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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180110T160000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171208T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171208T170000
DTSTAMP:20171102T164453Z
CREATED:20171026T175222Z
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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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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171129T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171129T180000
DTSTAMP:20171117T180755Z
CREATED:20171012T165527Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171120T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171120T173000
DTSTAMP:20171120T192315Z
CREATED:20171120T191614Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171120T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171120T160000
DTSTAMP:20171009T181233Z
CREATED:20170830T184531Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171119T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171119T180000
DTSTAMP:20171009T181255Z
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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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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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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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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/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171027T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171027T170000
DTSTAMP:20171027T215904Z
CREATED:20171027T215904Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171027T215904Z
UID:8846-1509091200-1509123600@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\nstudents presenting their research at academic conferences in the next month\nwill be giving their talks for the NELC community\, and would love feedback and\nquestions!
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/graduate-student-conference-talks-qa/
LOCATION:CA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171020T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171020T130000
DTSTAMP:20171026T164823Z
CREATED:20171004T214128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171026T164823Z
UID:8473-1508497200-1508504400@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Searching for Scribal Curriculum in Ancient Israel
DESCRIPTION:Professor 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 its adaptations into other Levantine scribal settings. \n  \nEvent Flyer\n\nPlease RSVP for Event\n[gravityform id=”48″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]\n  \n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/searching-scribal-curriculum-ancient-israel/
LOCATION:NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365)\, 365 Humanities\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Hebrew & Jewish,Hebrew Bible,Levantine,Levantine Studies,Middle Eastern Studies,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171018T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171018T180000
DTSTAMP:20171013T210701Z
CREATED:20170911T223117Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171013T210701Z
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SUMMARY:How much of a physician was Rashīd al-Dīn?
DESCRIPTION:Photo: Humboldt Foundation/Wolfgang Hemmann \nA lecture by Judith Pfeiffer (University of Bonn) \nRashīd 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\, ṭabīb\, the paper explores his role as a medical practitioner\, patron\, and author of scholarly medical treatises\, arguing that Rashīd al-Dīn’s name is henceforth to be included in earnest in the history of Islamic medicine. \nJudith Pfeiffer’s research focuses on the social\, political\, and intellectual history of the Nile to Oxus region with a particular emphasis on Iran\, Central Asia\, and Anatolia during the Later Middle and Early Modern Periods of Islamic history. She has a special interest in the ways in which political and confessional boundaries were re-negotiated and re-defined during the post-Mongol period\, and has worked on Islamization processes\, historiography\, and political thought during the 13th to 17th centuries. \nHer publications include History and Historiography of Post-Mongol Central Asia and the Middle East (2006\, co-edited with Sholeh Quinn); Theoretical Approaches to the Transmission and Edition of Oriental Manuscripts (co-edited with Manfred Kropp\, 2007); and Politics\, Patronage and the Transmission of Knowledge in 13th-15th Century Tabriz (2013). \nJudith received her Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies/History from the University of Chicago in 2003. In the same year she joined the Faculty of Oriental Studies in Oxford as a University Lecturer and then Associate Professor\, where she taught courses on Islamic History and Culture; Arabic\, Persian\, and Ottoman Turkish historical texts and palaeography; and special options on Seljuq\, Mongol\, Mamluk\, Timurid\, Ottoman\, and Safavid history and historiography. In 2016 she was appointed Alexander von Humboldt Professor in Islamic Studies at the University of Bonn\, where she currently directs the Alexander von Humboldt Kolleg on 13th to 16th century Islamicate intellectual history. \nCo-sponsored by the UCLA Program on Central Asia \nNOTE: This lecture was rescheduled from spring 2017.\nEvent Flyer\nRegistration\nPlease complete this form to register for the event.  \n[gravityform id=”46″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]\n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/much-physician-rashid-al-din-2/
