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The Institute and our affiliated centers and programs record selected lectures and make them available to the public.

Karadzic, Bashir and Challenges for International Justice

David Kaye, Executive Director, UCLA School of Law's International Human Rights Program.

What Is It About Swahili, Tom Hinnebusch?

A UCLA professor emeritus of linguistics talks about language-counting, what makes Swahili special, and what becomes of manuscripts in East Africa.

Commencement Introduction by Nick Entrikin, Acting Vice Provost of International Studies at UCLA

From the 2008 commencement ceremony. Listen to the podcast.

International Institute Commencement Address: 14 Points for Success

Kantathi Suphamongkhon, 39th Foreign Minister of Thailand, Burkle Center Senior Fellow and UCLA alum.

A Walk Through Banglatown

Smitha Radhakrishnan contemplates the controversy surrounding Brick Lane's representation of the Bangladeshi community in London.

Collecting Contemporary Chinese Art

A talk by Rebecca Morse (Assistant Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles)

The Politics of Arts in Edo Culture

Japanese historian Katsuya Hirano explains how urban popular culture undermined Japan's Tokugawa regime. Listen to the podcast of Hirano's lecture.

Connected Revolutions: Armenians and the Russian, Ottoman, and Iranian Revolutions in the Early Twentieth Century

A public lecture by Houri Berberian, California State University, Long Beach, delivered on May 28, 2008.

Autobiography and the Great War: Rethinking Arabo-Turkish Identity after Gallipoli

A public lecture by Salim Tamari, Institute of Jerusalem Studies, delivered on May 27, 2008.

Antoin Sevruguin and the Art of Photography in Nineteenth Century Iran

A public lecture by Ali Behdad, University of California, Los Angeles delivered on May 13, 2008.

Weimar on the Pacific: German Exile Culture in Los Angeles and the Crisis of Modernism

A book talk with author EHRHARD BAHR, UCLA Germanic Languages, and discussant PETER LOEWENBERG, UCLA History.

Adorno in America

A public lecture by DETLEV CLAUSSEN, University of Hannover, Sociology

Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan: State Ownership and Rentierism in the Former Soviet Union

A public lecture by PAULINE JONES LUONG, Brown University, Political Science

The Demographic Crisis in Russia

A public lecture by MURRAY FESHBACH, Woodrow Wilson Center

No Colonialism, No Culture: Macaulay, Kipling And The Interpellation Of Indians

Talk by Qadri Ismail, University of Minnesota. 6/2/08.

What Do You Do, Terry Wiley?

The director of the Division of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Arizona State University discusses his multidisciplinary approach with CWL's Kathryn Paul.

What Is a Heritage Language, Olga Kagan?

The director of the National Heritage Language Resource Center at UCLA (and of CWL) answers some frequently asked questions.

Globalization: A Blessing or A Curse? (Arnold C. Harberger Lecture)

Kantathi Suphamongkhon, 39th Foreign Minister of Thailand, UC Regents Professor, Burkle Center Senior Fellow and this year's presenter of the Annual Harberger Distinguished Lecture on Economic Development.

Ever closer Union, ever further borders?The costs of European border policies and the consequences for EU legitimacy

A public lecture by Virginie Guiraudon, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, Lille

Richie's Fable of Riches

Smitha Radhakrishnan chats with first-time feature film director Richie Mehta about working with family, attracting big stars, and putting 100% into a character named Amal.

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