The Institute and our affiliated centers and programs record selected lectures and make them available to the public. To date we have published 810 podcasts.
Civility and Sectarianism in Syria: What Now?
Center for Near Eastern Studies
A lecture by Lindsay Gifford, UCLA
Duration: 00:47:26
Posted: 5/21/2012
Living History with Professor James L. Gelvin
Center for Near Eastern Studies
Gelvin is the author of the recently released book "The Arab Uprisings: What Everyone Needs to Know"
Duration: 00:51:37
Posted: 5/9/2012
Text in Context: A Teach-in on President Yudof's Letter
Center for Near Eastern Studies
Commentary by Gabriel Piterberg, UCLA
Duration: 00:36:31
Posted: 4/16/2012
Whither Syria? Historian Gelvin Looks at Arab Uprisings
Center for Near Eastern Studies
UCLA Professor of History James Gelvin told an audience on campus on May 25 that the overthrow of Syria's regime amid unrest is possible but "highly unlikely," because Bashar al-Assad has a hold on power unlike that of Egypt's Mubarak and others. Listen to an audio podcast of the talk.
Duration: 1:03:29
Posted: 5/26/2011
The Roads to Oxiana: The Writing of Travel at the Crossroads of Asia (Panel I)
Program on Central Asia
Central Asia Initiative International Conference (Panel I)
Duration: 1:43:45
Posted: 11/15/2010
Does 'Fair Trade' Help Those Who Harvest Tea?
Asia Institute
As part of the International Human Rights Film Series, the Asia Institute put on a screening and discussion of an award-winning 2008 documentary, "The Bitter Taste of Tea," that takes a skeptical view of the fair trade movement's ability to protect laborers within this global industry. Listen to scholars, fair trade advocates and audience members delve into the issues in this audio podcast.
Duration: 1:16:47
Posted: 1/27/2010
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
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
Robert Brenner on the Long Downturn
Center for European and Eurasian Studies
Robert Brenner, a UCLA professor of history and author of, most recently, "The Economics of Global Turbulence," shares his long- and short-run analyses of the post-WWII world economy.
Duration: 1:01:27
Posted: 2/7/2007
Legality, Legitimacy and the Iraq War
Burkle Center for International Relations
Gen. Wesley K. Clark, (ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and Burkle Center Senior Fellow.
Duration: 36:43
Posted: 2/7/2007
