Humanities

Pourdavoud Center Workshop: Papyrus Amherst 63

Published: October 19, 2020

The Puzzling Papyrus: New Perspectives on Papyrus Amherst 63 In this workshop, two of the world’s leading experts on Papyrus Amherst 63, Professors Tawny Holm and Karel van der Toorn,…

Bilingual Lecture Series: Claudia Yaghoobi

Published: October 10, 2020

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…

Pourdavoud Center Fall 2020 Welcome Event

Published: October 7, 2020

You Are Invited: Pourdavoud Center Fall 2020 Welcome Event Friday, October 23, 2020 at 11:00am PST via Zoom Registration Required Please join us for a digital fall reception to celebrate…

Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Henry Colburn

Published: September 21, 2020

Achaemenid Egypt: The Archaeology of a Colonial Encounter Traditionally, Egyptologists have regarded the period of Achaemenid Persian rule (the 27th Dynasty, c. 526-404 BCE) as an unmitigated disaster for the…

Bilingual Lecture Series: Kaveh Madani

Published: September 19, 2020

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…

Bilingual Lecture Series: Kaveh Madani

Published: September 19, 2020

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…

Fall 2020 Welcome Week Open House!

Published: September 16, 2020

Please join the UCLA Department of Comparative Literature for our Fall 2020 Welcome Week Open House! This event will take place via Zoom on Wednesday, September 30th at 3:00 p.m….

Fall 2020 Welcome Week Open House!

Published: September 16, 2020

Please join the UCLA LGBTQ Studies Program for our Fall 2020 Welcome Week Open House! This event will take place via Zoom on Wednesday, September 30th at 3:00 p.m. (right…

Belarusian Voices in the Media

Published: August 26, 2020

The Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures and the Russian Flagship Program invite you to “Belarusian Voices in the Media,” Monday, August 31 at 5 pm PST. Hosted…