One-Day University 2013

Program/Schedule

Note: Daylight Savings Time begins Sunday, March 10 at 2 a.m. Please remember to set your clocks ahead one hour!

8:45-9:30 a.m.	Registration & Light continental breakfast (coffee, juice, breakfast pastries)
9:30 a.m	Welcoming Remarks
9:40 a.m - 10:50 a.m.	PANEL ONE
	Between Regional Turmoil and Domestic Discord: Which Way Forward for Israel
	Steve Speigel, Professor of Political Science, Center for Middle East Development, UCLA
	Anat Maor, Schusterman Visiting Israeli Professor, UC Irvine; former member of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament), 1992-2003
	Ayelet Harel-Shalev, UCLA Nazarian Center Research Fellow; Assistant Professor of Politics and Government, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
	Moderator: Norman Abrams, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law, UCLA
10:50 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:10 a.m.	ONE DAY UNIVERSITY COURSES (Selection of two)
	The Origins and Development of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
	Arieh Saposnik, Director, UCLA Nazarian Center for Israel Studies and The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair in Israel Studies
	Modern Music in an Ancient Land: A Century of Israeli Music
	Neal Brostoff, Visiting Professor of Music, UCLA Nazarian Center for Israel Studies and Herb Alpert School of Music
	Program includes live musical performances with marimba, flute, piano and voice
12:10 p.m. - 1:40 p.m.	LUNCHEON WITH KEYNOTE ADDRESS
	"The Israeli Elections: Deepening the Divides or Renewing the Social Contract?"
	Natasha Mozgovaya, Chief US Correspondent, Ha’Aretz, Israel's Leading Newspaper, 2008-2012
	$36.00 per person ($20 Students).  Buffet lunch will include fish and vegetarian options.
1:40 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.	ONE DAY UNIVERSITY COURSES (Selection of two)
	Recent Developments in the Israeli Economy
	Stuart Gabriel, Director, UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate, Arden Realty Chair and Professor of Finance, UCLA Anderson School of Management
	Myth and Model of the 'Sabra' (native-born Israeli) in Israeli Visual Culture
	Anat Gilboa, Visiting Professor of Art History, UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
2:50 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Break
3:00 p.m. - 4:10 p.m.	PANEL TWO
	Israel, American Jewry, and American Foreign Policy: Tensions in the ‘Special Relationship’?
	Gil Ribak, Director, Institute on American-Jewish-Israeli Relations and Assistant Professor of Jewish and Israel Studies, American Jewish University
	Warren Bass, Senior Fellow, RAND Corporation; former Senior Policy Adviser to U.N. Ambassador Susan E. Rice.
	Ted Sasson, Senior Research Scientist, Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies and the Steinhardt Social Research Institute, Brandeis University and Professor of International Studies, Middlebury College
	Moderator: Arieh Saposnik
4:10 p.m.	Closing Remarks

 

RSVP notice:  Your course selections are requested in order to help with our planning; however, you will be able to change your selections at the One Day University.

 

Published: Tuesday, February 12, 2013

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