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Results For 2009
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Iraqi Marshlands, Then and Now
A public lecture and discussion with Nik Wheeler, photography and Azzam Alwash, Eden Again/Nature Iraq
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Sunday, January 11, 2009
Mojadeleh movarkhin dar bareh-ye melliyat ve hovviyat Irani
Lecture by Afshin Matin-Asghari, California State University, Los Angeles
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Iranian Identity and Modern Nation-State Formation: The Historians' Debate
Lecture by Afshin Matin-Asghari, California State University, Los Angeles
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Human Rights and Gaza
A Symposium
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Islam in the New Afghan Public Sphere
A public lecture by Nushin Arbabzadah, UCLA
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
The Politics of Quranic Hermeneutics: Royalties on Interpretation
A public lecture by Walid Saleh, University of Toronto
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Slingshot Hip Hop
Film screening and discussion with filmmaker Jackie Salloum
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The Political Obstacles to the Economic Reforms in Algeria
A public lecture by Lahouari Addi, University of Lyon
12:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, February 12, 2009
North African Sufism in World Context
A symposium on Sufi movements from North Africa and their influence in a global context.
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, February 13, 2009
What Kind of Liberation?: Women and the Occupation of Iraq
A public lecture by Nadje Al-Ali, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, February 20, 2009
Seventh Annual Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies
International Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies
9:30 AM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Filming the Eichmann Trial (Day 1)
An international conference exploring the impact of film and radio and TV broadcasts of the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Tahavolat Ejtemaei der Aliabad: Az Roosta der 1978/79 ta Shahrestan der 2003-2008
A public lecture by Mary Hegland, Santa Clara University
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, February 23, 2009
Filming the Eichmann Trial (Day 2)
An international conference exploring the impact of film and radio and TV broadcasts of the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Women and Power in 'Aliabad: Climbing out of Gender, Sexual, and Generational Hierarchies
A public lecture by Mary Hegland, Santa Clara University
3:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Christmas in Gaza: An Adventitious War
A lecture by Leonard Binder, distinguished Professor of Political Science and past President of the Middle East Studies Association.
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, March 02, 2009
America's North Africa Exhibit
An exhibit in the Powell Library Rotunda
March 2 - September 18, 2009 Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Road to Morocco, starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope
Film and Discussion in conjunction with America's North Africa, an exhibition of Pop Culture Literature and Artifacts opening March 2 in the Powell Library Rotunda.
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, March 05, 2009
NORTH AFRICAN MIGRATION IN GLOBAL CONTEXT
A workshop organized by Professor Nouri Gana, UCLA.
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Talk of Darkness: Human Rights in Morocco
A public reading and lecture by author and human rights activist Fatna El Bouih
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Global Perspectives on Youth & Violence
Young people make up almost a fifth of the worlds population. Close to 85% of the 1.1 billion young men and women between the ages of 15 and 24 live in developing countries.
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Armenian Studies at a Threshold (Day 1)
35th Anniversary Conference of the Society for Armenian Studies
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, March 27, 2009
Armenian Studies at a Threshold (Day 2)
35th Anniversary Conference of the Society for Armenian Studies
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Armenian Studies at a Threshold (Day 3)
35th Anniversary Conference of the Society for Armenian Studies
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, April 03, 2009
Cartographies of Islam in the Americas: Migrants, Converts and Devotion
Symposium about the growing presence of Islam in Latin American Societies.
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, April 03, 2009
Cartographies of Islam in the Americas: Migrants, Converts and Devotion
A Conference organize by Camila Pastor de Maria y Campos, UCLA
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Between Jew and Arab: The Lost Voice of Simon Rawidowicz
Book Talk by David Myers, UCLA, with comments by Amir Eshel, Stanford University and Gabriel Piterberg, UCLA, Reception and Signing to Follow
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, April 10, 2009
A Symposium on Women in Conflict Zones
This Symposium will feature a keynote/public lecture by Shahrazad Mojab of the University of Toronto, followed by a panel and a workshop designed to explore various conflict zones (e.g., Palestine, Iran (Kurds), Algeria, Sudan, Mexico, Lebanon, Cuba, Eritrea, Tunisia, Philippines, Rwanda/Congo, South Africa, and the United States, where individuals may be actors, warriors, victims, perpetrators, survivors, collaborators, icons or symbols and may be ambivalent, complicit, and have complicated relationships to their adversaries.