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:20171016T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171016T173000
DTSTAMP:20171013T210701Z
CREATED:20170922T213237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171013T210701Z
UID:8339-1508169600-1508175000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Rashīd al-Dīn in the Eye of the Beholder: Proposing a Holistic Approach to Reception History
DESCRIPTION:Photo: Humboldt Foundation/Wolfgang Hemmann \nCentral Asia in Transition Lecture by Judith Pfeiffer (University of Bonn) \nRecent 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 theoretical works\, and adduces evidence to revise the above statement by reviewing the reception of Rashīd al-Dīn in the Islamic world with a special focus on Central Asia and here in particular Bukhara in its connection to Herat. \nJudith Pfeiffer’s research focuses on the social\, political\, and intellectual history of the Nile to Oxus region with a particular emphasis on Iran\, Central Asia\, and Anatolia during the Later Middle and Early Modern Periods of Islamic history. She has a special interest in the ways in which political and confessional boundaries were re-negotiated and re-defined during the post-Mongol period. Her publications include History and Historiography of Post-Mongol Central Asia and the Middle East (2006\, co-edited with Sholeh Quinn); and Politics\, Patronage and the Transmission of Knowledge in 13th-15th Century Tabriz (2013). In 2016 she was appointed Alexander von Humboldt Professor in Islamic Studies at the University of Bonn\, where she currently directs the Alexander von Humboldt Kolleg on 13th to 16th century Islamicate intellectual history. \nThis event is co-sponsored by The UCLA Asia Pacific Center. \nNOTE: This lecture was rescheduled from spring 2017.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/rashid-al-din-eye-beholder-proposing-holistic-approach-reception-history/
LOCATION:10383 Bunche Hall\, 11282 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles \, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian,Pourdavoud Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171011T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171011T203000
DTSTAMP:20180516T192948Z
CREATED:20171009T235857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180516T192948Z
UID:8591-1507746600-1507753800@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:FBI - Information Session: Collegiate Hiring Initiative and Honors Internship Program
DESCRIPTION:  \nInformation Session: Collegiate Hiring Initiative and Honors Internship Program\nInterested in becoming an FBI Intern or looking for a full-time position? Join us to learn more about two of FBI’s collegiate programs. Deadline to apply for both is October 15th. \nWhen: Wednesday\, October 11\, 2017 \nTime: 6:30PM-8:30PM \nWhere: University of California\, Los Angeles; Kaplan Hall\, Room 365 \n  \nEvent Flyer\n\nPlease RSVP for Event\n[gravityform id=”51″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/fbi-information-session-collegiate-hiring-initiative-honors-internship-program/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171009T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171009T160000
DTSTAMP:20171009T181525Z
CREATED:20170830T182825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171009T181525Z
UID:8050-1507557600-1507564800@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:What Kind of Wine did Rudaki Fancy?
DESCRIPTION:A lecture in English by Kamran Talattof (University of Arizona). October 09\, 2017. \nOne of the earliest Persian poets\, Rudaki (859–941)\, employed the word wine within a wide semantic register in his poems. However\, his unicity is most manifest when the process of wine making is depicted within a highly allegorical poem entitled “Mother of Wine.” Through contextual\, historical\, and discursive analyses\, it is argued that this poem—written in the form of a qasideh—was composed for the purpose of being performed for an audial audience\, and thus reflected the conscious cultural discourse of the Samanids (819–999 – the first Iranian dynasty following the Arab conquest of Persia)\, who deemed themselves heirs to past\, pre-Islamic grandeur\, and sought to connect both in content and form (here the performativity of the poem) with the Sasanian empire (ca. 224–651). \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/kind-wine-rudaki-d-941-like/
LOCATION:Humanities Bldg. Rm 348\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA (CALIFORNIA)\, 90095
CATEGORIES:Bilingual Lecture Series,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:20171008T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171008T180000
DTSTAMP:20171009T181542Z
CREATED:20170830T181910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171009T181542Z
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SUMMARY:Sexuality and Cultural Change in Iranian Cinema
