Due to the ongoing uncertainty caused by the fires in the Los Angeles area, please be aware that this lecture has been postponed. This talk will present new interpretations of one of the most important artworks from ancient Maya civilization — the wall paintings of San Bartolo, Guatemala. Discovered in a buried room in 2001, the paintings are among the earliest examples of mural painting in the Maya tradition, dating to the so-called Preclassic period. Their complex narrative focuses on varied origin myths, including the emergence of maize, the animate sun, and the establishment of the four world quarters. The…
تحلیلی مقایسھ ای و راھبردی در باره فرایند گذار به دموکراسی در ایران A Comparative Analysis of and Proposition on the Process of Transition to Democracy in Iran Sunday, January 12, 2025 | 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Pacific Zoom Registration: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NsgynB3eTcC5gMAFoEixAQ Over the past few decades, democratic movements in many countries have successfully overthrown autocratic regimes and established democratic governments. In some cases, these transformations occurred suddenly, driven by dramatic mass uprisings and nonviolent civil resistance, as seen in the Philippines in 1986, Czechoslovakia in 1989, Serbia in 2000, and Tunisia in 2011. In other instances, such as Portugal…
Photo credit: Benaki Museum in Athens Pretty in Pink: A Portrait of Queen Olga of Greece at the Benaki Museum Lecture by George Manginis Academic Director Benaki Museum in Athens Saturday, January 11, 2025 4:00 P.M. 314 Royce Hall, UCLA Campus Reception to follow Conversation following the lecture with Sharon Gerstel, Director, UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture Click here to RSVP If you are unable to attend in person but would like to watch the lecture via livestream on our YouTube channel, the link is provided below: Livestream link: https://youtube.com/live/BK6ITLzwdSw?feature=share On the third floor of…
Participation in the Seminar consists of group discussion of pre-circulated papers, typically drafts of articles, book chapters, or dissertation chapters (with complete apparatus). Two of the papers are ordinarily by emerging scholars (including PhD students) and the other two are by established scholars. We allocate one hour per paper and presenters should anticipate substantial, and substantive, feedback. Calls for presenters are circulated via e-mail from the Center approximately two months prior to each meeting and papers are accepted on a first-come basis. More information can be found here. Register to attend in Royce 306 Register to attend via Zoom
Global Antiquity is pleased to invite you to the next in its 2024–2025 Faculty Lunch Series talks, featuring Professor David Schneller (Art History, UCLA). On Friday, December 6 from 12:00–1:30 pm in Royce 306, he will speak on Composite Creations: Cross-Cultural Experimentation in the Eastern Mediterranean. Lunch and refreshments will be served at 12:00 pm followed immediately by the talk and discussion. All are welcome, and we hope to see you there! Abstract: This talk focuses on three unique sculptures from Olympia, Greece that are among the most significant instances of cross-cultural artistic experimentation in the eastern Mediterranean during the early first millennium BCE….
The Rise of Persian: Understanding the Evolution of Writing in the Sasanian and Early Islamic Periods This talk explores the evolution of writing during the Sasanian and early Islamic periods, shedding light on the long-term process that led to Persian becoming the lingua franca in Western and Central Asia from Iran to the borders of China. With the groundwork laid by pioneering scholars, we now have a stronger foundation for reading and understanding Middle Persian documents in their many forms. As Bernhard of Chartres observed, “we are but dwarves on the shoulders of giants,” benefiting from the invaluable contributions of…
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