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Weaving Community: A Presentation of the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Hellenic Center’s Work in Greece and Los Angeles with Sharon Gerstel

Huffington Center at Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral 1324 Normandie Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Weaving Community: A Presentation of the UCLA SNF Hellenic Center’s Work in Greece and Los Angeles Lecture by Professor Sharon Gerstel Director, UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture September 29, 2024 2:00 PM Huffington Center, St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral Reception to follow Introductory remarks by the Honorable Christina Valassopoulou, Consul General...

Pourdavoud Institute Fall Welcome Reception 2024

Royce Hall 306 10745 Dickson Court, Los Angeles, California

Pourdavoud Institute Fall 2024 Welcome Reception Wednesday, October 9, 2024 4:00 – 6:00 pm Royce Hall 306 Registration Required The Pourdavoud Institute for the Study of the Iranian World is pleased to announce their fall reception. In the company of its supporters, colleagues, academic affiliates, students, and esteemed guests, the director and staff shall be...

Era of the Living Dead: Memory, Sacrifice and the “Royal” Tombs at Umm el-Marra, Syria with Glenn M. Schwartz

Founders Room, James West Alumni Center 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Era of the Living Dead: Memory, Sacrifice and the "Royal" Tombs at Umm el-Marra, Syria Thursday, October 17 James West Alumni Center, Founders Room Reception at 6:00 pm Lecture at 7:00 pm Excavations at Tell Umm el-Marra (perhaps ancient Tuba) in northern Syria revealed a large Early Bronze Age elite mortuary complex raised up in...

Archaeologies of Forced Migration: Approaches, Case Studies, and Prospects

Fowler Museum, Lenart Auditorium 308 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA is pleased to announce a Cotsen Advanced Seminar on Archaeologies of Forced Migration: Approaches, Case Studies, and Prospects. The event will be held on October 24–26, 2024 and is organized by Aaron A. Burke (Near Eastern Languages and Cultures) and Li Min (Anthropology/East Asian Languages and Cultures). Please check back...

Returns: Rethinking Objects, Knowledge, and Relationships at the Fowler Museum with Silvia Forni and Erica P. Jones

Fowler Museum, Lenart Auditorium 308 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Returns: Rethinking Objects, Knowledge, and Relationships at the Fowler Museum Monday, November 4, 2024 Fowler Museum A103B (Lenart Auditorium) Reception at 6:00 pm Lecture at 7:00 pm Hosted by the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology On February 5, 2024, the Fowler returned a group of objects to His Majesty, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the 16th Asante...

Byzantium Within a Medieval Eurafricasian Literary Polysystem: Historiography, Fictional Tales, and the Practices of Narrative Representation with Panagiotis Agapitos

Byzantium Within a Medieval Eurafricasian Literary Polysystem: Historiography, Fictional Tales, and the Practices of Narrative Representation Friday, November 15, 4:00–6:00 pm Royce Hall 306 Co-sponsored by the Pourdavoud Institute for the Study of the Iranian World and Iranian Studies Byzantium and its literature has been excluded from the national canons of European literatures. While there...

Byzantine Crime Novels in the Twenty-first Century: From History to Fiction with Panagiotis Agapitos

Royce Hall 314 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

Byzantine Crime Novels in the Twenty-first Century: From History to Fiction A lecture by Panagiotis Agapitos Gutenberg Distinguished Research Fellow University of Mainz Saturday, November 16, 2024 4:00 p.m. 314 Royce Hall, UCLA Campus Reception to follow RSVP link: https://forms.gle/AMserxQLbWa2exNS9 Event is free but RSVPs are requested. Conversation following the lecture with Sharon Gerstel, Director, UCLA...