Humanities
Amuzegar Lecture Series: Robert Steele
Royce 306Please join the Iranian Studies Program for a lecture by Dr. Robert Steele. Ancient Persia in Pahlavi Politics: The Imperial Celebrations of 1971 and Cultural Policy under the Shah In October 1971, heads of state, political and cultural figures, business leaders, and journalists from around the world came to Persepolis at the invitation of Shah...
Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Gil Stein
Royce Hall Room 306 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA (CALIFORNIA)Please join the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World for a lecture by Professor Gil Stein. Achaemenids or Persians? Burials, Material Culture, and Imperial Identities in the Euphrates Valley (5th-4th centuries BCE) The Achaemenid empire was the largest empire in the world in the 5th-4th centuries BCE, encompassing numerous polities and cultural...
Bilingual Lecture Series: Kaveh Madani
Please join UCLA Iranian Studies for their first Bilingual Lecture Series events of the academic year. These two lectures, featuring the research of Dr. Kaveh Madani, will be held virtually via Zoom. He will present “A Conversation with Kaveh Madani on Environmental Security in Iran and the Middle East” on Sunday, October 4, 2020 at...
Bilingual Lecture Series: Kaveh Madani
Please join UCLA Iranian Studies for their first Bilingual Lecture Series events of the academic year. These two lectures, featuring the research of Dr. Kaveh Madani, will be held virtually via Zoom. He will present “Water Bankruptcy and Environmental Politics in Iran (A Conversation with Kaveh Madani)” on Monday, October 5, 2020 at 2:00pm Pacific...
Bilingual Lecture Series: Claudia Yaghoobi
Embodiment, Power, and Politics in the context of Sigheh Marriages in Modern Iran Farahbakhsh’s Zendegi-ye Khosusi (2011) narrates the life story of a former religious zealot, Ebrahim Kiani, who has transformed into a Reformist. Ebrahim has a decent family life, a wife, Forugh, and a son. One night at a party, he is introduced to...
Bilingual Lecture Series: Panel on Development
“Socio-Economic Development Strategies and Challenges in Iran,” a panel discussion featuring Azam Khatam (York University), Kaveh Ehsani (DePaul University), and Kevan Harris (UCLA) will take place via Zoom on Monday, February 1 at 3:00pm Pacific. Please click on the link below to register for this Bilingual Lecture Series event. https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lB7hy0biSWSx61ssFf5jVg
Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Carlo G. Cereti
Narseh’s Diadem: Religion, Royalty, and Power under the Early Sasanians This talk focuses on the Sasanian king Narseh (293-302 CE), who celebrated his accession to the throne through the bilingual inscription (Middle Persian and Parthian) and commemorative monument built in Paikuli, the site currently studied by the archaeological mission of Sapienza-University of Rome: The Italian...
Pahlavi Workshop: Roundtable on the 100th Anniversary of the 1921 Coup and Reflections on the Reza Pahlavi Period
Roundtable on the 100th Anniversary of the 1921 Coup and Reflections on the Reza Pahlavi Period The first panel of the Iranian Studies workshop, "History and Historiography of Pahlavi Iran, 1921-1979: A Workshop" will feature a round table discussion centered on the 100th anniversary of the coup that initiated the Reza Pahlavi Period in Iran....
Pahlavi Workshop: Pahlavi State and Society
Pahlavi State and Society To download the full program of events, click here. This second panel of the Iranian Studies workshop, “History and Historiography of Pahlavi Iran, 1921-1979: A Workshop” will feature the research of: Houchang Chehabi Professor of International Relations and History, Boston University Paper: Dual Society in Pahlavi Iran Bianca Devos...
Bilingual Lecture Series: Nazanin Shahrokni
Book Talk - Women in Place: The Politics of Gender Segregation in Iran (University of California Press, 2020) by Nazanin Shahrokni To register and receive the Zoom webinar information, please click here. This lecture will be in Persian.