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SUMMARY:Grad (WINE) + Cheese
DESCRIPTION:Come and enjoy an evening with fellow grad students of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures! Avoid work\, and your professors!\n\nBYOB!!!\nThis event is sponsored by the Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Humanities Council funds\, so no funds can be spent on alcoholic beverages.  HumCo money will provide non-alcoholic refreshments and food\, but please bring your own beverages! \nEvent Flyer \n[gravityform id=”81″ title=”false” description=”false”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/grad-wine-cheese/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:NELC
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SUMMARY:Soundtrack of the Revolution: The Politics of Music in Iran
DESCRIPTION:Nahid Siamdoust (Yale University) \nSoundtrack of the Revolution offers a striking account of Iranian culture\, politics\, and social change. Drawing on over five years of research in Iran\, including during the 2009 protests\, Nahid Siamdoust introduces a full cast of characters\, from musicians and audience members to state officials\, and takes readers into concert halls and underground performances\, as well as the state licensing and censorship offices. \nEvent Flyer \n  \nRegistration\nPlease complete this form to register for the event. Seating is limited.  \n[gravityform id=”79″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/soundtrack-of-the-revolution-the-politics-of-music-in-iran/
LOCATION:Royce Hall Room 306\, 340 Royce Drive\, 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:20180425T083000
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SUMMARY:Ancient Persia and the West: An International Symposium
DESCRIPTION:The Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World and the Getty Research Institute are co-organizing a one-day symposium to be held on April 25\, 2018 at the Pourdavoud Center\, UCLA. Presenters will include invited speakers and the current Getty Villa Scholars\, whose projects focus on the encounters of ancient Iran with the classical world. \nThe Getty Scholars Program at the Villa for the 2017–18 and the 2018–19 years address the political\, intellectual\, religious\, and artistic relations between Persia\, Greece\, and Rome from the ninth century BC to AD 651. The Greeks viewed the Persian Empire\, which reached from the boarders of Greece to India\, as a vastly wealthy and powerful rival and often as an existential threat. When the Macedonian king Alexander the Great finally defeated the Persians in 331 BC\, Greek culture spread throughout the Near East\, but native dynasties—first the Parthian (247 BC—AD 224) and then the Sasanian (AD 224—651)—soon reestablished themselves. The rise of the Roman Empire as a world power quickly brought it\, too\, into conflict with Persia\, despite the common trade that flowed through their territories. \nImage: Bust of Dionysos (Seleucid Empire/Bactrian Kingdom\, Third to mid-Second Century BCE). Arts of the Hellenized East (2015) \n\nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/ancient-persia-and-the-west-an-international-symposium/
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:20180423T140000
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SUMMARY:In the Workshop of an Ancient Egyptian Sculptor
DESCRIPTION:In 1912\, the excavation team of the Deutsch Orient-Gesellschaft under the direction of Ludwig Borchardt revealed the exceptional remains of the estate and workshop of an ancient Egyptian sculptor of the middle of the 15th century BCE\, who worked for Pharaoh Akhenaten in the latter’s new royal residence of Akhet-Aten (modern Amarna)\, in Middle Egypt. Next to the world-famous bust of Nefertiti\, the German excavators unearthed a collection of plaster portrait studies that allow reconstructing the creation procedure of ancient Egyptian portraits as well as the technique used to ensure the consistency of royal portraiture in ancient Egypt. The presentation will address those issues from a hands-on perspective\, as well as the reason why this royal sculptor\, named Thutmose\, kept those plaster pieces in his estate. \n  \nDimitri Laboury is Research Director of the FNRS\, the National Foundation for Scientific Research of Belgium\, at the University of Liège\, where he teaches Ancient Egyptian Art History\, Archaeology\, History and History of Religion\, as Associate Professor. Trained as an Egyptologist and an Art Historian\, he specialized in the study of Ancient Egyptian thought and cultural history through the art of that civilization. His interests range from the study of royal statuary to the analysis of painterly practices in the decoration of Theban Tombs\, and from the history of western reception of Ancient Egyptian art to a theoretical approach to the functioning and meaning of Ancient Egyptian art. He is currently preparing the edition of an Oxford Handbook of Egyptian Epigraphy and Paleography at Oxford University Press. \n  \nEvent Flyer \n[gravityform id=”77″ title=”true” description=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/workshop-ancient-egyptian-sculptor/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Egyptology,Middle Eastern Studies,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180422T160000
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SUMMARY:The Frankfurt School\, Authoritarianism\, Fundamentalism and Cosmetics: From 1920s Germany to Contemporary Middle East
DESCRIPTION:Janet Afary (UC Santa Barbara) \nThere is very little information on the romantic and sexual behaviors of young Muslim contemporaries in the Middle East\, or among immigrant communities in the West. However\, Facebook has provided us with a new tool\, which permits a better understanding of young Muslim practices from Algeria and Egypt to Iran and Pakistan. In this lecture\, two questions will be addressed: is there’s a link between authoritarianism and the desire to control women’s bodies? Furthermore\, is there a connection between authoritarianism and Islamic religious fundamentalism\, similar to a correlation that recent studies in the US and Canada have confirmed between Christian fundamentalism and right-wing authoritarianism? \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/the-frankfurt-school-authoritarianism-fundamentalism-and-cosmetics/
LOCATION:121 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bilingual Lecture Series,Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180422T140000
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SUMMARY:Persian and Greek Participation in the Making of China's First Empire
DESCRIPTION:Terra-cotta warriors\, bronze chariots and horses are among the iconic artifacts associated with China’s first imperial dynasty\, the Qin (221 206 BCE). Chinese archaeologist Duan Qinbo shares new evidence that suggests the material culture and social governance of the Qin may not be solely indigenous Chinese\, but may also have come to China along Central Asian trade routes.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/persian-and-greek-participation-in-the-making-of-chinas-first-empire/
LOCATION:UCLA Fowler Museum
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180416T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180416T170000
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SUMMARY:Royal Succession in Ancient Egypt and Early Trade in the Eastern Mediterranean
DESCRIPTION:Royal Succession in Ancient Egypt\nNowhere are the legal terms of royal succession in ancient Egypt set out in explicit terms. The concept of hereditary monarchy manifests a wide range of modes of succession across time and place\, and today we will review these\, together with such evidence as survives from Egypt to discuss the way in which Egyptian pharaonic succession may have functioned\, in both theory and practice. We also consider the evidence for and existence of\, the institution of coregency. \nAidan Dodson is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology & Archaeology at the University of Bristol. His primary research interests concern ancient Egypt and funerary customs. His particular areas of specialization are Egyptian dynastic history and chronology\, tomb architecture\, coffin and sarcophagus design\, canopic equipment\, and the history of Egyptology\, particularly in Bristol. A prolific author and editor of nearly three hundred academic works\, he has worked to publish the coffins and related material from the tomb of Tutankhamun\, and his recent books include The Royal Tombs of Ancient Egypt. \n  \nEarly Trade in the Eastern Mediterranean\nThe talk will address the earliest trade from around the beginning of the Bronze Age. We will do our best to trace and follow its main lines\, engaging with both the historical and theoretical questions that arise treating precious materials\, textiles\, and so on in addition to dealing with prices\, values\, import substitution and product substitution as well as circulation. We will discuss grain in particular in order to provide a critical perspective on long term changes. There will be a prolonged period for questions and discussion of the range of issues raised by such a broad topic\, so audience input will be both vital and welcomed. \nDavid Warburton studies political science\, archaeology and Egyptology. He holds degrees from the American University of Beirut (BA\, MA)\, the University of Bern (D.phil)\, and the Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (HDR). Warburton has since taught in cities across the world – Bern\, Copenhagen\, Aarhus\, Lyon\, Berlin\, Cairo\, and Changchun. His excavations\, surveys & epigraphy have taken place in France\, Switzerland\, Syria\, Iraq\, Yemen\, and Egypt. He serves as the Resident Director for the American Institute for Yemeni Studies from 1993-1995. His publications include books on economics\, religion\, chronology\, stratigraphy; articles & chapters on economics\, religion\, chronology\, stratigraphy\, colour terminology\, history of science\, architecture\, excavation reports; and many reviews \n  \nEvent Flyer\nEvent Flyer\nPlease RSVP for Event\n[gravityform id=”76″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/royal-succession-ancient-egypt-and-early-trade-in-the-eastern-mediterranean/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180411T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180411T170000
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SUMMARY:ARCE Practice Talks Round 2
