Podcasts from the UCLA International Institute: Recent Episodes
Podcasts from the UCLA International Institute Podcasts
A book talk with Spencer Ackerman, author andamp; Pulitzer Prize-winning national security reporter
A lecture by John Holmwood, emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.
A book talk with Peter Martin, author and defense policy and intelligence reporter at Bloomberg
Debating the effect of the new Indo-Pacific security alliance and impact on regional calculations
On this episode of Israel in Depth, Dov Waxman talks with political scientist Anders Persson, author of the new book “EU Diplomacy and the Israeli-Arab Conflict, 1967–2019.”
An intensive online workshop featuring leading authorities on the study of Arabic manuscripts.
Presented as part of the 2021 UCLA-NTNU Annual Conference "Peripheral Modernism in the Global Context: Art and Society in Taiwan"
Hong Kong Studies Lecture by Chris Yeung (CitizenNews) and Francis L.F. Lee (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
UCLA Taiwan in the World Program Inaugural Forum A dialogue with Frank Chang (UCLA) and Jason Wang (Stanford University)
A book talk with author Edward B. Westermann (Texas Aandamp;M University San Antonio, History).
A panel discussion with political scientists and Russia experts Kathryn Stoner and Daniel Treisman
Black Lives Matter: Global Perspectives Webinar Series | Olivette Otele, SA Smythe, Dominic Thomas
On this episode of Israel in Depth, Dov Waxman talks with Emmanuel Navon, author of The Star and the Scepter: A Diplomatic History of Israel (2020), about the history of Jewish, Zionist and Israeli diplomacy.
Black Lives Matter: Global Perspectives Webinar Series | Debora Silverman, Stef Craps, Sibo Kanobana
Black Lives Matter: Global Perspectives Webinar Series | Debora Silverman, Stef Craps, Sibo Kanobana
Webinar co-hosted by Asia Pacific Center and Center for Korean Studies, UCLA International Institute
Panel discussion of the recent rise of incidents of violence and racism against Asian Americans.
On this episode of Israel in Depth, Dov Waxman talks with Gal Ariely, a professor in the Department of Politics and Government at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, about his new book, "Israel's Regime Untangled: Between Democracy and Apartheid
Panel with Amy Landau (UCLA) and Sussan Babaie (The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London)
A keynote presentation and discussion featuring Rufina Bazlova, a multi-genre Belarusian artist based in Prague.
The presentation will address Japan’s past and future leadership role in radiation research, education, medicine and regulation, in a global frame.
On this episode of Israel in Depth, Kenneth Stern, discusses the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) definition of antisemitism and the controversy surrounding it. Recorded February 18, 2021.
Join translators Jack Jung and Sawako Nakayasu in reading and discussing selected poems of Yi Sang!
Black Lives Matter: Global Perspectives Webinar Series | Vishwas Satgar, Malini Ranganathan | Moderator: Kian Goh
Jake Tapper is CNN's chief Washington correspondent and host of "The Lead with Jake Tapper"
A conversation with Paul Losensky (Indiana University) and Jane Mikkelson (University of Virginia)
On this episode of Israel in Depth, David Makovsky, the Ziegler Distinguished Fellow at the Washington Institute and formerandnbsp;senior advisor to the U.S. Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations, discusses the major issues that will shape U.S.
A lecture by Sarah Green (University of Helsinki, Finland, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology) with discussant Bharat Venkat (UCLA Institute for Society and Genetics).
Jennifer Hillman is a former member of the WTO Appellate Body and CFR Sr. Fellow for Trade and International Political Economy
On this episode of Israel in Depth, Dr. Raffaella Del Sarto, an Associate Professor of Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), discusses the recently announced normalization of relations between M
Panel with Haydar Darici (American University), Serra Hakyemez (University of Minnesota), and Melissa Bilal (UCLA)
Black Lives Matter: Global Perspectives Webinar Series | Christine Hong, Anne Garland Mahler
A lecture by Maris Gillette (University of Gothenburg, School of Global Studies, Anthropology) with discussant Christopher Kelty (UCLA, Institute for Society and Genetics).
On this episode of Israel in Depth, Dov Waxman talks to Scott Lasensky, who served as a senior policy advisor in the Obama Administration, about President Trump's record on Israel, his popularity among Israelis, and what the legacy of his administration w
Wenner-Gren’s Webinar Series on the Future of Anthropology: Indigenous Peoples, Heritage and Landscape in the Asia Pacific: Knowledge Co-Production, Policy Change, and Empowerment
E. Tendayi Achiume is UN Special Rapporteur on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance and Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
Wenner-Gren’s Webinar Series on the Future of Anthropology: Indigenous Peoples, Heritage and Landscape in the Asia Pacific: Knowledge Co-Production, Policy Change, and Empowerment
On this episode of Israel in Depth, Dov Waxman talks with Rami Zeedan, an expert on the Arab minority in Israel, about the "events of October 2000" – when 13 Arab protesters were killed by the Israeli police – and about what has changed since then in the
Black Lives Matter: Global Perspectives Webinar Series | Brenda Stevenson, Deborah Thomas
Wenner-Gren’s Webinar Series on the Future of Anthropology: Indigenous Peoples, Heritage and Landscape in the Asia Pacific: Knowledge Co-Production, Policy Change, and Empowerment
Wenner-Gren’s Webinar Series on the Future of Anthropology: Indigenous Peoples, Heritage and Landscape in the Asia Pacific: Knowledge Co-Production, Policy Change, and Empowerment
A conversation featuring Dr. Fiona Hill, Sr. Fellow at the Brookings Institution, former National Security Council member and leading expert on Russia and its modern leadership
Wenner-Gren’s Webinar Series on the Future of Anthropology: Indigenous Peoples, Heritage and Landscape in the Asia Pacific: Knowledge Co-Production, Policy Change, and Empowerment
Wenner-Gren’s Webinar Series on the Future of Anthropology: Indigenous Peoples, Heritage and Landscape in the Asia Pacific: Knowledge Co-Production, Policy Change, and Empowerment
A conversation with Karen Richardson, former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Public Affairs, U.S. State Department
Wenner-Gren’s Webinar Series on the Future of Anthropology: Indigenous Peoples, Heritage and Landscape in the Asia Pacific: Knowledge Co-Production, Policy Change, and Empowerment
Wenner-Gren’s Webinar Series on the Future of Anthropology: Indigenous Peoples, Heritage and Landscape in the Asia Pacific: Knowledge Co-Production, Policy Change, and Empowerment
UCLA Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures and Russian Flagship Program webinar by Sasha Razor and Lydia Roberts. Cosponsored by CERS.
On this episode of Israel in Depth, Dov Waxman talks with Israeli diplomat Uri Resnick, the director of Policy Planning at Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about Israel's foreign relations, its treatment at the United Nations, and the significance of
On this episode of Israel in Depth, Dov Waxman talks with Marwa Maziad, a visiting scholar at the University of Washington's Jackson School of International Studies, about Israel's new agreement with the United Arab Emirates to normalize diplomatic relati
On this episode of Israel in Depth, Dov Waxman talks with Charles Freilich, former deputy national security adviser in Israel and a long-time senior fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center, about threats to Israel's national security, warming ties with Gulf sta
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
Using an original survey instrument distributed online, this study evaluates and compares the social and health adaptations of LGBT+ people currently living in Mexico City to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Este webinario contará con ponencias de un grupo de académicos y activistas quienes analizarán los riesgos a los que se han enfrentado los trabajadores de la maquila durante la epidemia del COVID-19, debido a las ambigüedades legales que han existido en c
A conversation with Ben Rhodes, former Deputy National Security Advisor to Barack Obama
On this episode of Israel in Depth, Dov Waxman talks with Ian Lustick, Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, about his new book, Paradigm Lost: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality. In the book, Professor Lustick argues
This webinar features new research on Mesoamerica by 3 teachers and 4 advanced students of the Nahuatl language. Presentations will be in Nahuatl, Spanish, and English or a combination of the 3 languages.
This webinar features new research on Mesoamerica by 3 teachers and 4 advanced students of the Nahuatl language. Presentations will be in Nahuatl, Spanish, and English or a combination of the 3 languages.
A book talk by Maite Zubiaurre (UCLA, Spanish andamp; Portuguese, Germanic Languages), with discussants Charlene Villaseñor Black (UCLA, Art History and Chicana Studies) and Allison Carruth (UCLA, English and the Institute for the Environment and Sustainabi
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
This panel offers three short presentations and discussions about COVID 19 and its impact in Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic from the perspectives of three scholars with years of experience in these contexts.
Panel with Charles Kurzman (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), and Dale J. Correa (University of Texas at Austin)
John Garrigus, Dept. of History, University of Texas, Arlington, “An epidemic that can only be stopped by the most violent remedy”: African ‘Poisons’ versus Animal Disease in Saint-Domingue, 1750-1788”
Comment - Stephen Bell, Depts. of History and Geo
In this roundtable, the first of an International Institute series on the global pandemic, a group of researchers, clinical practitioners, and journalists will discuss the epidemiological, public health, and political dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic i
On this episode of Israel in Depth, Professor Dov Waxman talks with Dr. Jay Rothman, a scholar and practitioner of conflict resolution, about why the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is an identity-based conflict and the implications this has for how to resol
After a third inconclusive election in less than a year, Israel has simultaneously experienced a political crisis, a constitutional crisis and an escalating public health crisis. In this episode, Dov Waxman talks with Israeli political analyst and pollste
Joseph Nye is a Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor and former Dean of the Kennedy School of Government.
A lecture with Ralph J. Bunche, General-Secretary of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
Israel's President Reuven Rivlin receives the UCLA Israel Studies Award in a ceremony held Feb. 18, 2020. Award in recognition of Rivlin’s leadership promoting tolerance, equality and civility.
Listen to our Israel in Depth podcast featuring an interview with Ambassador Dennis Ross, a veteran American diplomat who worked on Middle East peace for three presidents, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Barack Obama. Recorded Feb. 20, 2020.
Emmanuel Saez is a Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley and an economic adviser to Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.
Covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is like no other beat. An insider perspective from journalist Jodi Rudoren, Editor-in-Chief of The Forward and former Jerusalem Bureau Chief for The New York Times. Event held January 27, 2020.
A talk by Professor Dov Waxman, Director of the UCLA YandS Nazarian Center for Israel Studies and The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair in Israel Studies. Event held January 15, 2020.
A discussion with Amit Elazari, Director of Global Cybersecurity Policy at Intel and a Lecturer at UC Berkeley's School of Information
A talk by Dr. Nili Alon Amit, Israel Institute Visiting Assistant Professor at the UCLA YandS Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. Event held November 21, 2019.
A book talk with Allison Stanger, Professor of International Politics and Economics at Middlebury College
A talk by Visiting Assistant Professor Uri Dorchin, an anthropologist and former radio DJ. He explored the significance of Mizrahi (Middle Eastern) music in the formation of Israeli rap. Event held November 13, 2019.
Israel is the birthplace of both Waze and Mobileye along with numerous other successful tech companies. A fascinating talk about Israel's high-tech sector from Haaretz economics editor David Rosenberg, the author of Israel's Technology Economy: Origins a
The panel discussion came on the heels of Israelis going to the polls two times in the space of a year in national elections that ended in a stalemate. Participants weighed various possible outcomes. Event was held October 23, 2019.
The Four Worlds of Carbon Politics: A Talk with Michael L. Ross, UCLA Political Science
A talk by Adriana Baban (Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine).
Award-winning author and Associate Editor of the Washington Post Bob Woodward delivered the 2018/19 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti introduced Bob Woodward.
A lecture by Vahé Tachjian (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris)