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    Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies

    Could Federalism Save Israel?

    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...

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    The Iran War: The Impact on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

    This event is part of the Center's urgent series offering different perspectives on the 2026 Iran War.

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Media Production

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

<i>Tatami</i> Screening and Filmmaker Conversation

Tatami Screening and Filmmaker Conversation

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.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
The 2025-26 Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace

The 2025-26 Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace

Ambassador Eric Garcetti, 26th United States Ambassador to India and 42nd Mayor of Los Angeles

Burkle Center for International Relations
Webinar: Hungary

Webinar: Hungary's Revolution by Election

A virtual conversation with Kim Scheppele on the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election and the significance of Péter Magyar's electoral victory over Viktor Orbán.

Center for European and Russian Studies
The Iran War: Consequences for Israel and the Region – An Interim Assessment

The Iran War: Consequences for Israel and the Region – An Interim Assessment

This event is part of the Center's urgent series offering different perspectives on the 2026 Iran War.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
Pathways to WWIII with Stephen Kotkin

Pathways to WWIII with Stephen Kotkin

A talk by Stephen Kotkin, Kleinheinz Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and John P. Birkelund '52 Professor Emeritus in History, on the origins of WWII and the pathway to WWIII.

Center for European and Russian Studies
Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder

Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder

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

Burkle Center for International Relations
The Iran War: A Regional and Global Strategic Appraisal

The Iran War: A Regional and Global Strategic Appraisal

The 5th event in the Center's urgent series offering different perspectives on the 2026 Iran War.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
The Iran War: The View from the United States

The Iran War: The View from the United States

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

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
The Iran War: The View from the Arab World

The Iran War: The View from the Arab World

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

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
The Iran War: The View from Israel

The Iran War: The View from Israel

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

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
The Iran War: An Urgent Update

The Iran War: An Urgent Update

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

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
God

God's Law, Man's Rule: Debating Women's Right to Health from Sacred Texts to the Taliban

In this virtual talk, Lutforahman Saeed (Visiting Scholar and Islamic Law Lecturer, Birgham Young University Law School, Provo) discussed women's right to healthcare in Islamic law, outlining its foundations in the Qur'an, the Prophet's Sunnah, and the core objectives of Sharia, and examining how these principles compare with the Taliban's restrictive policies on women's access to medical education and healthcare services.

Center for Near Eastern Studies
From Crisis to Opportunity: Navigating Israel

From Crisis to Opportunity: Navigating Israel's Future in a Rapidly Realigning Middle East

On February 25 at UCLA, Ambassador Ronen Hoffman—scholar, former diplomat, and peace negotiator—presented the Center's Harry C. Sigman Distinguished Lecture on future trajectories for Israel and the Middle East in the post-October 7 era.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
Supporting Democracy, Coexistence, and Cultural Identity in Israeli Education: Community–Research Partnerships in Jewish and Arab-Palestinian Schools

Supporting Democracy, Coexistence, and Cultural Identity in Israeli Education: Community–Research Partnerships in Jewish and Arab-Palestinian Schools

A conversation on how international community-research partnerships in education can make a difference in regions of conflict.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
Averroes and Maimonides: Translating Religious Motives into Philosophy

Averroes and Maimonides: Translating Religious Motives into Philosophy

In this lecture, Ali Benmakhlouf shows that the common concern of these two 12th century philosophers - Averroes and Maimonides, was to translate religious motifs into philosophical arguments.

Center for Near Eastern Studies
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Idle Talk, Serious Writing: Gossip and/as Life-Writing in Premodern Japan

Monday, May 11, 2026
1:00 PM

Colloquium with Pier Carlo Tommasi Read More


Catholicos and Commissar: The Armenian Church Under the Soviet Regime

Thursday, May 14, 2026
6:00 PM

Hybrid book talk by Felix Corley.

This lecture is organized by the Richard... Read More


“Undoing Nothing: Waiting for Asylum, Struggling for Relevance”

Friday, May 22, 2026
12:00 PM

Paolo Boccagni will discuss his book, "Undoing Nothing" (UC Press, 2025), which recounts the untold... Read More