The Institute and our affiliated centers and programs record selected lectures and make them available to the public. To date we have published 821 podcasts.
PODCAST- At the Crossroads: Surgery and Culture in Latin America
Latin American Institute
Listen to presentations by surgeons and NGO administrators on health and culture in Latin America.
Duration: 03:00:51
Posted: 5/15/2013
Buddhism and Neuroscience: a Discussion on Attention, Mental Flexibility and Compassion
Center for Buddhist Studies
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama was unable to attend this May 2, 2011, symposium as planned, due to ill health. In his stead, Geshe Thupten Jinpa, a principal English translator for His Holiness and Ph.D. in Religious Studies (Cambridge University) and Robert Thurman, Je Tsongkhapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, joined the discussion with four UCLA neuroscientists.
Duration: 1:58:46
Posted: 5/2/2011
Concept Analysis: Exploring Health Consideration for Aging Nigerian Immigrants in the United States (5th Annual AAA Conference)
African Studies Center
Ann Anaebere, UCLA School of Nursing
Duration: 10:21
Posted: 6/14/2010
Interrogating the Interstices of Race, Religion and Health in a Transnational Context (5th Annual AAA Conference)
African Studies Center
Diana Burnett, Yale Divinity School
Duration: 14:41
Posted: 6/14/2010
Does 'Fair Trade' Help Those Who Harvest Tea?
Asia Institute
As part of the International Human Rights Film Series, the Asia Institute put on a screening and discussion of an award-winning 2008 documentary, "The Bitter Taste of Tea," that takes a skeptical view of the fair trade movement's ability to protect laborers within this global industry. Listen to scholars, fair trade advocates and audience members delve into the issues in this audio podcast.
Duration: 1:16:47
Posted: 1/27/2010
Mass Privatization and the Postcommunist Mortality Crisis
Center for European and Eurasian Studies
A public lecture by LARRY KING, Cambridge University, Sociology
Duration: 44:12
Posted: 5/27/2009
Foucault and Middle East Studies - Genus of Sex
Center for Near Eastern Studies
Afsaneh Najmabadeh, Harvard University
Duration: 35:07
Posted: 4/29/2009
Foucault and Middle East Studies - Foucault, the Frankfurt School, and Sexuality in Modern Iran
Center for Near Eastern Studies
Janet Afary, UCLA
Duration: 36:52
Posted: 4/29/2009
Foucault and Middle East Studies - Discussion
Center for Near Eastern Studies
Michael Meranze, UCLA
Duration: 27:04
Posted: 4/29/2009
The Demographic Crisis in Russia
Center for European and Eurasian Studies
A public lecture by MURRAY FESHBACH, Woodrow Wilson Center
Duration: 56:54
Posted: 6/6/2008
Women's Health and Welfare States: A Comparative Study of Western Europe
Center for European and Eurasian Studies
A CEES faculty lecture by NICOLETTE HART, UCLA Sociology
Duration: 54:56
Posted: 12/10/2007
Promises in AIDS Fight Not Met
UCLA International Institute
Focusing on Africa, former UN envoy Stephen Lewis expresses amazement at the passivity of the international community as the HIV/AIDS epidemic traumatizes women, creates orphans, and continues on its decades-long path of devastation. Listen to a Podcast of his speech.
Duration: 41:44
Posted: 5/22/2007
Roots of Epidemic Still Go Unaddressed
UCLA International Institute
Debrework Zewdie, the director of the Global HIV/AIDS Program at the World Bank, argues that efforts to fight the pandemic will come up short as long as "fundamental drivers" such as poverty, gender inequality, and the marginalization of high-risk groups are not dealt with. Listen to a Podcast of her speech.
Duration: 23:25
Posted: 5/22/2007
