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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
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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
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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
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170303T120000
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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
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CREATED:20170208T220848Z
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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
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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
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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
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170216T153000
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DTSTAMP:20170214T185323Z
CREATED:20170214T185200Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170215T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170215T180000
DTSTAMP:20170202T225909Z
CREATED:20170202T225909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170202T225909Z
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SUMMARY:Excavations at Pasargadae: The First Imperial City of the Achaemenids
DESCRIPTION:The World Heritage site of Pasargadae was the first dynastic site of the Achaemenid Empire\, founded by Cyrus the Great\, in Fars\, in the sixth century BCE. Its palaces\, gardens\, and the mausoleum of Cyrus are outstanding examples of the first phase of royal Achaemenid art and architecture and testament to the grandeur of the Achaemenid civilization. In 2016\, a new comprehensive excavation project was launched at the site. The first season of work concentrated on the ruined\, solitary tower known as Zendān–e Soleymān (“Prison of Solomon”)\, with the aim of shedding more light on this enigmatic edifice that has been regarded as a tomb\, a fire temple\, or a depository. \nAli Mousavi was born and raised in Iran. He studied in Lyon\, France\, and took his B.A. in Art History\, and his M.A. in Archaeology\, from the University of Lyon\, France. He obtained his Ph.D. in archaeology of the ancient Near East from the University of California\, Berkeley. He excavated in France\, Turkey\, and Iran\, and contributed to the nomination of a number of archaeological sites and monuments for inscription on the World Heritage List of UNESCO. He is the author of a book on the site of Persepolis (Persepolis: Discovery and Afterlife of a World Wonder)\, co-editor of the book Ancient Iran from the Air\, and a number of scholarly articles. He worked as an Assistant Curator of Ancient Near Eastern Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from 2006 to 2013. He teaches art and archaeology of ancient Iran at UCLA. He is the director of the Pasargadae Archaeological Excavations. \n*Light refreshments will be served*
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/excavations-pasargadae-first-imperial-city-achaemenids/
LOCATION:Royce Hall Room 306\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA (CALIFORNIA)\, 90095
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:20170214T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170214T170000
DTSTAMP:20170202T230026Z
CREATED:20170104T234613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170202T230026Z
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SUMMARY:Metaphysical Subversions in Contemporary Iranian Art
DESCRIPTION:A lecture in English \nThe directional force of contemporary Iranian art\, especially photography\, the genius of its expression\, is principally the subversion of metaphysical concepts\, be they theological\, philosophical and/or ontological. Contemporary Iranian art makes transparent the arbitrariness of Truth centers\, thus resulting in the erasure of such cherished absolutes as the concept of author as God (artist as the creator of original concepts and forms)\, Art (as a privileged expression) and the a priori of an essence from which emanates all values. \nAbbas Daneshvari is the former chair of the Department of Art and presently the FERP Professor of Art History at California State University\, Los Angeles. He received his PhD from UCLA in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies and has taught at the University of California\, Berkeley and California State University\, Los Angeles. He was also a Fulbright scholar in Cairo\, Egypt where he lectured at the American University of Cairo and Cairo University. Dr. Daneshvari’s publications cover various aspects of Islamic and contemporary iconography as attested by his books Animal Symbolism in Warqa a Gulshah (Oxford University Press)\, Of Serpents and Dragons in Islamic Art (Mazda and the Persian Heritage Foundation) and most recently Amazingly Original\, Contemporary Iranian Art at Crossroads and Contemporary Iranian Photography\, Five Essays. Dr. Daneshvari is the author and editor of ten books and numerous monographs and articles on the arts of the Middle East and Contemporary European and American postmodernism. \nThis event is made possible with the generous support of Farhang Foundation \nCo-sponsored by the UCLA Center on Near Eastern Studies
