The Institute and our affiliated centers and programs record selected lectures and make them available to the public. To date we have published 301 podcasts.
Through Food, Teachers Take Lessons in World Cultures at UCLA
UCLA International Institute
Celebrating 30 years of teacher training programs on campus, the UCLA International Institute this summer dedicated a 10-day workshop to the theme of food in world history and world cultures.
Duration: 7:38
Posted: 9/28/2009
The Arts of "Making Do": The Artists of the Grand Rue
African Studies Center
Katherine Smith
Duration: 19:44
Posted: 6/30/2009
Narratives of Now: Opening and Keynote
African Studies Center
African Activist Association's Fourth Annual Conference.
Duration: 1:25:15
Posted: 6/30/2009
From Kuxa Kanema to Dockanema: The Re-emergence of Mozambican Cinema
African Studies Center
Cassandra Tesch
Duration: 19:33
Posted: 6/29/2009
Learning to Pray: Images of Violence Against Women in the Novels of Amma Darko
African Studies Center
Shanique Streete
Duration: 15:17
Posted: 6/29/2009
The Development of Tunisian Theatrical Experience: A Review of Its History from the Colonial Era to the Present
African Studies Center
Rayed Khedher
Duration: 22:07
Posted: 6/29/2009
Aya de Yopougon: A More Palatable Africa
African Studies Center
Michelle Bumatay
Duration: 16:46
Posted: 6/29/2009
Inscribing the Sacred: African Traditions of Arabic Calligraphy
African Studies Center
Hassan Hussein
Duration: 20:30
Posted: 6/26/2009
Adinkra as Metaphor: Visual Representation of Akan Culture
African Studies Center
Glenda Adjei
Duration: 17:37
Posted: 6/26/2009
Artists of the Green Sahara: Using Rock Art to Contextualize the Archaeology and History of the Sahara
African Studies Center
E. Bryan Cooper Owens
Duration: 18:35
Posted: 6/26/2009
From the Battle of Algiers to the Lyrical Battle for Ears: A Brief Introduction to Algerian Hip Hop
African Studies Center
Mouna Mana
Duration: 24:22
Posted: 6/25/2009
Rappin' Griots: Indigenizing Senegalese Hip Hop
African Studies Center
Catherine Appert
Duration: 16:09
Posted: 6/25/2009
Cigars, Champagne, and Convertibles: Coup-decale Music and the Performance of an African Identity
African Studies Center
Katelyn Knox
Duration: 17:04
Posted: 6/25/2009
The Future of the South African Dream: Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma and the April 2009 Elections
African Studies Center
A conversation with author and journalist Mark Gevisser and Los Angeles Times reporter Scott Kraft. Featuring special guest actor Blair Underwood.
Duration: 1:36:39
Posted: 6/15/2009
The Hispanic as Crypto-Moor
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A lecture by Anouar Majid, University of New England
Duration: 30:50
Posted: 4/14/2009
US-Africa Relations Hampered by Colonial Legacy
African Studies Center
Haskell Ward, one of the UCLA African Studies Center's first and most distinguished master's graduates, argues in a campus lecture that U.S. policy on Africa historically has failed by allowing for the continued impact of the Berlin Conference of 1884-85. Listen to a podcast of the talk.
Duration: 1:09:27
Posted: 4/3/2009
The Political Obstacles to the Economic Reforms in Algeria
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A public lecture by Lahouari Addi, University of Lyon held on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 in Bunche 10383.
Duration: 43:02
Posted: 2/11/2009
Former Bugandan PM: National Land Policy Needed
Globalization Research Center - Africa
Uganda needs a national land policy that ends legalized seizures of territory, former Bugandan Prime Minister (Katikkiro) Daniel Muliika tells a UCLA audience in this podcast.
Duration: 37:56
Posted: 2/26/2008
Can People Power Change Kenya?
Globalization Research Center - Africa
Resolving the election crisis of 2007-08 is one thing, argues GRCA Research Associate Stephen Ndegwa, and addressing underlying injustices is quite another. Ndegwa and an engaged UCLA audience debate the likelihood of significant change from below.
Duration: 49:03
Posted: 2/14/2008
Discussion of the film "Darfur Now"
Burkle Center for International Relations
Ted Braun, film director, Stephen Rapp, former chief prosecutor for the United Nations-International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Edward Alpers, UCLA History Chair, along with UCLA alum and activist Adam Sterling.
Duration: 44:15
Posted: 10/31/2007
Promises in AIDS Fight Not Met
UCLA International Institute
Focusing on Africa, former UN envoy Stephen Lewis expresses amazement at the passivity of the international community as the HIV/AIDS epidemic traumatizes women, creates orphans, and continues on its decades-long path of devastation. Listen to a Podcast of his speech.
Duration: 41:44
Posted: 5/22/2007
Roots of Epidemic Still Go Unaddressed
UCLA International Institute
Debrework Zewdie, the director of the Global HIV/AIDS Program at the World Bank, argues that efforts to fight the pandemic will come up short as long as "fundamental drivers" such as poverty, gender inequality, and the marginalization of high-risk groups are not dealt with. Listen to a Podcast of her speech.
Duration: 23:25
Posted: 5/22/2007
A World of Conflict
Asia Institute
Listen to a UCLAradio story about a documentary screening by Kevin Sites, a pioneering solo journalist for Yahoo! News, on war zones around the world. The event was presented by AsiaMedia, sponsored by the UCLA International Institute, Latin American Center, African Studies Center and Asia Institute.
Duration: 9:37
Posted: 5/1/2007
