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    Center for Near Eastern Studies

    Art in Places of Worship in the Middle East and Southeast Asia

    This K-12 teacher institute, featuring two art historians, provided educators with an opportunity to learn more about the cultures and histories of these two world regions through their religious spaces and places of worship.

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    Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies

    The Iran–Israel War: What's Next?

    A discussion on the recent Israel–Iran war, the ceasefire, and what the events over the last few weeks mean for the region's future.

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    (Image copyright Huete, 2025. Attribution 4.0 International. https://www.heute.at/i/israel-droht-iran-mit-angriff-auf-atom-programm-120071935/doc-1icfsgi624)

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The UCLA International Institute and its 25 centers and programs run a busy public events programs that spans lectures, symposia, panel discussions, book talks, conferences and artistic events. These events are frequently recorded and made available to the public, both on the institute website, individual center/program YouTube channels and Facebook pages. To date, we have published 812 podcasts and over 226 videos.

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International Institute Commencement Ceremony 2025

Global health researcher and advocate Dr. Felicia Maire Knaul will be the featured commencement speaker.

UCLA International Institute
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Trump 2.0 & US–Middle East Relations: New Deals and Shifting Alliances

This online discussion about rapidly shifting US–Middle East relations was hosted on June 10th, 2025.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
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The 2024-25 Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace: "The Small States Club: How Small Smart States Can Save the World"

H.E. Armen Sarkissian, Former President of the Republic of Armenia

Burkle Center for International Relations
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Judicial Territory: Law, Capital and the Expansion of American Empire

Shaina Potts, Associate Professor, Geography and Global Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

Burkle Center for International Relations
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Iran and the Axis of Resistance since Oct 7th

On May 29th, Dr. Raz Zimmt and Dr. Dalia Dassa Kaye discussed how Iran seeks to reassess its approach to its regional partners and proxies—specifically Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Assad regime in Syria—after having been significantly weakened over the last two years.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
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Youth, Social Media, and Iran-Israel Relations: Digital Bridges and Cyber Battlegrounds

Can social media truly serve as a bridge between these historical rivals, or is it just another battlefield in a shadow war fought through screens? Dr. Liora Hendelman-Baavur's talk considers how digital platforms both foster connections and amplify divides, contributing to a complex new dimension of relations between the two nations.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
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Words of War: Negotiation as a Tool of Conflict

Eric Min, Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles

Burkle Center for International Relations
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Spirituality, Political Religion and Lived Experience in Iran

In this panel, Leyla Hajimehditajer (Independent Scholar), Maryam Heydarkhani (Barakat Postdoctoral Scholar, Khalili Research Centre, University of Oxford), and Zahra Khoshk Jan (Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Sociology, University of Chicago) discuss literature, architecture, and religion and politics in Iran. The webinar took place on May 07, 2025.

Center for Near Eastern Studies
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Defending Democracy: The German Approach

Ronen Steinke, journalist, author, legal scholar, 2025 Thomas Mann Fellow

Burkle Center for International Relations
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Citizen Azmari: Rethinking Blackness, Anti-Blackness, and Ethiopian Music in Israel

On May 6th, Dr. Ilana Webster-Kogen from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, discussed Ethiopian music and blackness in Israel.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
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All the Points: Interactive Online Mapping of Settlement in the Israeli-Palestinian Region (1840-2023)

On April 28th, 2025, Dr. Daniel Stein Kokin officially launched his digital mapping project of the Israeli-Palestinian Region in an online event co-organized by the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies and the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
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A Return to a Zionism for the Future

Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller draws on foundational texts by Zionist thinkers in an attempt to frame a Zionism of values that has the potential to inspire a new generation.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
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Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare

Edward Fishman, Sr. Research Scholar, Center Global Energy Policy & Adj Professor, SIPA, Columbia University

Burkle Center for International Relations
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The 2024-25 Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture on Economic Development

Simon Johnson, 2024 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics & Professor at MIT Sloan

Burkle Center for International Relations
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From Manuscripts to Market: A Jewish-Muslim Friendship in Twentieth Century Book Trade

This lecture explores the shared passion for acquiring and disseminating Arabo-Islamic knowledge that connected a Muslim and a Jew in the first half of the twentieth century. The webinar took place on April 02, 2025.

Center for Near Eastern Studies
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International Institute Open House & Fall Reception For Undergraduates

Wednesday, September 24, 2025
3:00 PM

As part of the campus-wide 'True Bruin Welcome Week' activities, the International Institute Academic Programs... Read More

Wednesday, September 24, 2025
3:00 PM