DESCRIPTION:The Compositional Design of Djedhor Cairo JE 46341 \nMichael Chen (Egyptology). This paper examines the layout of spells upon the statue surfaces of Djedhor to uncover the inherent planning behind the design of the statue. This strategic design reveals both a balanced spell arrangement and the inscribing order of the statue’s construction. The patterns observed in my analysis permit a greater intertextual study of magical healing spells and a better understanding of these spells’ relationships with materiality. \n  \n\nTemple Rank and 21st Dynasty Funerary Papyri: Documenting Status in Theban Society \n\nMarissa Stevens (Egyptology). This talk focuses on the funerary papyri of the Theban priesthood and the choices they made regarding the content of the papyri. These choices of content reflect the positions these priests held within the temple\, and oftentimes passed through the generations\, illustrating the inheritance of temple positions and the importance of hereditary positions in this religiously entrenched society \n  \nEvent Flyer\n[gravityform id=”74″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/arce-practice-talks-round-2/
LOCATION:161 Dodd Hall\, 315 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Egyptology,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180408T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180408T180000
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SUMMARY:Panel on Environment and Sustainability (in Persian)
DESCRIPTION:Following the lectures of the speakers\, there will be a period for Q & A. \nAmir AghaKouchak (UC Irvine)\nAnthropogenic Drought and the Notion of Water-Bankruptcy\nخشکسالی انسانی و مقوله ورشکستگی آبی \nThe presentation focuses on Iran currently experiencing serious water and environmental problems. Droughts coupled with increasing water demands and over-abstraction of surface and groundwater resources have escalated the nation’s water situation to a critical level. We argue that while climate change has played a role\, the primary drivers of the current water problems is water bankruptcy. This problem\, at least in theory\, can be addressed by re-establishing the balance between the natural water supply and human water needs through demand management and/or developing additional water resources \nAzadeh Tabazadeh (Stanford University)\nCurrent and Future Concerns of Air Pollution and Climate Change in Iran\nآلودگی هوا و تغییرات اقلیمی در ایران:  نگرانی های کنونی و چشم انداز آینده \nDesertification and rapid urbanization without sound regulatory environmental polices are two main factors that contribute to severe air pollution episodes in Tehran\, Ahvaz and many large cities in Iran. The process by which air pollution forms in metropolitan areas will be discussed as well as why such episodes have become more severe in Iran in recents decades. Causes and effects of global climate change will be discussed with emphasizes on how such changes will likely affect Iran’s  future weather patterns\, mean surface temperature\, average precipitation\, and sea level rise. \nMohsen Mesgaran (UC Davis)\nAgricultural and Environmental Issues in Iran\nچالش های کشاورزی ایران در تولید غذا برای جمعیتی رو به افزایش \nThis presentation will provide an overview of the dynamics of agricultural production in Iran and its future food demands based on recent projections of population growth\, then it will explore whether the land and water resources of Iran can meet the projected future food requirements of Iran and highlight technological and ecological solutions that can help improve both the productivity and sustainability of agriculture in Iran. \n[Event featured image from scoop.it]\n  \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/panel-on-environment/
LOCATION:121 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bilingual Lecture Series,Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180406T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180406T150000
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SUMMARY:ARCE Practice Talks Round 1
DESCRIPTION:The Religious Significance of Timber in Ancient Egypt \n Carrie Arbuckle (Archaeology). In this talk\, the religious significance of timber in ancient Egypt is explored\, particularly as it relates to coffin construction. This approach is based on a translation of a variation of Book of the Dead spell 193. \n  \nHard Times: The Life\, Death\, and Afterlife of Three Individuals from Tell Edfu \nRose Campbell (archaeology). Excavations near the Temple of Edfu in 2012 unexpectedly revealed three human skeletons in a grain silo\, dating to the twenty-first century BCE. Despite the importance of proper mortuary practice in ancient Egypt\, these individuals lay sprawled in the silo with no evidence of burial treatment. This paper explores the lives of these three individuals and considers how and why they may have been deposited in such an unusual manner. \n  \n\nThe Eastern Delta as a Middle Ground for Hyksos Identity Negotiation \nDani Candelora (Egyptology). Approaching the Eastern Delta as a middle ground for identity negotiation\, this talk examines the cerebral side of cross-cultural interaction in the Second Intermediate Period. The Hyksos\, themselves immigrants from the east\, made strategic choices in the adaptation of Egyptian traditions or the maintenance and advertisement of their eastern identities to more successfully rule the mixed population of the Eastern Delta \n  \nEvent Flyer\n  \n[gravityform id=”68″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/arce-practice-talks-round-1/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180313T163000
