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Negotiating Identities: Iranian Jews Conversion to Islam and the Baha’i faith

A lecture by Mehrdad Amanat, independent scholar and writer

Wednesday, November 02, 2011
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 

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Dr. Mehrdad Amanat, an independent scholar living in Los Angeles, received his M.A in Islamic Studies in 1979 and PhD in history, in 2006, both from the University of California at Los Angeles. He is a regular contributor to the Encyclopedia Iranica. His book, Jewish Identities in Iran: Resistance and Conversion to Islam and the Bahai Faith, is published by I.B.Tauris in 2011.

Lecture in English

Part of the Bilingual Lecture Series

Cost: Free and Open to the Public

For more information please contact

Johanna Romero
Tel: (310) 825-1455
romero@international.ucla.edu
www.international.ucla.edu/cnes