“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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
Read MoreDr. Everett Wheeler of Duke University will present his research on “Parthians in the Roman Army” for the Pourdavoud Center on January 15, 2020. Parthians in the Roman Army The…
Read MorePlease 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…
Read MorePlease 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…
Read MorePlease join the Iranian Studies Program at UCLA for a Bilingual Lecture Series film screening of Case No. I, Case No. 2. The film and following Q&A with Ahmad Kiarostami…
Read MoreSome major landmarks of modern Iranian history such as the 1921 coup d’Etat or the toppling of Mosaddeq in 1953 are now checked with critical attention by historians. Was the…
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Please join UCLA Iranian Studies for the first Bilingual Lecture Series talks of the year. Dr. Kaveh Madani will present his research on Monday, October 28 at 2:00pm in Bunch…
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