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SUMMARY:Egyptology in Nazi Germany: Ideology\, Scholarship\, Careers
DESCRIPTION:The history of Egyptology in the Third Reich has long been tabooed and never been the subject of academic analysis. Based on extensive archival research in Germany\, this lecture will provide an overview of the discipline under National Socialism. It will look at the careers of individual scholars\, from the emigrants and those persecuted to scholars who served in the SA\, SS and Waffen-SS\, and who themselves as “political leaders” for the new regime. Attempts to align Egyptology\, a discipline studying a “non-Aryan” civilization\, with Nazi ideas occurred early on; in addition\, the German Archaeological Institute in Egypt played an important role in Nazi propaganda in the Middle East. The discipline’s history in Nazi Germany was also of decisive significance for the post-war development of Egyptology in the United States. More fundamentally\, the history of academe since the Weimar Republic is an example of the diverse dispositions of scholarship to political pressure and the fragility of tenets of academic integrity. \nThomas Schneider is Professor of Egyptology and Near Eastern Studies at the University of British Columbia\, Vancouver. He studied at Zurich\, Basel\, and Paris\, earning a Master’s degree (Lizentiat)\, a doctorate\, and a habilitation in Egyptology at the University of Basel. He has published widely in his main areas of research: Egyptian interconnections with the Levant and the Near East (including Egypt and the Bible)\, Egyptian history and chronology\, Egyptian historical phonology\, and the history of Egyptology in Nazi Germany. He is founding editor of the Journal of Egyptian History\, as well as editor of Near Eastern Archaeology for the American Schools of Oriental Research. \n  \nEvent Flyer\n  \nPlease RSVP for Event\n[gravityform id=”72″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/egyptology-nazi-germany-ideology-scholarship-careers/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180310T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180310T180000
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SUMMARY:Songs of Nowruz and Spring  in Persian Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak (UCLA) \nThe celebration known as Nowruz not only marks the start of the Iranian New Year at the vernal equinox\, but it has also been widely celebrated over several millennia across a vast expanse from Anatolia\, the Iranian plateau\, to West and Central Asia. As a theme too\, Nowruz and the spring have been a staple of Persian poetry in pre-Islamic and Islamic Iran up to modern times. The theme of Nowruz has been ceremoniously recited at royal courts\, as well as in cities and villages across the Iranian world\, and has provided a gauge by which the ebbs and flows of Iranian history and culture may be measured through the ages. The lecture shall explore the theme of Nowruz and various stylistic approaches to it. \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/songs-nowruz-spring-persian-poetry-2/
LOCATION:121 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180309T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180309T133000
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SUMMARY:Unscripted: The Visuality of Monumental Script in Ptolemaic Egypt
DESCRIPTION:The Egyptian language is visually associated with its iconic Hieroglyphs. However\, by the Ptolemaic period (332-30 BCE)\, the later form of Egyptian known as Demotic\, which employed a different script\, was commonly used in daily life. Hieroglyphs retained a prominent position and could imbue an inscription with prestige\, but the multicultural shift of the Egyptian population by this period led to modifications in the vocabulary of social presentation. At this time\, individuals creating inscribed funerary objects began experimenting with the elements of personal display by producing multilingual monuments in Egyptian and Greek as well as transcribing older texts into the Demotic script. \n  \n\nEmily Cole is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World\, New York University. She received her Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures from UCLA in 2015. Her research focuses on multiculturalism and communication practices in the Eastern Mediterranean during the 1st millennium BCE. Her new project\, Beyond the Rosetta Stone\, will incorporate several cases studies that examine how individuals manipulated the visual presentation of scripts in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt. She has also participated in archaeological fieldwork in Turkey\, Sudan\, and Egypt\, and is co-director of the “Qarah el-Hamra Fayum Project” with Bethany Simpson. \n  \nEvent Flyer\n\nPlease RSVP for Event\n  \n[gravityform id=”71″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/unscripted-visuality-monumental-script-ptolemaic-egypt/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180221T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180221T180000
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SUMMARY:Between Graven Images and Zoroastrian Texts: How to Study Ancient Iranian Religious Iconography?
