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Changing notions of identity and place in Central Asia
A May 2013 graduate research panel organized by the Asia Institute's Program on Central Asia explored the changing dynamics of identity and place in the region. The interdisciplinary session saw presentations by a linguist, an anthropologist and a geographer, respectively.
Posted: 5/23/2013
Summer 2013 - High School Teacher Workshop: Afghanistan
A three-day summer program for high school teachers, July 29-31, 2013.
Posted: 5/16/2013
Continuity and Change in the Cultural Legacy of Qajar Era
A lecture in Persian by Abbas Amanat, Professor of History & International Studies, Yale University. Part of the Bilingual Lecture Series on Iran.
Posted: 5/10/2013
Mining Countries: Breaking the Deadlock
A public lecture by Dr. Vusal Gasimli, Department of Economic Analysis and Global Affairs, Center for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Posted: 5/8/2013
Islamic History & Identity in Central Asia: Key Issues & Debates
A lecture by Charles Weller, Washington State University
Posted: 4/17/2013
Profile of Nile Green
This engaging portrait of UCLA History Professor Nile Green, who is the director of the Program on Central Asia, was published in the Winter 2013 edition of "The UCLA College Report," a publication of the College of Letters and Science.
Posted: 4/5/2013
From Ad Hoc to Ongoing: The Mongol Invasions and the Institutionalization of Authority in Japan
A lecture by Thomas Conlan, Bowdoin College. Presented at the one-day conference "The Mongols from the Margins: New Perspectives on Central Asians in World History."
Posted: 3/11/2013
Mongol Caucasia: Regional Historiographies and Social Change in an Integrating Eurasian World
A lecture by Steve Rapp, Sam Houston State University. Presented at the one-day conference "The Mongols from the Margins: New Perspectives on Central Asians in World History."
Posted: 3/11/2013
No One Knew Who They Were: Russian Interaction with the Mongols
A lecture by Charles Halperin, Russian and East European Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington. Presented at the one-day conference "The Mongols from the Margins: New Perspectives on Central Asians in World History."
Posted: 3/11/2013
Reception and (Mis)representation: Mongol Influences on China from the Perspective of Law and Gender
A lecture by Bettine Birge, USC. Presented at the one-day conference "The Mongols from the Margins: New Perspectives on Central Asians in World History."
Posted: 3/11/2013
The changing role of women in Cilician Armenian court as a result of interacting with the Mongols
A lecture by Zara Pogossian, Bochum University/John Cabot College (Rome). Presented at the one-day conference "The Mongols from the Margins: New Perspectives on Central Asians in World History."
Posted: 3/11/2013
The Mongol Contribution to Eurasian History
Keynote lecture by Morris Rossabi, Distinguished Professor of History, Queens College, CUNY. Presented at the one-day conference "The Mongols from the Margins: New Perspectives on Central Asians in World History."
Posted: 3/11/2013
The Mongols and the New World History
Opening Remarks by Sebouh Aslanian, Assistant Professor & Richard Hovannisian Endowed Chair in Modern Armenian History. Presented at the one-day conference "The Mongols from the Margins: New Perspectives on Central Asians in World History."
Posted: 3/11/2013
The Mongols from the Margins: New Perspectives on Central Asians in World History
Opening Remarks by Nile Green, Professor & Director of the Program on Central Asia. Presented at the one-day conference "The Mongols from the Margins: New Perspectives on Central Asians in World History."
Posted: 3/8/2013
Afghanistan’s Palimpsest Landscape: Buddhism and Islam in Material Culture
A lecture by Alka Patel, Associate Professor, Department of Art History, UC Irvine. Part of the conference "Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World."
Posted: 11/15/2012
Archaeology and political rivalries 1920-1940: From Afghanistan to Iran
A lecture by Ali Mousavi, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Part of the conference "Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World."
Posted: 11/15/2012
Archaeology in Danger: How to Deal with Archaeology in the Post-Conflict Context of Today's Afghanistan?
A lecture by Phillipe Marquis, Director, Délégation Archéologique Française en Afghanistan (DAFA), Kabul. From the conference "Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World."
Posted: 11/15/2012
Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World
Welcome and introductory remarks by Nile Green, UCLA. From the conference "Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World"
Posted: 11/15/2012
Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World
Concluding remarks from Monica Smith, UCLA. Part of the conference " Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World."
Posted: 11/15/2012
Oxus: Bamiyan, Afghanistan and the World
Keynote Lecture by Llewelyn Morgan, Brasenose College, Oxford. Part of the conference "Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World."
Posted: 11/15/2012
International Conference on Afghanistan Aims to Develop Central Asian Studies at UCLA
"Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World" is an upcoming 2-day conference to be held at UCLA and UC Irvine on November 8 and 9, 2012.
Posted: 10/29/2012
UCLA grad returns to share experience on the ground in Afghanistan
After four years with the U.S. Foreign Service, Erin Rattazzi, BA '02, advises students to take advantage of every possible opportunity to learn more about the world and their place in it.
Posted: 7/27/2012
The Lasting Legacy of the Great Game: ‘Pashtunistan’ Through Afghan Lenses
A talk by Amin Tarzi, Marine Corps University, Quantico. Part of the conference: Great Games? Afghan History through Afghan Eyes
Posted: 12/5/2011
Crafting History: A Tribute to Fayz Muhammad and Seraj-al-Tawarikh
A video presentation by Ashraf Ghani, Chairman, Institute for State Effectiveness, Kabul. Part of the conference: Great Games? Afghan History through Afghan Eyes
Posted: 11/28/2011
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