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A Brief Report on Another Edition of the Shahnameh (in Persian)
A paper by Jalal Khaleghi-Motlagh, University of Hamburg (presented by Dr. Pirnazar). Part of the conference The Shahnameh: Iran's National Epic.
Posted: 6/29/2010
Codicological Notes on the Newly Discovered Manuscript of the Shahnameh in the Bibliotheque Orientale of Saint-Joseph University, Beirut (Ms. NC.43).
A paper by Iraj Afshar, Tehran University (read by Mahmoud Omidsalar). Part of the conference The Shahnameh: Iran's National Epic.
Posted: 6/29/2010
Ferdowsis Shahnameh: The Epic of the Conquerors at the Time of their Defeat
A paper presented by Hamid Dabashi, Columbia University. Part of the conference The Shahnameh: Iran's National Epic.
Posted: 6/29/2010
Kufic Panels in the Florence Manuscript of the Shahnameh (in Persian)
A lecture by Nader Mottalebi-Kashani, Editor, Nameh-ye Baharestan (International Journal of Manuscript Studies). Part of the conference The Shahnameh: Iran's National Epic.
Posted: 6/29/2010
UCLA Engineer's Telemedicine Invention Poised to Begin Trials in Africa
A lensless cellphone microscope receives three major awards.
Posted: 6/29/2010
An Epic Unity: The Hero Pattern and the Shahnama
A paper presented by Mahmoud Omidsalar, California State University Los Angeles. Part of the conference The Shahnameh: Iran's National Epic.
Posted: 6/28/2010
Reflections on Re-reading the Iliad and the Shahnameh
A paper presented by Amin Banani, UCLA. Part of the conference The Shahnameh: Iran's National Epic.
Posted: 6/28/2010
Women's Lamentations and the Ethics of War in Medieval Persia and Ancient Greece
A paper presented by Olga Davidson, Boston University. Part of the conference The Shahnameh: Iran's National Epic.
Posted: 6/28/2010
Fowler Museum Will Close for Two Weeks
In order to fulfill UCLA budgetary requirements, the Fowler Museum will be closed to the public for approximately two weeks, beginning July 4. The museum's galleries will reopen to the public on July 21.
Posted: 6/23/2010
Greg Anderson - Doctoral Student
Greg Anderson talks about how his background in business has shaped his research interests.
Posted: 6/23/2010
Maura Dykstra - Doctoral Student
Maura Dykstra talks about why and how she founded the Chinese Studies Colloquium, a forum entirely organized and run by graduate students.
Posted: 6/23/2010
Zhang Li - Visiting Scholar
Zhang Li, a visiting PhD student from Peking University since September 2009, speaks about what brought her to UCLA and what she has discovered here.
Posted: 6/23/2010
Dutch University Seeks UCLA's Help with Diversity Issues
For the past eight years, Dutch college officials have been traveling to Westwood to learn how UCLA promotes a multicultural campus. The Dutch delegations are grappling with such issues as xenophobia in their own country, where Muslims make up the largest immigrant group. This summer, VU University Amsterdam signed an agreement with UCLA to work together on promoting diversity by organizing student exchanges, research collaborations and educational programs.
Posted: 6/22/2010
A Portrait of Teshome H. Gabriel, 1939-2010
The family of Professor Teshome H. Gabriel, who died on Tuesday, June 15, has shared a brief biography of the Ethiopian-born scholar of Third World Cinema who found a home at UCLA.
Posted: 6/18/2010
East-West Collaboration Brings Top Chinese Health Official to Campus
Chinese Vice Minister of Health Dr. Wang Guoqiang and a six-person delegation on a four-day U.S. trip chose UCLA as the only academic medical center to visit to learn how traditional Chinese medicine and integrative medicine are practiced as a new health care model in this country.
Posted: 6/17/2010
Teshome H. Gabriel, 70, Internationally Recognized Expert on Third World Cinema
The School of Theater, Film and Television, The Los Angeles Times, and a UCLA colleague have published obituaries and appreciations of the Ethiopian-born scholar's life and work.
Posted: 6/17/2010
Evliya Celebi's Expeditions on the Nile
A paper presented by Robert Dankoff, University of Chicago.
Posted: 6/16/2010
Ottoman Turkish Achievements in Cartography and Geography
A paper presented by Svat Soucek, Princeton University.
Posted: 6/16/2010
Relationships, Emotions and Monuments: The Great Mughals, 1526-1707
A paper presented by Francis Robinson, University of London.
Posted: 6/16/2010
Revisiting Safavid Origins in Light of Contemporary Documents
A paper presented by Ali Anooshahr, University of California at Davis.
Posted: 6/16/2010
The Establishment of the Turks in the Islamic World
A paper presented by C. Edmund Bosworth, University of Manchaster.
Posted: 6/16/2010
The Short-Term Society, A study in the Long-Term Problems of Political and Economic Development in Iran
A lecture by Homayoun Katouzian, University of Oxford
Posted: 6/16/2010
Trans-regional Contacts and Relationships: Turks, Mongols and the Delhi Sultanate in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries
A paper presented by Sunil Kumar, School of Oriental and African Studies.
Posted: 6/16/2010
Turkish Language and Literature in Medieval and Early Modern India
A paper presented by Benedek Peri, Budapest University.
Posted: 6/16/2010
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