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12 Sep  2026
11:00 AM
Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times: Chinese Documentaries of the 1980s and ’90s
15 Sep  2026
6:30 PM
Jaipur Literature Festival Los Angeles
Burkle Talks

Jaipur Literature Festival Los Angeles

Join us for a special sneak peek of 2027 JLF Los Angeles, a weeklong international edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival

25 Sep  2026
9:00 AM
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Migration across the Americas II

We will be hosting our conference, Migration across the Americas II: Cross-Border Connections and People on the Move, on September 25th at UCLA, 9am–4pm.

2 Oct  2026
1:00 PM
2026 Annual Heritage Language Schools Conference

2026 Annual Heritage Language Schools Conference

This conference brings together everyone who is interested in learning about, collaborating with, and advocating for community-based HL schools. Participants typically include directors and administrators of community-based HL schools, teachers, members of the language communities, representatives of public schools, researchers in the field of HL education, and leaders of national language organizations.

5 Oct  2026
4:30 PM
The 2026-27 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture
The Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture Series

The 2026-27 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture

Evan Gershkovich, foreign correspondent, The Wall Street Journal

13 Oct  2026
11:00 AM
Out of Sight, At Sea: Migrant Labor and the Hidden Worlds of Global Seafood

Out of Sight, At Sea: Migrant Labor and the Hidden Worlds of Global Seafood

This lecture by Beatrice Zani (French National Center for Scientific Research) draws upon more than four years of multi-sited ethnographic research in Taiwan, Indonesia, and Singapore and explores the lives of Southeast Asian migrant fishers employed aboard distant-water fishing vessels. Combining participant observation with more than 140 interviews with migrant workers, vessel owners, labor brokers, port authorities, NGOs, and trade...

28 Oct  2026
1:00 PM
The State of Lebanon: Popular Politics and Institution Building in the Wake of Independence

The State of Lebanon: Popular Politics and Institution Building in the Wake of Independence

A book talk by Ziad Abu-Rish. Organized by the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies and co-sponsored by the UCLA Department of History.

5 Nov  2026
8:00 AM
Sufis in Premodern Persianate Societies and Politics: 2026 Levi Della Vida Award and Conference Honoring Richard Eaton

Sufis in Premodern Persianate Societies and Politics: 2026 Levi Della Vida Award and Conference Honoring Richard Eaton

The 2026 Giorgio Levi Della Vida conference and award ceremony honoring Professor Richard Eaton (University of Arizona).

16 Nov  2026
12:00 PM
The Best Kind of American: A True Story of Murder, War, and America's Undoing in the Middle East
19 Nov  2026
4:00 PM
The Successor: Boris Nemtsov, Vladimir Putin and the Decline of Modern Russia

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Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times: Chinese Documentaries of the 1980s and '90s

Saturday, September 12, 2026
11:00 AM

A weekend of screenings at the Gardena Cinema. Read More



Migration across the Americas II

Friday, September 25, 2026
9:00 AM

We will be hosting our conference, Migration across the Americas II: Cross-Border Connections and People... Read More