Rashīd al-Dīn in the Eye of the Beholder: Proposing a Holistic Approach to Reception History
10383 Bunche Hall 11282 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles , CA, United StatesPhoto: Humboldt Foundation/Wolfgang Hemmann Central Asia in Transition Lecture by Judith Pfeiffer (University of Bonn) Recent scholarship has painted a rather dim picture of the Mongol-Ilkhanid vizier and historian Rashīd al-Dīn’s (d. 718/1318) historiographical impact in the Muslim world. This lecture proposes a holistic approach to Rashīd al-Dīn’s oeuvre that includes both his historiographical and...
How much of a physician was Rashīd al-Dīn?
Royce Hall Room 306 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA (CALIFORNIA)Photo: Humboldt Foundation/Wolfgang Hemmann A lecture by Judith Pfeiffer (University of Bonn) Rashīd al-Dīn Faḍl Allāh Hamadānī (d. 718/1318) is often introduced as “ṭabīb,” or ‘physician,’ mostly to distinguish him from authors with similar names, notably the epistolographer Rashīd al-Dīn Waṭwāṭ (d. 578/1182). This paper discusses Rashīd al-Dīn’s scholarly persona as a physician. Starting from his epithet,...
Searching for Scribal Curriculum in Ancient Israel
NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365) 365 Humanities, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesProfessor William Schniedewind will present the outlines of his research in progress—a book on Scribal Education in Ancient Israel. The research proposes that outlines of scribal curriculum in early Israel can now be reconstructed based on his interpretation of the recently fully published inscriptions from Kuntillet Ajrud and using parallels with Mesopotamian scribal curriculum and...
Graduate Student Conference Talks and Q&A
Come and hear what the graduate students in NELC are working on! Graduate students presenting their research at academic conferences in the next month will be giving their talks for the NELC community, and would love feedback and questions!
ImaginePhD: Exploring Humanist Career Paths
Learn about career paths for humanities PhDs and identify a few starting points and resources related to your individual interests, skills and values so that you can start consider possibilities and build a plan for your own professional development and career goals with the ImaginePHD career planning and exploration tool. Please bring a laptop to this...
Graduate Student Conference Talks and Q&A
Humanities Room 365 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesCome and hear what the graduate students in NELC are working on! Graduate students presenting their research at academic conferences in the next month will be giving their talks for the NELC community, and would love feedback and questions! Speakers (in order): Andrew Danielson Danielle Candelora Jacob Damm Jeremy Williams Timothy Hogue Marissa Stevens Event...
The King of Kings’ Empire as a Garden in Ancient Iran
Royce Hall Room 306 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA (CALIFORNIA)Touraj Daryaee (UC Irvine) This lecture explores the idea of the Sasanian Empire (Iranshahr) as a garden. The theme of the Persian Empire as a paradise has been explored by a number of scholars, but the continuation of this idea in Late Antiquity is neglected. The speaker will discuss how the Sasanian king of kings...
Computers and Challenges of Writing in Persian
121 Dodd Hall 390 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA lecture in Persian by Behrooz Parhami (UCSB). November 19, 2017. The Persian script has presented some difficulties, ever since printing presses were introduced in Iran in the 1600s. The appearance of typewriters created additional problems and the introduction of digital computers added to the design challenges. These difficulties persisted, until high-resolution dot-matrix printing offered greater...
Computers and Challenges of Writing in Persian
Humanities Room 365 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA lecture in English by Behrooz Parhami (UCSB). November 20, 2017. The Persian script has presented some difficulties, ever since printing presses were introduced in Iran in the 1600s. The appearance of typewriters created additional problems and the introduction of digital computers added to the design challenges. These difficulties persisted, until high-resolution dot-matrix printing offered greater...
Many Roads to Oxiana: Safavid and Mughal Poetry on Central Asian Campaigns
10383 Bunche Hall 11282 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles , CA, United StatesSunil Sharma (Boston University) Central Asia under the Uzbeks was viewed with ambivalence by their Persianate neighbors, the Safavids and Mughals. On the one hand, it was cherished as the cradle of Persian literature and the Timurid homeland, but at the same time its rulers were also frequently at war with them. Literary representations of military...