"Calendar and Identity: Why did the Persian solar calendar survive for 1400 years and become an important feature of Iranian identity?" Monday, April 7, 2025 at 3:00pm, Bunche Hall 10383 Discussion in English Alternate live stream on Zoom: ucla.zoom.us/j/95885037418
UCLA Iranian Studies
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The program of Iranian Studies at UCLA, established half a century ago, in 1963, is the largest and most comprehensive doctoral program of its kind in the Americas. It covers the entire spectrum of Iranian studies across disciplines.
"Calendar and Identity: Why did the Persian solar calendar survive for 1400 years and become an important feature of Iranian identity?" Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 4:00pm, Royce Hall 314 Discussion in Persian Alternate live stream on Zoom: ucla.zoom.us/j/97895439218 (No need to register in advance)
Both the Persian and English versions of the Bilingual Lecture Series talk "Women's Rights and the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran" are now available online. Watch them on our video archive now. Link below! nelc.ucla.edu/videos/irani...
Join us at our upcoming event! "Women's Rights and the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran" by Pegah Banihashemi Monday, March 10, 2025 at 3pm, ZOOM Zoom Registration: ucla.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us at our upcoming event! زن در قانون اساسی ایران "Women's Rights and the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran" by Pegah Banihashemi Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 11:30am, ZOOM Discussion in Persian Zoom Registration: ucla.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Bilingual Lecture Series: Film Screening and Director Q&A with Mohammad Ehsani The Water Will Take Us (2022) & Lady Urmia (2013) Persian with English subtitles Sunday, February 2, 2025 at 4:00pm | 314 Royce Hall Discussion in Persian Alternate live stream on Zoom: ucla.zoom.us/j/95549537236
تحلیلی مقایسھ ای و راھبردی در باره فرایند گذار به دموکراسی در ایران "A Comparative Analysis of and Proposition on the Process of Transition to Democracy in Iran" by Hadi Zamani Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 11:30am, ZOOM Discussion in Persian Zoom Registration: ucla.zoom.us/.../register...
Earlier this fall, we celebrated the official launch of the new UCLA Yarshater Center for the Study of Iranian Literary Traditions. We are pleased to help usher in a new era for Iranian Studies both at UCLA and in the United States more broadly.
A new era for Iranian studies
“This puts UCLA at the forefront and as the epicenter of ancient Iranian studies and Persian studies in the United States — if not in the world,” said Humanities Dean Alexandra Minna Stern.
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