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Results For 2011
Sunday, January 09, 2011
Patterns of Authoritarianism and Resistance in Iran (In Persian)
A panel discussion with Mehdi Khalaji, Washington Institute for Near East Policy and
Majid Mohammadi, Writer
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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Monday, January 10, 2011
Patterns of Authoritarianism and Resistance in Iran (In English)
A panel discussion with Mehdi Khalaji, Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Majid Mohammadi, Writer, moderated by Nayereh Tohidi
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, January 10, 2011
Anticipatory Governance, Queer Difference and the Emirati Post-Oil Generation
A lecture by Noor Al-Qasimi, King's College, London
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Hidden Histories: Palestine and the Eastern Mediterranean
A lecture by Basem Ra'ad, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Heritage in Conflict: The Modern Life of a Medieval Manuscript
A lecture by Heghnar Watenpaugh, University of California, Davis
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Film Screening: Tears of Gaza [Norway]
A film screening of the documentary followed by a Q&A session with director Vibeke Løkkeberg. Language: Arabic, English. Running time:
82 min.
7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
The Eastern Mediterranean and the Making of Global Radicalism 1860-1914
A lecture by Ilham Khuri-Makdisi, Northeastern University
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Traumatic Memory Discourses in Israel: Holocaust History, Territory and Self-Critique
A lecture by Joseph Rosen, Department of History and Centre for Ethnographic Research and Exhibition in the Aftermath of Violence, Concordia University, Montreal
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, February 03, 2011
Infrastructures of the Street in Cairo: Uprising in Egypt, National Wealth, and the Question of Public Goods
A lecture by Julia Elyachar, UC Irvine
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, February 03, 2011
Shariah Watch: A View from the Inside
A Public Lecture and Extended Q&A with Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl, UCLA School of Law, Moderated by Professor Asli Bâli
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
The Crisis of the Law in Colonial Egypt: Violence, Ideals of Humanity, Colonial Governance
A lecture by Samera Esmeir, UC Berkeley
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Mediterraneans: North Africa and Europe in an Age of Migration, c. 1800-1900
A book talk by Julia Clancy-Smith, University of Arizona
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, February 11, 2011
Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies
2011 Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies
9:30 AM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, February 13, 2011
EVENT CANCELED: Eslah-e Qanoon-e Khanevadeh dar Iran va Marakesh: Tahlil Moqayeseyi az Goushodan va Bastan-e Bab-e Ejtihad
A lecture in Persian by Ziba Mir-Hosseini, University of London
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, February 14, 2011
EVENT CANCELED: Recent Family Law Reforms in Iran and Morocco: A Comparative Analysis of How the Door of Ijtihad Was Opened and Closed
A lecture by Ziba Mir-Hosseini, University of London
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
The Egyptian Intifada in Historical Perspective
A lecture by Joel Beinin, Stanford University
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, February 18, 2011
The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother’s Hidden Life
A book reading by Jasmin Darznik, Washington and Lee University
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
My Heart is in the East: A Lecture - Demonstration on Sacred Israeli Music
A lecture - demonstration on Sacred Israeli Music with R. Hagai Batzri - vocals, Jamie Papish - percussion, Yuval Ron - Oud.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Workshop on Late Antique and Early Islamic Intellectual History
Speakers include:
Patricia Crone, Institute for Advanced Study
David Bennett, UCLA
Kevin Van Bladel, University of Southern California
Moderator: Michael Cooperson, UCLA
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
The Israeli-Bedouin Music Connection: A Lecture - Demonstration on Bedouin and Israeli Folk Music
A lecture - demonstration on Bedouin and Israeli folk Music
with Ahmed El Asmer - vocals, Maya Haddi – Vocals, Jamie Papish - percussion, Yuval Ron - Oud.