DESCRIPTION:Michael Shenkar (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) \nThe study of the Iranian religious iconography has been traditionally bound to the Zoroastrian texts. Deities\, animals and symbols have all been usually interpreted based on the descriptions found in the Avesta and in the Middle Persian literature. \nHowever\, to treat these problematic texts as a source of Iranian imagery comparable with the Bible for the Byzantine art or with the Buddhist sacred texts for the Buddhist art\, is certainly misleading. The potential and the relevance of the Zoroastrian texts even for the interpretation of the Sasanian religious iconography is quite limited\, and we should be careful applying their contents to the artistic traditions of other Iranians in different historical periods. Instead\, priority should be given to the iconographic analysis in context of Mesopotamian\, Hellenistic and Indian religious imagery. \nThis event is co-sponsored by The UCLA Asia Pacific Center. \nTo register for this event\, please click here. Seating is limited. \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/graven-images-zoroastrian-texts-study-ancient-iranian-religious-iconography/
LOCATION:Royce Hall Room 306\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA (CALIFORNIA)\, 90095
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180211T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180211T180000
DTSTAMP:20180205T201443Z
CREATED:20171211T210938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180205T201443Z
UID:9056-1518364800-1518372000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Why and How Iranian Identity has become so Politicized? (Lecture in Persian)
DESCRIPTION:Mehrzad Boroujerdi (Syracuse) \nIn this presentation\, Mehrzad Boroujerdi\, Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University and Visiting Scholar at UCLA’s Center for Near Eastern Studies\, will address such issues as the central tenants of Iranian identity\, attempts to refine it\, and the current challenges and controversies regarding this contested notion. \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/iranian-identity-become-politicized-lecture-persian/
LOCATION:121 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bilingual Lecture Series,Iranian,NELC
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180207T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180207T160000
DTSTAMP:20180103T214228Z
CREATED:20180103T214228Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180103T214228Z
UID:9090-1518019200-1518019200@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Freed from Hostageship: Iranian Perspectives on the Arsacids of Rome
DESCRIPTION:Jake Nabel (Getty Research Institute) \nOver the course of the Julio-Claudian period in Rome (c.30 BCE-68 CE)\, several Arsacid princes from the ruling family of the Parthian empire were sent to live in the court of the Roman emperor. Ancient Greco-Roman sources describe these figures as “hostages\,” and modern scholars have largely followed suit. While contemporary Parthian evidence is scarce\, this talk will draw on later Iranian sources and broader histories of the ancient Near East to consider the Arsacids of Rome from a new perspectives – namely\, as foster-children rather than hostages. This reinterpretation supports a different view of Roman-Parthian relations in the first century CE\, one that departs from the scholarly literature’s usual focus on war and diplomacy between unitary empires and emphasizes instead the interconnection of two royal families through the bonds of fictive kinship. \nEvent Flyer\nTo register for this event\, please click here. Seating is limited.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/freed-hostageship-iranian-perspectives-arsacids-rome/
LOCATION:Royce Hall Room 306\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA (CALIFORNIA)\, 90095
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180205T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180205T180000
DTSTAMP:20180131T003207Z
CREATED:20180131T003207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180131T003207Z
UID:9270-1517848200-1517853600@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Rare Manuscripts of the Moroccan Royal Library: An Introduction and Overview
DESCRIPTION:This lecture will describe some of the rare holdings of al-Khizāna al-Ḥassania\, discuss issues related to Maghribi paleography\, codicology\, and art\, imagery\, and the symbolism and significance of color used in selected manuscripts. The lecture will also offer advice for potential researchers and suggest fruitful avenues for research in manuscripts at the Ḥassania Library. \n  \nDr. Khalid Zahri is Assistant Director\, Curator\, and researcher for the manuscript collection of the Hassania Royal Library in Morocco. He travels widely to share his expertise in manuscript preservation and publication of glosses and commentaries. He has presented lectures and facilitated workshops across the Arab world\, Southeast Asia\, and Western Europe. He is an established expert in Muslim theology (kalām)\, Sufism\, and the methodology of Islamic law (uṣūl al-fiqh). \n  \nEvent Flyer\n\nPlease RSVP for Event\n[gravityform id=”70″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/rare-manuscripts-moroccan-royal-library-introduction-overview/
LOCATION:NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365)\, 365 Humanities\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:NELC
