The Institute and our affiliated centers and programs record selected lectures and make them available to the public. To date we have published 810 podcasts.
Reassessing the Recent History of Political Islam in Light of the Arab Uprising
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A November 1, 2012 lecture by Professor James Gelvin, History Department, UCLA
Duration: 49:44
Posted: 11/2/2012
2012 Levi Della Vida Conference:"Structures of Personalized Power in the Modern Middle East: Presidents, Prime Ministers and Party Bosses" Keynote Address
Center for Near Eastern Studies
Keynote lecture by 2012 Levi Della Vida Award recipient Roger Owen, Harvard University
Duration: 54:12
Posted: 5/29/2012
Hunting the 'Out-of-Place Muslim': Sketching the Juridical Architecture of America's 'War on Terror'
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A lecture by Darryl Li, Harvard University
Duration: 30:00
Posted: 3/7/2011
Taxonomies, Minorities, and Boundaries: The League of Nations and the Interwar Middle East
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A lecture by Sarah Shields, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Duration: 45:04
Posted: 11/12/2010
Is Freedom of Speech Possible in the Arab World?
Center for Middle East Development
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.
Duration: 1:46:00
Posted: 9/30/2010
Devastation And Controversy: Consequences of the US Invasion for Iraqi Archives
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A lecture by Jeff Spurr, Harvard University
Duration: 1:05:17
Posted: 4/26/2010
Journalists Under Fire: An Independent Reporter's View from Chechnya, Iraq, and Afghanistan
Center for European and Eurasian Studies
A public lecture by Anne Nivat, Award-Winning Paris-Based Freelance War Reporter and Writer.
Duration: 44:17
Posted: 3/29/2010
War, Citizenship and Memory in Iraq
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A lecture by Dina Rizk Khoury, George Washington University
Duration: 0:56:11
Posted: 2/23/2010
Culture and War in Iraq
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A paper by Rochelle Davis, Assistant Professor of Arab Studies, Georgetown University (read by Asli Bali, UCLA School of Law). Part of the one-day conference "How East Meets West Today: Economies and Cultures of the Middle East in a Global Era."
Duration: 0:13:00
Posted: 2/23/2010
The War Economy in Iraq
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A paper presented by Pete Moore, Associate Professor of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University. Part of the one-day conference "How East Meets West Today: Economies and Cultures of the Middle East in a Global Era."
Duration: 22:42
Posted: 2/23/2010
Establishing Formal Rules such as Property Rights is a Promising Road to Sustainable Economic Growth and Peace
Center for Middle East Development
Elena Panaritis, author of Prosperity Unbound: Building Property Markets with Trust (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007), speaks at UCLA.
Duration: 10:16
Posted: 12/2/2009
Transforming Americas Israel Lobby by Dan Fleshler
Center for Middle East Development
Book talk with Dan Fleshler, author of "Transforming Americas Israel Lobby: the Limits of Its Power and the Potential for Change."
Duration: 1:15:46
Posted: 12/2/2009
The Peace Process in the Middle East: What is Going On?
Center for Middle East Development
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.
Duration: 1:21:52
Posted: 10/9/2009
The Marshes of Mesopotamia: Dried, Restored, Will it Last?
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A public lecture by Azzam Alwash, CEO, Nature Iraq
Duration: 1:01:44
Posted: 7/6/2009
What Kind of Liberation?: Women and the Occupation of Iraq
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A public lecture by Nadje Al-Ali, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Duration: 52:06
Posted: 2/19/2009
Iraq - Beyond Benchmarks, A Regional Perspective
Center for Middle East Development
Ambassador Lawrence E. Butler, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, comments on our current state of relations with Iraq, and the political, security and economic challenges ahead.
Duration: 1:07:23
Posted: 4/29/2008
Islam and Politics in Contemporary Iraq: Sectarianism or Democracy?
Center for Near Eastern Studies
Public Lecture by Eric Davis, part of a colloquium held under the auspices of the Center for Near Eastern Studies.
Duration: 47:20
Posted: 5/31/2007
Legality, Legitimacy and the Iraq War
Burkle Center for International Relations
Gen. Wesley K. Clark, (ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and Burkle Center Senior Fellow.
Duration: 36:43
Posted: 2/7/2007
CNES Launches Podcasts on Post-9/11 Middle East
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A Fall 2006 lecture series goes live. The first speaker, Rutgers political scientist Eric Davis, charts a path towards democracy in Iraq.
Duration: 1:12:36
Posted: 10/26/2006
Eric Davis Lecture: In Iraq, Democracy is the Only Answer
Center for Near Eastern Studies
This lecture is part of the Center for Near Eastern Studies Fall lecture series on The New Middle East: Five Years After 9/11, exploring the most recent events in the Middle East, while providing perspective and analysis from a variety of points of view.
Duration: 1:12:36
Posted: 10/25/2006
