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Results For 2008
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Eentekhabat Majlis Hashtom va tagyir arayesh siyasi dar Iran (The 8th Parliamentary Elections and Political Changes in Iran)
A public lecture by Fatemeh Haghighatjoo, Harvard University
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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Monday, January 14, 2008
The Iranian Regime Structure and Women's Rights
A public lecture by Fatemeh Haghighatjoo, Harvard University
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
The Historic Cairo Restoration Program: Recent Observations
A public lecture by Caroline Williams, William and Mary College
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Calligraphers from the Ottoman Empire and Eastern Europe
A public lecture and Islamic calligraphy demonstration by Hilal Kazan, master calligrapher.
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, February 03, 2008
The Idea of the Arab Jew (Day 1)
A two-day symposium on the idea of the Arab Jew.
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, February 04, 2008
The Idea of the Arab Jew (Day 2)
A two-day symposium on the idea of the Arab Jew.
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, February 07, 2008
America before Anti-Americanism: American Missionaries and the Failed Conversion of the Middle East
A public lecture by Ussama Makdisi, Rice University
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
JMEWS Research Roundtable
Tracing Our Research Trajectories: The Study of Gender in Muslim Societies
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, February 14, 2008
The United States and Iran: Missed Opportunities and Future Prospects for Reconciliation
A public lecture by Barbara Slavin, US Institute of Peace
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, February 15, 2008
Sixth Annual Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies
The Armenian Graduate Students Association at UCLA invites the public to the sixth annual, Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies at UCLA on Friday, February 15, 2008. This day-long academic event will begin at 9:30 AM and be held in the famous Royce Hall, room 314.
9:30 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Religious Disputation and Democratic Constitutionalism: The Enduring Legacy of the Constitutional Revolution on the Struggle for Democracy in Iran
A public lecture by Nader Hashemi, Global Fellow, UCLA
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Off the Radar Screen: The Unacknowledged Struggle to Protect Kosova's Islamic Traditions
A public lecture by ISA BLUMI, Georgia State University, History. The lecture is part of the ISLAM IN THE BALKANS series.
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, February 25, 2008
Babak and the End of Late Antiquity in Iran
A public lecture by Patricia Crone, Institute for Advanced Study
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, February 29, 2008
Owning the Past: Archaeology and Cultural Patrimony in the Late Ottoman Empire (Day 1)
An International Conference, February 29 - March 1, organized by Diane Favro, UCLA, and Zeynep Celik, New Jersey Institute of Technology
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, March 01, 2008
Owning the Past: Archaeology and Cultural Patrimony in the Late Ottoman Empire (Day 2)
An International Conference, February 29 - March 1, organized by Diane Favro, UCLA, and Zeynep Celik, New Jersey Institute of Technology
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Democracy and Political Participation in the Islamic Republic
A public lecture by Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, March 03, 2008
How the Iranian Constitution Secularized Islam
A public lecture by Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, March 03, 2008
The Place of Balkan Muslims in the Shaping of European Islam
A public lecture by XAVIER BOUGAREL, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris. The lecture is part of the ISLAM IN THE BALKANS series.
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Rioting Against Disorder: The Moral Polity of the Algerian Crowd
A public lecture by Hugh Roberts, Independent Scholar
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, April 03, 2008
The Marshes of Mesopotamia: Dried, Restored, Will it Last?
A public lecture by Azzam Alwash, CEO, Nature Iraq
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
No Sex in the City: Personal Accounts of a Generation of Women in the PLO
A public lecture by Suad Amiry, Director of Riwaq: the Centre for Architectural Conservation, Palestine
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Networks and the Mobility of European Visual Culture: Reinterpretations in Early Modern Iran and Beyond
A public lecture by Amy Landau, Visiting Scholar, UCLA
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, April 10, 2008
The Byuti and Danger of Performing Transgender and Transnational Belonging
A colloquium with Allan Punzalan Isaac, Associate Professor of English, Wesleyan University, analyzing the film "Paper Dolls" (Bubot Niyar, Israel 2006) by Tomer Heymann.