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
The Broken Promise of U.S.- Arab Relations, 1820-2001
A lecture by Ussama Makdisi, Rice University
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Conscripted Subjects: Disciplined Society, Critique, and the Humanities
A two-day conference
Time to be announced. Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, February 24, 2011
The Magic Carpet: A Lecture - Demonstration on the Music of the Yemenite Jews in Israel
A lecture - demonstration on the music of the Yemenite Jews in Israel with Margalit Oved (Yemenite dancer and singer), Barak Marshal (Yemenite singer), Maya Haddi (Israeli Yemenite singer), Jamie Papish - percussion, Yuval Ron - Oud.
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, February 25, 2011
Conscripted Subjects: Disciplined Society, Critique, and the Humanities
A two-day conference
Time to be announced. Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, February 28, 2011
World History Through Afghan Muslim Eyes
Tamim Ansary, Author of “Destiny Disrupted, A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes”
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
What is Israeli Music? A Lecture - Demonstration on the Ancient and Contemporary Music of Israel
A lecture - demonstration on the ancient and contemporary music of Israel with Maya Haddi - vocals, Jamie Papish - percussion, Yuval Ron - Oud.
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Concert: Cihat Askin
A free concert by Turkish violinist Cihat Askin, accompanied by Ayse Taspinar, UCLA
7:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
West Bank Story: The Role of Humor and Art in Peace-Making
A special screening of Oscar-winning film ‘West Bank Story’ with Yuval Ron, followed by Q&A with the composer and a live performance of themes from the film with Maya Haddi - vocals, Jamie Papish - percussion, Yuval Ron - Oud.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, March 03, 2011
Under the Banner of Faith, in the Shadow of Empires: Universalisms, Islam, and the War in Bosnia-Herzegovina
A lecture by Darryl Li, Harvard University
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, March 03, 2011
Hunting the 'Out-of-Place Muslim': Sketching the Juridical Architecture of America's 'War on Terror'
A lecture by Darryl Li, Harvard University
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, March 05, 2011
Gnawa and Moroccan Mystical Musics
Please join us for an unforgettable evening of music, dance, and inspiration featuring master musicians from Morocco.
7:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Arabs of the Jewish Faith: The Civilizing Mission in Colonial Algeria
A lecture by Joshua Schreier, Vassar College
12:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Narrating Migration Around the Table: The Frenchification of North African Jewish Palates
A lecture by Joelle Bahloul, Indiana University.
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, April 02, 2011
Armenian Genocide Oral History Collections in North America: Development, Utilization, Potential
A conference organized by Richard Hovannisian, UCLA
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, April 04, 2011
Film Screening: Occupation Has No Future [Israel/Palestine]
A film screening of the documentary followed by a Q&A session with director and writer David Zlutnick. Running time: 84 min.
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
The Indian Ulema in Afghanistan
The Center for India and South Asia, the Center for Near Eastern Studies, and the Asia Institute Program on Central Asia presents a seminar with Professor Sana Haroon, Institute of Business Administration Karachi.
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Melting Pots and Promised Lands: Early Zionism and the Idea of America
A lecture by Hilton Obenzinger, Stanford University
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, April 07, 2011
Workshop on Oral History of Knowledge in Iran and its Diaspora
Oral History workshop
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Thursday, April 07, 2011
Humanitarian Action in the Middle East and North Africa Under Scrutiny: Criminalizing Humanitarian Engagement
A lecture by Naz Modirzadeh, Harvard University
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, April 11, 2011
Behaves like a Rooster and Cries like a Dog: Nightmares, Depression, Psychiatry, and the Rise of Iranian Psychiatric Selves
A lecture by Michael M.J. Fischer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Shariah Watch
A lecture by Khaled Abou El Fadl, UCLA School of Law
5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, April 15, 2011
The Aesthetic Gesture in Contemporary Calligraphic Art: Physical Dynamic & Free Visual Concepts
A lecture by contemporary artist and calligrapher Nja Mahdaoui
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Deciphering Denial: Ottoman Past, Turkish Present, and the Collective Violence against the Armenians, 1789-2009
A lecture by Fatma Müge Göçek, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Sociology
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Violence's Law
