BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Los Angeles-CA Venue\nSee Event Details\n\nLos Angeles\, CA SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091121T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6064007-beyond-the-surface-bronze-mirrors- from-the-lloyd-cotsen-collect-ca-los-angeles-civic-center-little-tokyo-los- angeles-ca-venue?s=ical DTSTART:20091121T190000 UID:November 22\, 2009 09:05:46_885232932@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T090546 DESCRIPTION:Lloyd Cotsen's mirror collection is comprised of 97 mirrors\, a ll but five of which were made in China. The earliest mirror dates to the Q ijia culture (ca. 2100-1700 BCE). The latest Chinese mirror dates to the Ji n dynasty (1115-1234 CE) though there are mirrors in the collection that we re manufactured outside China that have a later date. Each mirror in the co llection is of cast bronze--some with elaborate designs and others that hav e been inlaid\, lacquered\, or painted. The mirrors in the Cotsen Collectio n exemplify the mastery of bronze casting and surface decoration achieved b y the artists of early China. Further information and conference schedule are available at the Cotsen Institute website .For questions\, please conta ct the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at (310) 794-4837 or email laural@io a.ucla.edu . For more information please contactLaura Lliguin Tel: 310-794 -4837 laurel@ioa.ucla.edu Sponsor(s): Cotsen Institute of Archaeology\n\nVe nue Name: 314 Royce Hall \nVenue Address: 314 Royce Hall \nVenue City: Los Angeles \nVenue State: CA SUMMARY:Beyond the Surface: Bronze Mirrors from the Lloyd Cotsen Collect END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Los Angeles-CA Venue\nSee Event Details\n\nLos Angeles\, CA SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091122T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6064007-beyond-the-surface-bronze-mirrors- from-the-lloyd-cotsen-collect-ca-los-angeles-civic-center-little-tokyo-los- angeles-ca-venue?s=ical DTSTART:20091122T190000 UID:November 22\, 2009 09:05:46_359113601@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T090546 DESCRIPTION:Lloyd Cotsen's mirror collection is comprised of 97 mirrors\, a ll but five of which were made in China. The earliest mirror dates to the Q ijia culture (ca. 2100-1700 BCE). The latest Chinese mirror dates to the Ji n dynasty (1115-1234 CE) though there are mirrors in the collection that we re manufactured outside China that have a later date. Each mirror in the co llection is of cast bronze--some with elaborate designs and others that hav e been inlaid\, lacquered\, or painted. The mirrors in the Cotsen Collectio n exemplify the mastery of bronze casting and surface decoration achieved b y the artists of early China. Further information and conference schedule are available at the Cotsen Institute website .For questions\, please conta ct the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at (310) 794-4837 or email laural@io a.ucla.edu . For more information please contactLaura Lliguin Tel: 310-794 -4837 laurel@ioa.ucla.edu Sponsor(s): Cotsen Institute of Archaeology\n\nVe nue Name: 314 Royce Hall \nVenue Address: 314 Royce Hall \nVenue City: Los Angeles \nVenue State: CA SUMMARY:Beyond the Surface: Bronze Mirrors from the Lloyd Cotsen Collect END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Pauley Pavilion\nUCLA\n\nLos Angeles\, CA 90095 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100114T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6064048-afghanistan-in-ink-literatures-of- nation-war-and-exile-ca-los-angeles-westwood-90095-pauley-pavilion?s=ical DTSTART:20100114T190000 UID:November 22\, 2009 09:05:46_895453729@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T090546 DESCRIPTION:NormalfalsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONEMicrosoftInternetExplorer 4/* Style Definitions */table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal"\ ;mso-style-parent:""\;font-size:11.0pt\;"Calibri"\,"sans-serif"\;mso-fareas t-"Times New Roman"\;mso-bidi-"Times New Roman"\;}From the communist\, nati onalist and Islamist movements of the 1960s through the years of war\, exil e and reconstruction that followed\, the turmoil of Afghan history in the p ast half century has been at every step reflected in an extraordinary but l ittle-known tradition of literature. What began as a self-consciously natio nal literature was transformed with the mass exodus of refugees in the 1980 s and 90s from a tradition rooted in Afghanistan's geography and society to a literature of diaspora written in French and English no less than Dari a nd Pashto. From oral story-telling through the literary journals of the 196 0s to the poetry websites of the present\, the conference explores the whol e range of genres and media through which this literature has been produced . By unraveling the tensions that are written through this literature -- of diaspora and homeland\, globalization and tradition\, community and nation \, gender and expression -- the conference aims to highlight the ways in wh ich Afghans of many different backgrounds have understood their own history from the Cold War to the Taliban and beyond. Cost: Free and open to the p ublic.For more information please contactAmy Bruinooge\, Center for Near Ea stern Studies Tel: (310) 825-1455 cnes@international.ucla.edu www.internati onal.ucla.edu/cnes/events Sponsor(s): Center for India and South Asia \, Ce