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.
Prehistoric Civilizations Around the Silk Road: The Evidence from the Tocharian Languages
Central Asia Initiative
A Central Asia Initiative lecture by Melanie Malzahn, University of Vienna and Visiting Professor, UCLA Program in Indo-European Studies
Duration: 45:19
Posted: 11/23/2009
Tea and Chinese Cultural Aesthetics
Asia Institute
Podcast of public lecture by Pei-kai Cheng, Chinese Civilisation Centre, City University of Hong Kong
Duration: 1:16:08
Posted: 10/30/2009
Somaly Mam: We Have to Save Them
Asia Institute
Cambodian activist and author Somaly Mam has rescued more than 6,000 girls in Southeast Asia from sexual slavery and helped many to rebuild their lives. She spoke last month at UCLA's law school on how to go beyond mere talk in the fight against predators and organized criminals.
Duration: 1:19
Posted: 10/12/2009
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
From Elephants to Tea: The Nilgris Under Colonial Rule
Center for India and South Asia
Podcast of public lecture by Sanjay Subrahmanyam at the Fowler Museum at UCLA as part of the Steeped in History: The Art of Tea exhibit.
Duration: 1:03:49
Posted: 9/24/2009
Changing Religious Landscapes: Why Some Muslims Convert to Christianity-The Case of Central Asia
Central Asia Initiative
A Central Asia Initiative Lecture by Olivier Roy
Duration: 59:01
Posted: 6/5/2009
Islam in the New Afghan Public Sphere
Central Asia Initiative
A public lecture by Nushin Arbabzadah, UCLA held on Thursday, January 22, 2009 in Bunche Hall 10383, UCLA.
Duration: 57:48
Posted: 2/20/2009
Afghanistan after the Taliban: Podcast
Central Asia Initiative
Podcast of November 17, 2008 Central Asia Initiative Panel Presentation
Duration: 1:59:29
Posted: 11/17/2008
The Politics of Arts in Edo Culture
Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies
Japanese historian Katsuya Hirano explains how urban popular culture undermined Japan's Tokugawa regime. Listen to the podcast of Hirano's lecture.
Duration: 1:02:56
Posted: 6/12/2008
Japan's Activist Courts
Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies
NYU legal scholar Frank Upham, this semester a visiting professor at UCLA, explains why judicial activism is more prevalent in Japan than in the United States. Listen to a podcast of his lecture.
Duration: 54:56
Posted: 3/5/2008
Bombing as the American Way of War
Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies
Mark Selden explains how U.S. bombing raids of Japanese cities in World War II would determine military tactics decades after 'the Good War.' Listen to a podcast of Selden's lecture.
Duration: 48:49
Posted: 2/14/2008
Journalism: Asia in the Media
Burkle Center for International Relations
Tom Plate, syndicated Asia columnist, and James F. Paradise, former United Press International and Dow Jones reporter.
Duration: 1:14:39
Posted: 12/20/2007
Journalism and Asia: Career Reflections
Asia Institute
Syndicated Asia columnist Tom Plate and former United Press International and Dow Jones reporter James F. Paradise discuss coverage of Asia in the media
Duration: 1:14:39
Posted: 11/9/2007
Biwa and the Tale of Heike
Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies
Yoko Hiraoka recites portions of the Tale of Heike, accompanying herself on the biwa, and discusses the history of the poem and the instrument alike. Listen to a podcast of her performance and talk.
Duration: 1:29:55
Posted: 11/9/2007
The Gifts of the Tibetans: Sparking New Directions in the Arts and Sciences
Center for Buddhist Studies
In the last of three events aimed at establishing a UCLA endowed chair in Tibetan Buddhist studies, Columbia University's Robert Thurman says that Tibetan perspectives are, or at least ought to be, very much at home in the university. Listen to a podcast of his talk.
Duration: 56:27
Posted: 11/6/2007
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
Lecture Podcast of Thomas Gold, Sociology, UC Berkeley
Center for Chinese Studies
From a presentation given June 1, 2006 titled, Twenty Years after "State and Society in the Taiwan Miracle": Author's Retrospective.
Duration: 54:13
Posted: 6/30/2006
