Podcasts from the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies: Recent Episodes
Podcasts from the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies
Recording of a lecture by Uğur Ümit Üngör, Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Amsterdam
A panel discussion with distinguished experts on Syria, Turkish Kurdistan, and indigenous land rights in Israel.
Conference that brings together a host of experts to address the question of minoritization in the MENA region
An intensive online workshop featuring leading authorities on the study of Arabic manuscripts.
Panel with Amy Landau (UCLA) and Sussan Babaie (The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London)
A conversation with Paul Losensky (Indiana University) and Jane Mikkelson (University of Virginia)
Panel with Haydar Darici (American University), Serra Hakyemez (University of Minnesota), and Melissa Bilal (UCLA)
Panel with Iman Dagher (Arabic and Islamic Studies Catalog Librarian, UCLA); Heather Hughes, (Subject librarian for Comparative Literature, Global Studies, and Middle East Studies, UC Santa Barbara); and Mohamed Hamed (Middle Eastern and Near Eastern Stud
A panel with Hesham Youssef (United States Institute of Peace), Dalia Dassa Kaye (RAND), and Ehud Eiran (Stanford University); Moderated by Kevan Harris (UCLA) and Dov Waxman (UCLA) on the geostrategic, political, security and economic consequences of the
Panel with Charles Kurzman (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), and Dale J. Correa (University of Texas at Austin)
A lecture by Vahé Tachjian (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris)
A panel with Jamal Abdi (National Iranian American Council), Asli Bali (UCLA), Kevan Harris (UCLA)
A book talk by Kevan Harris (UCLA) and Afshin Matin-Asgari (California State University, Los Angeles)
A lecture by Heather J. Sharkey (University of Pennsylvania) Thursday, November 02, 2017
A book talk with Dalia Fahmy (Long Island University), and Daanish Faruqi (Doctoral Candidate, Duke University)
A discussion with Mubasher Hussain, International Islamic University Islamabad (Pakistan)
A panel discussion featuring Professors Gardbaum and Langer of UCLA Law, with authors Asli Bâli (UCLA) and Hanna Lerner (Tel Aviv University)
A panel with Hosam Aboul-Ela (University of Houston), Elliott Colla (Georgetown University), and Nadia Yaqub (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Orit Bashkin (University of Chicago) is the featured speaker in the first Averroës Lecture on Jewish Communities in Muslim Lands, a new series sponsored by CNES.
A book talk by Sarah Abrevaya Stein (UCLA) with comments by Christine Philliou (UC Berkeley) and Roger Waldinger (UCLA)
A book talk with Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila Al-Shami, authors of "Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War".
A lecture by Judge Halim Dhanidina, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge (Adjunct faculty member at Whittier Law School)
A panel discussion about the tensions between Turkey and Russia in light of the Syria crisis
A book talk with Olivia C. Harrison, University of Southern California and Teresa Villa-Ignacio, Tulane University
A lecture by Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi, Depts. of History and Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto
A lecture in Persian by Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi, Depts. of History and Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto
Conference Panel 3 moderated by Susan Slyomovics (Dept. of Anthropology, UCLA), with David Theo Goldberg (Depts. of Comparative Literature, Anthropology, Criminology, Law and Society, UC Irvine), and David Lloyd (Dept. of English, UC Riverside)
Conference Panel 2 moderated by Sondra Hale, Research Professor, Departments of Anthropology and Gender Studies (UCLA). With Lisa Rofel, Professor of Anthropology (UCSC), Lara Deeb, Professor and Chair of Anthropology (Scripps College), and Jessica Winega
Conference Panel 1
moderated by Asli Bali (School of Law, UCLA), with Yaman Salahi (Asian Law Caucus), and Cheryl Harris (School of Law, UCLA)
A book launch and panel discussion moderated by Susan Slyomovics, UCLA, with Sarah Abrevaya Stein (Dept. of History, UCLA), Joshua Schreier (Dept. of History, Vassar College), Aomar Boum (Dept. of Anthropology, UCLA)
A lecture in English by Ali Mirsepassi, Dept. of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University
A book talk with author James L. Gelvin (Dept. of History, UCLA), and Nouri Gana (Depts. of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, and Comparative Literature, UCLA)
A presentation by Benjamin Madley (Dept. of History, UCLA). Part of a panel discussion on "Holocaust and Genocide Studies: Complementary or Competitive Paradigms?"
A dialog with Omid Safi (Dept. of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Duke University) and Sohail Daulatzai (Dept. of Film and Media Studies and the Program in African American Studies, UC Irvine)
A presentation by Nora Cherishian Lessersohn (Depts. of History and Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University). Part of "Genocide and Global History: A Conference on the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide", Panel 3: Writing Armeno-Turkish History
A lecture by Zachary Lockman, Dept. of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University
A lecture by Dana Sajdi, Dept. of History, Boston College, Current Post-doctoral Fellow at the Agha Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, MIT
A lecture by Talar Chahinian, Department of Comparative Literature and Classics, California State University, Long Beach
A presentation by Gerard Libaridian (Dept. of History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor). Part of "Genocide and Global History: A Conference on the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide", Panel 6: Armenian-Turkish Relations, c. 1990-2015
A presentation by Murat Yildiz, (Dept. of History, UCLA). Part of "Genocide and Global History: A Conference on the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide", Panel 3: Writing Armeno-Turkish History before the Genocide
A presentation by Yasar Tolga Cora (Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago). Part of "Genocide and Global History: A Conference on the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide", Panel 3: Writing Armeno-Turkish History b
Deborah Lipstadt (Emory University). Part of "Genocide and Global History: A Conference on the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide", Panel 4: Genocide Denial in Global Context
A presentation by Wendy Lower (Dept. of History, Claremont-McKenna College). Part of "Genocide and Global History: A Conference on the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide"
A presentation by Dzovinar Derderian (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor). Part of "Genocide and Global History: A Conference on the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide", Panel 3: Writing Armeno-Turkish History before the Genocide
A presentation by Vazken Khatchig Davidian (Birkbeck College, University of London). Part of "Genocide and Global History: A Conference on the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide", Panel 3: Writing Armeno-Turkish History before the Genocide
A presentation by Bulent Bilmez (Tarih Vakfi and Bilgi University, Istanbul). Part of "Genocide and Global History: A Conference on the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide", Panel 6: Armenian-Turkish Relations, c. 1990-2015
A presentation by Ruken Sengul (Anthropology and History Dept., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor). Part of "Genocide and Global History: A Conference on the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide", Panel 5: History, Memory, and Testimony
A presentation by Anoush Suni (UCLA). Part of "Genocide and Global History: A Conference on the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide", Panel 5: History, Memory, and Testimony
A presentation by Janet Klein (University of Akron). Part of "Genocide and Global History: A Conference on the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide"
Ara Sarafian (Gomidas Institute). Part of "Genocide and Global History: A Conference on the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide", Panel 4: Genocide Denial in Global Context
A presentation by Ronald Grigor Suny (Dept. of History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor). Part of "Genocide and Global History: A Conference on the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide"
A lecture by Talar Chahinian, Dept. of Comparative Literature and Classics, California State University Long Beach
A book talk by Charles King, Dept. of International Affairs and Government, Georgetown University. Discussant: Gabriel Piterberg, Dept. of History, UCLA.
A lecture by Adria Lawrence, Depts. of Political Science and International and Area Studies, Yale University
A lecture by Melissa Bilal, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Music, Columbia Uniiversity
A lecture by Maxim Romanov, Dept. of Classics and the Perseus Digital Library Project, Tufts University
A panel discussion in Persian with Maziar Behrooz (Dept. of History, San Francisco State University), Ali Farasati (Dept. of Urban Planning, CSU Northridge), Afshin Matin-Asgari (Dept. of History, CSU Los Angeles).
A two-part panel presentation.
Part one: "The Rise and Fall of the Islamic State," James L. Gelvin, UCLA Part two: "'This is the 74th Ferman on Us!':The Yazidis, from Ottoman Atrocities to Islamic State Genocide," Zeynep Turkyilmaz, Dartmouth College
A lecture by Neve Gordon, Dept. of Politics and Government, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
A lecture by Steven Salaita, Indigenous Studies Scholar, with introductions by Robin D.G. Kelley (Dept. of History, UCLA) and Saree Makdisi (Depts. of English, Comparative Literature, UCLA).
A lecture by Alex Lubin, Director of the Center for American Studies and Research at the American University of Beirut
A lecture by Mai Mogib, Dept. of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, CNES Visiting Fulbright Scholar
Eurasian Empires Seminar Series Lecture by Michael Khodarkovsky, Loyola University, Chicago
A lecture by Sherene Seikaly, Director of The Middle East Studies Center and Assistant Professor of History, American University in Cairo
A lecture by Molly Fitzmorris (University of Washington). Part of the 3rd ucLADINO Judeo-Spanish Symposium.
A lecture by Rey Romero (University of Houston-Downtown). Part of the 3rd ucLADINO Judeo-Spanish Symposium.
A lecture by Olivia Thayer (University of Texas at Austin). Part of the 3rd ucLADINO Judeo-Spanish Symposium.
A lecture by Ana Ciric Pavlovic (Central European University). Part of the 3rd ucLADINO Judeo-Spanish Symposium.
A lecture by Holly Vernon (University of Houston-Downtown). Part of the 3rd ucLADINO Judeo-Spanish Symposium.
A lecture by Eliezer Papo (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev). Part of the 3rd ucLADINO Judeo-Spanish Symposium.
A lecture by Susanna Zaraysky (Author). Part of the 3rd ucLADINO Judeo-Spanish Symposium.
A lecture by Karen Sarhon (Ottoman-Turkish Sephardic Culture Research Center). Part of the 3rd ucLADINO Judeo-Spanish Symposium.
A lecture by Rifka Cook (Northwestern University). Part of the 3rd ucLADINO Judeo-Spanish Symposium.
Special Lecture: Gilbert Achcar, Department of Development Studies, SOAS. Sponsored by the Center for Social Theory and Comparative History.
A lecture by Mushegh Asatryan. Organized by the Richard Hovannisian Endowed Chair for Modern Armenian History [Established by the Armenian Educational Foundation].
A lecture by Elliott Colla, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Georgetown University
With Nouri Gana (UCLA), Amy Kallander (Syracuse University) and Francesco Cavatorta (Universite' Laval, Quebec, Canada)
A lecture by Alison Vacca, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan. Organized by the Richard Hovannisian Endowed Chair for Modern Armenian History [Established by the Armenian Educational Foundation].
A look at the manuscript M191 in UCLA library with visiting scholar Ali Tabatabai Yazdi, M.T. Institute for Islamic studies, Qom, Iran
The Five-Year Programming Plan of the Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Sponsored by The Richard Hovannisian Endowed Chair in Modern Armenian History, The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.