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/metaphysical-subversions-contemporary-iranian-art/
LOCATION:NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365)\, 365 Humanities\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170210T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170210T130000
DTSTAMP:20170119T175627Z
CREATED:20170117T015424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170119T175627Z
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SUMMARY:New Light on Qubbet el-Hawa
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Bommas will be giving two lectures. First lecture will be from 11:00A-11:50A. Second lecture will be from 12:15P-1:00P. \n  \n  \n  \nDr. Martin Bommas\nReader in Egyptology\nGetty Scholar 2016-2017\nCurator of the Eton Myers Collection of Egyptian Arts at the University of Birmingham\nDirector of the Qubbet el-Hawa Research Project\nEditor-in-chief of the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology  \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/new-light-qubbet-el-hawa/
LOCATION:NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365)\, 365 Humanities\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Egyptology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170209T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170209T170000
DTSTAMP:20170104T234315Z
CREATED:20170104T234315Z
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SUMMARY:Contested Terrains of Iranian Culture
DESCRIPTION:A lecture in English \nThroughout modern Iranian history\, culture has served as a means of imposing unity and cohesion onto society. The Pahlavi monarchs used it to project an image of Iran as an ancient civilization\, re-emerging as an equal to Western nations\, while the revolutionaries deployed it to remake the country into an Islamic nation. Just as Iranian culture has been continually re-interpreted\, the representations and avocations of Iranian identity vary amongst Iranians across the world. This presentation will explore how the contested and contradictory claims to culture can inform and reshape the conceptualization of culture. \nNasrin Rahimieh is Howard Baskerville Professor of Humanities and Professor and Chair of the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of California\, Irvine. Her teaching and research are focused on modern Persian literature\, the literature of Iranian exile and diaspora\, contemporary Iranian women’s writing.  Among her publications are Missing Persians: Discovering Voices in Iranian Cultural History\, Forugh Farrokhzad\, Poet of Modern Iran: Iconic Woman and Feminine Pioneer of New Persian Poetry co-edited with Dominic Parviz Brookshaw. Her most recent book entitled Iranian Culture was published by Routledge in September 2015 \nThis event is made possible with the generous support of Farhang Foundation \nCo-sponsored by the UCLA Center on Near Eastern Studies
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/contested-terrains-iranian-culture/
LOCATION:NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365)\, 365 Humanities\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170208T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170208T170000
DTSTAMP:20170208T225000Z
CREATED:20170208T225000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170208T225000Z
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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 is a curator at the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/archaeological-adventure-museo-egizio-1903-1920/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170130T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170130T183000
DTSTAMP:20170120T171450Z
CREATED:20170120T171330Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170120T171450Z
UID:6503-1485793800-1485801000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:The Politics of Inequality in Israel: New Insights from the Social Justice Protest of 2011
DESCRIPTION:ABOUT THE TALK\nIn Israel in the summer of 2011 at least one in five adult citizens participated in a wave of street protests\, critiquing rising inequality and demanding increased government intervention. This represented an exceptional departure from normal welfare state politics in Israel\, which lies outside the left/right division and is dominated by parties and pressure groups representing specific sectors of society. \nTo the extent that the social protest succeeded in breaking down barriers defined by class\, culture and politics\, what made this possible? The protest was dominated by affluent\, left-leaning secular Jews. Haredim (ultra-Orthodox) and Arabs\, sympathetic to some of the protest’s messages but alienated from its messengers\, generally refrained. However\, new evidence documents and helps explain exceptions.