ntral Asia Initiative SUMMARY:Afghanistan in Ink: Literatures of Nation\, War\, and Exile END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Pauley Pavilion\nUCLA\n\nLos Angeles\, CA 90095 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100225T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6064033-circuits-and-networks-muslim-inter actions-in-the-first-age-of-g-ca-los-angeles-westwood-90095-pauley-pavilion ?s=ical DTSTART:20100225T190000 UID:November 22\, 2009 09:05:46_518614642@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T090546 DESCRIPTION:NormalfalsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONEMicrosoftInternetExplorer 4/* Style Definitions */table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal"\ ;mso-style-parent:""\;font-size:11.0pt\;"Calibri"\,"sans-serif"\;mso-fareas t-"Times New Roman"\;mso-bidi-"Times New Roman"\;}In recent years\, academi cs and policy-makers have focused much attention on the phenomenon of trans national Islam\, particularly the role of new technologies and media on the circulation of ideas in the globalized world order. It is easy to forget that this is hardly the first age of globalization\, nor is it the first ag e in which new technologies and media have facilitated the circulation of i deas. This conference will bring together scholars whose work focuses not only on Islam in one or another region\, but on the impact of telegraphy an d steamships\, print and the emergence of a modern public sphere\, new conc eptions and constructions of global and urban space\, and shifting patterns and unprecedented levels of trade\, travel\, and migration on Islam and Is lamic communities worldwide during the nineteenth and early twentieth centu ry. The papers will address these developments directly\, as well as explo re Islamic production influenced by these developments. Cost: Free and ope n to the public.For more information please contactAmy Bruinooge\, Center f or Near Eastern Studies Tel: (310) 825-1455 cnes@international.ucla.edu www .international.ucla.edu/cnes/events Related Event(s)Circuits and Networks: Muslim Interactions in the First Age of GlobalizationDay 2 of a two-day con ference examining the role of transnational Islam and new technologies on t he circulation of ideas in the globalized world order. Friday\, February 26 \, 2010 Time to be announced. learn more » SUMMARY:Circuits and Networks: Muslim Interactions in the First Age of G END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Pauley Pavilion\nUCLA\n\nLos Angeles\, CA 90095 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100226T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6064033-circuits-and-networks-muslim-inter actions-in-the-first-age-of-g-ca-los-angeles-westwood-90095-pauley-pavilion ?s=ical DTSTART:20100226T190000 UID:November 22\, 2009 09:05:46_962539151@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T090546 DESCRIPTION:NormalfalsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONEMicrosoftInternetExplorer 4/* Style Definitions */table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal"\ ;mso-style-parent:""\;font-size:11.0pt\;"Calibri"\,"sans-serif"\;mso-fareas t-"Times New Roman"\;mso-bidi-"Times New Roman"\;}In recent years\, academi cs and policy-makers have focused much attention on the phenomenon of trans national Islam\, particularly the role of new technologies and media on the circulation of ideas in the globalized world order. It is easy to forget that this is hardly the first age of globalization\, nor is it the first ag e in which new technologies and media have facilitated the circulation of i deas. This conference will bring together scholars whose work focuses not only on Islam in one or another region\, but on the impact of telegraphy an d steamships\, print and the emergence of a modern public sphere\, new conc eptions and constructions of global and urban space\, and shifting patterns and unprecedented levels of trade\, travel\, and migration on Islam and Is lamic communities worldwide during the nineteenth and early twentieth centu ry. The papers will address these developments directly\, as well as explo re Islamic production influenced by these developments. Cost: Free and ope n to the public.For more information please contactAmy Bruinooge\, Center f or Near Eastern Studies Tel: (310) 825-1455 cnes@international.ucla.edu www .international.ucla.edu/cnes/events Related Event(s)Circuits and Networks: Muslim Interactions in the First Age of GlobalizationDay 2 of a two-day con ference examining the role of transnational Islam and new technologies on t he circulation of ideas in the globalized world order. Friday\, February 26 \, 2010 Time to be announced. learn more » SUMMARY:Circuits and Networks: Muslim Interactions in the First Age of G END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Los Angeles-CA Venue\nSee Event Details\n\nLos Angeles\, CA SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100525T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6063858-the-shahnameh-irans-national-epic- ca-los-angeles-civic-center-little-tokyo-los-angeles-ca-venue?s=ical DTSTART:20100525T190000 UID:November 22\, 2009 09:05:46_691086599@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T090546 DESCRIPTION:NormalfalsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONEMicrosoftInternetExplorer 4/* Style Definitions */table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal"\ ;mso-style-parent:""\;font-size:11.0pt\;"Calibri"\,"sans-serif"\;mso-fareas