DESCRIPTION:A lecture in Persian by Kamran Talattof (University of Arizona). October 8\, 2017.\n \nThe history of Iranian cinema adequately reflects the construction of gender in Iran. But the expression of sexuality is a problematic notion on a number of levels. In western societies\, the preoccupation with human sexuality prompted reflection about human physiology\, gender identity\, and ethical considerations\, resulting in the perception of sex as ontologically separate from mere reproduction\, eventually facilitating sexual expression. In traditional segments of Iranian society\, sex outside of marriage for women was deemed synonymous with sin. Analyzing movies from the pre- and post-revolutionary eras\, a case is made that Iranian cinema\, albeit tributary to socio-political tribulations\, has also been a major agent for change\, and partially responsible for the reification of gender and sexuality as central points of contention among different social players in Iran. Whereas in the pre-revolutionary period\, the presentation of the feminine\, the female body\, and sexuality was linked to a greater westernization project\, and resulted in a backlash in more traditional segments of society\, in the revolutionary era\, those representations were confronted with the new Islamic codes of morality\, which all filmmakers were forced to respect. \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/sexuality-cultural-change-presentation-gender-iranian-cinema/
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171004T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171004T180000
DTSTAMP:20171013T210702Z
CREATED:20170906T214525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171013T210702Z
UID:8109-1507132800-1507140000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Greater Glory: Darius I and Divinity in Achaemenid Royal Ideology
DESCRIPTION:Matthew Waters (University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire) \nThe close link between the king and the divine has deep roots in Near Eastern royal ideologies\, and the Persian kings during the Achaemenid period (c. 550-330 BCE) followed this tradition. Exactly how close was the link? Recent studies suggest a blurred line between the two especially during at least some parts of the Neo-Assyrian period. However one chooses to answer that question for the Achaemenids\, the king is to be considered a fulcrum. The glorification of the King considers his multiple roles within the Achaemenid ideological scheme\, as manifest in both textual and iconographic evidence. The Achaemenids were masters of adoption and adaptation of previous structures in the fashioning a compelling royal ideology\, one that incorporated several Persian and Iranian elements and one that also embedded some ambiguity. This presentation considers some of the ambiguity within Achaemenid royal ideology\, and its reception\, with regard to the glorification of the king and the intersection with the divine. \nEvent Flyer\n\nRegistration\nPlease complete this form to register for the event.  \n[gravityform id=”45″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]\n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/greater-glory-darius-divinity-achaemenid-royal-ideology/
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:20170611T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170611T180000
DTSTAMP:20170510T154840Z
CREATED:20170502T233226Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170510T154840Z
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SUMMARY:Abbas Kiarostami: The Man and His Arts
DESCRIPTION:On Kiarostami’s Poetic Landscapes\nShiva Balaghi \nAbbas Kiarostami: The Belated Poet\nAhmad Karimi-Hakkak \nThe Artful Cinema of Abbas Kiarostami\nHamid Naficy\n \nTake Me Home (2016)\nFilm screening and remarks by Ahmad Kiarostami\n \nRoundtable discussion\nModerated by Nayereh Tohidi\n \n*Presentations in English followed by a Roundtable Discussion in Persian \nShiva Balaghi is a cultural historian\, focusing on the visual arts of the contemporary Middle East. For nearly two decades\, she taught history and art history at NYU and Brown University. Her recent curatorial projects include curating an exhibition of Marcos Grigorian’s art at Frieze London\, co-curating a retrospective of leading Iranian sculptor Parviz Tanavoli at Wellesley’s Davis Museum\, and curating feminist Egyptian artist Ghada Amer’s first exhibit in the Arab world in two decades. Balaghi is a Trustee of the American Institute for Iranian Studies and an Editorial Correspondent for Ibraaz. She has written widely on visual culture for museum catalogues and publications like Artforum\, Hyperallergic\, and Canvas. Her books include Picturing Iran: Art\, Society and Revolution. She is an independent scholar based in Los Angeles. \nAhmad Karimi-Hakkak is a professor of Persian Language\, Literature and Culture at the University of Maryland and now a visiting professor at the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages. He is the author\, translator and editor of twenty-three books and over one-hundred academic articles\, and has contributed to various leading encyclopedias such as Britannica and Iranica. His works have been translated into many languages and the Persian translation of one of his most important books\, titled Recasting Persian Poetry (Persian title: Tali`eh-ye Tajaddod dar She`r-e Farsi) is the standard textbook for Ph.D. programs in Persian literature in Iranian and Indian universities. \nHamid Naficy is a professor of Radio-Television-Film and the Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani Professor in Communication Northwestern University. Naficy is a leading authority in cultural studies of diaspora\, exile\, and postcolonial cinemas and media and of Iranian and Middle Eastern cinemas.  He has published and lectured extensively\, nationally and internationally\, on these and allied topics. His latest work is the award-winning four-volume book A Social History of Iranian Cinema\, published in 2011-12.  Naficy has also published extensively in Persian\, including a two-volume book on the documentary cinema theory and history\, Film-e Mostanad.  He has also produced and directed many educational and documentary films. \nAhmad Kiarostami is the co-founder and CEO of Koantum\, a new startup to teach science to elementary school students in the United States. Ahmad serves as a board member at National Iranian American Council (NIAC)\, and The Roxie\, the oldest operational movie theatre in North America. Before moving to the United States in 2001\, he founded three companies in Iran\, including Negah\, the first multimedia and online production venue in Iran\, where he published award-winning multimedia products in cinema and visual arts. Ahmad has also worked with several Iranian directors\, and has served on the board of San Francisco Cinematheque\, the oldest organization in North America promoting experimental cinema and video. He makes music videos\, which are among the most viewed Iranian music videos on YouTube.  In 2014\, he started Docunight\, an initiative to show Iranian documentaries\, with monthly screenings in major cities in North America. In 2016\, Ahmad became a fellow at the Aspen Institute. \nThis event is made possible with the generous support of Farhang Foundation \nCo-sponsored by the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/abbas-kiarostami-man-arts/
LOCATION:Royce Hall 314\, 340 Royce Drive\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian
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ORGANIZER;CN="UCLA Iranian Studies":MAILTO:iranianstudies@humnet.ucla.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170602T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170602T133000
DTSTAMP:20170530T174341Z
CREATED:20170517T183643Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170530T174341Z
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SUMMARY:The Political Economy of the Canaanite Palace of Kabri
DESCRIPTION:Event Flyer \nTel Kabri\, in the western Galilee of modern day Israel\, is a large\, 34 ha site\, surrounded by rich agricultural land. During the Middle Bronze Age it was the center of a Canaanite polity. Its location\, 5 km from the Mediterranean coast\, facilitated its connections to major land routes\, as well as to the Mediterranean Sea. The palace of Kabri\, a vast structure\, covering up to 6000 m2\, was extensively excavated over the last decade by an expedition co-directed by Assaf Yasur-Landau and Eric H. Cline. Maritime trade provided access to imported goods\, such as Cypriot pottery and cedar from Lebanon\, as well as to technology of Aegean stylewall and floor paintings. At the same time\, there are no signs of literate administration in the palace\, or even of an administrative use of sealings. Patterns of animal husbandry\, textile production\, pottery manufacture and consumption\, and storage within the palace all provide evidence that it behaved economically more like an estate than like a redistributive center. This is in contrast to contemporary Alalakh and Ebla in Syria\, as well as to Kabri’s neighbor to the east\, Tel Hazor\, which all had literate administrations and redistributive economies. The recent find of large wine storage rooms\, which contained up to 16\,000 liter of red wine mixed with resin and with other herbal additives\, may provide an unexpected explanation to the ways Canaanite rulership used the palatial economy to further its political goals. \nAssaf Yasur-Landau is an Associate Professor in the Department of Maritime Civilizations at the University of Haifa. He has published extensively on the Philistines and anthropological approaches to the archaeology of ancient Israel. Since 2005 he co-directs the excavations of Tel Kabri in Israel\, where frescoes in the Middle Bronze Age palace have exposed long-distance connections with the Minoan world during the first half of the second millennium B.C.E. In addition to his terrestrial archaeological work\, he is also conducting maritime archaeological excavations off the coast of Israel.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/political-economy-canaanite-palace-kabri/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170524T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170524T190000
DTSTAMP:20170428T213933Z
CREATED:20170428T213933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170428T213933Z
UID:7294-1495641600-1495652400@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Careers in Management
DESCRIPTION:Part of the Humanities Career Panel Series — \nLearn how your Humanities degree can help you reach the top of the career ladder. \nRSVP Here: \nhttp://humanities.ucla.edu/career/careers-in-management/ \n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/careers-in-management/
LOCATION:Royce Hall Room 314\, 340 Royce Dr b100\, Los Angeles \, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170524T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170524T180000
DTSTAMP:20170522T225845Z
CREATED:20170410T235838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170522T225845Z
UID:7192-1495641600-1495648800@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:** CANCELLED ** How much of a physician was Rashīd al-Dīn?
DESCRIPTION:Photo: Humboldt Foundation/Wolfgang Hemmann \nTHIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. \nA lecture by Judith Pfeiffer (University of Bonn) \nRashīd 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\, ṭabīb\, the paper explores his role as a medical practitioner\, patron\, and author of scholarly medical treatises\, arguing that Rashīd al-Dīn’s name is henceforth to be included in earnest in the history of Islamic medicine. \nJudith Pfeiffer’s research focuses on the social\, political\, and intellectual history of the Nile to Oxus region with a particular emphasis on Iran\, Central Asia\, and Anatolia during the Later Middle and Early Modern Periods of Islamic history. She has a special interest in the ways in which political and confessional boundaries were re-negotiated and re-defined during the post-Mongol period\, and has worked on Islamization processes\, historiography\, and political thought during the 13th to 17th centuries. \nHer publications include History and Historiography of Post-Mongol Central Asia and the Middle East (2006\, co-edited with Sholeh Quinn); Theoretical Approaches to the Transmission and Edition of Oriental Manuscripts (co-edited with Manfred Kropp\, 2007); and Politics\, Patronage and the Transmission of Knowledge in 13th-15th Century Tabriz (2013). \nJudith received her Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies/History from the University of Chicago in 2003. In the same year she joined the Faculty of Oriental Studies in Oxford as a University Lecturer and then Associate Professor\, where she taught courses on Islamic History and Culture; Arabic\, Persian\, and Ottoman Turkish historical texts and palaeography; and special options on Seljuq\, Mongol\, Mamluk\, Timurid\, Ottoman\, and Safavid history and historiography. In 2016 she was appointed Alexander von Humboldt Professor in Islamic Studies at the University of Bonn\, where she currently directs the Alexander von Humboldt Kolleg on 13th to 16th century Islamicate intellectual history. \nCo-sponsored by the UCLA Program on Central Asia \n\n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/much-physician-rashid-al-din/
LOCATION:Royce Hall Room 306\, 340 Royce Drive\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian
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ORGANIZER;CN="UCLA Iranian Studies":MAILTO:iranianstudies@humnet.ucla.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170519T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170519T140000
DTSTAMP:20170516T003212Z
CREATED:20170510T185449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170516T003212Z
UID:7327-1495195200-1495202400@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:My Story: From Iran to NASA and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Azadeh Tabazadeh is an author\, environmental consultant\, and has worked as a senior research scientist at NASA. She has taught geophysics at Stanford University and received her doctoral degree in physical chemistry from UCLA. Named as a top “Brilliant 10” young scientist in the U.S. by ​Popular Science​ \, Tabazadeh has published more than 60 articles  and was given a Presidential White House Award. Come see Tabazadeh speak on her experiences\, including her TIME-featured memoir ​The Sky Detective​  that details her life growing up in Iran. \nLight refreshments will be served. \nCo-sponsored by UCLA Iranian Studies
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/story-iran-nasa-beyond/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170517T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170517T190000
DTSTAMP:20170428T213749Z
CREATED:20170428T213749Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170428T213749Z
UID:7292-1495036800-1495047600@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Careers in Education and Student Affairs
DESCRIPTION:Part of the Humanities Career Panel Series — \nWant to become a teacher? Do you want to find a career in student affairs? Take advantage of an opportunity to learn about careers in education by networking with professionals and exploring our resource fair. \nRSVP Here: \nhttp://humanities.ucla.edu/career/careers-education-student-affairs/
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/careers-education-student-affairs/
LOCATION:Royce Hall Room 314\, 340 Royce Dr b100\, Los Angeles \, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170512T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170512T160000
DTSTAMP:20170428T233653Z
CREATED:20170428T233559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170428T233653Z
UID:7296-1494590400-1494604800@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Afternoon Professionalization Workshop
DESCRIPTION:During the first half of this professionalization seminar on the academic job market\, a panel will share their experiences in the recent job market\, both as applicants and as hiring committee members. A Q&A will follow. In the second half\, we will talk about strategies for writing effective application materials and will workshop some of these common materials\, such as CV’s\, cover letters\, and teaching philosophy statements. Please bring a printed copy of the materials you hope to workshop. \n  \nDr. Julia Troche received her B.A. in History from UCLA in 2008. Her Ph.D. was awarded by Brown University in 2015 with the dissertation “Origins of Apotheosis in Ancient Egypt.” From 2015-2016 she was an Instructor of History at Missouri State University\, where she taught World History to 1600 CE and courses in Ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern history. Currently\, she is a Lecturer of Egyptology for the Near Eastern Languages and Culture department at UCLA. \n  \nEvent Flyer \n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/afternoon-professionalization-workshop/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170501T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170501T180000