\nIt reveals a de facto alliance between traditionally dominant Ashkenazi (European) Jews and upwardly mobile segments of the historically marginalized Mizrachi (Middle Eastern) population. These findings have implications for both the political sociology of protest and the study of Israeli society and politics. \n\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKER\nMichael Shalev is Visiting Israel Institute Professor of Political Science at UC-Berkeley. He is Emeritus Professor from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem who served as chair of the Departments of Sociology and Political Science. Shalev’s primary interests are (1) the comparative political economy of rich democracies\, including studies of labor relations\, welfare states and gender inequality; and (2) electoral politics\, political economy and the welfare state in Israel. \nHe is co-editor with Asa Maron of Neoliberalism as a state project: Changing the political economy of Israel (forthcoming from Oxford University Press). His recent research is on the wave of mass protests in Israel and Southern Europe in 2011. \n  \nCo-sponsored by the UCLA Department of Sociology &\nDepartment of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/politics-inequality-israel-new-insights-social-justice-protest-2011/
LOCATION:6275 Bunche Hall
CATEGORIES:Israel Studies,Jewish Studies,Middle Eastern Studies,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170125T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170125T180000
DTSTAMP:20170123T234752Z
CREATED:20170123T234752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170123T234752Z
UID:6514-1485360000-1485367200@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Western Iran in the Third Millennium BCE: The Early Trans-Caucasian Phenomenon Seen from Yanik Tepe
DESCRIPTION:The Early Trans-Caucasian (ETC)\, otherwise known as Kura–Araxes\, Karaz\, and Khirbet Kerak\, spanned the later part of the fourth and the entire third millennia BCE. Defined by distinctive pottery assemblages\, and also by building styles and portable hearths\, the ETC stretched over a vast expanse from the upper Euphrates Valley to the Caspian hills and from the Southern Caucasus to the Levant. While there has been much recent discussion of the ETC Phenomenon in the Southern Caucasus\, Turkey and the Levant\, little attempt has been made to integrate highly significant evidence from Iran. Ongoing publication of Charles Burney’s extensive excavations at Yanik Tepe\, conducted in the 1960s\, seeks to address many current concerns. This talk will summarize the extensive village plans and deep stratification in relation to chronology\, socio-economy\, cult\, origins and migration\, and regionalization. The intention is to provoke lively discussion. \nGeoffrey Summers obtained his PhD from The University of Manchester (UK 1982) which focused on the ETC levels at Yanik Tepe. Since then he has worked extensively in the Near East. From 1993 to 2012 he was Director of surveys and excavations at Iron Age capital Kerkenes in central Turkey. Dr. Summers is currently undertaking research in Mauritius\, focusing on Île de la Passe.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/western-iran-third-millennium-bce-early-trans-caucasian-phenomenon-seen-yanik-tepe/
LOCATION:Royce Hall Room 306\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA (CALIFORNIA)\, 90095
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:20170124T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170124T190000
DTSTAMP:20170118T204107Z
CREATED:20170118T204107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170118T204107Z
UID:6480-1485273600-1485284400@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:To Refer or Not to Refer: Tracking Intertextuality in the Hebrew Bible
DESCRIPTION:Professor Machinist will develop aspects of intertextuality through several examples involving well-known biblical texts\, including Psalm 29—a famous “Canaanite” hymn in the Psalter. This seminar will be held in conjunction with Professor Schniedewind’s Ugaritic seminar. Graduate students are encouraged to read Psalm 29 and Y. Avishur’s chapter on “Psalm 29” in Studies in Hebrew and Ugaritic Psalms. \n  \n  \nDr. Peter Machinist\nHarvard Divinity School \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/refer-not-refer-tracking-intertextuality-hebrew-bible/
LOCATION:NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365)\, 365 Humanities\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Hebrew & Jewish,Hebrew Bible,Jewish Studies,Jewish Studies,Levantine,Levantine Studies,NELC,Semitics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170120T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170120T130000
DTSTAMP:20170119T161725Z
CREATED:20170105T193537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170119T161725Z
UID:6397-1484913600-1484917200@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Modelling Long-Distance Interaction in the Middle Bronze Age
