23rd Annual Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies

This Colloquium is an annual international conference for graduate students in the Humanities/Social Sciences to present research pertaining to all aspects of Armenian studies, including but not limited to language, literature, history, gender studies, sociology, anthropology, economics, and art history.

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Living within a Moroccan Oasis: Forty Years of Research on Sustainability Issues in Figuig

A hybrid lecture by Dr. Abdellatif Bencherifa, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Visiting Professor for the Winter 2026 Quarter.

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Colonizing Palestine: The Zionist Left and the Making of the Palestinian Nakba

Book talk with Areej Sabbagh-Khoury. The event is hosted by the Political Sociology and the Global South working group of the UCLA Department of Sociology and is co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, the UCLA Consortium on Palestine Studies, and the Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History.

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The Clouds Are Two Thousand Meters Up: Translating Eco-Literature into Virtual Reality

A talk about VR film "The Clouds Are Two Thousand Meters" by Wu Ming-Yi (Writer) and Singing Chen (Director).

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The Iran War

The second event in the Center's urgent series offering different perspectives on the 2026 Iran War.

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Streets of a Million Martyrs: Everyday Poetics and Politics in Urban Algeria

In her forthcoming book, Streets of a Million Martyrs: Poetics and Politics in Urban Algeria, Love follows residents of Oran, Algeria to shows how city dwellers sustain a revolutionary spirit despite grappling with an all-too-recent history of violence, crumbling infrastructure, and ongoing state efforts to silence their diverse stories.

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Book Talk: "Acculturation of Korean New Zealander Youth: Re-Ethnicization of the Newer Generation"

This book by Changzoo Song (University of Auckland) explores the acculturation, identity development, and cultural reconnection of newer-generation (1.5- and second-generation) Korean New Zealander youth who grew up in New Zealand after the 1990s. Based on in-depth interviews, it shows how many of them initially sought to assimilate into the dominant culture but later experienced a process of re-ethnicization, rediscovering...

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ICE OUT: Arte En Resistencia!

Join the Center for the Study of International Migration, the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network as they present an exhibition of community art depicting resistance and solidarity in the face of state violence.

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Documentary Screening: Counter-Pedagogies of Forgetting Tour

Join us for a documentary screening

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Believing in Light after Darkness

In this talk, Molly Fee will present her book Believing in Light after Darkness: Displacement and Refugee Resettlement; comments will be provided by Jake Watson.

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