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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.

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

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

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

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

Perish the Thought: Israel and the Search for Peace in the Aftermath of the June 1967 War
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A lecture by Dr. Avi Raz, Oxford University
Duration: 40:53

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

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

Will the Peace Treaties between Israel, Jordan and Egypt Survive?
Center for Middle East Development
A podcast of a public lecture by Ambassador Oded Eran, sponsored by UCLA CMED.
Duration: 1:04

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

The Crisis in Syria
Burkle Center for International Relations
A panel discussion regarding the current crisis in Syria with panelists UCLA Law professor Asli Bali, RAND Political Scientist Dalia Dassa Kaye and UCLA Political Science professor Daniel Treisman. This panel was moderated by UCLA Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala.
Duration: 1:14:57

Nowhere to Turn: Abuse and Exploitation of Migrant Workers in the Arab World
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A lecture by Sarah Leah Whitson, Executive Director, Middle East and North Africa Division, Human Rights Watch
Duration: 47:14

What Happens After Zionism
Center for Near Eastern Studies
Editors/authors present two new books on the Israeli/Palestinian conundrum
Duration: 31:40

In The Name of Iran (in Persian)
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A book reading by Parastou Forouhar, Artist and Author
Duration: 54:35

The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square, a talk by Steven Cook, Council on Foreign Relations
Burkle Center for International Relations
A talk by Steven Cook from the Council on Foreign Relations about his new book, The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square. This talk is co-sponsored by the Burkle Center for International Relations, the Center for Near Eastern Studies & the Center for Middle East Development.
Duration: 1:05:59

A Conversation with Acclaimed Israeli-Arab Writer Sayed Kashua
Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
Arab-Israeli author speaks at UCLA.
Duration: 1:20:02

The Cult of Personality in the Arab World
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A talk by Joseph Sassoon, Georgetown University/Oxford University.
Duration: 28:43

Women, Democracy and Dictatorship
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A talk by Sami Zubaida, Birbeck College, University of London.
Duration: 18:41

Jordan’s King Abdullah and the “Tribal” Problem: The Challenges of Patronage, Protests, and Reform
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A talk by Jillian Schwedler, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Duration: 25:14

Historical and contemporary patterns of regime change in Arab republics: revolutions, coups, transitions, interventions, dynastic succession - and back?
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A talk by Sheila Carapico, University of Richmond.
Duration: 21:59

Personalism in Decline? Collective Rule and the Prospects for Military Abdication in Egypt
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A talk by Lisa Blaydes, Stanford University.
Duration: 16:58

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