Calendar
Results For Fall Quarter: 9/15/2012 - 12/31/2012
Sunday, September 16, 2012
In The Name of Iran
A book reading by Parastou Forouhar, Artist and Author
5:00 PM 
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
What Happens After Zionism
Editors/authors present two new books on the Israeli/Palestinian conundrum
7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
International Institute IDP Open House & Fall Reception-Part of 'Welcome Week'!
As part of the campus-wide 'True Bruin Welcome Week' activities, the International Institute Interdepartmental Programs (IDPs) will be hosting an Open House & Fall Reception, to which you are cordially invited.
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, October 05, 2012
Nowhere to Turn: Abuse and Exploitation of Migrant Workers in the Arab World
A lecture by Sarah Leah Whitson, Executive Director, Middle East and North Africa Division, Human Rights Watch
12:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, October 08, 2012
Political Legitimacy in Afghanistan: 1500-2014
A lecture by Thomas Barfield, Boston University
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, October 09, 2012
UCLA Study Abroad Fair
We invite you to join in the 26th 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
Saturday, October 13, 2012
International Conference on the Iranian Diaspora
2012 IAAB International Conference on the Iranian Diaspora, Day 1
8:30 AM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, October 14, 2012
International Conference on the Iranian Diaspora
2012 IAAB International Conference on the Iranian Diaspora, Day 2
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, October 19, 2012
Arab Film Festival
16th Annual Arab Film Festival: October 19th - 21st
8:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Nine Rubies
A book talk by Mahru Ghashghaei and Susan Snyder, Authors
5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, October 22, 2012
Authoritative Traditions and Ritual Power in the Ancient World
The aim of this colloquium is to explore how authoritative texts, culture heroes, and authors were invoked ritually for cursing, protection, and divination in the ancient and late antique Near Eastern and Mediterranean world. The speakers represent a wide range of specializations in ancient ritual practice, including Egyptian, Near Eastern, Greek, Roman, Jewish, and Christian materials.
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, October 25, 2012
The Relative Chronology of the Passages of the Qur'an: A New Approach to an Old Problem
A lecture by Professor Behnam Sadeghi, Stanford University
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me: Poetry by Palestinian Poet Ghassan Zaqtan
Zaqtan will perform his poems in Arabic alongside his translator, Fady Joudah, who will read them in English.
4:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, November 01, 2012
Reassessing the Recent History of Political Islam in Light of the Arab Uprisings
A lecture by Professor James Gelvin, History Department, UCLA
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, November 01, 2012
Israel/Palestine in Eyal Sivan’s Cinematography - Izkor: Slaves of Memory (1990)
Film Screening followed by discussion with Gabriel Piterberg, UCLA
6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, November 04, 2012
The Particularities of Our Culture [Ekhtesasat-e Farhangie ma]
A lecture by Morteza Mardiha, Visiting Scholar, Harvard University
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program Intro,Q&A
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Perish the Thought: Israel and the Search for Peace in the Aftermath of the June 1967 War
A lecture by Dr. Avi Raz, Oxford University
4:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, November 08, 2012
UCLA: Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World
Day 1 of a two-day program at UCLA and UC Irvine, showcasing the cutting-edge of international research on Afghanistan’s archaeology and history
1:00 PM - 5:45 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, November 09, 2012
UCI: Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World
Day 2 two-day program at UCLA and UC Irvine, showcasing the cutting-edge of international research on Afghanistan’s archaeology and history
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, November 09, 2012
Port Cities and Printers: Five Centuries of Global Armenian Print, 1512-2012
A Conference in Honor of Professor Richard Hovannisian | An international conference organized by the Richard Hovannisian Endowed Chair of Modern Armenian History [established by the Armenian Educational Foundation]
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Port Cities and Printers: Five Centuries of Global Armenian Print, 1512-2012
A Conference in Honor of Professor Richard Hovannisian | An international conference organized by the Richard Hovannisian Endowed Chair of Modern Armenian History [established by the Armenian Educational Foundation]
9:15 AM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Port Cities and Printers: Five Centuries of Global Armenian Print, 1512-2012
A Conference in Honor of Professor Richard Hovannisian | An international conference organized by the Richard Hovannisian Endowed Chair of Modern Armenian History [established by the Armenian Educational Foundation]
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Labour Agency in Refashioning the Discourse of Modernity and Social Developments in Iran [Forudastan va Bazkhani-ye Goftman Tajadod dar Iran]
A lecture by Touraj Atabaki, International Institute of Social History.
5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Captive Consumers? Shopping, Urban Space, and the Colonial Politics of Middle East Consumption
A lecture by Nancy Reynolds, Washington University in St. Louis
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
2013-2014 FLAS Fellowship Information Session
Learn about opportunities for language and area studies fellowships for the summer and academic year. Graduate and undergraduate students in all disciplines are invited.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Algeria's Cultural Identity: Fanon, Yacine & Mammeri
A lecture by Kenneth Brown, Founding Editor Mediterraneans, Maison des sciences de l'homme, Paris, France
4:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, November 15, 2012
From the Arabs to the Mongols: Narratives of Foreign Conquest in Modern Iranian History Writing
Edmund Herzig, University of Oxford
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, November 16, 2012
Moralism, Fundamentalism, and the Rhetoric of Decline in Eurasia, 1600–1900
A two-day core conference at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library organized by Clark Professors Andrea S. Goldman and Gabriel Piterberg, (UCLA)
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Moralism, Fundamentalism, and the Rhetoric of Decline in Eurasia, 1600–1900
A core program conference at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library organized by Clark Professors Andrea S. Goldman and Gabriel Piterberg, (UCLA)
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, December 02, 2012
Myths in Bahram Beyzaie's Works [اسطورهها در آثار بهرام بیضایی]
A lecture by Bahram Beyzaie, film/theater Director, screen/play writer, researcher
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, December 09, 2012
A Night of Poetry with Renowned Iranian Poet: Houshang Ebtehaj (Sayeh)
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
