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Results For 2006
Friday, January 13, 2006
Iron Island (Jazireh Ahani)
16th Annual Celebration of Iranian Cinema
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
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Saturday, January 14, 2006
We Are All Fine (Ma Hameh Khoubim)
16th Annual Celebration of Iranian Cinema
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Juan Cole: Jihad versus Democracy
The Confusion of Means and Ends in Iraq
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, January 21, 2006
Wake Up, Arezoo! (Bidar Show, Arezoo!)
16th Annual Celebration of Iranian Cinema
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, January 23, 2006
Democracy in Iraq?
A Debate between Professors Juan Cole and Larry Diamond
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, January 27, 2006
Portrait of a Lady Far Away (Sima-Ye Zani Dar Doordast)
16th Annual Celebration of Iranian Cinema
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, January 30, 2006
Foreign And Domestic Policies Of Iran's New President, Mahmood Ahmadinejad
A public lecture by Professor Mohammad Hossein Hafezian, Center for Scientific Research and Middle East Strategic Studies and the Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, February 03, 2006
One Night (Yek Shab)
16th Annual Celebration of Iranian Cinema
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, February 05, 2006
One Night (Yek Shab) encore
16th Annual Celebration of Iranian Cinema
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
A Piece of Bread (Yek Teke Nan)
16th Annual Celebration of Iranian Cinema
7:30 PM - 9:15 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, February 10, 2006
Turath Colloquium
More to come
1:00 PM - 1:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, February 10, 2006
Jihad and the Arab-Islamic Turath
A public lecture by Professor Leonard Binder
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, February 11, 2006
So Close, So Far (Kheili Dour, Kheili Nazdik)
16th Annual Celebration of Iranian Cinema
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, February 12, 2006
Persepolis Recreated
A documentary film by Farzin Rezaian
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Religious and Secular Israelis: A Cultural War
A lecture by Aviezer Ravitzky of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Israeli Politics, Palestinian Politics: Obstacles and Opportunities on the Road to Peace
A lecture by Professor Itamar Rabinovich, President of Tel Aviv University, Israel.
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Islam and Democracy: The Perverse Charm of an Irrelevant Question
A lecture by Asef Bayat
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Israel/Palestine in the Post-Sharon and Post-Fatah Era: Continuity or Change?
Lecture by Edward Kaufman
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, February 27, 2006
Writing the Lives of Arab Women
Jean Said Makdisi
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Reconstructing France: Urban Disorders and Ethnic Discrimination
A lecture by Professor Alec G. Hargreaves
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, March 12, 2006
The Literature of Migration
A New Genre in Persian Literature
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, March 13, 2006
Jumping over Fire
Iranian American writer Nahid Rachlin reads from her new novel
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, April 01, 2006
Near Eastern Manuscript Exhibit, April-May 2006
Six Hundred Years of Manuscripts on Display in Young Research Library
10:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, April 02, 2006
Masaael va moshkelat-e tahqiq-e beetarafaneh dar bareh-ye aqaliyatha-ye mazhabi dar Iran
A lecture delivered in Persian by Professor Eliz Sanasarian, University of Southern California. Lecture will be preceded by a screening of the documentary film by Ramin Farahani, Jews of Iran (The Netherlands, 2005, 52 minutes).
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, April 03, 2006
Muslim Diaspora: Introduction to Course
This meeting serves as the introduction to the seminar course and will be conducted by Dr. Samy Shavit Swayd, San Diego State University.
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, April 03, 2006
Problems and Prospects of Objective Research on Religious Minorities
A lecture by Professor Eliz Sanasarian, University of Southern California
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, April 10, 2006
Islam and Political Modernity: Some Considerations
A public lecture by Professor Michael J. Thompson, William Paterson University.
