Podcasts From The Ucla Center For Near Eastern Studies

A lecture in Persian by Farzaneh Milani (University of Virginia)

A book talk with Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila Al-Shami, authors of "Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War".

A lecture by Jonathan Wyrtzen​, Depts. of Sociology and History​ (Yale University)

A lecture by Judge Halim Dhanidina, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge (Adjunct faculty member at Whittier Law School)

A lecture by Ahmet O. Evin (Sabanci University)

A lecture by Juan R.I Cole, Dept. of History, University of Michigan

A lecture by Megan Reid, Visiting Scholar (UCLA)

A panel discussion about the tensions between Turkey and Russia in light of the Syria crisis

A book talk with Olivia C. Harrison, University of Southern California and Teresa Villa-Ignacio, Tulane University

A book talk with Joel Beinin, Dept. of History, Stanford University.

A lecture by Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi, Depts. of History and Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto

A lecture in Persian by Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi, Depts. of History and Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto

Conference Panel 3 moderated by Susan Slyomovics (Dept. of Anthropology, UCLA), with David Theo Goldberg (Depts. of Comparative Literature, Anthropology, Criminology, Law and Society, UC Irvine), and David Lloyd (Dept. of English, UC Riverside)

Conference Panel 2 moderated by Sondra Hale, Research Professor, Departments of Anthropology and Gender Studies (UCLA). With Lisa Rofel, Professor of Anthropology (UCSC), Lara Deeb, Professor and Chair of Anthropology (Scripps College), and Jessica Winega

Conference Panel 1 moderated by Asli Bali (School of Law, UCLA), with Yaman Salahi (Asian Law Caucus), and Cheryl Harris (School of Law, UCLA)

A book launch and panel discussion moderated by Susan Slyomovics, UCLA, with Sarah Abrevaya Stein (Dept. of History, UCLA), Joshua Schreier (Dept. of History, Vassar College), Aomar Boum (Dept. of Anthropology, UCLA)

A lecture by Marcia Inhorn, Dept. of Anthropology, Yale University

A lecture by Aiyaz Husain, Office of the Historian, U.S Department of State.

A lecture in English by Ali Mirsepassi, Dept. of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University

A book talk with author James L. Gelvin (Dept. of History, UCLA), and Nouri Gana (Depts. of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, and Comparative Literature, UCLA)