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How do you teach the Arab Spring?
A recent course on the Arab Spring taught by CMED Director Steven Spiegel invited specialists from around the country and UCLA to lecture on individual countries—some in person and some via a videoconferencing link.
Posted: 4/1/2013
Rebellion and Repression on the Arabian Peninsula
Tariq Ali, editor, New Left Review
Posted: 5/14/2012
Living History with Professor James L. Gelvin
Gelvin is the author of the recently released book "The Arab Uprisings: What Everyone Needs to Know"
Posted: 5/9/2012
Mobilization and Collective Action in the Arab Spring.
A talk Juan Cole (University of Michigan)
Posted: 11/14/2011
What History Explains: The Arab World at the Intersection of the National and Transnational.
A talk by James Gelvin (UCLA)
Posted: 11/14/2011
Calling High School Students: UCLA Has Summer Courses in Your Home Language
The Summer High School Language Program is geared toward students who speak one of the offered languages at home and want to improve their writing and reading skills.
Posted: 1/18/2011
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
On 1st US Trip, Saudi Women Compare Experiences at NGOs
A delegation of Saudi Arabian women visits campus to exchange knowledge about the workings of nongovernmental organizations with Jocelyn Guihama, the executive director of the UCLA Center for Civil Society.
Posted: 7/26/2010
Arab-Afghans, Jihad, and the Roots of 9/11
A lecture by Thomas Hegghammer, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
Posted: 4/26/2010
Establishing Formal Rules such as Property Rights is a Promising Road to Sustainable Economic Growth and Peace
Elena Panaritis, author of Prosperity Unbound: Building Property Markets with Trust (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007), speaks at UCLA.
Posted: 12/2/2009
Saudi Arabia's Science Agency to Fund UCLA Research in Nanoelectronics, Clean Energy
A cooperative agreement and contract were signed recently, cementing a new relationship between Saudi Arabia's national science agency and national laboratories and UCLA Engineering.
Posted: 8/24/2009
U.S.–Arab Relations Broken After Iraq War, Scholar Reports
University of Maryland and Brookings Scholar Telhami says growing opposition to U.S. foreign policy is not the worst news for the superpower.
Posted: 10/25/2005
Wahhabism, bin Ladenism, and the Saudi Arabia Dilemma
Gregory Gause, speaking on "Wahhabism, Saudi Arabia and 9/11," says Saudi Arabia maintains a delicate balance.
Posted: 5/31/2005
Hajj Histories: Stories from Southeast Asian Pilgrims
A Cornell professor takes the leap from sundry to spiritual in his quest to discover the ancient Islamic pillar of faith.
Posted: 5/11/2005