DESCRIPTION:The Old Assyrian trade network c. 1895-1865 BCE is by far the best documented example of how a long-distance commercial circuit was organized and run in the ancient world. But the Assyrian records show that the circuit to which they relate was not isolated. It formed part of a chain of comparable units and was kept intentionally separate from competing entities. This talk will explore some of those other linked and competing commercial networks of the Middle Bronze Age in the Near East (2000-1500 BCE)\, both through the Assyrian trade records and the contemporary archaeological assemblage from Anatolia and beyond. \nLight lunch provided. \nGojko Barjamovic\nLecturer on Assyriology; Director of Undergraduate Studies \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/modelling-long-distance-interaction-middle-bronze-agethe-old/
LOCATION:NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365)\, 365 Humanities\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Levantine,Levantine Studies,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170119T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170119T200000
DTSTAMP:20170111T010131Z
CREATED:20170111T010131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170111T010131Z
UID:6424-1484848800-1484856000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:The Iranian Student Group at UCLA will be hosting a screening and Q&A with lm director  Jahangir Golestan for two back-to-back\, English-language documentaries: Homeless to Homeowner\, telling the story of Mohammad Mohanna\, who establishes a facility to serve  the homeless of Sacramento\, and Bam 6.6\, detailing the story of the Iranians that saved the  lives of a Jewish-American couple in the aftermath of Iran’s 2003 earthquake in Bam. This  free event is open to the public and made possible by the UCLA Iranian Studies Program. \nLight refreshments will be served | parking available at lots 2\, 3\, & 4
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/film-screening/
LOCATION:Haines 220\, 375 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095-1551 \, 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:20170119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170119T130000
DTSTAMP:20170112T201949Z
CREATED:20170112T201932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170112T201949Z
UID:6441-1484827200-1484830800@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Divine Priestesses: The Ptolemaic Queens in the Egyptian and Hellenistic Cults
DESCRIPTION:The Ptolemaic kings and queens were not only venerated as synnaoi theoi (‘temple-sharing gods’) in the Egyptian temples and received various cults of their own (including the Hellenistic and Egyptian ruler cults)\, but they also served as priests and priestesses themselves. In the ancient Egyptian understanding\, the king was per definitionem the high priest. This lecture will focus on the queens serving as priestesses\, both in the Hellenistic and the Egyptian contexts\, and analyse how these two worlds were possibly interlinked and based on existing traditions. \n\n \nLight lunch provided. \nDr. Martina Minas-Nerpel\nSwansea University\, United Kingdom \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/divine-priestesses-ptolemaic-queens-egyptian-hellenistic-cults/
LOCATION:NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365)\, 365 Humanities\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170115T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170115T180000
DTSTAMP:20170104T233535Z
CREATED:20170104T233535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170104T233535Z
UID:6370-1484496000-1484503200@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Persepolis After Alexander
DESCRIPTION:A lecture in Persian \nAli Mousavi was born and raised in Iran. He studied in Lyon\, France\, and took his B.A. in Art History\, and his M.A. in Archaeology from the University of Lyon\, France. He obtained his Ph.D. in archaeology of the ancient Near East from the University of California\, Berkeley. He excavated in France\, Turkey\, and Iran\, and contributed to the nomination of a number of archaeological sites and monuments for inscription on the World Heritage List of UNESCO. He is the author of a book on the site of Persepolis (Persepolis: Discovery and Afterlife of a World Wonder)\, co-editor of the book Ancient Iran from the Air\, and a number of scholarly articles. He worked as an Assistant Curator of Ancient Near Eastern Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from 2006 to 2013. He teaches art and archaeology of ancient Iran at UCLA. He is the director of the Pasargadae Archaeological Excavations. \nThis event is made possible with the generous support of Farhang Foundation \nCo-sponsored by the UCLA Center on Near Eastern Studies
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/persepolis-after-alexander/
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:20170112T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170112T173000
DTSTAMP:20170109T181800Z
CREATED:20170109T181738Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170109T181800Z
UID:6417-1484236800-1484242200@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Sea Peoples and Neo-Hittites in the ‘Land of Palistin’: Recent Discoveries at Tayinat on the Orontes
