Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
The third event in the Center's urgent series offering different perspectives on the 2026 Iran War.
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The second event in the Center's urgent series offering different perspectives on the 2026 Iran War.
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.
The first event in the Center's urgent series offering different perspectives on the 2026 Iran War.
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.
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.
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.
This is the first event in the Center's new series "Religion in Israeli Society."
Kenneth Rogoff, Maurits C. Boas Professor at Harvard University and former chief economist, IMF
World-renowned computer scientist and philosopher Professor Judea Pearl discusses his new book on Israel, antisemitism, campus unrest, and other related subjects.
A conversation with Ulrik Pram Gad, senior researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies and specialist in the role of Greenland in Arctic security.
This event is part of the Center's series "Scientific and Environmental Diplomacy." Professor Eilon Adar discusses the significance of integrated water management between nations in the Middle East, and how this reality can either be a trigger for conflict or a catalyst for cooperation.
This event is part of the Center's series "Scientific and Environmental Diplomacy." Professor Yossi Leshem discusses his highly successful environmental project that has helped connect people in Israel, Palestine, and Jordan around a joint agricultural initiative.
Dorothy Kronick, Associate Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley
This panel examined the outcome of the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 30), which brought over 56,000 delegates to the Amazonian city of Belém. Each of our panelists, who come from a range of academic disciplines and activist groups, offered a unique perspective and long experience with climate dialogues, COPs, and climate politics.
On January 15, 2026, Senior Director of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies' Iran Program, Behnam Ben Taleblu, discussed the growing protests in Iran against the current regime.
An in-person talk at UCLA by Professor William Schniedewind, who discussed the significance of the archaeological findings at Tell Shaddud.
A moderated discussion with Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London, one of the world's foremost scholars of warfare.
Tuesday, March 10, 20265:00 PM
This book by Changzoo Song (University of Auckland) explores the acculturation, identity development, and cultural... Read More
Tuesday, March 10, 20266:00 PM
Join the Center for the Study of International Migration, the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center,... Read More
Wednesday, March 11, 202612:00 PM
In this talk, Molly Fee will present her book Believing in Light after Darkness: Displacement... Read More