DTSTAMP:20170405T223312Z
CREATED:20170216T203246Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170405T223312Z
UID:6862-1493654400-1493661600@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Lost Souls:  Photography of African Eunuchs & Female Servants in Qajar Iran
DESCRIPTION:©The Farhad Diba Collection of Qajar Photographs.\nCaption: Malek Jahan Khanom/ Mahd-e Olia\, the mother of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar \nA lecture in English by Pedram Khosronejad \nThe focus of scholars of photography of Qajar Iran\, remains fixed solely on photographic content\, without any consideration of the materiality of photographic form. Recognizing photographs as material culture is a way to address such a blind spot\, and suggests that any methodological use of them requires a more complex and subtle approach. Photographs of enslaved children\, women and men in Iran during the Qajar period provide compelling and haunting documentation of individuals (African slaves) otherwise lost to the written historical record. Yet the history of such photographs is firmly embedded in the dynamic of exploitation and dehumanization that lay at the core of African slavery in Qajar Iran. \nPedram Khosronejad is Farzaneh Family Chair and Associate Director for Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies Program (IPGS) at the Oklahoma State University and also associate member of Groupe Sociétés\, Religions\, Laicités\, CNRS-Paris\, France. He obtained his PhD at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. His research interests include cultural and social anthropology\, the anthropology of death and dying\, visual anthropology\, visual piety\, devotional artefacts\, and religious material culture\, with a particular interest in Iran\, Persianate societies and the Islamic world. He is author of Les Lions en Pierre Sculptée chez les Bakhtiari: Description et significations de sculptures zoomorphes dans une société tribale du sud-ouest de l’Iran\, The Anthropology of Persianate Societies\, Volume 2 (Sean Kingston Publishing\, U.K.). He is also the editor of several publications: The Art and Material Culture of Iranian Shi’ism: Iconography and Religious Devotion in Shi’i Islam (I.B. Tauris); Saints and their Pilgrims in Iran and Neighboring Countries (Sean Kingston); Iranian Sacred Defence Cinema: Religion\, Martyrdom and National Identity (Sean Kingston); Unburied Memories: The Politics of Bodies\, and the Material Culture of Sacred Defense Martyrs in Iran (Routledge). He is also chief editor of the Anthropology of the Contemporary Middle East and Central Eurasia (ACME). \nThis event is made possible with the generous support of Farhang Foundation \nCo-sponsored by the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/lost-souls-photography-african-eunuchs-female-servants-qajar-iran/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian
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ORGANIZER;CN="UCLA Iranian Studies":MAILTO:iranianstudies@humnet.ucla.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170430T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170430T180000
DTSTAMP:20170405T223510Z
CREATED:20170314T212232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170405T223510Z
UID:7073-1493568000-1493575200@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Iran-Iraq War (1980-88) and the Creation of the “Sacred Defense Art”
DESCRIPTION:© Revayat-e Farth Institute\, Tehran\, Iran. Caption: Morteza Avini. \nA lecture in Persian by Pedram Khosronejad \nPedram Khosronejad is Farzaneh Family Chair and Associate Director for Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies Program (IPGS) at the Oklahoma State University and also associate member of Groupe Sociétés\, Religions\, Laicités\, CNRS-Paris\, France. He obtained his PhD at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. His research interests include cultural and social anthropology\, the anthropology of death and dying\, visual anthropology\, visual piety\, devotional artefacts\, and religious material culture\, with a particular interest in Iran\, Persianate societies and the Islamic world. He is author of Les Lions en Pierre Sculptée chez les Bakhtiari:  Description et significations de sculptures zoomorphes dans une société tribale du sud-ouest de l’Iran\, The Anthropology of Persianate Societies\, Volume 2 (Sean Kingston Publishing\, U.K.). He is also the editor of several publications: The Art and Material Culture of Iranian Shi’ism: Iconography and Religious Devotion in Shi’i Islam (I.B. Tauris); Saints and their Pilgrims in Iran and Neighboring Countries (Sean Kingston); Iranian Sacred Defence Cinema: Religion\, Martyrdom and National Identity (Sean Kingston); Unburied Memories: The Politics of Bodies\, and the Material Culture of Sacred Defense Martyrs in Iran (Routledge). He is also chief editor of the Anthropology of the Contemporary Middle East and Central Eurasia (ACME). \nThis event is made possible with the generous support of Farhang Foundation \nCo-sponsored by the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/iran-iraq-war-1980-88-creation-sacred-defense-art/
