Burkle Center for International Relations
H.E. Armen Sarkissian, Former President of the Republic of Armenia
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Shaina Potts, Associate Professor, Geography and Global Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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.
On May 29th, Dr. Raz Zimmt and Dr. Dalia Dassa Kaye discussed how Iran seeks to reassess its approach to its regional partners and proxies—specifically Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Assad regime in Syria—after having been significantly weakened over the last two years.
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 of relations between the two nations.
Eric Min, Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles
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.
Ronen Steinke, journalist, author, legal scholar, 2025 Thomas Mann Fellow
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.
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.
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.
Edward Fishman, Sr. Research Scholar, Center Global Energy Policy & Adj Professor, SIPA, Columbia University
Simon Johnson, 2024 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics & Professor at MIT Sloan
A lecture by Mostafa Hussein (University of Michigan)
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.
Haviv Rettig Gur, Journalist and Senior Analyst at The Times of Israel
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.
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.
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