Humanities
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Bilingual Lecture Series: Panel Discussion on Current Situation in Iran
ZoomPanel Discussion on Current Situation in Iran MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2026 11:00 AM PST In Persian ONLINE ONLY To watch on Zoom: https://ucla.in/4yjoB6Q Panelists and Discussions Include: Iran and the...
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Co-Sponsored Conference: Sufis in Premodern Persianate Societies and Politics
314 Royce HallThe 2026 Giorgio Levi Della Vida conference and award ceremony honoring Professor Richard Eaton (University of Arizona). View conference information and register The 2026 Giorgio Levi Della Vida Award presentation...
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Pourdavoud Lecture Series and Cunard Lecture Series: Beate Pongratz-Leisten
Royce 306Ancient Near Eastern Narratives: Making a Case for the Epistemic Function of Myth in Text and Image Beate Pongratz-Leisten (New York University) Wednesday December 2, 2026 at 4:00 pm Pacific...
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Bilingual Lecture Series: Afshin Matin-Asgari
Royce Hall 314 340 Royce Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesAn Update on the US-Israeli War on Iran Afshin Matin-Asgar California State University, Los Angeles Sunday, December 13, 2026 Lecture in Persian Royce Hall 314, 4:00pm Zoom link for hybrid...
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Yarshater Lecture Series: Florian Schwarz
Royce 306Myth, Literature, and Geography in Transoxiana from Late Antiquity to the Early Islamic Period: Siyavash at Bukhara Florian Schwarz (Austrian Academy of Sciences) Wednesday January 13, 2027 at 4:00 pm...
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Pourdavoud Lecture Series: John Hyland
Royce 306Persia’s Greek Campaigns: Approaches to Historical Reconstruction and Political Myth John Hyland (Christopher Newport University) Wednesday January 27, 2027 at 4:00 pm Pacific Time Royce Hall 306 and Via Zoom...
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Yarshater Lecture Series: Rudi Matthee
Royce 306Civil Society and the Public Sphere in Early Modern Iran Rudi Matthee (University of Delaware) Wednesday February 17, 2027 at 4:00 pm Pacific Time Royce Hall 306 and Via Zoom...