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Results For 2004
Monday, January 12, 2004
The First Islamic State
A public lecture by Professor Chase F. Robinson, University Lecturer in Islamic History, University of Oxford
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Wednesday, January 21, 2004
The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Geneva, the Road Map and the Rest of it: Chosing your Peace Plan
A lecture by Professor David Newman, Founder and Chair of the Department of Politics and Government at Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, February 05, 2004
The Decline of Sexual Discourse in the Late Ottoman Middle East
A Lecture by Professor Dror Ze'evi,
Senior Lecturer, Department of History
Chairperson, Department of Middle Eastern Studies
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Between Fears and Hopes: Reflections on a Recent Trip to Iraq
An illustrated presentation by Ahmed Alwishah
Ph.D. Student, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
UCLA
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, February 23, 2004
Policing The Past: Are Truth And Reconciliation Possible In the Middle East
A Lecture by
Drs. George and Laurie King-Irani
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, February 27, 2004
The United States and the March Toward Democracy in Iran
Public Lecture with Q&A with guest speaker, Stephen Kinzer, New York Times Correspondent
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, February 28, 2004
Improvising in Public (badihe-sara'yee dar mala'eh 'am): The Changing Nature of Politics in Iran
*PLEASE NOTE THE DATE, TIME AND LOCATION OF THIS LECTURE HAVE BEEN CHANGED, NEW DETAILS ARE BELOW*
A lecture presented in Persian by:
Pofessor Farideh Farhi
Affiliate Graduate Faculty at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, March 01, 2004
To Sign or Not to Sign: Iran's National Conversation on Nuclear Options
A lecture presentated by Professor Farideh Farhi, Affiliate Graduate Faculty at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, March 05, 2004
Endowments in the Near East: A Comparison between Byzantine and Islamic Endowments in the 8th and 9th Century
Dr. Johannes Pahlitzsch:
Freie Universität(Berlin),
Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, March 13, 2004
The Subjective and Behavioral Impediments to Democracy in Iran (SPOKEN IN PERSIAN)
A presentation by Mansour Farhang, professor of International Relations and Middle Eastern Politics, Bennington College, Vermont.
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, April 05, 2004
Ottoman Heritage: Turkish Nationalism and Islam
A lecture in the seminar series Islam: Portability and Exportability
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, April 12, 2004
Profiling Middle Eastern Americans in the Twenty-First Century
A lecture in the seminar series Islam: Portability and Exportability
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
Islam & Political Regimes II: Turkey
Professor Hakan Yavuz, University of Utah, presents a lecture entitled "Islamic Transformation in Turkey."
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, April 16, 2004
Seven Reasons for Optimism in the Middle East
Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Professor of Sociology, the American University in Cairo & Director of the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, April 26, 2004
Translating Wahabism in the Balkans: How Albanians Negotiate a Globalized Faith
A lecture in the "Islam: Portability and Exportability" Seminar Series
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Islam & Political Regimes II: Algeria
Professor Azzedine Layachi from Saint John's University will be presenting a lecture entitled "Islam and Political Regime in Algeria: From Conflict to Accommodation"
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, May 14, 2004
The Armenian Communities of Iran - Day 1
Three day conference: Friday-Sunday, May 14-16
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, May 15, 2004
The Armenian Communities of Iran - Day 2
Three day conference: Friday-Sunday, May 14-16
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, May 16, 2004
The Armenian Communities of Iran - Day 3
Three day conference: Friday-Sunday, May 14-16
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, May 17, 2004
Islam and Modernity in Turkey
A lecture in the seminar series Islam: Portability and Exportability
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, May 24, 2004
Islam, Liberalism, and Xenophobia in Europe
A Lecture in the seminar series Islam: Portability and Exportability
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, June 07, 2004
Diasporic Identities II: Mapping the Future of Western Muslims
A lecture in the seminar series "Islam: Portability and Exportability"
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, June 27, 2004
Lecture in Persian by Renowned Poet Simin Behbahani
Simin Behbahani was born in Tehran, Iran. Simin Behbahani has been one of the most popular Iranian poets amongst her people. A renowned author, she has written extensively about current important issues in her homeland.
4:00 PM - 9:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, September 30, 2004
The War for Muslim Minds: Islam and the West
A lecture by Gilles Kepel
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, October 07, 2004
Afsaneh Najmabadi: Women with Mustaches and Men without Beards (delivered in English)
This lecture is part the Center's Persian Lecture Series.
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, October 10, 2004
Afsaneh Najmabadi: The Transformation of Sexuality and Gender in the Qajar Period (delivered in Persian)
This lecture is part of the Center's Persian Lecture Series.
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, October 11, 2004
The Birth and Early Evolution of the Islamic Suq
Professor Pedro Chalmeta of The Universidad Complutense in Madrid will lecture on the early Muslim marketplace.
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
The Fall of Baghdad
Author Jon Lee Anderson speaks at Los Angeles Central Library
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Democracy and Peace in the Middle East
A public lecture by Shlomo Avineri, the Inaugural Younes and Soraya Nazarian Visiting Scholar in Israel Studies
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, October 15, 2004
Sahara Crossroads Initiative Workshop
A special workshop with presentations by outstanding scholars in Saharan studies discussing the place of the Sahara in research and education.
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, October 18, 2004
Jewish Question/Muslim Question
A Faculty/Student Workshop on The Burden of Assimilation in European Society, Past and Present
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, October 18, 2004
Sephardic Memory at The Crossroads
Shmuel Trigano: Maurice Amado Lecture in Sephardic Studies
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, October 22, 2004
Teachers As Scholars
TAS Seminar Explores Coming of Age in the Middle East
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, October 28, 2004
Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil
Michael C. Ruppert will introduce the UCLA campus community to his recently published book.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, October 29, 2004
The Arab State of Islam: Part II (Day 1)
The "Turath Workshop" reconvenes for its second round of discussions
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, October 30, 2004
The Arab State of Islam: Part II (Day 2)
The "Turath Workshop" reconvenes for its second round of discussions
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, November 06, 2004
Armenian Jerusalem & Armenians in the Holy Land
Fifteenth International Conference on Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, November 08, 2004
Figuring (out) Esau: The Rabbis and Their Others
A faculty lunch seminar with Dr. Carol Bakhos
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, November 08, 2004
The Peace Process: What Went Wrong?
Dr. Barghouthi will deliver a public address regarding civil society in Palestine and throughout the Arab world.
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
East and West: An Everlasting Divide?
A public lecture by Dr. Georges Corm, economist, consultant to international organizations, and former Minister of Finance of Lebanon.
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, November 14, 2004
Houchang Chehabi: The Importance of Beirut for Iranian Modernity and Politics (delivered in Persian)
This lecture is part of the Center's Persian Lecture Series.
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Houchang Chehabi: The Importance of Beirut for Iranian Modernity and Politics (delivered in English)
This lecture is part the Center's Persian Lecture Series.
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, November 18, 2004
Screening: About Baghdad
Co-producer Maya Mikdashi will be present to talk about her experience in Baghdad during the filming of the documentary, About Baghdad.
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, December 01, 2004
Jewish Question/Muslim Question
A Faculty/Student Workshop on the Burden of Assimilation in European Society, Past and Present
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, December 02, 2004
Dr. Farhad Khosrokhavar: The Birth of a Scientific Community in Iran (delivered in English)
This lecture is part of the Center's Persian Lecture Series.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, December 03, 2004
The World of Ibn Battuta, International Explorer
A lively symposium and commemoration of Ibn Battuta's birth 700 years past.
2:00 PM - 9:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, December 04, 2004
Dr. Farhad Khosrokhavar: The New Intellectuals of Iran (delivered in Persian)
This lecture is part of the Center's Persian Lecture Series.
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
