Activist prof hailed for half century of contributions to scholarship, teaching
Upcoming conference highlights the work, dedication of Professor Sondra Hale, who is set to retire on Dec. 1.
View ArticleUCLA History Professor Awarded 2011 Hourani Book Award
Professor Nile Green was awarded the Albert Hourani Book Award at the 2011 Middle East Studies Association annual meeting in Washington, DC.
View ArticleUCLA historian's book looks at Arab uprisings, their common origins and...
Professor James Gelvin dispels misconceptions and offers new insights in "The Arab Uprisings: What Everyone Needs to Know."
View ArticlePresident Obama presents UCLA professor with prestigious National Humanities...
Professor Teofilo F. Ruiz honored for his "inspired teaching and writing."
View ArticlePoets, writers mark anniversary of bombing of Baghdad's cultural center
Center for Near Eastern Studies collaborates to keep memory of al-Mutanabbi Street alive
View ArticleHonoring Iranian films on the big screen
UCLA Film and Television Archive celebrates tradition, conviction of Iranian filmmakers with eight-part series
View ArticleJames Gelvin to Participate in Istanbul World Forum
Professor James Gelvin has been invited to the First Istanbul World Forum.
View ArticleLibrarian makes UCLA a go-to spot for study of Middle East
Librarian David Hirsch has helped build the UCLA libraryâs 500,000-plus volumes on the Middle East, North Africa, Anatolia and Central Asia, constituting one of the most significant Middle Eastern...
View ArticleMigrant Workers in the Middle East: Calling Awareness to Legalized Abuses of...
Sarah Leah Whitson, the Middle East Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, speaks on migrant worker abuse in the Middle East.
View ArticleLike a Straw Bird It Follows Me: Poetry by Palestinian Poet Ghassan Zaqtan
Renowned Palestian poet Ghassan Zaqtan and translator Fady Joudah visit UCLA for a poetry reading on October 25th, 2012. The event was organized by Nouri Gana, Professor in the Dept. of Comparative...
View ArticlePanel assesses Palestine’s status as ‘observer state’
Several professors from the law school, the Burkle Center of International Relations and the UCLA Center of Middle East Development spoke at the panel, which primarily focused on the question of...
View ArticleUCLA librarian travels globe for Middle Eastern texts
David Hirsch, a UCLA librarian, travels the world to find Middle Eastern texts to add to a collection housed at UCLA.
View ArticleIntroducing young students to Arabic, Persian and Turkish
The UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies is launching the âListen to Learnâ website to introduce American students to critical Middle Eastern languages.
View ArticleA Deal with Iran is Possible, Peace is Not
The foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran is not irrationalâthe current regime needs conflict with the United States to perpetuate itself in power, said Professor Mansour Farhang. He advised...
View ArticleNoticias Mundo Fox Interview with Gabriel Peterberg (UCLA) on the conflict in...
Interview with UCLA Professor Gabriel Piterberg on the Israeli Palestinian conflict. The Noticias Mundo Fox segment (in Spanish) took place on November 22, 2012.
View ArticleGiant of Ismaili studies honored by younger generation
A younger generation of scholars recently paid tribute to UCLA Professor Emeritus Ismail K. Poonawala at a symposium (âReflections on Ismaili Studies: Standing on Poonawalaâs Shouldersâ)...
View ArticleTen Questions About the Crisis in Syria
The following is the text of an interview conducted by the Hong Kong daily Ming Pao (æå ±) with Professor James L. Gelvin (History) in late June 2013.
View ArticleIran: a small window of hope
Professor Nayereh Tohidi, visting scholar at the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, asks whether president-elect Hassan Rowhani will reset Iran's political course in a hopeful direction.
View ArticleThe perils of a ‘people’s coup’ in Egypt
Khaled M. Abou El Fadl is the Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Distinguished Professor in Islamic Law at the UCLA School of Law and the author of "The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam From the Extremists." This...
View Article"Tarih: Graduate History Journal" Interview with Professor Gabriel Piterberg
Ceren Abi, a PhD student in the Department of History at University of California, Los Angeles, interviews Professor Gabriel Piterberg (UCLA History) for "Tarih: Graduate History Journal"
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