UCLA Iranian Studies

Woman Life Freedom in the Mirror of Scholarship: Responses from the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

Pooyan Tamimi Arab

Utrecht University

English Lecture

Monday, June 8, 2026 at 11:00 am Pacific Time

Online via Zoom

Registration Required:

https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y6a-WJxYTX-wwqBuhAYndg

One Divan and Multiple Poets: The Strange Case of Makhfi

Sunil Sharma

Boston University

English Lecture

Monday, May 4, 2026 at 11:00 am Pacific Time

Online via Zoom

Registration Required:

https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6QTp311ZThKErILePfrBEQ

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Sören Stark: Excavating the City of Bukhara
Fri May 8, 2026
4:00 pm
Royce Hall 306 & Livestream Zoom

https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/events/soeren-stark-excavating-the-city-of-bukhara/

Misunderstanding in Ancient Interstate Relations

The Arsacid Princes of the Roman Empire

Jake Nabel (Pennsylvania State University)

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 4:00 pm Pacific Time

Royce Hall 306 and Via Zoom

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/ZFb7yBFBeEs2VfMt6

Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/92060104969

Women, Art, Freedom: Artists and Street Politics in Iran

Pamela Karimi

Cornell University

Persian Lecture

Monday, March 16, 2026 at 2:00 pm Pacific Time

Online via Zoom

Registration Required:

https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mvqHL0u4QFGuYqFdFbiikg

“Elephantine Goes Global: Island of the Millennia” by Verena Lepper

Wednesday, February 25, 2026
4:00pm
Royce Hall 306

Alternate Live Stream on Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/94774888079

RSVP Link: https://forms.gle/uhWcmWsk8DDH1Rdv9

We are pleased to share with you the recorded lecture of Antigoni Zournatzi, delivered at UCLA as part of the Pourdavoud and Yarshater Lecture Series on December 3, 2025.

https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/media/videos/greek-persian-encounters-c-550-c-330-bce-looking-beyond-stereotypes/

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We are pleased to share with you the recorded lecture of Gunvor Lindström, delivered at UCLA as part of the Pourdavoud Lecture Series on May 21, 2025.

https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/media/videos/the-denavar-satyrs-as-time-travelers-from-ancient-persia-to-greece-rome-and-20th-century-collections/

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Hasan Pirnia and Constitutional Experience: Articulation of Public Law and the Prospects of Modern State in Iran, 1905-1925
Ali Gheissari
University of San Diego

Monday, January 26, 2026

Lecture in English

Bunche Hall 10383, 11:00am

Zoom link for hybrid online viewing both days: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/92182697630

Reminder: Ali Gheissari - Persian and English Lectures Email from Iranian Studies January 25 and January 26, In-Person IRANIAN STUDIES OUTREACH BILINGUAL LECTURE SERIES Hasan Pirnia and Constitutional Experience: Articulation of Public Law and the Prospec

We are pleased to share with you the recorded lecture of Wu Xin, delivered at UCLA as part of the Pourdavoud Lecture Series on May 14, 2025.

https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/media/videos/imperial-foundations-of-the-silk-road-persian-roads-and-han-walls/

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