Events
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2018 Holiday Party
Kaplan Hall 348Come join us for our Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Holiday Party! Come meet faculty and graduate students within the program. Refreshments will be provided! Event Flyer
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UCLA Bilingual Lecture Series with Dr. Ali Kiafar
121 Dodd Hall 390 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesPlease 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. مدرنیت...
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Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Matthew Canepa
Royce Hall Room 306 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA (CALIFORNIA)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. Mark Canepa, Professor of Art History and Archaeology at the University of California, Irvine.
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UCLA Bilingual Lecture Series with Dr. Reza Bavafa
121 Dodd Hall 390 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesPlease 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. برگشت به آینده: بازگشت تحریم...
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UCLA Bilingual Lecture Series with Dr. Reza Bavafa
10383 Bunche Hall 11282 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles , CA, United StatesPlease 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. Back to the Future The Return of U.S. Economic Sanctions and...
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Prestige among the Baloch: “Monopolization” of Historical Events in Inter-Tribal Relations in Sarhadd (Iranian Balochistan)
Kaplan 348The 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...
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DemonBase: The Imaginal Realm of Ancient Egyptian Supernatural Beings
Kaplan Hall 365This 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...
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Graduate Seminar in Armenian Studies: “The Traditional Armenian Genre of Lullaby within its Broader Folkloric Context
Kaplan Hall 365Ms. Hagopyan will begin her lecture by first sketching the diverse musical genres that developed in Armenia over the centuries and especially those related to traditional village life, transitioning thereafter to her main theme of lullaby. She will illustrate her presentation with a range of musical examples. The lecture will be given in Armenian All...
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VITERBI LECTURE IN MEDITERRANEAN JEWISH STUDIES: THE LEGEND OF KHAYBAR, A JEWISH “KINGDOM” IN THE ARABIAN DESERT
Royce Hall 314 340 Royce Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesIn 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...
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Living Diaspora
Melintz Hall, Royce Hall 314Event Flyer It is our esteemed pleasure to invite you in joining Melkonian Global Overture, to celebrate 50 Years of Narekatsi Armenian Studies Chair at UCLA. On 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...