Women in Iran: Past, Present, and Future A Double Book Talk with Mahnaz Afkhami and Mona Tajali Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 11:30am Pacific Time via Zoom Discussion in Persian…
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Bilingual Lecture Series – Panel Discussion on the Roles of Gender & Women in the Current Protests in Iran
Published: October 10, 2022Panel Discussion on the Roles of Gender & Women in the Current Protests in Iran Sunday, October 30, 2022 at 11:30am Pacific Time via Zoom Discussion in Persian Registration Required https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mtVBiDvtSyKJZFbDrkslkw
Read MoreNELC graduate student, Brooke Baker, makes remarkable finds in UCLA’s “Encountering Arabic Manuscripts” course with Professor Luke Yarbrough
Published: September 26, 2022The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures is proud to share the news that while studying an untitled text as part of UCLA’s “Encountering Arabic Manuscipts” course, Brooke Baker,…
Read MoreDr. Hagop Kouloujian appointed as the new Kachigian Family Lecturer in Armenian Language and Culture
Published: July 26, 2022The UCLA Division of Humanities has received a $1.2 million bequest from the estate of siblings George and Alice Kachigian to support the Armenian studies program in the department of…
Read MoreUCLA College Magazine Featured Story: Charting a Course for Islamic Studies at UCLA
Published: July 19, 2022As part of outreach efforts, Professor Sayeed and the [Islamic Studies] program have partnered with Amy Landau, director of education and interpretation at the Fowler Museum, to launch the new…
Read MoreBilingual Lecture Series: Nahid Pirnazar
Published: April 29, 2022Judeo Persian Writings an original comprehensive collection published in 2021 gives parallel examples in Judeo Persian and Perso Arabic script and their translations into English Most Judeo Persian documents not…
Read MoreDr. Beyza Lorenz Wins EPIC-Lang Grant for Online Language Teaching Module
Published: March 29, 2022Dr. Beyza Lorenz, Continuing Lecturer in Turkish at the Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Department won an EPIC-Lang grant to develop a self-paced, online module to help language instructors get…
Read MoreBilingual Lecture Series: The Performance of Female Masculinity in Lalehzari Music
Published: March 28, 2022The Performance of Female Masculinity in Lalehzari Music The Arabic-infused Iranian popular musical genre, Lalehzari (or Kucheh-Bazari), was well liked amongst Iran’s underclass in the last few decades before the…
Read MoreBilingual Lecture Series: اجراگری مردانگی توسط زنان هنرمند در موسیقی لالهزاری
Published: March 28, 2022اجراگری مردانگی توسط زنان هنرمند در موسیقی لالهزاری The Arabic-infused Iranian popular musical genre, Lalehzari (or Kucheh-Bazari), was well liked amongst Iran’s underclass in the last few decades before the…
Read MoreIran Unglazed: Local, National, and Global Histories of Persian Tilework
Published: March 24, 2022Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at 11:00am Pacific Time via Zoom Registration Required This talk examines the many ways in which Persian tilework has been packaged and interpreted between the field,…
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