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, April 10, 2009
A Symposium on Women in Conflict Zones
Conference organized by Sondra Hale, UCLA
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Persian Poetry in Diaspora
Panel Discussion & Poetry Reading
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
The Hispanic as Crypto-Moor
A lecture by Anouar Majid, University of New England
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Sex, Drugs, and Rock n Roll in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Spatial and Temporal Framings of Sexuality and Sociality in Post-Revolution Iran
Lecture by Pardis Mahdavi, Pomona College
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Iranian-American Writers in Dialogue
Organized by Nasrin Rahimieh, UC-Irvine and Persis Karim, San Jose State University
A discussion with Authors: Salar Abdoh, Farnoosh Moshiri, and Nahid Rachlin
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, April 20, 2009
Jews, Arabs, and Government Officials: Power Relations Inside Israel
A lecture by David Wesley
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
"The Clash of Interpretation"
Lecture by author Abdelwahab Meddeb
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, April 23, 2009
For Prophet and Tsar: Islam and Empire in Russia and Central Asia
A book talk with author ROBERT CREWS, Stanford University, History, and discussant ADRIENNE EDGAR, UC Santa Barbara, History
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation
Book Talk by Saree Makdisi, UCLA, with comments by David Myers, UCLA, and Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Foucault and Middle East Studies
A conference organized by James Gelvin, UCLA
Featuring: Timothy Mitchell, New York University, Afsaneh Najmabadi, Harvard University, Khaled Fahmy, New York University, and Janet Afary, UCLA
8:45 AM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, May 01, 2009
From Casablanca to Sahara: Hollywood's North Africa
Morocco (1930)
The Garden of Allah (1936)
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, May 03, 2009
Sex-in-Change: Configurations of Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Iran
jens va jensiyat dar taghyir: Sheklgiry-e jens va jensiyat dar Iran-e mo`aser
Lecture in Persian by Afsaneh Najmabadi, Harvard University
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, May 03, 2009
From Casablanca to Sahara: Hollywood's North Africa
The Woman I Stole (1933)
Casbah (1948)
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, May 08, 2009
Authoritarian Pathways: Trajectories of State Building in the Arab World
Lecture by Steven Heydemann, US Institute of Peace
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, May 09, 2009
From Casablanca to Sahara: Hollywood's North Africa
Beau Geste (1939)
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Al-Andalus and the Maghreb: Cultural Hybridity and Post-Colonial Identities
Lecture by Mourad Yelles, Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), Paris.
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Re-imaging International Law for a New Politics of Human Rights
Lecture by Abdullahi An-Na'im, School of Law, Emory University
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
New Muslim Cool - A Sneak Preview
A screening of the documentary with H. Samy Alim, UCLA and director Jennifer Maytorena Taylor
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, May 15, 2009
Changing Religious Landscapes: Why Some Muslims Convert to Christianity-The Case of Central Asia
A Central Asia Initiative Lecture by Olivier Roy
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, May 15, 2009
From Casablanca to Sahara: Hollywood's North Africa
Road To Morocco (1942)
Preceded by Beau Hunks, a short (1931)
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Sexual Politics in Modern Iran
Book Talk by Janet Afary, Purdue University with comments by Nikki Keddie, UCLA and Thomas M. Ricks, University of Pennsylvania
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Standard Operating Procedure
A film by Errol Morris, Germany, 2008.