DESCRIPTION:Recent archaeological discoveries have begun to challenge the prevailing view of the Early Iron Age (ca. 1200-900 BCE) as an era of cultural devolution and ethnic strife\, or a ‘Dark Age’\, in the eastern Mediterranean\, as depicted in the Homeric epics and the Hebrew Bible. This illustrated talk will highlight the exciting discoveries of the University of Toronto’s ongoing excavations at ancient Tayinat. \nTIMOTHY HARRISON\n(University of Toronto) \nCosponsored by the\nUCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures\nUCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/sea-peoples-neo-hittites-land-palistin-recent-discoveries-tayinat-orontes/
LOCATION:Faculty Center
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Hebrew & Jewish,Hebrew Bible,Jewish Studies,Jewish Studies,Levantine,Levantine Studies,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161204T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161204T180000
DTSTAMP:20161102T174506Z
CREATED:20160924T234726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161102T174506Z
UID:5172-1480867200-1480874400@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Two Book Talks by Ghobad Fakhimi and Fredun Hojabri
DESCRIPTION:Two Book Talks in Persian \nGhobad Fakhimi received his BS as a petroleum engineer in 1956. He later attended the Abadan Institute of Technology and Columbia University\, where he studied advanced chemical engineering. He then worked for NIOC\, first as a plant operator\, retiring as a member of the Board of Directors. Upon retirement\, Fakhimi founded Independent International Consultants (IIC) through which he provided counsel and analysis for different international oil and engineering companies. His book Thirty Years Iran Oil not only chronicles the life of Ghobad Fakhimi but sheds light on one of the most important periods of both Middle Eastern and world history (1969-1979). \nHis talk today is titled: “Iran’s Thirty Years of Oil History: Personal Memoirs Intersecting Declassified Documents” \nFredun Hojabri received his Ph.D. in Synthetic Fuels from Karlsruhe University in Germany in 1964. He then joined the newly established Aryamehr University of Technology as a professor of chemistry\, where he also served as academic vice-president from 1974 to 1976. Following the Cultural Revolution in Iran\, Hojabri moved to San Diego where he lectured at UCSD then worked as chief scientist at the Enpex Corporation. He was the founder of Sharif University of Technology Association (SUTA)\, and helped organize Shiraz University and FANNI (Tehran University) associates. \nHis talk today is titled: “Personal Memoirs Intersecting Nationalization of the Iranian Oil Industry\, Student Movements\, and the Formations of Aryamehr (Sharif) University of Technology” \nThis event is made possible with the generous support of Farhang Foundation \nCo-sponsored by the UCLA Center on Near Eastern Studies
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/two-book-talks-ghobad-fakhimi-fredun-hojabri/
LOCATION:121 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
ORGANIZER;CN="UCLA Iranian Studies":MAILTO:iranianstudies@humnet.ucla.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161201T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161202T170000
DTSTAMP:20160929T021437Z
CREATED:20160927T225359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160929T021437Z
UID:5215-1480618800-1480698000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:New Light on the Egyptian Origin of the Hebrew Alphabet
DESCRIPTION:The publication of a new inscription from Theban Tomb 99 sheds new light on the early history of the Hebrew Alphabet.  This ostracon is a bilingual “abecedary” written in Egyptian Hieroglyphic and Semitic.  It gives further evidence for an Egyptian connection to the origins of the early Hebrew alphabet. \nSponsored by the\nUCLA Near Eastern Languages & Cultures \nCosponsored by the\nUCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies\nUCLA College of Humanities\nKershaw Chair of Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Studies\nCotsen Institute \n  \nComplete Program Schedule\n  \n\n[gravityform id=”15″ title=”true” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/new-light-egyptian-origin-hebrew-alphabet/
LOCATION:Young Research Library (YRL) Room 11360\, 280 Charles E Young Dr N \, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Assyriology,Egyptology,Hebrew & Jewish,Hebrew Bible,Jewish Studies,Jewish Studies,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161128T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161128T133000
DTSTAMP:20161110T005005Z
CREATED:20161110T005005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161110T005005Z
UID:6029-1480334400-1480339800@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:New Methods in the Study of the Qur'an
