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    Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies

    Youth, Social Media, and Iran-Israel Relations: Digital Bridges and Cyber Battlegrounds

    Can social media truly serve as a bridge between these historical rivals, or is it just another battlefield in a shadow war fought through screens? Dr. Liora Hendelman-Baavur's talk considers how digital platforms both foster connections and amplify divides, contributing to a complex new dimension...

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    Burkle Center for International Relations

    Words of War: Negotiation as a Tool of Conflict

    Eric Min, Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles

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The UCLA International Institute and its 25 centers and programs run a busy public events programs that spans lectures, symposia, panel discussions, book talks, conferences and artistic events. These events are frequently recorded and made available to the public, both on the institute website, individual center/program YouTube channels and Facebook pages. To date, we have published 812 podcasts and over 226 videos.

Recent Media

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Spirituality, Political Religion and Lived Experience in Iran

In this panel, Leyla Hajimehditajer (Independent Scholar), Maryam Heydarkhani (Barakat Postdoctoral Scholar, Khalili Research Centre, University of Oxford), and Zahra Khoshk Jan (Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Sociology, University of Chicago) discuss literature, architecture, and religion and politics in Iran.

Center for Near Eastern Studies
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Defending Democracy: The German Approach

Ronen Steinke, journalist, author, legal scholar, 2025 Thomas Mann Fellow

Burkle Center for International Relations
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Citizen Azmari: Rethinking Blackness, Anti-Blackness, and Ethiopian Music in Israel

On May 6th, Dr. Ilana Webster-Kogen from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, discussed Ethiopian music and blackness in Israel.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
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All the Points: Interactive Online Mapping of Settlement in the Israeli-Palestinian Region (1840-2023)

On April 28th, 2025, Dr. Daniel Stein Kokin officially launched his digital mapping project of the Israeli-Palestinian Region in an online event co-organized by the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies and the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
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A Return to a Zionism for the Future

Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller draws on foundational texts by Zionist thinkers in an attempt to frame a Zionism of values that has the potential to inspire a new generation.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
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Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare

Edward Fishman, Sr. Research Scholar, Center Global Energy Policy & Adj Professor, SIPA, Columbia University

Burkle Center for International Relations
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The 2024-25 Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture on Economic Development

Simon Johnson, 2024 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics & Professor at MIT Sloan

Burkle Center for International Relations
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From Manuscripts to Market: A Jewish-Muslim Friendship in Twentieth Century Book Trade

This lecture explores the shared passion for acquiring and disseminating Arabo-Islamic knowledge that connected a Muslim and a Jew in the first half of the twentieth century.

Center for Near Eastern Studies
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The 2024-25 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture

Haviv Rettig Gur, Journalist and Senior Analyst at The Times of Israel

Burkle Center for International Relations
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Ghosts of a Holy War: The 1929 Massacre in Palestine That Ignited the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Award-winning journalist and Emmy-nominated producer Yardena Schwartz discusses her new book Ghosts of a Holy War: The 1929 Massacre in Palestine That Ignited the Arab-Israeli Conflict.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
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Controlling the Narrative: The Struggle over Journalism in Israel

On March 3rd, journalist, radio broadcaster, and former Chairperson of the Journalists' Association in Israel, Nurit Canetti, discussed the challenges facing Israeli journalism and the fight for its survival in light of what appears to be a coordinated effort by the government to severely harm the free press.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
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Shaming During War: Israeli Public Response to Diaspora Criticism

Dr. Yehonatan Abramson discusses his and Dr. Anil Menon's research into whether foreign criticism during war affects public support for change in war-related policies.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
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Carbon Politics, American Power, and the Almighty Dollar

Mark Blyth, William R. Rhodes '57 Prof International Economics & Acting Director, Climate Solutions Lab

Burkle Center for International Relations
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Challenges to Democracy and the Struggle over Israel's Soul

Rami Hod, the Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Distinguished Fellow at the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center, analyzes the current challenges facing Israel's democracy, including the critical role of education in shaping democratic values.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
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Global Civil Society and China: Challenges and Prospects

In this talk, Anthony Spires (The University of Melbourne) presents on the unstable relationship between Global Civil Society (GCS) and China, analyzing the normative impacts GCS has had on China in recent decades and the possibilities created by Beijing's new “going out” policies for Chinese civil society groups.

Global Chinese Philanthropy Initiative, APC
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Nonlinear Time and Land Stewardship in Southwestern Amazonia

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