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180203T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180203T180000
DTSTAMP:20180130T164301Z
CREATED:20171129T221943Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180130T164301Z
UID:9020-1517673600-1517680800@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:In Search of Modern Iran (Lecture in Persian)
DESCRIPTION:Abbas Amanat (Yale) \nIn this book talk given in Persian\, Abbas Amanat discusses the challenges and rewards of writing about a half millennium of history in his recently published book: Iran: A Modern History  (Yale University Press\, 2017). \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/in-search-of-modern-iran-lecture-in-persian/
LOCATION:121 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bilingual Lecture Series,Iranian,NELC
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180131T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180131T180000
DTSTAMP:20180130T163938Z
CREATED:20171129T221038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180130T163938Z
UID:9014-1517414400-1517421600@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:In Search of Modern Iran
DESCRIPTION:Abbas Amanat (Yale) \nIn this book talk\, Abbas Amanat discusses the challenges and rewards of writing about a half millennium of history in his recently published book: Iran: A Modern History  (Yale University Press\, 2017). \nEvent Flyer\nRegistration\nPlease complete this form to register for the event. Seating is limited.  \n[gravityform id=”66″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/search-modern-iran/
LOCATION:Royce Hall Room 306\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA (CALIFORNIA)\, 90095
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180119T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180119T160000
DTSTAMP:20180116T232138Z
CREATED:20180116T230333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180116T232138Z
UID:9159-1516377600-1516377600@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:David Hirsch's Retirement Party
DESCRIPTION:Please join us in bidding a fond farewell to David Hirsch\, longtime Librarian for Jewish\, Middle Eastern\, Central Asian\, South Asian\, and Armenian Studies at UCLA. Champagne and pastries will be served. \n[gravityform id=”68″ title=”true” description=”false”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/david-hirschs-retirement-party/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180110T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180110T180000
DTSTAMP:20180111T213814Z
CREATED:20171121T234112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180111T213814Z
UID:8984-1515600000-1515607200@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Great King / King of Kings. Survival and Transformation of a Persian Title in the Hellenistic Period\, c. 330–30 BCE: From the Achaemenids to the Parthians
DESCRIPTION:Rolf Strootman (Utrecht University) \nThe Old Persian imperial titles Great King and King of Kings (xšāyaθiya vazạrka and xšāyaθiya xšāyaθiyānām) disappeared after the Macedonian conquest of the Achaemenid Empire in 330 BCE. But already before the Parthians reestablished Iranian kingship in Iran\, the title Great King had returned in a Greek version: basileus megas. That title was adopted around 205 BCE by the Seleukid emperor Antiochos III (‘the Great’) and by several of his successors. When later the Parthian rulers Mithradates I and Mithradates II assumed pretensions to the titles of Great King and King of Kings respectively\, they too used Greek renderings of these titles\, until finally the Sasanians introduced the Middle Persian title of šāhān šāh (King of Kings). \nWhat did these tiles signify? Did their meaning change in the course of time? And how were they transmitted across their c. 125-year period of absence? \nEvent Flyer\n  \nTo register for this event\, please click here. Seating is limited.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/great-king-king-kings-survival-transformation-persian-title-hellenistic-period-c-330-30-bce-achaemenids-parthians/
LOCATION:Royce Hall Room 306\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA (CALIFORNIA)\, 90095
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171208T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171208T170000
DTSTAMP:20171102T164453Z
CREATED:20171026T175222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171102T164453Z
UID:8827-1512745200-1512752400@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Holiday Party
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for our First Annual Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Holiday Party! Come meet faculty\, graduate\, and undergraduate students within the program. Refreshments will be provided. \nEvent Flyer\n\nPlease RSVP for Event\n[gravityform id=”61″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/2017-holiday-party/
LOCATION:NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365)\, 365 Humanities\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:NELC
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171205T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171205T130000
DTSTAMP:20171121T190102Z
CREATED:20171026T190250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171121T190102Z
UID:8824-1512478800-1512478800@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:From Pastoral Nomads to Policemen: Ethnicity and Identity of the Medjay in Ancient Egypt