DESCRIPTION:The date and provenance of the Qur’an\, as with all the literary sources for early Islamic history\, have been the subject of scholarly disagreement for decades. So have the questions of whether the Qur’an had one author or multiple authors\, and whether the suras are random mishmashes of verses from different periods or somewhat coherent textual units. The field has been ripe for the application of new methods as a way out of the various deadlocks. This presentation gives an overview of some of the methods recently applied to the study of the Qur’an\, including stylometry (quantitative analysis of style)\, radiocarbon dating\, X-Ray Fluorescence imaging\, and a new take on traditional textual criticism. \nBehnam Sadeghi specializes in the early centuries of Islamic religion and teaches courses on pre-modern intellectual history. He has done research on the early history of the Qur’an\, the hadith literature\, and the early legal debates about women in the public space. His doctoral dissertation examined methods of textual interpretation applied in the Hanafi school of law in the pre-modern period. He has taught Approaching Religion (covering early Islam)\, and courses on pre-modern theology\, pre-modern law\, and the early history of the Qur’an. \nEvent sponsored by UCLA Center for the Study of Religion and co-sponsored by UCLA Iranian Studies\, UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies and UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/new-methods-study-quran/
LOCATION:11348 Charles E. Young Research Library
CATEGORIES:Iranian,NELC
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ORGANIZER;CN="UCLA Iranian Studies":MAILTO:iranianstudies@humnet.ucla.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161110T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161110T180000
DTSTAMP:20161028T200936Z
CREATED:20161021T001056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161028T200936Z
UID:5921-1478795400-1478800800@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:The Arabic Freud: Psychoanalysis and Islam in Modern Egypt
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Omnia El Shakry\, Associate Professor of History at UC Davis What might it mean to think through psychoanalysis and Islam together\, not as a problem\, but as a creative encounter of ethical engagement? Traversing literatures minor and major\, Omnia El Shakry shows how postwar thinkers in Egypt translated and blended psychoanalytic theories with classical Islamic concepts. El Shakry explores how Freudian ideas of the unconscious were crucial to the formation of modern discourses of subje\nctivity in fields as diverse as psychology\, Islamic philosophy\, and the law. Rather than view Islamic discourses as hermetically sealed\, or traffic in dichotomous juxtapositions between East and West\, this talk focuses on the points of intersection and articulation between Islamic discourses and modern social scientific thought\, and between religious and secular ethics. The hybridization of psychoanalytic thought with Arab and Islamic discursive formations thus illustrates that the Arabic Freud\, like psychoanalysis itself\, was elaborated across the space of human difference. \n\nOmnia El Shakry is Associate Professor of History at the University of California\, Davis\, specializing in the cultural and intellectual history of the modern Middle East. She is the author of The Great Social Laboratory: Subjects of Knowledge in Colonial and Postcolonial Egypt\, and editor of the multi-volume Gender and Sexuality in Islam. \n  \nCo-Sponsored By:\n\nUCLA Center for European and Russian Studies\nDepartment of Comparative Literature\nNear Eastern Languages and Cultures\n\nParking available in Structure 2 for $12. \nEvent is free and open to the public. \n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/arabic-freud-psychoanalysis-islam-modern-egypt/
LOCATION:NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365)\, 365 Humanities\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arabic,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161110T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161110T173000
DTSTAMP:20161107T193453Z
CREATED:20161107T193453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161107T193453Z
UID:6012-1478793600-1478799000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:2015: Discourse on the Armenian Condition
DESCRIPTION:A lecture by Seta B. Dadoyan (Independent scholar) \nThursday\, November 10\, 2016\n4:00 PM\n10383 Bunche Hall\nUCLA \nThe talk\, based on her recently published bilingual volume  The Armenian Condition in Hindsight and Foresight: A Discourse\, (Ontario: 2015) will focus on the basic arguments in support of the “peculiarities”\, which define the Armenian condition and through which Dadoyan runs a critical assessment of it in hindsight and foresight\, combining rather than separating the poles and methods of philosophy and social sciences. Taking the Centenary of the Genocide as a three dimensional “event” – past\, present\, future – she suggests new contexts and tools to reevaluate the intellectual culture\, historiography\, institutional practice\, cultural and linguistic policies\, and other areas of the Armenian “Metasystem.” The objective of the “discourse” is to open a space/forum for dialogue\, debate and critique. \nSeta B. Dadoyan holds a Doctor of Sciences in Philosophy. From 1981 to 2011 she taught at the American University of Beirut\, Haigazian University\, Columbia University (as Ordjanian Visiting Professor)\, St. Nersess Seminary\, University of Chicago\, and Yerevan State University. She is the recipient of two medals\, Dawit Anyaght‘ and Mesrop Mashtoc‘. In addition to many lectures and over fifty papers\, she is the author of nine volumes and editor co-author of two.  Her research focuses on medieval and modern Armenian social-political and intellectual cultures primarily in their interactive aspects within the Near Eastern world and with Islam in particular. \nCost: free and open to the public. \nSponsor(s): Center for Near Eastern Studies\, Narekatsi Chair of Armenian Studies
