The UCLA International Institute will lead our annual campus commemoration of international education and exchange, International Education Week (IEW), next Monday through Friday, Nov. 16–20. Every fall, the week is observed by universities throughout the country. With support from 19 UCLA sponsors and the participation of units across campus, IEW offers UCLA students, faculty and staff an array of events, cultural performances and presentations on global issues. Learn more about International Education Week at UCLA.
The UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies is committed to uniting scholars, students, and the community in efforts to understand Japan in global and historical contexts.
The UCLA Pourdavoud Institute for the Study of the Iranian World's podcast series emphasizing how the many legacies of Ancient Persia are relevant to global patrimony while also highlighting how scholars and institutions can contribute to and perpetuate these legacies.
The Cunard Online Video Library represent citable research tools, capturing recent intellectual forays, and constituting a novel source of scholarly publication that enhances the academic discourse.
Online video libraries with citable research tools, capturing recent intellectual forays, and constituting a novel source of scholarly publication that enhances the academic discourse on all aspects of Iranian antiquity, including its reception in the medieval and modern periods.
A webinar on the current state of the Iran war, its effects on regional and global security, and where it might go from here.
A webinar on efforts to address water shortages and climate change impacts in the Middle East.
A webinar on the potential outcomes of the October 2026 Israeli elections.
Join us at UCLA on June 8th, 2026, for the Younes Nazarian Memorial Lecture, presented by Dr. Ephraim Sneh, Israeli statesman, physician, and retired Brigadier General of the Israel Defense Forces.
This program is part of the Center's series Key Legal Issues in Israel.
In this Averroes lecture, Brahim El Guabli examines the relationship between secularism and Moroccan Jewry in post-colonial Morocco.
A talk by journalist James Verini on the single worst act of mass civilian killing of the war.
In this lecture, Sinisa Malesevic (University College, Dublin) challenges the conventional view of the Balkans as a region historically defined by excessive nationalism and persistent warfare. Instead, he argues that the region's trajectory has been shaped more by the relative absence of sustained inter-state conflict and fully developed nationalist ideologies.
In this lecture, Jacob Daniels (University of Texas at Austin) explored how one of the world's largest Sephardi communities dealt with the encroachment of modern borders. Rather than tracing a linear path "from empire to nation-state," the Jews of Edirne zigzagged between the Ottoman Empire and three nation-states—without moving a mile.
A webinar on the state of Israel's economy post-October 7th.
Shani Avni, the Ismar David Visiting Assistant Curator at the RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection, discusses Ismar David's foundational work for the state of Israel and his seminal typeface.
This is the first webinar in the Center's series "Key Legal Issues in Israel." Join us for a webinar with Professor Yishai Blank, the Dean of Tel Aviv University Law School, who will address religious, national and cultural tensions in Israel, the way local governments are managing these tensions, and how local governments can mitigate them.
This event is part of the Center's urgent series offering different perspectives on the 2026 Iran War.
Tatami is the first feature film co-directed by Iranian & Israeli filmmakers. A riveting tale of freedom vs. oppression set in a judo arena, Tatami is a powerful and gripping sports thriller.
A virtual conversation with Kim Scheppele on the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election and the significance of Péter Magyar's electoral victory over Viktor Orbán.
Ambassador Michael McFaul, Former U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation (2012-2014) and Ken Oliver and Angela Nomellini Professor of International Studies in Political Science at Stanford University
The 5th event in the Center's urgent series offering different perspectives on the 2026 Iran War.
The fourth event in the Center's urgent series offering different perspectives on the 2026 Iran War.