DESCRIPTION:Professor Kate Liszka will provide a lecture on the introduction of the diverse textual\, artistic\, and archaeological sources that help us identify how Medjay evolved from an ethnic group to Egypt’s most important police force. Come learn more about the Medjay people. Lunch will be provided. \n  \nKate Liszka completed her degree in Egyptology at the University of Pennsylvania in 2012. In her dissertation\, she studied the evolution of the Medjay from the Old Kingdom—when they were a Nubian ethnic group of itinerant laborers—to the beginning of the New Kingdom—when they became an elite military group who protected places of pharaonic interest\, like the borders of Egypt against the Nubians. Kate Liszka went on to become a Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow in the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts at Princeton University. Currently\, she is proud to be the Benson and Pamela Harer Chair and Assistant Professor of History at California State University\, San Bernardino. \n  \nEvent Flyer\n\nPlease RSVP for Event\n[gravityform id=”60″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pastoral-nomads-policemen-ethnicity-identity-medjay-ancient-egypt/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Egyptology,NELC
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171129T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171129T180000
DTSTAMP:20171117T180755Z
CREATED:20171012T165527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171117T180755Z
UID:8693-1511971200-1511978400@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:The Achaemenid King and his Governors: Identity - Imitation - Identification
DESCRIPTION:Maria Brosius (University of Toronto) \nWhile we may have a rather clear idea about the relationship between the Achaemenid king and his satraps\, the relationship between the king and local governors and city-rulers has received less scholarly attention. An exception to this omission is Mausolus of Caria who seems to stand out because Greek sources refer to him both as a king and a satrap. Is his position within the Persian governmental structure indeed exceptional\, and perhaps a sign of the increasing autonomy of local rulers of the fourth century BCE\, as has been suggested\, or is he a typical representative for the local dynasts of the Persian empire? This lecture aims to investigate the relationship between the Achaemenid king and local rulers\, and considers images of royalty and imperial power\, as well as recent archaeological finds to inquire to what extent these rulers identified themselves with the Persian court or saw themselves as (semi-) independent political leaders. \nEvent Flyer\n  \nPlease note that this event will now be held in 306 Royce Hall. To register for this event\, please click here. Seating is limited.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/achaemenid-king-governors-identity-imitation-identification/
LOCATION:Royce Hall Room 306\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA (CALIFORNIA)\, 90095
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171120T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171120T173000
DTSTAMP:20171120T192315Z
CREATED:20171120T191614Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171120T192315Z
UID:8957-1511193600-1511199000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Many Roads to Oxiana: Safavid and Mughal Poetry on Central Asian Campaigns
DESCRIPTION:Sunil Sharma (Boston University) \n\nCentral 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 conflicts between the three polities were often characterized by the deployment of the mythical Turan-Iran binary and recast in the manner of later epics modeled on Firdawsi’s Shahnama. But there was also a newness to this poetry in keeping with the popular ‘fresh style’ of the period. This paper will study the tension between traditional modes of representation and the poetics of the early modern period in the context of a close reading of some poems\, such as on the Battle of Marv (1510) by the Safavid poet Qasimi and on the Balkh campaigns of the seventeenth century by the Mughal poets Kalim and Alavi. \nNOTE: This lecture was rescheduled from spring 2017. \n \nThis event is cosponsored by the Program of Iranian Studies and presented in collaboration with the Center for Near Eastern Studies.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/many-roads-oxiana-safavid-mughal-poetry-central-asian-campaigns/
LOCATION:10383 Bunche Hall\, 11282 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles \, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171120T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171120T160000
DTSTAMP:20171009T181233Z
CREATED:20170830T184531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171009T181233Z
UID:8059-1511186400-1511193600@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Computers and Challenges of Writing in Persian