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, May 22, 2009
Ethnic and Religious Minorities in Iran: Realities and Policy Issues, Past and Present
Seminar on: Iran's Ethnic and Religious Minorities:
Analyzing Realities and Policy Issues, Past and Present
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Bam 6.6: Humanity Has No Borders
A screening of the film and discussion withthe director and producer Jahangir Golestan-Parast
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Secularism in Europe as Refracted through the Prism of the European Court of Human Rights
A public lecture by HALDUN GULALP, Political Science and International Relations, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul; Visiting Professor, Political Science, UCLA
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, May 31, 2009
From Casablanca to Sahara: Hollywood's North Africa
Under Two Flags (1936)
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, June 06, 2009
From Casablanca to Sahara: Hollywood's North Africa
Casablanca (1942)
Sahara (1943)
Preceded by The Cats Bah, a short (1954)
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, June 07, 2009
Rationality and Opinions About Democracy in Iran (Persian Lecture)
Lecture by Mohsen Kadivar, University of Virginia and Hossein Ziai, UCLA
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, June 08, 2009
Rationality and Opinions About Democracy in Iran (English Lecture)
Lecture by Mohsen Kadivar, University of Virginia and Hossein Ziai, UCLA
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Free Screening - Come Mother 8/2
Documentary, Israel, 77 minutes. Written and directed by Sami Shalom Chetrit. Produced by Haim Buzaglo.
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Politics and Violence in Israel/Palestine: Past, Present and Future
A lecture by Professor Lev Luis Grinberg
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, October 01, 2009
An Arab American Grows Up in L.A
A talk and reading by author, Gregory Orfalea
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, October 05, 2009
Dreamers in Paradise: The Rise and Fall of a New Holy Site in Israel
A lecture by Professor Yoram Bilu, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
UCLA Study Abroad Fair
The UCLA International Education Office (IEO) is pleased to be hosting UCLA's 23rd annual study abroad fair for UCLA students.
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
The Messianic Self: Guidelines for a Comparative Analysis of Habad and Bratslav Hasidic Groups
A lecture by Professor Yoram Bilu, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Ottoman Legacies Then and Now
Donald Quataert, State University of New York
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, October 09, 2009
Up Close and Personal: Iranian Filmmakers in their Own Words
In conjunction with the visit of a group of prominent Iranian filmmakers to Los Angeles, the Academy and the UCLA Film & Television Archive will present a series of recent Iranian films, each followed by a discussion with one or more of the films principal creators.
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Up Close and Personal: Iranian Filmmakers in their Own Words
In conjunction with the visit of a group of prominent Iranian filmmakers to Los Angeles, the Academy and the UCLA Film & Television Archive will present a series of recent Iranian films, each followed by a discussion with one or more of the films principal creators.
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Up Close and Personal: Iranian Filmmakers in their Own Words
In conjunction with the visit of a group of prominent Iranian filmmakers to Los Angeles, the Academy and the UCLA Film & Television Archive will present a series of recent Iranian films, each followed by a discussion with one or more of the films principal creators.
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, October 12, 2009
The Invention of the Jewish People
Shlomo Sand, Tel Aviv University
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
UCLA International Institute Open House
In association with the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars and the International Education Office
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
What Price the Islamic Republic? The Meanings and Implications of the 6/12 Election
Amuzegar Chair In Iranian Studies Presents a lecture by Gholam-Reza Afkhami
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Islam and the Army in Colonial India
A book talk by Professor Nile Green (UCLA History)
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Forgotten Voices
A free screening with director Jennifer Rawlings and photographer Ron Haviv.
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Up Close and Personal: Iranian Filmmakers in their Own Words
In conjunction with the visit of a group of prominent Iranian filmmakers to Los Angeles, the Academy and the UCLA Film & Television Archive will present a series of recent Iranian films, each followed by a discussion with one or more of the films principal creators.
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, October 16, 2009
Up Close and Personal: Iranian Filmmakers in their Own Words
In conjunction with the visit of a group of prominent Iranian filmmakers to Los Angeles, the Academy and the UCLA Film & Television Archive will present a series of recent Iranian films, each followed by a discussion with one or more of the films principal creators.
