A new era for Iranian studies
“This puts UCLA at the forefront and as the epicenter of ancient Iranian studies and Persian studies in the United States — if not in the world,” said Humanities Dean Alexandra Minna Stern.
“This puts UCLA at the forefront and as the epicenter of ancient Iranian studies and Persian studies in the United States — if not in the world,” said Humanities Dean Alexandra Minna Stern.
The chair will be held by a scholar whose work bridges theoretical linguistics and practical problems of language use in everyday life.
“It’s important to think of the Bible as an anthology of ancient Jewish communities as opposed to a singular voice,” says the director of the UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies.
Art historian Stella Nair says the collection shows that the Moche and Nasca societies “were acutely aware of the entire ecological system in which they lived.”
The renowned Calidore String Quartet performed in a concert dedicated to Peter Hanns Reill, founder of the series.
Egyptian and Sudanese scholars met to discuss the destruction of cultural heritage in the Nile in the ancient past and contemporary present.
“Boundless Winds of Empire” earned the Hong Yung Lee Book Award from the UC Berkeley Center for Korean Studies.
Much of the music in the program was receiving its first modern performance during a trio of weekend concerts.
“Wildlife Crossings of Hope” examines what happens when highways and other urban infrastructure confine animals to small patches of land.
He was “universally regarded as one of the kindest, warmest and most thoughtful people in the history of the English department,” said department chair Saree Makdisi.
The director of UCLA’s Lab for Environmental Narrative Strategies was lauded for having “explored the varied shapes that environmental thought, narrative and activism take in different regions of the world.”
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