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
CANCELLED - U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East
J. Adam Ereli, Deputy Spokesman from the Department of State, talks about US Middle East Foreign Policy.
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Terrorism, State Security, and Reform in Morocco
A public lecture by Professor Dale Eickelman, Dartmouth College
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, April 13, 2006
The Abortive Birth of a Modern Nation: The Constitutional Revolution in Iran and Its Aftermath
A public lecture by Daryoush Ashouri
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Zabaan-e baaz ve naqsh-e aan dar tose`ye modern dar Iran (Open Language and its Role in Modern Development in Iran)
A public lecture delivered in Persian by Daryoush Ashouri
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, April 17, 2006
Perspectives on Pakistan
Panel discussion with three Fulbright scholars
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, April 17, 2006
Redefining Islam in the Post-9/11 West
A public lecture by Professor Rima Berns-McGown, University of Toronto.
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, April 17, 2006
OVERTHROW America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
Stephen Kinzer, a veteran New York Times foreign correspondent will discuss his new book.
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Islamists in Electoral Politics – Priorities and Strategies of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood
A public lecture by Dr. Amr Hamzawy, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, April 24, 2006
Symbolic Politics or the Europeanization of Islam? Lobbying for Muslim Interests in the European Union
A public lecture by Professor Melissa A. Parker, University of Pittsburgh.
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
The AKP’s Neoliberal Economic Policies: Between Expectations and Apprehension
A public lecture by Professor Marcie Patton, Fairfield University
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, April 27, 2006
The Paradox of Vision: Photography in the Middle East
Colloquium organized by Irene Bierman, Chair, Art History and Nancy Micklewright, Getty Foundation
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, April 30, 2006
Miras-i Mashrutiyat dar Iran (The Heritage of Constitutionalism in Iran)
A public lecture delivered in Persian by Professor Janet Afary, Purdue University
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, May 01, 2006
Islam and the Future of Democracy in Indonesia
A public lecture by M. Din Syamsuddin, President of Muhammadiyah, Indonesia's largest modernist social and educational organization
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, May 01, 2006
Anti-Immigrant Sentiments in Holland
A public lecture by Professor Anja van Heelsum, Universiteit van Amsterdam.
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Foucault and the Iranian Revolution: Gender and the Seductions of Islamism
Professors Janet Afary and Kevin Anderson of Purdue University discuss their new book on Foucault and the Iranian Revolution
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Islamist Movements and the Problem of Democracy in the Arab World
A public lecture by Professor Michael Herb, Georgia State University
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, May 06, 2006
Armenia: Challenges Of Sustainable Development
An international conference on Armenia in honor of
Professor Armen A. Alchian.
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, May 08, 2006
Islamic Education and Madrasas in the UK and the US
A public lecture by Professor Peter P. Mandaville, George Mason University
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Islam and Secular Humanism: The Debate in the Arab World
A public lecture by Dr. Sadik Jalal al-Azm, Princeton University
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, May 15, 2006
Muslims in Europe
A public lecture by Professor Riva Kastoriano, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris.
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, May 15, 2006
Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope
Lecture and booksigning by 2003 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Shirin Ebadi
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, May 15, 2006
Islam and Southeast Asia: Local, National and Transnational Studies
A Symposium
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
The Islamic Factor In Lebanese Politics: An Overview
A public lecture by Professor As'ad AbuKhalil, California State University, Stanislaus
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, May 18, 2006
Inside Muslim Minds: Exploring Islamic Consciousness
A public lecture by Professor Riaz Hassan, Yale University
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, May 21, 2006
The Lost Arts and Less Well Known Artists of Iran
A public lecture by Hadi Seyf
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, May 22, 2006
Cultivating a Wholesome Body: Islam in the German Gym Class
A public lecture by Professor Kathy P. Ewing, Duke University.
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Islamist Parties and Democracy in Iraq: Strange Bedfellows?
A public lecture by Professor Adeed Dawisha, Miami University (Ohio)
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, May 25, 2006
USAID in the Middle East
A public lecture by Walid Maalouf, USAID
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
The Ethics of Counter-Terrorism
A public lecture by Moshe Yaalon
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
The Secularization of Political Norms in the Islamic Republic of Iran
A public lecture by Dr. Nader Hashemi, Northwestern University
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, June 01, 2006
What to do with Hamas? Regional and International Perspectives
A public lecture by Professor Avraham Sela, Hebrew University
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, June 02, 2006
Border Cafe (Cafe Transit)
One of the most enjoyable and original films to come out of Iran in recent years.
