Kiafar holds a Master’s degree in architecture and city planning from the National University of Iran and has earned his Ph.D. in urban and regional planning from the University of Southern California.  He has worked in private practice\, has taught in academia (including at the University of Southern California and the University of California\, Riverside)\, and has held top executive positions within the California public education system.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/ucla-bilingual-lecture-series-with-dr-ali-kiafar/
LOCATION:121 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
ORGANIZER;CN="UCLA Iranian Studies":MAILTO:iranianstudies@humnet.ucla.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181205T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181205T173000
DTSTAMP:20181115T214458Z
CREATED:20181113T212324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181115T214458Z
UID:11813-1544023800-1544031000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:2018 Holiday Party
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for our Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Holiday Party! Come meet faculty and graduate students within the program. Refreshments will be provided! \n  \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/2018-holiday-party/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 348
CATEGORIES:NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181125T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181125T180000
DTSTAMP:20181102T222752Z
CREATED:20181102T222752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181102T222752Z
UID:11670-1543161600-1543168800@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:UCLA Bilingual Lecture Series with Dr. Afshin Matin-Asgari
DESCRIPTION:Please join the UCLA Iranian Studies Outreach Program for the first talk of the Bilingual Lecture Series of the 2018-2019 academic year.  Dr. Afshin Matin-Asgari will present his research in Dodd Hall 121 on November 25\, 2018 at 4:00pm.  This lecture will be in Persian.  Please see the attached flyer for details.  Self-pay parking for $12 in Lot 2 is recommended. \n  \nهم شرقی و هم غربی: نظری به تاریخ مدرنیته در ایران\nBoth East and West: A Commentary on the History of Modernity in Iran\nSince the Iranian Revolution of 1979\, many observers of Iran have viewed a country torn between Eastern history and ‘Western’ modernity.  This divide between religion and secularity has couched the analysis of political philosophy preceding the Revolution in this later dichotomy.  Afshin Matin-Asgari instead proposes a revisionist work of intellectual history\, challenging many of the dominant paradigms in Iranian and Middle Eastern historiography.  In charting the intellectual construction of Iranian modernity\, he focuses on broad patterns of influential ideas\, which reveal an Iranian modernity that has been sustained by intense intellectual interaction with global ideologies.  Turning many prevailing narratives on their heads\, the Matin-Asgari concludes that modern Iran can be seen as\, culturally and intellectually\, both Eastern and Western. \n  \nAbout the Speaker\nDr. Afshin Matin-Asgari holds the title of Outstanding Professor of Middle East history at California State University\, LA. He was born in Iran and completed his Ph.D. in Middle East history at UCLA. He was active in the international movement of Iranian students during the 1970s and took part in the 1978–1979 Iranian Revolution. He is the author of Iranian Student Opposition to the Shah (2002)\, which has been translated into Persian. Matin-Asgari has authored more than twenty articles and book chapters on twentieth-century Iranian political and intellectual history. \n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/ucla-bilingual-lecture-series-with-dr-afshin-matin-asgari/
LOCATION:121 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES: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:20181119T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181119T203000
DTSTAMP:20181107T164547Z
CREATED:20181029T223001Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181107T164547Z
UID:11460-1542643200-1542659400@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Ehsan Yarshater: A Homage
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Pourdavoud Center in celebrating the life and scholarly contributions of Professor Eshan Yarshater (1920-2018)\, the Hagop Kevorkian Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies at Columbia University. Professor Yarshater’s prolific career has had a global impact. At UCLA\, he is remembered with the endowed Yarshater Biennial Lecture Series\, and at Columbia University\, his memory is celebrated with the recently established Eshan Yarshater Center for Iranian Studies. \nThe commemoration will commence with introductions by M. Rahim Shayegan (University of California\, Los Angeles) and continue with lectures by Rudi Matthee (University of Delaware)\, Prods Oktor Skjærvø (Harvard University)\, Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak (University of California\, Los Angeles)\, Elton Daniel (Columbia University)\, and Ali Gheissari (University of San Diego). A reception will follow. \nYarshater Brochure PDF Download \n \nTo RSVP\, please visit https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/events/ehsan-yarshater/
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/ehsan-yarshater-a-homage/
LOCATION:Faculty Center
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181118T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181118T150000
DTSTAMP:20181101T191759Z
CREATED:20181101T191759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181101T191759Z
UID:11528-1542553200-1542553200@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Medieval Armenia’s Artistic Beauty
DESCRIPTION:Helen Evans is the Mary and Michael Jaharis Curator for Byzantine Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, NYC. She joined the Museum’s staff in 1991 and is responsible for the acquisition\, study\, and interpretation of the Museum’s collection of early Christian\, early Jewish\, and early-to-late East Christian and Byzantine art. Her exhibitions—including Byzantium and Islam (2012)\, Byzantium: Faith and Power (2004)\, and The Glory of Byzantium (1997)—have explored the importance of Byzantine art and its connections beyond its borders. She is the organizer of the current exhibition\, “Armenia!” \n  \n  \n  \nIMPORTANT NOTE:\nTickets are free\, but must be reserved in advance To reserve tickets visit http://www.getty.edu/visit/cal/events/ev_2361.html \n  \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/medieval-armenias-artistic-beauty/
LOCATION:J. Paul Getty Museum – Museum Lecture Hall
CATEGORIES:Armenian,NELC
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181117T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181117T200000
DTSTAMP:20181031T181202Z
CREATED:20181031T181057Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181031T181202Z
UID:11515-1542484800-1542484800@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Concert of Early Modern Music of Eastern Europe and of the Armenian Communities of the Region
DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM\nThe first half includes sacred and secular music for chamber ensemble by composers from the Ukraine\, Romania\, and Poland\, most of which is receiving its LA Premiere. \nThe consort is directed by Morgan O’Shaughnessey (UCLA grad.\, Music Department) \nThe second half features a series of Armenian sacred and secular music from the period performed by an Armenian Ensemble. \nThe ensemble is directed by Areni Agbabian (experimental improvisatory vocalist). \nRefreshments Provided. All are Welcome. \n  \nEvent Flyer\n  \n\nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”97″ title=”false” description=”false”]\n  \n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/concert-of-early-modern-music-of-eastern-europe-and-of-the-armenian-communities-of-the-region/
LOCATION:Powell Library Rotunda
CATEGORIES:Armenian,NELC
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181116T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181116T183000
DTSTAMP:20181023T234811Z
CREATED:20181023T234754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181023T234811Z
UID:11359-1542393000-1542393000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Photographic Exhibition of Armenian Art and  Architecture of Eastern Europe
DESCRIPTION:The exhibition of thirty images illustrating the artistic achievement of the Armenian communities in the Crimea\, Ukraine\, Poland\, Romania\, and Bulgaria over several centuries in sacred and secular architecture\, painting\, silverwork\, stone and wood carving\, and other media complements the analytical discourse of the conference panels in introducing viewers directly to the objects themselves and thereby evoking the space of the merchant and artisan centers in that region that served as the matrix for those exquisite expressions of Armenian creativity. Introduction by the Curator\, Hrair Hawk Khatcherian. \n  \nHrair Khatcherian is an internationally renowned photographer who for almost three decades\, has been presenting exhibitions and lectures across the globe\, making Armenia an accessible reality for all. His photographs have appeared in numerous magazines\, newspapers\, books\, and publications. His work includes: Artsakh: A Photographic Journey (1997); Karabakh:100 Pictures (2002); Yergir (2005); 100 (1915-2015); Khatchkar (2017); Armenia Heaven On Earth (2018). \n  \n  \nEvent Flyer\n  \nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”94″ title=”false” description=”false”]\n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/photographic-exhibition-of-armenian-art-and-architecture-of-eastern-europe/
LOCATION:Powell Library Rotunda
CATEGORIES:Armenian,NELC
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181116
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181119
DTSTAMP:20181030T153034Z
CREATED:20181023T162628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181030T153034Z
UID:11341-1542326400-1542585599@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Hidden Treasures Unearthed: Armenian Arts and Culture of Eastern Europe
DESCRIPTION:The conference seeks to contribute to a longue durée approach to Near Eastern engagement with Europe with an emphasis on the early modern period (16th-18thcc.)\, which marked the heyday of Armenian communities as a crucial component of international trade hubs in eastern Europe\, involving an interdisciplinary focus on the multifaceted role those communities played in hemispheric commerce marked by exchange in commodities\, ideas\, technological innovation\, and sociocultural values. Exploring the evolution of those centers as settings for the symbiosis the Armenian communities entered into with their immediate host societies\, it views those expanding relations under the broader impact of the large-scale\, transformative sociopolitical\, economic\, and religious developments of that timeframe. This dynamically changing context provides the matrix for the output of the artists\, architects\, and artisans under discussion as they advanced beyond the confines of the known to explore new forms\, media\, and iconography as vehicles for Armenian creative expression. \n\n  \nConference Flyer:\nEvent Flyer\n  \nConference Program FULL:\nEvent Flyer\n  \nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”93″ title=”false” description=”false”]\n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/hidden-treasures-unearthed-armenian-arts-and-culture-of-eastern-europe/
LOCATION:Royce Hall 314\, 340 Royce Drive\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Armenian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181113T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181113T160000
DTSTAMP:20181029T163337Z
CREATED:20180928T174822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181029T163337Z
UID:11116-1542117600-1542124800@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Israel and the Samaria Highlands: A Nomad Settlement Wave or Urban Expansion during the Early Iron Age?
