From Ancient Persia to Contemporary LA: 2,700 Years of Iranian Jewish History
A conference organized in conjunction with the exhibition Light and Shadows: The Story of Iranian Jews, this day-long conference brings together distinguished scholars to examine topics including religions and cultures in ancient Persia, religious minorities under Shiite Islamic rule, and contemporary issues of identity and culture, including women in Iran and the Jewish-Persian diaspora.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Fowler Museum
UCLA
Morning Session 10:00 am–12:30 pm
Light and Shadows: 2,700 Years of Iranian Jewish History
David Yerushalmi, Professor, Center of Iranian Studies, Tel Aviv University
Introduction to Iranian Jewish Culture and History
Jason Mokhtarian, Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Indiana University
Jewish Culture in Ancient Iran: From Ezra the Scribe to the Babylonian Talmud
Daniel Tsadik, Assistant Professor of Sephardic and Iranian Studies, Yeshiva University
Jews under Shiite Islamic Rule
Afternoon Session 2:00–5:30 pm
Contemporary Issues of Identity and Culture
Panel One: 2:00–3:30 pm
Special Topics on 20th-Century History of Women in Iran
Moderator: Morgan Hakimi, Co-Chair, Department of Psychology, Touro College Los Angeles
Panelists:
Janet Afary, Professor, Mellichamp Chair in Global Religion and Modernity, UC Santa Barbara
Eliz Sanasarian, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Southern California
Panel Two 3:45–5:30 pm
Contemporary Explorations of Heritage and Memory
Moderator: Houman Sarshar, Director of Publications, Center for Iranian Jewish Oral History
Introduction to the Los Angeles Persian Jewish Community
Panelists:
Yassi Gabbay, architect
Controversies over the Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in Iran
Hasan Sarbakshian, photojournalist
Religious Liberty and Freedom of the Press in Iran
Free and open to the public. For additional information, go to www.fowler.ucla.edu
Presented in conjunction with Light and Shadows: The Story of Iranian Jews
Cost: Free and open to the public.
For more information please contact
Stacey Ravel Abarbanel
Tel: 310-825-4288
staceyra@arts.ucla.edu
fowler.ucla.edu
Download File: Fowler-L&S-Conference-wz-gnc.pdf
Sponsor(s): Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, Department of History, Center for Jewish Studies, Center for the Study of Religion, Conference funding provided by Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation
