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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.

Mass Privatization and the Postcommunist Mortality Crisis
Center for European and Eurasian Studies
A public lecture by LARRY KING, Cambridge University, Sociology
Duration: 44:12

Foucault and Middle East Studies - Genus of Sex
Center for Near Eastern Studies
Afsaneh Najmabadeh, Harvard University
Duration: 35:07

Foucault and Middle East Studies - Foucault, the Frankfurt School, and Sexuality in Modern Iran
Center for Near Eastern Studies
Janet Afary, UCLA
Duration: 36:52

Foucault and Middle East Studies - Discussion
Center for Near Eastern Studies
Michael Meranze, UCLA
Duration: 27:04

The Demographic Crisis in Russia
Center for European and Eurasian Studies
A public lecture by MURRAY FESHBACH, Woodrow Wilson Center
Duration: 56:54

Women's Health and Welfare States: A Comparative Study of Western Europe
Center for European and Eurasian Studies
A CEES faculty lecture by NICOLETTE HART, UCLA Sociology
Duration: 54:56

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

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