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Panel assesses Palestine’s status as ‘observer state’
Several professors from the law school, the Burkle Center of International Relations and the UCLA Center of Middle East Development spoke at the panel, which primarily focused on the question of Palestinian statehood.
Posted: 1/25/2013
Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me: Poetry by Palestinian Poet Ghassan Zaqtan
Renowned Palestian poet Ghassan Zaqtan and translator Fady Joudah visit UCLA for a poetry reading on October 25th, 2012.
Posted: 11/14/2012
Will the Peace Treaties between Israel, Jordan and Egypt Survive?
A podcast of a public lecture by Ambassador Oded Eran, sponsored by UCLA CMED.
Posted: 10/30/2012
Like a Straw Bird it Follows Me
Renowned Palestian poet Ghassan Zaqtan and translator Fady Joudah visit UCLA for a poetry reading on October 25th, 2012.
Posted: 10/29/2012
2012 Levi Della Vida Conference:"Structures of Personalized Power in the Modern Middle East: Presidents, Prime Ministers and Party Bosses" Keynote Address
Keynote lecture by 2012 Levi Della Vida Award recipient Roger Owen, Harvard University
Posted: 5/29/2012
The False Paradigm of Parity and Partition: Revisiting 1967
A lecture by Ilan Pappé, University of Exeter
Posted: 2/27/2012
What Does a Jew Want?: On Binationalism and Other Specters
Gil Hochberg In a conversation with Udi Aloni about the practice, art and theory toward binationalism.
Posted: 11/16/2011
The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives
A lecture by Gilbert Achcar, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
Posted: 10/31/2011
Edward Said's Palestine/Israel: Inclusion Without Domination
A lecture by Nubar Hovsepian, Chapman University
Posted: 5/5/2011
Melting Pots and Promised Lands: Early Zionism and the Idea of America
A lecture by Hilton Obenzinger, Stanford University
Posted: 4/6/2011
Leon Wieseltier Delivers Daniel Pearl Lecture
Wieseltier, literary editor of The New Republic and a prominent observer of the Middle East, said that a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is an idea worth defending, for the sake of the region. The Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture Series is hosted annually at UCLA by the Burkle Center for International Relations.
Posted: 2/11/2011
Hidden Histories: Palestine and the Eastern Mediterranean
A lecture by Basem Ra'ad, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem
Posted: 1/12/2011
Israel's Deputy PM Assesses Mideast Security Challenges
Dan Meridor serves as deputy prime minister and minister of intelligence and atomic energy. On Nov. 29 at the law school, he warned of rising Iranian influence in the region, voiced his support for a two-state solution with the Palestinians, and raised questions about the future of armed conflict and international law.
Posted: 11/30/2010
Right to Education: Obstacles to Academic Freedom in Occupied Palestine
A lecture by Randa Siniora, Executive Director, Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights
Posted: 11/16/2010
Two-State Solution Remains Best Option for Realists and Doves, Says PLO Ambassador
Ambassador Maen Rashid Areikat, who leads the Palestine Liberation Organization's diplomatic mission to the United States, told a UCLA audience that the PLO is firmly committed to the establishment of a Palestinian state within the framework of negotiations with Israel, while acknowledging that the negotiations may fail.
Posted: 11/15/2010
Preserving the Two-State Solution
A lecture by Ambassador Maen Rashid Areikat, the Palestine Liberation Organization Representative to the U.S.
Posted: 11/13/2010
Preserving the Two-State Solution
A lecture by Ambassador Maen Rashid Areikat, the Palestine Liberation Organization Representative to the U.S.
Posted: 11/12/2010
Is Freedom of Speech Possible in the Arab World?
On Tuesday, September 28, UCLA's Center for Middle East Development (CMED) hosted a panel discussion on "Is Freedom of Speech Possible in the Arab World?" with Tim Sebastian, Dr. Asli Bali and Professor David Kaye.
Posted: 9/30/2010
Can Obama Bring Peace to the Middle East?
Steven Spiegel, the director of the Center for Middle East Development at UCLA, presents the innovative and informal negotiation techniques that he is urging the Obama administration to employ as it pursues security in this historically volatile region.
Posted: 5/5/2010
Can Israel Be a Jewish and Democratic State?
Ruth Gavison, Haim Cohn Professor of Human Rights, Faculty of Law at Hebrew University in Jerusalem from Israel's Democracy: Past, Present, Future - Part 3.
Posted: 4/20/2010
The Legacy of Mahmoud Darwish: Fady Joudah
A translation and reading by Fady Joudah, from an excerpt of Mahmoud Darwish's "Mural."
Posted: 4/15/2010
The Legacy of Mahmoud Darwish: Jeffrey Sacks
A translation and reading by Jeffrey Sacks, UC Riverside, from Mahmoud Darwish's "I See My Ghost Coming from a Distance."
Posted: 4/15/2010
The Legacy of Mahmoud Darwish: Abeer Mohamed
Mahmoud Darwish's "Rita and the Rifle" read by Abeer Mohamed, UCLA
Posted: 3/5/2010
The Legacy of Mahmoud Darwish: Concert
A concert by Turath Ensemble, with Special Guests honoring the life and creative work of Palestinian poet and author Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008) and held November 5, 2009
Posted: 3/5/2010
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