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The Institute and our affiliated centers and programs record selected lectures and make them available to the public. To date we have published 806 podcasts.

Dispensing Justice on Screen: Stanley Kramer's "Judgment at Nuremberg"
Center for European and Eurasian Studies
A public lecture by Elisabeth Bronfen, University of Zurich, English and American Studies.
Duration: 1:03:30

From Enemy to Brother: The Revolution in Catholic Teaching on the Jews, 1933-1965
Center for European and Eurasian Studies
A book talk with author John Connelly, UC Berkeley, History. Discussant: Paul Lerner, USC, History.
Duration: 58:22

The Élysée Treaty: Celebrating 50 Years of Franco-German Cooperation
Center for European and Eurasian Studies
A panel discussion marking the fiftieth anniversary of the post-war French-German reconciliation by the signing of the Élysée Treaty on January 22nd, 1963. Speakers: Dr. Bernd Fischer, Consul General of Germany, and Mr. Axel Cruau, Consul General of France. Moderator: Ivan Berend, UCLA History.
Duration: 40:31

Political Epistemics: The Secret Police, the Opposition and the End of East German Socialism
Center for European and Eurasian Studies
A book talk with author Andreas Glaeser, University of Chicago, Sociology. Discussant: Gail Kligman, UCLA, Sociology.
Duration: 1:12:37

The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A lecture by Gilbert Achcar, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
Duration: 00:58:50

Italian Fascism vs. German Naziism, with Special Attention to Cultural Policy
Center for European and Eurasian Studies
A public lecture by Sabrina Ramet, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Political Science
Duration: 55:51

Civil Society and Dictatorship in Modern German History
Center for European and Eurasian Studies
A book talk with author Jürgen Kocka (UCLA, History) and discussant Ivan Berend (UCLA, History)
Duration: 1:00:36

A Jewish Orchestra in Nazi Germany: Musical Politics and the Berlin Jewish Culture League
Center for European and Eurasian Studies
A book talk with author Lily Hirsch (Cleveland State University, Music) and discussant Neal Stulberg (UCLA, Music)
Duration: 55:13

Drafting a United Germany
Center for European and Eurasian Studies
A public lecture by Horst Teltschik, Former National Security Adviser to German Chancellor Helmut Kohl
Duration: 47:46

Rebuilding Berlin: Urban Design and Planning after the Fall of the Wall
Center for European and Eurasian Studies
A public lecture by Deike Peters, Technical University Berlin, Center for Metropolitan Studies
Duration: 53:01

Muscular Judaism: The Jewish Body and the Politics of Regeneration
Center for European and Eurasian Studies
A book talk with author TODD PRESNER, UCLA, Germanic Languages, and discussant PAUL LERNER, USC, History
Duration: 50:44

Cosmopolitan Anxieties: Turkish Challenges to Citizenship and Belonging in Germany
Center for European and Eurasian Studies
A book talk with author RUTH MANDEL, University College London, Anthropology, and discussant SUSAN OSSMAN, UC Riverside, Anthropology
Duration: 1:01:54

The Collapse of Communism in Europe 1989 - Causes and Consequences
Center for European and Eurasian Studies
A public lecture by JURGEN KOCKA, Free University Berlin; Visiting Professor, UCLA, History
Duration: 39:15

Weimar on the Pacific: German Exile Culture in Los Angeles and the Crisis of Modernism
Center for European and Eurasian Studies
A book talk with author EHRHARD BAHR, UCLA Germanic Languages, and discussant PETER LOEWENBERG, UCLA History.
Duration: 56:20

Adorno in America
Center for European and Eurasian Studies
A public lecture by DETLEV CLAUSSEN, University of Hannover, Sociology
Duration: 51:57

Hypermedia Berlin and the Geo-Temporal Web
Center for European and Eurasian Studies
A CEES faculty lecture by TODD PRESNER, UCLA Germanic Languages
Duration: 36:39

Gunter Grass' Peeling the Onion
Center for European and Eurasian Studies
A book talk with translator MICHAEL HEIM, UCLA Slavic Languages and Literatures, and discussant HANS WAGENER, UCLA Germanic Languages
Duration: 55:34

The Politics of Sexual Harassment: A Comparative Study of the United States, the European Union, and Germany
Center for European and Eurasian Studies
A book talk by author KATHRIN ZIPPEL, Sociology, Northeastern University
Duration: 35:55