Events
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Literature: Its Existence and Its Appearance
161 Dodd Hall 390 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA lecture in Persian by Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak Bud 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...
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Senenmut Redivivus: The Interesting Life & Afterlife of an Ancient Egyptian Official
Humanities Room 365 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesSenenmut 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...
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Iran-Iraq War (1980-88) and the Creation of the “Sacred Defense Art”
121 Dodd Hall 390 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States© Revayat-e Farth Institute, Tehran, Iran. Caption: Morteza Avini. A lecture in Persian by Pedram Khosronejad Pedram 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...
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Lost Souls: Photography of African Eunuchs & Female Servants in Qajar Iran
Humanities Room 365 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States©The Farhad Diba Collection of Qajar Photographs. Caption: Malek Jahan Khanom/ Mahd-e Olia, the mother of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar A lecture in English by Pedram Khosronejad The 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...
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Afternoon Professionalization Workshop
Humanities Room 365 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDuring 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...
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Careers in Education and Student Affairs
Royce Hall Room 314 340 Royce Dr b100, Los Angeles , CA, United StatesPart of the Humanities Career Panel Series -- Want 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. RSVP Here: http://humanities.ucla.edu/career/careers-education-student-affairs/
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My Story: From Iran to NASA and Beyond
Humanities Room 365 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDr. 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....
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** CANCELLED ** How much of a physician was Rashīd al-Dīn?
Royce Hall Room 306 340 Royce Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesPhoto: Humboldt Foundation/Wolfgang Hemmann THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A lecture by Judith Pfeiffer (University of Bonn) Rashīd al-Dīn Faḍl Allāh Hamadānī (d. 718/1318) is often introduced as “ṭabīb,” or ‘physician,’ mostly to distinguish him from authors with similar names, notably the epistolographer Rashīd al-Dīn Waṭwāṭ (d. 578/1182). This paper discusses Rashīd al-Dīn’s scholarly persona as a...
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Careers in Management
Royce Hall Room 314 340 Royce Dr b100, Los Angeles , CA, United StatesPart of the Humanities Career Panel Series -- Learn how your Humanities degree can help you reach the top of the career ladder. RSVP Here: http://humanities.ucla.edu/career/careers-in-management/