Bilingual Lecture Series: Nonviolence and the Revolution of Values in Iran

121 Dodd Hall 390 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

خشونت پرھیزی و انقلاب ارزش ھا در ایران Nonviolence and the Revolution of Values in Iran Ramin Jahanbegloo Sunday, April 2, 2023 at 4:00pm, Dodd Hall 121 Discussion in Persian Alternate live stream on Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/99540545809 (No need to register in advance, just click the link at 4:00pm on April 2 to join.) In 2009, the world watched in admiration the peaceful protests of young Iranians in the aftermath of Iran’s fraudulent presidential elections that re- elected Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Today, a new generation is challenging the ideological structures of the Irnian theocratic regime. We have witnessed the courage and the...

Bilingual Lecture Series: Foreign Policy Panel

چرخش بھ شرق: تغییرو تداوم در سیاست خارجی جمھوری اسلامی Turning to the East: Changes and Continuities in the Islamic Republic’s Foreign Policy Sunday, April 9, 2023 I 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM via Zoom Registration Required Looking to the East and the New World Order Kazem Alamdari Main Tenants of Postrevolutionary Iran’s Foreign Policy Mehrzad Boroujerdi Turning to the East in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Both a Strategy and a Tactic Touraj Atabaki About the Speakers Kazem Alamdari received his PhD in Sociology from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, his MA in Educational Administration from Illinois State University,...

Bilingual Lecture Series: A Historical Perspective on Violence and Urban Unrest in Modern Iran

121 Dodd Hall 390 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

خشونت و آشوبهای شهری در ایران معاصر از دید تاریخی A Historical Perspective on Violence and Urban Unrest in Modern Iran Mehrdad Amanat Sunday, May 7, 2023, 4:00 PM, Dodd Hall 121 Alternate live stream on Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/99522637738 (No need to register in advance, just click the link at 4:00pm on May 7 to join.) During the Qajar era, urban riots were often popular uprisings rooted in social grievances such as famines and grain hoardings. Women responsible for feeding the family were often at the forefront of bread riots. In many other cases, riots were instigated by the powerful who...

Bilingual Lecture Series – Being Woman: Diverse Voices of Women from Afghanistan and Iran

زن بودن : صداهای گوناگون زنان از افغانستان و ایران Being Woman: Diverse Voices of Women from Afghanistan and Iran Roundtable discussion in Persian Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 11:30am Pacific via Zoom Zoom Registration: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZDUx9ZPvSvO_zhNLIzFkKg About the Panelists Haifa Asadi (Youth Generation of Arab Iranian Women) Haifa Asadi is an advocate for gender, racial, and ethnic justice. She grew up in Ahwaz, where she witnessed the struggles of her young Arab classmates academically and emotionally dealing with systemic racism and discrimination. This was the trigger for her to start a life-long fight against injustice practiced against Arab people in Iran,...