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/2015-discourse-armenian-condition/
LOCATION:10383 Bunche Hall\, 11282 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles \, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Armenian,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161106T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161106T180000
DTSTAMP:20161103T184829Z
CREATED:20160913T224754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161103T184829Z
UID:4986-1478448000-1478455200@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:[POSTPONED] Ups and Downs of Women's Quest for Equal Rights under the Islamic Republic of Iran
DESCRIPTION:A lecture by Mehrangiz Kar \nMehrangiz Kar is a writer\, attorney\, and activist specializing in women’s rights and family law. She is currently a visiting scholar at the Gender and Women’s Studies Department of California State University\, Northridge (CSUN). Prior to this fellowship\, she worked as a senior expert at Family Health International (FHI)\, a Washington DC-based international development organization\, focusing on Islamic law and gender in the Middle East. Having practiced law in the Islamic Republic of Iran for 22 years\, she has published numerous books and articles on issues related to law\, gender equality and democracy in Iran and abroad. She was formerly a visiting scholar at Harvard University\, Brown University\, University of Cape Town\, Wellesley College\, and Brookings Institution. Kar has received several international awards for her human rights endeavors including the Democracy Award by the National Endowment for Democracy; Ludovic-Trarieux International Human Rights Prize; and the Human Rights First Award. \n*Lecture in Persian \nThis event is made possible with the generous support of Farhang Foundation \nCo-sponsored by the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies \n***PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED***
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/ups-downs-womens-quest-equal-rights-islamic-republic-iran/
LOCATION:121 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian
ORGANIZER;CN="UCLA Iranian Studies":MAILTO:iranianstudies@humnet.ucla.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161031T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161031T173000
DTSTAMP:20160915T203616Z
CREATED:20160915T203529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160915T203616Z
UID:5011-1477929600-1477935000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Performing Pamiri Identity in Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:The Pamir mountain range straddling the border between China\, Tajikistan and Afghanistan lent its name to a specific group of Eastern Iranian languages\, the Pamir languages. Speakers of these languages belong in majority to the Ismaili branch of Shia Islam. They are known as Pamiris. As speakers of unwritten\, minority languages and as members of a religious minority in Central Asia\, the Pamiris have long been marginalized and at times even persecuted by those who were in power – most recently during the civil war that raged in Tajikistan almost immediately after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The civil war and the ensuing developments in Tajikistan and Central Asia at large have led the Pamiri community to rethink its identity. In this lecture\, I propose to explore the role of cultural production\, in particular performance practices\, in (re)shaping Pamiri identity\, in the more recent past\, against the background of Soviet and post-Soviet language and culture policy. \nGabrielle van den Berg is associate professor at the University of Leiden. She studied Persian language and culture at the University of Leiden and at the University of Dushanbe\, Tajikistan. She has held positions in Leiden\, Cambridge and Brussels. Her research interests include Persian literature and the history of Iran and Central Asia; she has published in particular on the oral traditions of the Ismailis of Tajik Badakhshan and the Shahnama manuscript. tradition. \nCo-sponsored by UCLA Iranian Studies
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/performing-pamiri-identity-central-asia/
LOCATION:10383 Bunche Hall\, 11282 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles \, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian
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