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Historical Critique and the Thresholds of Political Voice After the Ottoman Empire
A CPSC lecture by Kabir Tambar, Stanford University, Anthropology.
Posted: 5/9/2013
Rethinking Ottoman Cross-Cultural Encounters: Turks and the Armenian Alphabet
A lecture by Murat Cankara, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Introductory remarks by Sebouh Aslanian. Sponsored by the Richard Hovannisian Endowed Chair for Modern Armenian History at UCLA.
Posted: 5/8/2013
Introducing young students to Arabic, Persian and Turkish
The UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies is launching the “Listen to Learn” website to introduce American students to critical Middle Eastern languages.
Posted: 4/19/2013
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
Renowned Turkish Violinist Cihat Aşkın Performs at UCLA: Video
Aşkın, accompanied on the piano by UCLA doctoral student Ayse Taspinar, performed at UCLA's Popper Theater on March 1, 2011.
Posted: 3/2/2011
Graduate Student Profile: Murat Yildiz
A video interview with Murat Yildiz, PhD candidate in History
Posted: 12/17/2010
Taxonomies, Minorities, and Boundaries: The League of Nations and the Interwar Middle East
A lecture by Sarah Shields, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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
Evliya Celebi's Expeditions on the Nile
A paper presented by Robert Dankoff, University of Chicago.
Posted: 6/16/2010
Ottoman Turkish Achievements in Cartography and Geography
A paper presented by Svat Soucek, Princeton University.
Posted: 6/16/2010
Relationships, Emotions and Monuments: The Great Mughals, 1526-1707
A paper presented by Francis Robinson, University of London.
Posted: 6/16/2010
Revisiting Safavid Origins in Light of Contemporary Documents
A paper presented by Ali Anooshahr, University of California at Davis.
Posted: 6/16/2010
The Establishment of the Turks in the Islamic World
A paper presented by C. Edmund Bosworth, University of Manchaster.
Posted: 6/16/2010
The Waqf as an Instrument of Cultural Change in Seljuk Anatolia
A paper presented by Gary Leiser, Independent Scholar.
Posted: 6/16/2010
Trans-regional Contacts and Relationships: Turks, Mongols and the Delhi Sultanate in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries
A paper presented by Sunil Kumar, School of Oriental and African Studies.
Posted: 6/16/2010
Turkish Language and Literature in Medieval and Early Modern India
A paper presented by Benedek Peri, Budapest University.
Posted: 6/16/2010
Eternal Stones: Historical Memory and Notions of History Among the Early Turkic Peoples
A paper by Peter Golden, Rutgers University
Posted: 6/15/2010
Leaving Istanbul
Turkish director Atil Inac discusses the challenges of telling, in two countries and four languages, the story of a young ethnic Turkmen woman who is pressured into committing an act of terror and revenge. An on-campus screening and discussion of "A Step into the Darkness" concluded the 5th annual Southeast European Film Festival.
Posted: 5/11/2010
The Donme: Jewish Converts, Muslim Revolutionaries, and Secular Turks
A lecture by Marc David Baer, UC Irvine
Posted: 4/29/2010
The Regional Context of Turkey's Foreign Policy
A lecture by Dean Ahmet Evin, Sabanci University
Posted: 2/4/2010
Arabs, Turks, and Europeans in the Early Modern Mediterranean
Podcast of a lecture by Professor Nabil Matar, University of Minnesota on November 12, 2009.
Posted: 12/10/2009
Ottoman Legacies Then and Now
Podcast of a lecture by Donald Quataert, State University of New York on October 8, 2009.
Posted: 12/10/2009
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
Transforming Americas Israel Lobby by Dan Fleshler
Book talk with Dan Fleshler, author of "Transforming Americas Israel Lobby: the Limits of Its Power and the Potential for Change."
Posted: 12/2/2009
The Turkish Party System and Political Islam: A Challenge to the Inclusion-Moderation Hypothesis?
A public lecture by Michele Penner Angrist, Union College.
Posted: 10/28/2009
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