A lecture with George Bisharat, UC Hastings College of the Law
3:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, April 21, 2011
From Oxus to Euphrates: Approaching the History of Late Antique Iran
A lecture by Touraj Daryaee, UC Irvine
3:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, April 25, 2011
Remembering in Post-invasion Kuwait: Topographies, Collaborations, Mediations
A Lecture by Conerly Casey, Rochester Institute of Technology
3:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
The Origins and Development of Lebanese Nationalism in Comparative Perspective
A lecture by Carol Hakim, University of Minnesota
3:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Life Lived in Relief: Humanitarian Effects, Political Claims, and Palestinian Refugee Community
A lecture by Ilana Feldman, George Washington University
12:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, May 01, 2011
Women’s Worlds in Qajar Iran: A Digital Window to Women’s History
A lecture by Afsaneh Najmabadi, Harvard University
5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Edward Said's Palestine/Israel: Inclusion Without Domination
A lecture by Nubar Hovsepian, Chapman University
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, May 05, 2011
Creative State: Forty Years of Migration and Development Policy in Morocco and Mexico
A lecture by Natasha Iskander, New York University
3:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, May 08, 2011
The Green Movement and the Arab Uprisings
A lecture by Asef Bayat, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, May 09, 2011
The Coming of Post-Islamist Revolutions in the Middle East
A lecture by Asef Bayat, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Between Memory and Extinction: The Moroccan Jewish Quarter in the Twentieth Century
A lecture by Susan Miller, UC Davis
12:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Two Premature Rumors of the Mediterranean’s Death: Fishing Wars, Maritime Gentrification, and Social Anthropology of Region Formation in the Channel of Sicily Since WWII
A lecture by Naor Ben-Yehoyada, Harvard University
3:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
In Memoriam: Juliano Mer-Khamis (1958-2011)
A film screening of the documentary Arna's Children followed by a discussion with Mac Lojowsky who volunteered with the freedom theater and Professor Gabriel Piterberg, UCLA. Language: Arabic, English, Hebrew. Running Time: 84 min.
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Pledging Water: Qadis, Jews and Water Ownership in Southern Moroccan Oasis
A lecture by Aomar Boum, University of Arizona
12:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, May 13, 2011
BOLCA Technology Workshop: Creating Online Learning Materials and Lessons for Turkish Language Instruction
A three day workshop from May 13-15 to be held in Powell Library for University Turkish Instructors
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Challenges of Biography Writing: A View on the Shah’s Life
A lecture by Abbas Milani, Stanford University
5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, May 16, 2011
From the Shah to the Ayatollah, Continuities and Ruptures
A lecture by Abbas Milani, Stanford University
12:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Betrayal, Morality, and Transnationalism: Identity Construction Processes of the 'South Lebanese Army' (SLA) in Israel since May 2000
A lecture by Orit Gazit, Visiting Scholar, UCLA Anthropology Department
3:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, May 20, 2011
Mapping and Remapping the Tunisian Revolution
A conference organized by Nouri Gana, UCLA
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Whither Syria?
A lecture by James Gelvin, UC Los Angeles
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, June 05, 2011
Film Screening: Glass House [Iran]
Bilingual Lecture Series
5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Film Screening: Azi Aiyma [Israel]
A screening of the documentary film by Sami Shalom Chetrit. Languages: Hebrew, Moroccan and French, English subtitles. Running time: 77 mins.
6:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
International Studies K-12 Workshop Summer 2011
Professional development workshop for teachers of South Gate ISLC, ISSN network schools, and UCLA partner schools, August 16-18
Time to be announced. Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, October 02, 2011
Non-Muslim Communities in Fatimid Egypt: The dhimmi experience, Islamization, and Negotiating Power
A two-day international colloquium
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, October 03, 2011
On Libya
A joint talk by Aslı Bâli and James Gelvin, both of UCLA
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, October 03, 2011
Non-Muslim Communities in Fatimid Egypt: The dhimmi experience, Islamization, and Negotiating Power
A two-day international colloquium
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
UCLA Study Abroad Fair
We invite you to join in the 25th Annual UCLA Study Abroad Fair. Each year, more than 2000 students visit the fair to learn about the wide variety of study abroad programs available.