DESCRIPTION:A lecture in English by Behrooz Parhami (UCSB). November 20\, 2017.  \nThe 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 flexibility to font designers and the expansion of the computer market in the Middle East attracted investments on improving the Persian script for computers. Nevertheless\, certain peculiarities of the Persian script have led to legibility and aesthetic issues to persist in many cases. In this talk\, I will enumerate some of the features of the modern Persian script that made it a poor match to implementation on modern technologies and review the challenges presented by\, and some of the solutions proposed for\, each new generation of computer printers. Interestingly\, the same features that make legible and pleasant printing and displaying difficult also lead to challenges in automatic text recognition. I will conclude with an overview of current state of the art and areas that still need further work. \nThis event is made possible with the major support of the Amuzegar Chair in Iranian Studies and the Musa Sabi Term Chair of Iranian Studies and the generous support of The Farhang Foundation and in collaboration with the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/fifty-years-poor-penmanship-computers-struggled-learn-persian-script-2/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bilingual Lecture Series,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:20171119T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171119T180000
DTSTAMP:20171009T181255Z
CREATED:20170830T183956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171009T181255Z
UID:8055-1511107200-1511114400@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Computers and Challenges of Writing in Persian
DESCRIPTION:A lecture in Persian by Behrooz Parhami (UCSB). November 19\, 2017. \nThe 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 flexibility to font designers and the expansion of the computer market in the Middle East attracted investments on improving the Persian script for computers. Nevertheless\, certain peculiarities of the Persian script have led to legibility and aesthetic issues to persist in many cases. In this talk\, I will enumerate some of the features of the modern Persian script that made it a poor match to implementation on modern technologies and review the challenges presented by\, and some of the solutions proposed for\, each new generation of computer printers. Interestingly\, the same features that make legible and pleasant printing and displaying difficult also lead to challenges in automatic text recognition. I will conclude with an overview of current state of the art and areas that still need further work. \nThis event is made possible with the major support of the Amuzegar Chair in Iranian Studies and the Musa Sabi Term Chair of Iranian Studies and the generous support of The Farhang Foundation and in collaboration with the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/fifty-years-poor-penmanship-computers-struggled-learn-persian-script/
LOCATION:121 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bilingual Lecture Series,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:20171108T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171108T180000
DTSTAMP:20171019T233114Z
CREATED:20171005T211922Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171019T233114Z
UID:8508-1510156800-1510164000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:The King of Kings’ Empire as a Garden in Ancient Iran
DESCRIPTION:Touraj Daryaee (UC Irvine) \nThis 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 acted as a gardener who not only protected his subjects from invaders and malicious forces\, but also weeded out those who brought havoc to the internal order of the empire established by Ohrmazd. \nEvent Flyer\n  \nTo register for this event\, please click here.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/king-kings-empire-garden-ancient-iran/
LOCATION:Royce Hall Room 306\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA (CALIFORNIA)\, 90095
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC,Pourdavoud Center
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171106T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171106T150000
DTSTAMP:20171102T002815Z
CREATED:20171102T002532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171102T002815Z
UID:8893-1509969600-1509980400@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Conference Talks and Q&A
DESCRIPTION: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! \nSpeakers (in order):\n\nAndrew Danielson \nDanielle Candelora\nJacob Damm\nJeremy Williams\nTimothy Hogue\nMarissa Stevens\n\nEvent Flyer\n\nPlease RSVP for Event\n[gravityform id=”62″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]\n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/graduate-student-conference-talks-and-qa/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Egyptology,Hebrew Bible,NELC
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171027T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171027T133000
DTSTAMP:20171004T215934Z
CREATED:20171004T215515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171004T215934Z
UID:8486-1509105600-1509111000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:ImaginePhD: Exploring Humanist Career Paths
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\nPlease bring a laptop to this session.\n\nAnnie Maxfield is the Associate Director for Graduate Student Professional Development at UCLA’s Career Center and the Design & Development Lead for ImaginePhD. She has been helping graduate students find and pursue their career of choice for 8+ years. \n  \nEvent Flyer\n\nPlease RSVP for Event Below:\n[gravityform id=”49″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/imaginephd-exploring-humanist-career-paths/
CATEGORIES:NELC
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