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, June 03, 2006
Border Cafe (Cafe Transit)
One of the most enjoyable and original films to come out of Iran in recent years.
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, June 05, 2006
Muslim American Literature
A public lecture by Professor Mohja Kahf, University of Arkansas.
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Does Inclusion Matter? Islamists in Politics
A public lecture by Professor Augustus Richard Norton, Boston University
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, July 10, 2006
JMEWS : Gender and the Transnational Middle East
A Conference to Welcome the Journal of Middle East Women's Studies to the UCLA campus
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
JMEWS : Gender and the Transnational Middle East
A Conference to Welcome the Journal of Middle East Women's Studies to the UCLA campus
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, October 05, 2006
In Iraq, Democracy is the Only Answer
A public lecture by Eric Davis, Rutgers University
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, October 06, 2006
From Nuzi to Medina or The Birth Hour of Islamic Law
A public lecture by David Powers, Cornell University
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, October 19, 2006
CANCELLED - TO BE RESCHEDULED - Iran in Regional Politics
A public lecture by Dr. Ray Takeyh, Council on Foreign Relations
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Intrastate Conflict Management and Regional Security: The Israel-Hizbullah Confrontation in Historical Perspective
A public lecture by Avraham Sela, Colgate University and Hebrew University
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, October 26, 2006
The Palestinian Struggle for Statehood
Discussion with Rashid Khalidi about his new book, "The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood." Discussion will be led by UCLA professors Gabriel Piterberg and Aamir Mufti.
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Minorities in Israel and Yitzhak Rabin's Legacy
A Memorial for Yitzhak Rabin featuring a lecture by Zeiden Atashi.
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, November 03, 2006
"The Journey of Vaan Nguyen," Vietnamese-Israeli Film and Discussion with Director Duki Dror
Members of a Vietnamese family return to Vietnam after living in Israel for twenty-five years.
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, November 04, 2006
An Evening of Traditional Persian Music
Three distinguished virtuosos of Persian music, Bahram Osqueezadeh, Sahba Motallebi and Faramarz AmiriRanjbar, will perform captivating melodies from the traditional Persian repertoire as well as Mr. Osqueezadeh's own original compositions on santur, tar, and tombak.
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
The American Approach to the Middle East
A public lecture by Steven Spiegel, UCLA
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
How the World's Obsessive Focus on Israel's Imperfections Takes Attention Away From a Real Genocide
A discussion with Alan Dershowitz, moderated by Professor Jonathan Zasloff, UCLA Law School
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Identity, Honor and Social Organization: Why foreign occupiers fail to establish loyal regimes in the ‘New’ Middle East
A public lecture by Abdulkader Sinno, Indiana University
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, November 13, 2006
Back to the Future in the Middle East
A public lecture by Barry Rubin
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Iran's Political Economy Under the Ahmadi Nejad Administration
A public lecture by Jahangir Amuzegar
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, November 16, 2006
The Mobilization of Political Islam in Turkey (1980-2002): An Application and Revision of the Political Process Model
A public lecture by Banu Eligur, Brandeis University
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Sonnat Sansour Dar Adabiyat-e Iran (The Tradition of Censorship in Iranian Literature)
A public lecture by Shahryar Mandanipour
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, November 27, 2006
The Tradition of Censorship in Iranian Literature
A public lecture by Shahryar Mandanipour
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
New Old Lebanon
A public lecture by As'ad Abukhalil, CSU Stanislaus and UC Berkeley
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Clash of Values or Interests? US Policy in the Middle East
A public lecture by Jerrold Green, RAND Corporation
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Nuclear Choices: Alternate Paths in the Middle East and East Asia
A public lecture by Etel Solingen, UC Irvine
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Falsafeh ve Iranian
A public lecture by Hossein Ziai, UCLA
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, December 11, 2006
The Distinguishing Characteristics of Avicenna's Peripatetic Philosophy, Sohravardi's Illuminationist Philosophy, and Shirazi's Metaphysical Philosophy
A public lecture by Hossein Ziai, UCLA
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