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, October 06, 2011
Men Who Tiptoe Into Their Marital Bedrooms: A Meditation on the Reality of the Novelist in a Time of Revolution
A lecture by Hisham Matar, Barnard College
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Controversies concerning the Arabic and Berber Languages in Spain
A lecture by Mohamed Madkouri, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, October 14, 2011
The Future of Christianity in the Middle East
A lecture by H.H. Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, October 14, 2011
Fashion
UCLA Queer Studies Conference 2011
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Fashion
UCLA Queer Studies Conference 2011
9:30 AM - 7:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
War Stories of Arab Americans
A talk by Gregory Orfalea, Westmont College
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, October 21, 2011
Arab Film Festival
A three-day festival
6:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, October 23, 2011
New Approaches to Algerian Jewish Studies
A scholarly workshop
Time to be announced. Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, October 24, 2011
A Social History of Cinema in Iran
A talk by Hamid Naficy, Northwestern University
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, October 24, 2011
New Approaches to Algerian Jewish Studies
A scholarly workshop
Time to be announced. Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives
A lecture by Gilbert Achcar, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, October 28, 2011
Gender, Art, and Social Movements in the Middle East and Global South
A conference followed by a reception in honor of Professor Sondra Hale, UCLA
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Hoviyat-ha-ye sayyal: Paziresh Eslam va a'in-e Baha'i dar miyan-e Yahoudian-e Iran [Negotiating Identities: Iranian Jews Conversion to Islam and the Baha’i faith]
A lecture by Mehrdad Amanat, independent scholar and writer
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful
Conversation with Glenn Greenwald, Salon Columnist
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Negotiating Identities: Iranian Jews Conversion to Islam and the Baha’i faith
A lecture by Mehrdad Amanat, independent scholar and writer
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, November 03, 2011
AFI FEST
A selection of films from the 2011 American Film Institute Festival Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, November 03, 2011
Qur'an and Elocutionary Union in the Alhambra
A lecture by Richard Serrano, Rutgers University
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
Whose War? Whose Holy War? The Middle East and the First World War
A lecture by Mustafa Aksakal, Georgetown University
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
Between Two Worlds: The American Jewish Culture Wars
Film screening followed by discussion
7:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Taking Stock: The Arab Uprisings on the Eve of Their First Anniversary
A joint talk by James Gelvin (UCLA) and Juan Cole (University of Michigan)
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, November 14, 2011
After a Decade of the "War on Terror": The Middle East, Human Rights and American Muslims
A roundtable discussion with Ahilan Arulanantham, ACLU/Southern California; Asli Ü. Bâli, UCLA; and Lisa Hajjar, UCSB
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
What Does a Jew Want?: On Binationalism and Other Specters
Gil Hochberg In a conversation with Udi Aloni about the practice, art and theory toward binationalism.
Excerpts from Aloni's films will be presented
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
2012- 2013 FLAS Fellowship Information Session
Come and learn about how to get ready and apply to the Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships for graduate, undergraduate and professional students.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
"The Battle of Algiers": Then and Now
Screening followed by discussion with Saadi Yacef, Producer / Actor. Film courtesy of Rialto Pictures.
2:30 PM - 5:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Making Biblical Prophets Islamic
A lecture by Andrew Rippin, University of Victoria
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Great Games? Afghan History through Afghan Eyes
An International Conference of the UCLA Program on Central Asia
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, November 18, 2011
The Emergence and Tides of a Contemporary Saint: Bibi Nushin of Shibirghan, Afghanistan
A Lecture by Ingeborg Baldauf, Humboldt University, Berlin
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Derakht-e Sokhangoo
A lecture by Bahram Beyzai, film/theatre Director, screen/play writer, researcher
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, November 21, 2011
A Night with Bahram Beyzai
Short film screening and discussion with Bahram Beyzai, film/theatre director, screen/play writer, researcher
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