LOCATION:121 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian
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ORGANIZER;CN="UCLA Iranian Studies":MAILTO:iranianstudies@humnet.ucla.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170419T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170419T200000
DTSTAMP:20170830T180156Z
CREATED:20170313T201649Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170830T180156Z
UID:7068-1492624800-1492632000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Arabic-Hebrew Cafe
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/arabic-hebrew-cafe/
LOCATION:Bunche 6275
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170411T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170411T123000
DTSTAMP:20170404T223030Z
CREATED:20170208T221439Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170404T223030Z
UID:6659-1491913800-1491913800@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Senenmut Redivivus: The Interesting Life & Afterlife of an Ancient Egyptian Official
DESCRIPTION:Senenmut was one of ancient Egypt’s most famous personalities: chief minister and possible lover of Queen Hatshepsut (c. 1473-1478)\, Egypt’s female pharaoh. More monuments are known for Senenmut than for any other official of the New Kingdom\, implying his exceptional status during life. Recently\, an unassuming stone fragment in the Manchester Museum\, UK\, proved the existence of yet another statue of Senenmut. This lecture will present this rediscovery\, and attempt to explain the significance of the man\, his monuments and legacy. \n\nCampbell Price is Curator of Egypt and Sudan at The Manchester Museum\, University of Manchester\, one of the UK’s largest Egyptian collections. He studied Egyptology at the University of Liverpool\, where he is an Honorary Research Fellow. His research focuses on elite monumental expression\, particularly non-royal temple sculpture\, during the First Millennium BC\, and the presentation of ancient Egypt in museums. Campbell has participated in fieldwork at Zawiyet Umm                                                                                    el-Rakham and Saqqara\, lectured widely around the UK                                                                                    and Europe\,and made international TV and radio                                                                                              appearances.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/senenmut-redivivus-interesting-life-afterlife-ancient-egyptian-official/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Egyptology
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170409T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170409T180000
DTSTAMP:20170216T201919Z
CREATED:20170216T201919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170216T201919Z
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SUMMARY:Literature: Its Existence and Its Appearance
DESCRIPTION:A lecture in Persian by Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak \nBud o Nemud-e Sokhan (Literature: Its Existence and Its Appearance) brings together twenty select articles which Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak has written and published in the Persian language over three decades of academic service in the United States\, and which have a bearing on a novel understanding of the history of Persian Literature. In an extensive Introductory essay\, the author relates each of the works he analyzes and interprets to its specific social context and to the ways these essays\, taken collectively\, contribute to the formation and evolution of this world renowned literary belletristic tradition over eleven centuries of continued writing. In his talk the author will also chart the course for a new project\, that is a History of Persian Poetry conceptualized as a multinational cosmopolitan aesthetic tradition of universal relevance. \nAhmad Karimi-Hakkak is a professor of Persian Language\, Literature and Culture at the University of Maryland and now a visiting professor at the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages. He is the author\, translator and editor of twenty-three books and over one-hundred academic articles\, and has contributed to various leading encyclopedias such as Britannica and Iranica. His works have been translated into many languages and the Persian translation of one of his most important books\, titled Recasting Persian Poetry (Persian title: Tali`eh-ye Tajaddod dar She`r-e Farsi) is the standard textbook for Ph.D. programs in Persian literature in Iranian and Indian universities. \nThis event is made possible with the generous support of Farhang Foundation \nCo-sponsored by the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/literature-existence-appearance/
LOCATION:161 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian
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ORGANIZER;CN="UCLA Iranian Studies":MAILTO:iranianstudies@humnet.ucla.edu
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