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Emroozeh Chegooneh Mitavan Irani Bood (How to be an Iranian Today)
A public lecture by Ramin Jahanbegloo, University of Toronto
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, April 14, 2008
The Changing Concept of the 'Intellectual' in Iran Today
A public lecture by Ramin Jahanbegloo, University of Toronto
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Killing Memory: Ethnicity, Religion and the Destruction of Culture in the Balkan Wars of the 1990s
A public lecture by Andras Riedlmayer, Harvard University
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Novels and Iranian History: Beyond Diaspora
A public lecture and reading by Bahiyyih Nakhjavani, Ecole Superieure des Arts Decoratifs de Strasbourg, France
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, April 28, 2008
Islam and the Secular State: Negotiating the Future of Shari`a
A public lecture and discussion with Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im, Emory University Law School
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
The Politics of UN Peacekeeping: Reflections on Three Decades of UNIFIL in Lebanon
A public lecture by Karim Makdisi, American University of Beirut
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Where Bernard Lewis Went Wrong: Rethinking the Relationship Between Islam and Secularism
A public lecture by Nader Hashemi, Global Fellow, UCLA
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Ways of the Umma: From Public Sphere to Body Without Organs?
A lecture by Armando Salvatore, Humboldt University, Berlin/Oriental Studies University, Naples
3:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, May 02, 2008
Caught Between Two Worlds & Voices
Documentary screenings and panel discussion with Persheng Sadegh-Vaziri and Simin Farkhondeh, filmmakers
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, May 04, 2008
BRIDGE: Choreographic Dialogues
UCLA brings three of Tel Avivs leading and most creative contemporary choreographers to work directly with students in the Department of World Arts and Cultures during a two-week residency that will culminate in a Symposium and Public Performance.
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Slim and the History of Algerian Cartoons
A presentation by Algerian cartoonist Slim (Menouar Merabtene)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, May 09, 2008
The Message
Film screening as part of the Visualizing the Sacred: Islam on Film series.
7:30 PM - 10:15 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Times and Winds (Bes Vakit)
Film screening as part of the Visualizing the Sacred: Islam on Film series.
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Tarikhe (Ejtemayi ve Farhangi) Akasi dar Iran
A public lecture by Ali Behdad, UCLA
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Antoin Sevruguin and the Art of Photography in Nineteenth Century Iran
A public lecture by Ali Behdad, UCLA
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
A Door to the Sky (Bab Al-Sama Maftuh)
Film screening as part of the Visualizing the Sacred: Islam on Film series.
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Middle Eastern Communities in Latin America
The objective of this symposium is to initiate a discussion at UCLA on multiple facets of Middle Eastern communities in Latin America with the objective of elaborating a broader research project.
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Le Grand Voyage
Film screening as part of the Visualizing the Sacred: Islam on Film series.
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, May 19, 2008
Married To Another Man: Israel's Dilemma in Palestine
A public lecture by Ghada Karmi, University of Exeter
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Muhammad: The Last Prophet
Film screening as part of the Visualizing the Sacred: Islam on Film series.
2:00 PM - 3:45 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Autobiography and the Great War: Rethinking Arabo-Turkish Identity after Gallipoli
A public lecture by Salim Tamari, Institute of Jerusalem Studies
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Connected Revolutions: Armenians and the Russian, Ottoman, and Iranian Revolutions in the Early Twentieth Century
A public lecture by Houri Berberian, California State University, Long Beach
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, May 30, 2008
Of Love and Eggs (Rindu Kami Padamu)
Film screening as part of the Visualizing the Sacred: Islam on Film series.
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Destiny (Al-Massir)
Film screening as part of the Visualizing the Sacred: Islam on Film series.
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, June 27, 2008
Four Wives - One Man
Feature film screening as part of the Los Angeles Film Festival
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Four Wives - One Man
Feature film screening as part of the Los Angeles Film Festival
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, July 31, 2008
SOLD OUT - North African Vibes: Music from Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia
A free concert featuring musical styles from across North Africa.
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Project Minerva and the Militarization of Anthropology
A public lecture by Hugh Gusterson, George Mason University
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
UCLA International Institute Open House
in association with the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars & the Office of International Education
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, October 13, 2008
NATO in the Gulf: Who is doing a favor to whom?
A public lecture by Matteo Legrenzi, University of Ottawa, Canada
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Balochi Identity Through the Centuries
A public lecture by Vahe Boyajian, Yerevan State University
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Overcoming Explosive Jerusalem: Prosperity and Co-Existence under a Proposed Two-State Solution
Professor Eli Sagi, Professor Emeritus at the Eitan Berglas School of Economics at Tel Aviv University
4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, October 16, 2008
From Algeria to Indio
Filmmaker Leslie Thornton presents a series of shorts and excerpts of her projects, all dealing thematically with relations between Orientalism and Americana. "The Great Invisible," an experimental docu-drama about the 19th-century adventurer Isabelle Eberhardt, will be the centerpiece of the event.
