The Y&S Nazarian Center and its scholars organized and participated in conferences and other programs during the Spring Quarter in addition to sponsoring and teaching courses at UCLA. The Center is also looking forward to welcoming new scholars in the Fall and introducing new courses over the coming academic year.
Center supported scholars taught a number of classes in the 2017 Spring Quarter, including:
The Center has awarded more than $50,000 in grants and fellowships to undergraduate and graduate students at UCLA as well as faculty members since the Fall Quarter. You can see more information on the projects the funds were used for here.
A preliminary list of new courses for the 2017-2018 academic year (a more complete list of courses will be provided in the coming months):
The Center introduced a “Guest Column” feature with the first column now posted on the increasing use of “restorative justice conferencing” in Israel courts written by Associate Professor of the Hebrew University’s School of Social Work and former Israel Institute Fellow at UCLA Uri Yanay. (Read the article here | Watch the video interviews with Professor Yanay here).
This will be the first in a series of other “Guest” as well as “Featured Columns” written by outside experts and Center-affiliated scholars respectively. These articles will address aspects of Israeli society these researchers cover, but in the context of current developments relevant to their research areas.