The Institute and our affiliated centers and programs record selected lectures and make them available to the public. To date we have published 821 podcasts.
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
Posted: 10/25/2012
Reformer to Tyrant: The Corruption of Bashar al-Asad and the Syrian System
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A talk by David Lesch, Trinity University.
Duration: 21:43
Posted: 6/12/2012
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
Civility and Sectarianism in Syria: What Now?
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A lecture by Lindsay Gifford, UCLA
Duration: 00:47:26
Posted: 5/21/2012
What History Explains: The Arab World at the Intersection of the National and Transnational.
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A talk by James Gelvin (UCLA)
Duration: 00:23:12
Posted: 11/14/2011
Mobilization and Collective Action in the Arab Spring.
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A talk Juan Cole (University of Michigan)
Duration: 00:38:16
Posted: 11/14/2011
The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A lecture by Gilbert Achcar, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
Duration: 00:58:50
Posted: 10/31/2011
Whither Syria? Historian Gelvin Looks at Arab Uprisings
Center for Near Eastern Studies
UCLA Professor of History James Gelvin told an audience on campus on May 25 that the overthrow of Syria's regime amid unrest is possible but "highly unlikely," because Bashar al-Assad has a hold on power unlike that of Egypt's Mubarak and others. Listen to an audio podcast of the talk.
Duration: 1:03:29
Posted: 5/26/2011
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
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
