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.
Ethnicity in the Early Abbasid Period
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A lecture by Michael Cooperson, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA.
Duration: 42:57
Posted: 5/17/2013
Singing, Chanting, and Chatter: Street Sounds and Songs of the 1919 Egyptian Revolution
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A lecture by Ziad Fahmy, Cornell University
Duration: 36:57
Posted: 5/16/2013
Return of the Brothers: Student Activism and Islamic Politics in 1970s Egypt
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A lecture on April 10, 2013 by Abdullah Al-Arian,Wayne State University
Duration: 33:28
Posted: 4/15/2013
The Safety of Journalists
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A lecture by Mohammad Manzarpour, BBC Persian Bureau Editor, Washington DC, following the screening of the documentary "The Ayatollah's Seal"
Duration: 6:18
Posted: 1/31/2013
Patriot of Persia
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A book reading by Christopher de Bellaigue, Journalist
Duration: 43:21
Posted: 1/14/2013
A Night of Poetry with Renowned Iranian Poet: Houshang Ebtehaj (Sayeh)
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A reading in Persian by Houshang Ebtehaj (Sayeh) on Sunday, December 09, 2012
Duration: 1:18:05
Posted: 12/17/2012
Captive Consumers? Shopping, Urban Space, and the Colonial Politics of Middle East Consumption
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A lecture by Nancy Reynolds, Washington University in St. Louis
Duration: 56:04
Posted: 11/15/2012
Labour Agency in Refashioning the Discourse of Modernity and Social Developments in Iran [Forudastan va Bazkhani-ye Goftman Tajadod dar Iran]
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A lecture by Touraj Atabaki, International Institute of Social History.
Duration: 48:15
Posted: 11/15/2012
Oxus: Bamiyan, Afghanistan and the World
Program on Central Asia
Keynote Lecture by Llewelyn Morgan, Brasenose College, Oxford. Part of the conference "Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World."
Duration: 46:47
Posted: 11/15/2012
Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World
Program on Central Asia
Concluding remarks from Monica Smith, UCLA. Part of the conference " Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World."
Duration: 12:00
Posted: 11/15/2012
Archaeology in Danger: How to Deal with Archaeology in the Post-Conflict Context of Today's Afghanistan?
Program on Central Asia
A lecture by Phillipe Marquis, Director, Délégation Archéologique Française en Afghanistan (DAFA), Kabul. From the conference "Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World."
Duration: 36:29
Posted: 11/15/2012
Afghanistan’s Palimpsest Landscape: Buddhism and Islam in Material Culture
Program on Central Asia
A lecture by Alka Patel, Associate Professor, Department of Art History, UC Irvine. Part of the conference "Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World."
Duration: 22:19
Posted: 11/15/2012
Archaeology and political rivalries 1920-1940: From Afghanistan to Iran
Program on Central Asia
A lecture by Ali Mousavi, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Part of the conference "Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World."
Duration: 23:50
Posted: 11/15/2012
Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World
Program on Central Asia
Welcome and introductory remarks by Nile Green, UCLA. From the conference "Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World"
Duration: 19:28
Posted: 11/15/2012
The Particularities of Our Culture [Ekhtesasat-e Farhangie ma]
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A lecture by Morteza Mardiha, Visiting Scholar, Harvard University (lecture in Persian)
Duration: 1:09:59
Posted: 11/7/2012
Like a Straw Bird it Follows Me
Center for Near Eastern Studies
Renowned Palestian poet Ghassan Zaqtan and translator Fady Joudah visit UCLA for a poetry reading on October 25th, 2012.
Duration: 37:38
Posted: 10/29/2012
Resentment of the Iranian Intelligentsia (in Persian)
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A lecture by Daryoush Ashouri
Duration: 1:04:23
Posted: 5/31/2012
Living History with Professor James L. Gelvin
Center for Near Eastern Studies
Gelvin is the author of the recently released book "The Arab Uprisings: What Everyone Needs to Know"
Duration: 00:51:37
Posted: 5/9/2012
Beautiful Resistance: Defying the Occupation Through the Theater and the Arts
Center for Near Eastern Studies
Talk by Abdelfattah Abusrour, Al-Rowwad Cultural & Theatre Center
Duration: 00:26:58
Posted: 5/9/2012
A Night with Abbas Maroufi (in Persian)
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A talk and reading by Abbas Maroufi, author of The Symphony of the Dead
Duration: 1:07:33
Posted: 4/23/2012
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