t-"Times New Roman"\;mso-bidi-"Times New Roman"\;}The Shahnameh\, Iran's na tional epic\, was composed from a prose literary archetype in the 10th cent ury CE by Iran's national poet\, Ferdowsi (c. 940 - 1020 CE)\, whom many Ir anians consider to be the father of their language. It exists in more than a thousand complete and fragmentary manuscripts\, some of which are beauti fully illustrated by excellent specimens of classical Persian art. It is s ome 50\,000 distiches (100\,000 lines) long\, which makes it nearly twice t he size of the Iliad and the Odyssey combined. The Shahnameh as Iran's nat ional epic is central to Iranians' sense of cultural identity. It is the t ext that defines who is culturally Iranian regardless of that person's citi zenship\, language\, or religion. In addition to Iranians who live in Pers ia proper\, many Tajiks\, Kurds\, Beluchis\, and others relate to the narra tive of the Shahnameh as their "ethnic history." For this reason\, its inf luence and importance extends beyond the borders of Iran and the limits of Persian literature.NormalfalsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONEMicrosoftInternetE xplorer4Participating in the conference will be approximately nineteen scho lars coming from Iran\, Europe and throughout the United States including C olumbia\, Harvard\, Northwestern\, Ohio State University\, UC Irvine\, UC L os Angeles\, and the University of Virginia. They will gather to discuss th e Shahnameh in relation to a variety of topics: Iranian national identity\; approaches to literary theory that include narratology\, oral literature\, performance studies\, and folklore\; translation theory\; philological and manuscript studies\; gender studies\; and art history.Cost: Free and open to the public.For more information please contactAmy Bruinooge\, Center for Near Eastern Studies Tel: (310) 825-1455 cnes@international.ucla.edu www.i nternational.ucla.edu/cnes/events Related Event(s)The Shahnameh: Iran's Nat ional EpicDay 2 of a two-day conference examining Iran's national epic\, co mposed in the 10th century CE by Iran's national poet Ferdowsi.Wednesday\, May 26\, 2010 Time to be announced. learn more »\n\nVenue Name: Grand Hor izon Ballroom \nVenue Address: Covel Commons \nVenue City: Los Angeles \nVenue State: CA SUMMARY:The Shahnameh: Iran's National Epic END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Los Angeles-CA Venue\nSee Event Details\n\nLos Angeles\, CA SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100526T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6063858-the-shahnameh-irans-national-epic- ca-los-angeles-civic-center-little-tokyo-los-angeles-ca-venue?s=ical DTSTART:20100526T190000 UID:November 22\, 2009 09:05:46_857411525@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T090546 DESCRIPTION:NormalfalsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONEMicrosoftInternetExplorer 4/* Style Definitions */table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal"\ ;mso-style-parent:""\;font-size:11.0pt\;"Calibri"\,"sans-serif"\;mso-fareas t-"Times New Roman"\;mso-bidi-"Times New Roman"\;}The Shahnameh\, Iran's na tional epic\, was composed from a prose literary archetype in the 10th cent ury CE by Iran's national poet\, Ferdowsi (c. 940 - 1020 CE)\, whom many Ir anians consider to be the father of their language. It exists in more than a thousand complete and fragmentary manuscripts\, some of which are beauti fully illustrated by excellent specimens of classical Persian art. It is s ome 50\,000 distiches (100\,000 lines) long\, which makes it nearly twice t he size of the Iliad and the Odyssey combined. The Shahnameh as Iran's nat ional epic is central to Iranians' sense of cultural identity. It is the t ext that defines who is culturally Iranian regardless of that person's citi zenship\, language\, or religion. In addition to Iranians who live in Pers ia proper\, many Tajiks\, Kurds\, Beluchis\, and others relate to the narra tive of the Shahnameh as their "ethnic history." For this reason\, its inf luence and importance extends beyond the borders of Iran and the limits of Persian literature.NormalfalsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONEMicrosoftInternetE xplorer4Participating in the conference will be approximately nineteen scho lars coming from Iran\, Europe and throughout the United States including C olumbia\, Harvard\, Northwestern\, Ohio State University\, UC Irvine\, UC L os Angeles\, and the University of Virginia. They will gather to discuss th e Shahnameh in relation to a variety of topics: Iranian national identity\; approaches to literary theory that include narratology\, oral literature\, performance studies\, and folklore\; translation theory\; philological and manuscript studies\; gender studies\; and art history.Cost: Free and open to the public.For more information please contactAmy Bruinooge\, Center for Near Eastern Studies Tel: (310) 825-1455 cnes@international.ucla.edu www.i nternational.ucla.edu/cnes/events Related Event(s)The Shahnameh: Iran's Nat ional EpicDay 2 of a two-day conference examining Iran's national epic\, co mposed in the 10th century CE by Iran's national poet Ferdowsi.Wednesday\, May 26\, 2010 Time to be announced. learn more »\n\nVenue Name: Grand Hor izon Ballroom \nVenue Address: Covel Commons \nVenue City: Los Angeles \nVenue State: CA SUMMARY:The Shahnameh: Iran's National Epic END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR