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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171027T080000
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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 (CALIFORNIA)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171020T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171020T130000
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171004T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171004T180000
DTSTAMP:20171013T210702Z
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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
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170602T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170602T133000
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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
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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
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170519T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170519T140000
DTSTAMP:20170516T003212Z
CREATED:20170510T185449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170516T003212Z
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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
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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
UID:6852-1491753600-1491760800@nelc.ucla.edu
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170407T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170407T133000
DTSTAMP:20170327T182348Z
CREATED:20170327T182247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170327T182348Z
UID:7118-1491566400-1491571800@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:The Inventors of the Alphabet — Erudite Scribes or Unlettered MinersOrly
DESCRIPTION:According to Orly Goldwasser’s analysis of the evidence\, the alphabet was invented around 1840 BCE by illiterate Canaanite mining experts working in the Sinai site of Serabit el-Khadem. This conclusion is based on a painstaking comparative analysis of the paleography of the Middle Kingdom hieroglyphs in the Egyptian temple on the site and the so-called “Proto-Sinaitic” inscriptions that were discovered primarily in and around the neighboring mines.The inventors of the alphabet were inspired by the highly pictorial hieroglyphs around them\, but they used them only as hardware for their new script in an innovative\, distinctly un-Egyptian manner.The graphemes of the Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions represent mono-consonants (letters)\, and the pictorial meaning of each sign should always be discarded in order to reach the correct reading.Two related issues have often been raised in response to her theory. First\, how could illiterate\, “simple” people accomplish such an intellectual leap without prior education? Second\, is it not evident that erudite scribes would have had the necessary experience and culture to adopt the idea of mono-consonants from the ancient Egyptian script that they knew so well? \n\nOrly Goldwasser is an Israeli Egyptologist\, professor of Egyptology at the Hebrew University. She received her B.A. at Tel Aviv University\, continued studying at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem\, where she was awarded her M.A. and PhD degrees. She occupies the chair of Egyptology at the Hebrew University\, and is a Honorary Professor at the University of Göttingen\, she was guest professor at the University of Göttingen\, Harvard University and at the Collège de France. Her main interests are the semiotics of the hieroglyphic script\, intercultural relations: Egypt and the Levant\, metaphors and literary images in ancient Egyptian literature and the origin of the alphabet. She is the discoverer of the classification system in the hieroglyphic script. \n  \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/inventors-alphabet-erudite-scribes-unlettered-minersorly/
LOCATION:Humanities Bldg. Rm 311
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Levantine,Levantine Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170405T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170405T210000
DTSTAMP:20170317T172918Z
CREATED:20170313T174955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170317T172918Z
UID:7061-1491418800-1491426000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Camera Orientalis: Reflections on Photography of the Middle East
DESCRIPTION:A book celebration for Ali Behdad \nIn the decades after its invention in 1839\, photography was inextricably linked to the Middle East. Introduced as a crucial tool for Egyptologists and Orientalists who needed to document their archaeological findings\, the photograph was easier and faster to produce in intense Middle Eastern light—making the region one of the original sites for the practice of photography. A pioneering study of this intertwined history\, Camera Orientalis: Reflections on Photography of the Middle East (University of Chicago Press\, forthcoming 2016) traces the Middle East’s influences on photography’s evolution\, as well as photography’s effect on Europe’s view of “the Orient.” \nConsidering a range of Western and Middle Eastern archival material from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries\, Ali Behdad offers a rich account of how photography transformed Europe’s distinctly Orientalist vision into what seemed objective fact\, a transformation that proved central to the project of European colonialism. At the same time\, Orientalism was useful for photographers from both regions\, as it gave them a set of conventions by which to frame exotic Middle Eastern cultures for Western audiences. Behdad also shows how Middle Eastern audiences embraced photography as a way to foreground status and patriarchal values while also exoticizing other social classes. \nHosted reception at 6:00pm in the indoor atrium on the main level. \nCo-sponsored by the UCLA Department of English\, UCLA Department of Comparative Literature and UCLA Iranian Studies
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/camera-orientalis-reflections-photography-middle-east/
LOCATION:Fowler Museum (Lenart Auditorium)\, 308 Charles E Young Dr E\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170308T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170308T180000
DTSTAMP:20170120T003035Z
CREATED:20170120T003035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170120T003035Z
UID:6500-1488988800-1488996000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:The Anatomy of Loyalty and Patterns of Patronage in the Religio-political Culture of Sixteenth Century Iran
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Khafipour discusses the spiritual dimensions of political loyalty that was instrumental in the formation of strong ties between the Safavid rulers and their chiefs at the epicenter of the order\, where power was continually contested. Drawing on a wide variety of historical and literary sources\, Islamic theology\, and theories of power\, he discusses the anatomy of political loyalty among the early Safavids within the context of early modern state formation and posits that hierarchies of spiritual power inherent in Sufi orders and sacrosanct mutual obligations that informs pir-murid interactions helped to create a strong patronage system that offered the early Safavids the ideological sources for long term success as a political order. \nHani Khafipour received his doctorate from the University of Chicago. He is a specialist in the history of medieval and early-modern Iran. His research encompasses study of the structures of political orders\, theories of power and state formation\, sociolinguistics and critical discourse analysis. He has held research fellowships from the Iran Heritage Foundation (UK)\, and the American Institute of Iranian Studies.  He was an Andrew W. Mellon fellow\, and a fellow of the Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute. Khafipour teaches courses on Islamic political thought and theory\, and medieval and modern history of Iran at the University of Southern California. His recent research and teaching interests has culminated in an edited volume\, Empires of the Near East and India: Source Studies of the Safavid\, Ottoman\, and Mughal Literate Communities (Columbia University Press\, 2017)\, and a book manuscript\, The Mantle of Authority in an Early Modern Society (under preparation). He is the current History of Iran Section Editor for the Encyclopedia of Islam 3\, Brill.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/anatomy-loyalty-patterns-patronage-religio-political-culture-sixteenth-century-iran/
LOCATION:11348 Charles E. Young Research Library
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:20170305T040000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170305T180000
DTSTAMP:20170216T202034Z
CREATED:20170104T234759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170216T202034Z
UID:6387-1488686400-1488736800@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Iran-China Relations in a Changing World
DESCRIPTION:A lecture in Persian \nAs two great civilizations with an illustrious imperial past\, Iran and China have a long history of trade\, political and cultural ties that go back to the ancient Silk Road more than 2100 years ago.  Islam was introduced to China by Persian speaking Muslims.  Currently\, China has more than 30 million Muslims living primarily in the Western part of the country. Against this historical backdrop\, Iran and China have witnessed an impressive expansion of their bilateral relations since the 1979 Iranian revolution. While we would briefly discuss the historical ties\, the major focus of this lecture would be on the multifaceted dimensions of Iran- China relations in the last 36 years\, including trade\, energy\, security\, and political relations. I would also discuss the possible future directions of Iran–China relations in the aftermath of the nuclear agreement\, thus shedding light on the larger implications of this relationship for the region and beyond. \nManochehr Dorraj received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas Austin and is currently professor of Political Science at Texas Christian University. He is the author\, coauthor\, editor or coeditor of 6 books and numerous articles and book chapters. He has been invited to present his scholarship in national and international symposiums\, including those in John Hopkins\, Yale\, Harvard\, Queens University (Canada)\, and Nottingham University (Great Britain). Manochehr Dorraj is a frequent commentator on global affairs in general and Middle East politics in particular. He has granted numerous interviews to international\, national and local media. He is also active in lecture circuits and has delivered many speeches to universities\, think tanks and community groups in Dallas-Fort Worth area and throughout the United States\, Canada\, Europe\, China and the Middle East. \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-china-relations-changing-world/
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:20170303T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170303T140000
DTSTAMP:20170222T011009Z
CREATED:20170222T003932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170222T011009Z
UID:6871-1488542400-1488549600@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:The unusual New Kingdom Tomb-Chapel of Isisnofret on a rocky outcropping at Northwest Saqqara
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n Dr. Nozomu Kawai specializes in history\, art and archaeology of the New Kingdom in Egypt\, with a particular emphasis on the period from the late Eighteenth Dynasty to the Nineteenth Dynasty. She has been directing Japanese archaeological excavation at Northwest Saqqara / South Abusir since 2001. Her Ph.D. thesis was on the reign of Tutankhamun (Studies in the Reign of Tutankhamun\, Department of Near Eastern Studies\, Johns Hopkins University\, 2005). She is currently working for the revision of her original dissertation for publication. \n  \nEvent Flyer: 03317-Talk-Kawai-Nozomu.pdf
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/unusual-new-kingdom-tomb-chapel-isisnofret-rocky-outcropping-northwest-saqqara/
LOCATION:NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365)\, 365 Humanities\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Egyptology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170228T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170228T150000
DTSTAMP:20170306T182708Z
CREATED:20170208T220848Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170306T182708Z
UID:6652-1488283200-1488294000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Speed Dating (Artifacts) In Ancient Egypt
DESCRIPTION:  \nWorkshop \nEver wanted to know how to date an Egyptian statue? What makes an Amenhotep III face recognizable? How can you tell if a piece was recarved? What about the dating of Egyptian non-royal objects? This workshop will teach some of the tricks of the trade – using the shape of an eye\, or a drooping lotus\, or a distinctive belly button – as well as introducing the standards of portraiture. Come and learn to date Egyptian artifacts like a pro. \nPIZZA WILL BE SERVED! \nDanielle Candelora is an Egyptology graduate student here at UCLA. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nDr. Kathlyn (Kara) Cooney is a professor of Egyptian Art and Architecture at UCLA. \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/speed-dating-artifacts-ancient-egypt/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Egyptology
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170223T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170223T170000
DTSTAMP:20170127T201732Z
CREATED:20170127T193244Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170127T201732Z
UID:6549-1487863800-1487869200@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Egyptian Coffins and Sarcophagi in the San Diego Museum of Man: Some Technical Studies
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nThe San Diego museum of man has a collection of Saite and Ptolemaic coffins and mummies which were the subject of a technical study from 2007-2009.  Pigments\, binding media\, grounds\, wood and degradation products were characterized by x ray diffraction analyses\, x ray fluorescence spectroscopy\, polarized light microscopy\, wood anatomy\, gas chromatography mass spectrometry and Elisa\, a synopsis of the results of the study will be presented with examples of specific coffins illustrated. \nLight lunch provided. \nDavid Scott\nProfessor\nArt History\nUCLA Getty Conservation Program\nEvent Flyer \n  \n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/egyptian-coffins-sarcophagi-san-diego-museum-man-technical-studies/
LOCATION:NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365)\, 365 Humanities\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Egyptology,NELC
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170223
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170225
DTSTAMP:20170214T231629Z
CREATED:20161014T173119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170214T231629Z
UID:5625-1487808000-1487980799@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Annual Colloquia in Armenian Studies
DESCRIPTION:Program\nGraduate Presenters\nUndergraduate Presenters\nGraduate Planning Committee\nUndergraduate Planning Committee\nThe Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies is a forum for graduate students from various disciplines whose research bears on Armenian Studies to present scholarly papers in the humanities and social sciences\, within disciplines as wide-ranging as Anthropology\, Archaeology\, Art history\, Comparative Literature\, Gender Studies\, History\, and Political Science.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/agsc/
LOCATION:Royce Hall Room 314\, 340 Royce Dr b100\, Los Angeles \, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Armenian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170221T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170221T190000
DTSTAMP:20170216T021501Z
CREATED:20170216T021501Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170216T021501Z
UID:6840-1487700000-1487703600@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Opening at the Close: History and Politics in Late-10th- Century Armenia
DESCRIPTION:This paper explores the spectrum of Armenian historical writing from the second half of the 10th century\, arguing for a remarkable diversity of approach and experience. \n\n\nDr. Timothy W. Greenwood received his D.Phil from the University of Oxford\, and is a Senior Lecturer in the School of History at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. His teaching interests extend across mediaeval Byzantium and the Near East (6th–11th centuries) with particular interest in the Caucasus and Sasanian Persia. His research is centered upon Armenian political\, social and cultural history across the same period\, analyzing and exploiting literary\, epigraphic and architectural sources. A translation and commentary of an eleventh-century Armenian composition\, the Tiezerakan Patmut‘iwn or Universal History by Step’anos Taronec’i\, will be published in early 2017. \n\n\nEvent Flyer: 022117– Lecture — Greenwood\, Tim
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/opening-close-history-politics-late-10th-century-armenia/
LOCATION:Humanities Bldg. Rm 348
CATEGORIES:Armenian,NELC
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DTSTAMP:20170214T185323Z
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SUMMARY:The Archaeological Adventure of Museo Egizio (1903-1920)
DESCRIPTION:Ernesto Schiaparelli\, director of Museo Egizio between 1894 and 1928 responded to the need for an enlarged Egyptian collection at Turin. In 1903 the Missione Archeologica Italiana (M.A.I.) was founded\, promoting 12 archaeological expeditions at 11 sites in Egypt. With the important assistance of collaborators\, Schiaparelli undertook this fieldwork to better document the history of Ancient Egypt. Significantly\, the anthropological interest in human remains of these expeditions was at that time innovative\, and gave the Museo Egizio an original multidisciplinary perspective. The rich photographic\, and documentary archive of the M.A.I.’s allows the reconstruction not only of their organisation and the discoveries they made\, but also the daily life of an expedition. Excavations ended in 1920 with the fourth archaeological campaign of the site in Gebelein\, though the last crates of artefacts arrived in Turin in 1923. The extraordinary corpus of objects found during the excavations required the opening of new rooms to visitors\, and increased and completed the documentation of historical periods already on display. From then until the present day\, Museo Egizio has been excavating at Saqqara in a collaborative project with the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden. The excavation in Saqqara allows the archaeological exploration\, and study\, of one of the New Kingdom’s most important necropolis. \nChristian Greco\nCurator\, Dutch National Museum of Antiquities \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/archaeological-adventure-museo-egizio-1903-1920-2/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Egyptology,NELC
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