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    Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies

    The October 2026 Israeli Elections: Is a New Government Possible?

    A webinar on the potential outcomes of the October 2026 Israeli elections.

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    Asia Pacific Center

    Technology-Based Transformation of Greater Asia in the Age of Agentic AI: Implications Regionally and Globally

    The Greater Asia region is emerging as a global leader in the transition from a “digital first” to an “AI-first” future for consumers, enterprises and society. The Center for Global Management's latest tech-focused global immersion course, led by Professor Terry Kramer, included travel to Shenzhen...

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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.

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Israel in a Post-October 7 World: The Path to Peace and a Secure Middle East

Israel in a Post-October 7 World: The Path to Peace and a Secure Middle East

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.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
Arms Exports from Israel: Legal and Human Rights Considerations

Arms Exports from Israel: Legal and Human Rights Considerations

This program is part of the Center's series Key Legal Issues in Israel.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
Retaining Jews after Morocco

Retaining Jews after Morocco's Independence: Secularism as the Path Untaken

In this Averroes lecture, Brahim El Guabli examines the relationship between secularism and Moroccan Jewry in post-colonial Morocco.

Center for Near Eastern Studies
Equality and Exclusion: Israel

Equality and Exclusion: Israel's Constitutional Order and Its Palestinian-Arab Minority (1948–2025)

This program is part of the Center's series Key Legal Issues in Israel.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
The Theater: Courage and Survival in the Defining Atrocity of the Ukraine War

The Theater: Courage and Survival in the Defining Atrocity of the Ukraine War

A talk by journalist James Verini on the single worst act of mass civilian killing of the war.

Center for European and Russian Studies
2025-26 Burkle Center International Career Panel

2025-26 Burkle Center International Career Panel

Dr. Richard Downie, Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Pacific Council on International Policy; Kristin Ghazarians, Associate Director of the Human Rights Watch Student Task Force; Jim Newton, veteran journalist, author and teacher

Burkle Center for International Relations
Wars, Nations, and States: Rethinking State Formation in the Balkans

Wars, Nations, and States: Rethinking State Formation in the Balkans

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.

Center for Near Eastern Studies
A Sephardi World on the Border: The Jews of Edirne from the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic

A Sephardi World on the Border: The Jews of Edirne from the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic

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.

Center for Near Eastern Studies
Assessing Israeli Economic Performance after 33 Months of War: Evidence of Resilience and Costs

Assessing Israeli Economic Performance after 33 Months of War: Evidence of Resilience and Costs

A webinar on the state of Israel's economy post-October 7th.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
Innovation Meets Tradition: Designer Ismar David and the First Hebrew Typeface Family

Innovation Meets Tradition: Designer Ismar David and the First Hebrew Typeface Family

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.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
"Judicial Reform" and the Battle over the Israeli Supreme Court

"Judicial Reform" and the Battle over the Israeli Supreme Court

This program is part of the Center's series Key Legal Issues in Israel.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
Could Federalism Save Israel?

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 managing these tensions, and how local governments can mitigate them.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
The Iran War: The Impact on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

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.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
<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
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The October 2026 Israeli Elections: Is a New Government Possible?

Thursday, September 10, 2026
11:00 AM

A webinar on Israel's upcoming pivotal elections featuring David Makovsky, the Ziegler Distinguished Fellow at... Read More


Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times: Chinese Documentaries of the 1980s and '90s

Saturday, September 12, 2026
11:00 AM

A weekend of screenings at the Gardena Cinema, hosted by film critic and programmer Sam... Read More


Migration across the Americas II

Friday, September 25, 2026
9:00 AM

We will be hosting our conference, Migration across the Americas II: Cross-Border Connections and People... Read More