DESCRIPTION:The Iron I period witnessed a wave of settlements in the highlands of Israel\, mostly in Samaria but also to some extent in the Upper Galilee and Judah. This wave is usually associated with the genesis of Ancient Israel and is interpreted in light of the collapse of Canaanite urban centers at the end of the 12th century BCE. This lecture reconsiders the reasons behind this wave of settlement throughout the Samaria Highlands during the Iron I (1200-1000 BCE) in light of new understanding of the social and economic reality on the coastal plain\, the Jezreel\, Jordan\, and Hula Valleys\, and the regions surrounding the Samaria Highlands. \n  \nProf. Yuval Gadot is the head of the Jacob M. Alkow Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures at Tel-Aviv University. Since 2013 he is directing Tel-Aviv University excavations at the ‘City of David’ and Co-directing the ‘Lautenschläger Azekah Expedition’. His research in Jerusalem includes excavations of the ancient core together with interdisciplinary study of the rural landscape surrounding the city. Gadot obtained his PhD\, titled: “Continuity and change: the transition between the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age in Israel central coastal plain”\, in 2004 from Tel-Aviv University. The work included the first full publication of the excavations at Tel Aphek and a regional study of trends in the material culture as they understood in relation to historical events. Among Gadot’s publications are: Ramat Rahel III – Final Publication of Yohanan Aharoni’s Excavations at Ramat-Raḥel published in 2016\, The Bronze Age Cemetery at ‘Ara published in 2014\, and the recent co-editing of “Rethinking Israel”: an edited volume published in honor of Prof. Israel Finkelstein. \n  \nEvent Flyer\n  \nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”89″ title=”false” description=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/archaeology-of-ancient-israel-fall-2018-lecture/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall A51 (Basement Level)\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Israel Studies,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181113T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181113T140000
DTSTAMP:20181106T214933Z
CREATED:20181106T214933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181106T214933Z
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SUMMARY:New Documentary Evidence for the Trade in Papers
DESCRIPTION:Watermarked papers\, which served as media for Islamic manuscripts (codices and documents)\, were imported from Europe at least since the 13th century. The study of trade in papers brings us\, therefore\, to Global history. This presentation will focus on recently published research on late production papers which were dispatched to the Yemeni and Ethiopian market at the end of 19th and the beginning of the 20th century through the networks of Bohra merchants\, whose Companies were mainly based in Bombay (Mumbai). \n Anne Regourd is a historian and an Arabist. She worked on various collections of documents found during excavations (Qusayr\, Southampton finds)\, and conserved in Museums (Edfou papyri; Rémondon collection\, The Louvre). She has also published on Epigraphy born on textiles. As a codicologist\, she worked on Yemeni and Ethiopian manuscripts\, and became specialised in paper studies. She intends to analyse documents of all types with a holistic approach to the objects. With this approach\, she has developed a methodology using papers themselves as a primary source for the study of paper trade\, see Regourd (ed.)\, The Trade in Papers Marked with Non-Latin Characters\, Leiden\, E.J. Brill\, 2018.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/new-documentary-evidence-for-the-trade-in-papers/
LOCATION:10383 Bunche Hall\, 11282 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles \, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181113T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181113T140000
DTSTAMP:20181024T210536Z
CREATED:20181024T164955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181024T210536Z
UID:11380-1542110400-1542117600@nelc.ucla.edu
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
CREATED:20181029T222807Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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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