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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
UCLA's Israel Studies Center Named for LA Philanthropists Younes and Soraya Nazarian
The Y & S Nazarian Family Foundation has made donations totaling $5 million to the university, which helped establish the Israel Studies Program in 2005 and created an endowment for the center.
Posted: 6/2/2010
RAND Corporation completes study on strategic decision making for Israel
Rand Corporation and Israel
Posted: 5/14/2010
Can Obama Bring Peace to the Middle East?
Steven Spiegel, the director of the Center for Middle East Development at UCLA, presents the innovative and informal negotiation techniques that he is urging the Obama administration to employ as it pursues security in this historically volatile region.
Posted: 5/5/2010
Can Israel Be a Jewish and Democratic State?
Ruth Gavison, Haim Cohn Professor of Human Rights, Faculty of Law at Hebrew University in Jerusalem from Israel's Democracy: Past, Present, Future - Part 3.
Posted: 4/20/2010
Christopher Hitchens Delivers the Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture at UCLA
In this video, author and journalist Christopher Hitchens delivers the 2010 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture. The lecture was presented by the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, the Daniel Pearl Foundation and the Yitzhak Rabin Hillel Center for Jewish Life at UCLA.
Posted: 3/3/2010
Cultural Historian Delivers Inaugural Lecture as Gilbert Chair in Israel Studies
Professor Arieh Saposnik explores notions of the sacred and the profane in the founding of Jewish institutions in turn-of-the-century Palestine. The event represented a milestone for the Israel Studies Program, which was founded five years ago.
Posted: 2/19/2010
Between Palestine and the Rand: Settler colonialism, labor and state violence.
A lecture by Zachary Lockman, New York University
Posted: 1/25/2010
Capitalist bi-nationalism in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
A lecture by Gershon Shafir, UCSD
Posted: 1/25/2010
Jews from Libya: Cross-currents and Concretizations of Identity in Israel Today
A lecture by Professor Harvey E. Goldberg, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Posted: 12/9/2009
The Invention of the Jewish People
A lecture by Shlomo Sand, Tel Aviv University on October 12, 2009.
Posted: 12/9/2009
The Israeli Winter Onslaught on Gaza
Podcast of Amira Hass, journalist, Haaretz, Israel on Monday, November 2, 2009
Posted: 12/9/2009
The Lost Worlds of Hanna Levy Hass
A reflection on the Diary of Bergen-Belsen, 1944-1945 Amira Hass, journalist, Haaretz, Israel. Lecture on November 3, 2009.
Posted: 12/9/2009
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
Award-Winning Israeli Journalist Based in Territories Reflects on Family History, Denounces Gaza Attack
Shortly after accepting a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Women's Media Foundation, Amira Hass delivers two talks on campus sponsored by the Center for Near Eastern Studies. "Diary of Bergen-Belsen: 1944-1945," Hass's mother's account of surviving the Nazi concentration camp, has been republished in English.
Posted: 11/5/2009
The Peace Process in the Middle East: What is Going On?
Podcast of a lecture by Ayman Abdel Nour presented by the UCLA Center for Middle East Development and the UCLA International Institute on March 11, 2009.
Posted: 10/9/2009
UCLA Appoints Gilbert Chair in Israel Studies
Professor Arieh Saposnik, cultural historian of Israel and Zionism, joins UCLA faculty as Gilbert Chair in Israel Studies
Posted: 8/20/2009
Jews, Arabs, and Government Officials: Power Relations Inside Israel
A lecture by Dr. David Wesley
Posted: 7/6/2009
Analyzing the character Sophie from 'In Treatment'
Rodrigo Garcia, director and executive producer of HBO's "In Treatment," discusses the background of the character Sophie, an anorexic teenage gymnast played by Mia Wasikowska.
Posted: 4/30/2009
Faculty Research, Foucault, and Human Rights are the Highlight of CNES's Spring Programs
Conferences on Women in Conflict Zones, Iranian-American Writers, and Foucault in the Middle East
Posted: 4/13/2009
Be-Tipul and its Significance for Israeli TV and Society
Hagai Levi, Miri Talmon-Bohm, Yoram Yovell, Motti Lerner, Moderator: Professor Shelley Salamensky
Posted: 4/3/2009
Blair Underwood on his 'In Treatment' character
Film and television actor Blair Underwood discusses his role as Alex on the hit HBO show "In Treatment."
Posted: 4/3/2009
In Treatment/Be-Tipul and Psychotherapy
Helen Desmond, Yoram Yovell, Krin Gabbard, Moderator: Fredelle Z. Spiegel
Posted: 4/3/2009
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