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, October 17, 2008
Challenges for the Next President: Is the Middle East Still Important?
Lecture by Dr. Shibley Telhami, the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland, College Park, and non-resident senior fellow at the Saban Center at the Brookings Institute.
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Dar Jostojooye Demokracy baraye Iran
A public lecture by Akbar Ganji
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Burned Hearts
Film screening as part of the Arab Film Festival 2008
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Life after the Fall
Film screening as part of the Arab Film Festival 2008
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Samira's Garden
Film screening as part of the Arab Film Festival 2008
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, October 24, 2008
Captain Abu Raed
Film screening as part of the Arab Film Festival 2008
8:00 PM - 9:45 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Out of Coverage/ Flou
Film screening as part of the Arab Film Festival 2008
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Slingshot Hip Hop
Film screening as part of the Arab Film Festival 2008
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Amour D'Enfants/ Arafat & I
Film screening as part of the Arab Film Festival 2008
6:30 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Paloma Delight/ Dead Fish
Film screening as part of the Arab Film Festival 2008
9:00 PM - 12:00 AM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, October 26, 2008
At Day's End/ A Winter Day's Visit/ Clean Hands, Dirty Soap/ The Maid
Film screening as part of the Arab Film Festival 2008
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Burned Hearts
Film screening as part of the Arab Film Festival 2008
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Burned Hearts/ Messaoud
Film screening as part of the Arab Film Festival 2008
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, October 26, 2008
The Young Lady and the School/ The Yellow House
Film screening as part of the Arab Film Festival 2008
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Tenbak/Falling from Earth
Film screening as part of the Arab Film Festival 2008
8:00 PM - 9:45 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
I Love Hip Hop in Morocco
Film screening and discussion with filmmakers Joshua Asen and Jennifer Needleman
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Thursday, October 30, 2008
The Returns of Zionism
A book discussion with author Gabriel Piterberg, UCLA and commentators Joel Beinin, Stanford University, and David Myers, UCLA
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Two-Legged Horse
Feature film screening as part of the AFI Film Festival
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Two-Legged Horse
Feature film screening as part of the AFI Film Festival
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Sunday, November 09, 2008
An evening with Dariush Mehrjui
Screening of "Derakhte Golabi (The Pear Tree)" followed by Q&A with director, Dariush Mehrjui
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, November 10, 2008
Spiritual Refreshment, Medicine for the Heart: Islamic Preaching on Record and on the Air in Indonesia
Colloquium with Bernard Arps, Leiden University
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, November 14, 2008
Fez, Morocco, Crossroads of Knowledge and Power: Celebrating 1,200 Years of Urban Life (Day 1)
An international conference organized by the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of California, Riverside.
9:45 AM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Fez: Queen of Cities
An evening of live music and dance at UCLA's Royce Hall
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Fez, Morocco, Crossroads of Knowledge and Power: Celebrating 1,200 Years of Urban Life (Day 2)
An international conference organized by the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of California, Riverside.
9:15 AM - 4:30 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Monday, November 17, 2008
One Family's Response to Terrorism: A Daughter's Memoir
A public lecture by Susan Kerr Van De Ven
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
International Opportunities Fair
Learn about opportunities for international studies, careers, and fellowships in celebration of International Education Week
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
The Harki Case: History's Forgotten/"History's Forgotten"
A public lecture by Vincent Crapanzano, City University of New York, Graduate Center
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Changing Youth and Changing Sexual Identities in the Wake of Irans Sexual Revolution
A public lecture by Pardis Mahdavi, Pomona College
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, November 21, 2008
Pro Dia Nascer Feliz
Celebrate International Education Week with a Screening of Pro Dia Nascer Feliz (Joo Jardim, 2007)
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
Friday, November 21, 2008
American Red Cross Humanitarian Prize 2008 Winners
A discussion with Dr. Noam Yifrach, Chairman of Maghen David Adom of Israel and Mr. Younis Al-Khatib, President of the Palestine Red Crescent, recipients of the 2008 American Red Cross Humanitarian Prize
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Save to Outlook Calendar or iCal
