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    Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies

    "Red Alert" Post-Screening Discussion with Producer Lawrence Bender

    “Red Alert" is a four-part scripted series depicting the harrowing true-life events of October 7, 2023 in Israel near the Gaza border.

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    Center for Study of International Migration

    Beyond dreamers: Transitions to adulthood in an uncertain age

    The “Dreamer” narrative often portrays undocumented youth as academically successful and awaiting immigration reform, but this overlooks the diversity of their experiences and the challenges of adulthood. In this online UC Migration Series Book Talk, Sofya Aptekar and Amy Hsin discuss how undocumented young adults'...

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    New York City, Jan. 2026. A press conference held by the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) at Foley Square. John C. Liu, State Senator, speaks. (Photo: SWinxy via Wikicommons; adjusted, cropped.) CC BY-SA 4.0 International.

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Environmental Diplomacy: A Key to Middle East Peace

Environmental Diplomacy: A Key to Middle East Peace

A webinar on efforts to address water shortages and climate change impacts in the Middle East.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
The 2026-27 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture

The 2026-27 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture

Evan Gershkovich, foreign correspondent, The Wall Street Journal

Burkle Center for International Relations
The October 2026 Israeli Elections: Is a New Government Possible?

The October 2026 Israeli Elections: Is a New Government Possible?

A webinar on the potential outcomes of the October 2026 Israeli elections.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
Technology-Based Transformation of Greater Asia in the Age of Agentic AI: Implications Regionally and Globally

Technology-Based Transformation of Greater Asia in the Age of Agentic AI: Implications Regionally and Globally

The Greater Asia region is emerging as a global leader in the transition from a “digital first” to an “AI-first” future for consumers, enterprises and society. The Center for Global Management's latest tech-focused global immersion course, led by Professor Terry Kramer, included travel to Shenzhen and Singapore — two of the world's most dynamic innovation hubs. The course examined how technology is transforming society, enterprises, and consumers, with a particular focus on AI and agentic AI.

Asia Pacific Center
Israel in a Post-October 7 World: The Path to Peace and a Secure Middle East

Israel in a Post-October 7 World: The Path to Peace and a Secure Middle East

Join us at UCLA on June 8th, 2026, for the Younes Nazarian Memorial Lecture, presented by Dr. Ephraim Sneh, Israeli statesman, physician, and retired Brigadier General of the Israel Defense Forces.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
Arms Exports from Israel: Legal and Human Rights Considerations

Arms Exports from Israel: Legal and Human Rights Considerations

This program is part of the Center's series Key Legal Issues in Israel.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
Retaining Jews after Morocco

Retaining Jews after Morocco's Independence: Secularism as the Path Untaken

In this Averroes lecture, Brahim El Guabli examines the relationship between secularism and Moroccan Jewry in post-colonial Morocco.

Center for Near Eastern Studies
Equality and Exclusion: Israel

Equality and Exclusion: Israel's Constitutional Order and Its Palestinian-Arab Minority (1948–2025)

This program is part of the Center's series Key Legal Issues in Israel.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
The Theater: Courage and Survival in the Defining Atrocity of the Ukraine War

The Theater: Courage and Survival in the Defining Atrocity of the Ukraine War

A talk by journalist James Verini on the single worst act of mass civilian killing of the war.

Center for European and Russian Studies
2025-26 Burkle Center International Career Panel

2025-26 Burkle Center International Career Panel

Dr. Richard Downie, Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Pacific Council on International Policy; Kristin Ghazarians, Associate Director of the Human Rights Watch Student Task Force; Jim Newton, veteran journalist, author and teacher

Burkle Center for International Relations
Wars, Nations, and States: Rethinking State Formation in the Balkans

Wars, Nations, and States: Rethinking State Formation in the Balkans

In this lecture, Sinisa Malesevic (University College, Dublin) challenges the conventional view of the Balkans as a region historically defined by excessive nationalism and persistent warfare. Instead, he argues that the region's trajectory has been shaped more by the relative absence of sustained inter-state conflict and fully developed nationalist ideologies.

Center for Near Eastern Studies
A Sephardi World on the Border: The Jews of Edirne from the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic

A Sephardi World on the Border: The Jews of Edirne from the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic

In this lecture, Jacob Daniels (University of Texas at Austin) explored how one of the world's largest Sephardi communities dealt with the encroachment of modern borders. Rather than tracing a linear path "from empire to nation-state," the Jews of Edirne zigzagged between the Ottoman Empire and three nation-states—without moving a mile.

Center for Near Eastern Studies
Assessing Israeli Economic Performance after 33 Months of War: Evidence of Resilience and Costs

Assessing Israeli Economic Performance after 33 Months of War: Evidence of Resilience and Costs

A webinar on the state of Israel's economy post-October 7th.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
Innovation Meets Tradition: Designer Ismar David and the First Hebrew Typeface Family

Innovation Meets Tradition: Designer Ismar David and the First Hebrew Typeface Family

Shani Avni, the Ismar David Visiting Assistant Curator at the RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection, discusses Ismar David's foundational work for the state of Israel and his seminal typeface.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
"Judicial Reform" and the Battle over the Israeli Supreme Court

"Judicial Reform" and the Battle over the Israeli Supreme Court

This program is part of the Center's series Key Legal Issues in Israel.

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
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Fiction After Protest: Hong Kong, Memory and Translation in Everyday Movement

Tuesday, October 13, 2026
1:00 PM

Book talk with Hong Kong writer Gigi Leung Lee-Chi. Read More


Does Contact Reduce Conflict? Experimental Evidence from Nigeria

Thursday, October 15, 2026
10:00 AM

Soeren J. Henn, assistant professor in political science, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Read More


The Power of Intercultural Dialogue: Octavio Paz between Mexico and India

Wednesday, October 21, 2026
4:00 PM

Indranil Chakravarty — a writer, filmmaker and academic based in India — will discuss his... Read More