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Garbage Dreams, a selection from the Arab Film Festival
Mai Iskander US, Egypt, UK | 2009 | 83 min | Documentary
8:00 PM - 10:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, October 23, 2009
The Politics of Marriage in Contemporary Iran
Organized by Janet Afary (UCSB) and Nayereh Tohidi (CSUN)
Conference in English
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, October 25, 2009
The Politics of Marriage in Contemporary Iran
Organized by Janet Afary (UCSB) and Nayereh Tohidi (CSUN)
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, October 26, 2009
My Prison, My Home: One Woman's Story of Captivity in Iran
Haleh Esfandiari, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Invasion is a Structure not an Event: Settler Colonialism Past and Present
A two-day event organized by Gabriel Piterberg, UCLA
2:30 PM - 6:15 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, October 30, 2009
Invasion is a Structure not an Event: Settler Colonialism Past and Present
A two-day event organized by Gabriel Piterberg, UCLA
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, November 02, 2009
The Israeli Winter Onslaught on Gaza
Amira Hass, journalist, Haaretz, Israel
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, November 02, 2009
"About Elly" (Darbarye Elly)
Free screening of the acclaimed Iranian film at the 2009 AFI Film Festival in Hollywood.
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
The Lost Worlds of Hanna Levy Hass
A reflection on the Diary of Bergen-Belsen, 1944-1945
Amira Hass, journalist, Haaretz, Israel
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, November 05, 2009
The Legacy of Mahmoud Darwish: A Conference
A conference that will bring together international writers and scholars to honor the life and creative work of Palestinian poet and author Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008).
10:30 AM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, November 05, 2009
The Legacy of Mahmoud Darwish: A Concert
An evening of music by the Turath Ensemble honoring the Palestinian poet and author Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008). The program will feature poetry by Mahmoud Darwish, songs by Marcel Khalife, and the music of Sayyid Darwish.
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Celebrating Ethnicity: Finding Common Ground
A one-day conference devoted to an exploration of Arab, Armenian, Iranian, Israeli, and Turkish public festivals in Los Angeles.
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Arabs, Turks, and Europeans in the Early Modern Mediterranean
A lecture by Professor Nabil Matar, University of Minnesota.
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, November 13, 2009
Turkish Piano Music: A Concert
An evening of piano music from Turkey, performed by Ayşegül Kuş Durakoğlu
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, November 16, 2009
The Goldstone Report & Int'l Law - Part 1: Sarah Whitson, Human Rights Watch
Sarah Leah Whitson, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Division of Human Rights Watch, will speak on "The Goldstone Report Controversy: Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in the Gaza Conflict". <i>This is the 1st event of a 3-part lecture series titled, "The Goldstone Report and International Law - Three Perspectives".</i>
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, November 16, 2009
The Goldstone Report Controversy: Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in the Gaza Conflict
A presentation by Sarah Leah Whitson (Director, Middle East and North Africa Division Human Rights Watch).
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
International Opportunities Fair
Find out about various study abroad options - and ways to pay for them!
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Jews from Libya: Cross-currents and Concretizations of Identity in Israel Today
A lecture by Professor Harvey E. Goldberg, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
The Goldstone Report & Int'l Law - Part 2: David Kaye, UCLA Law School
David Kaye, UCLA Law School Professor and Executive Director of the International Human Rights Program, will speak on "International Justice & the Goldstone Report." <i>This is the 2nd event of a 3-part lecture series titled, "The Goldstone Report and International Law" Three Perspectives"</i>
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Negahi be qavanin-e mojazat-e Eslami dar Iran
A lecture in Persian by Professor Arzoo Osanloo, University of Washington.
Part of the CNES Bilingual Lecture Series.
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, December 07, 2009
Reflections on Sanctioning in Islamic Criminal Law in Iran
A lecture in English by Professor Arzoo Osanloo, University of Washington.
Part of the CNES Bilingual Lecture Series.
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
