An archive of previous events, with video recordings and photos where available.
Dr. Najeeb Alomaisi will analyze Yemen's conflict and the failure of peacebuilding initiatives through the lens of political economy and comparative analysis with Sudan, Libya, and Iran. April 21, 2026 10 am ET/ 4 pm CET https://forms.gle/ju6LjrbH8qpWCKRq7
Monday, April 13 at 5 pm ET: “American Islam”: Rhetoric and the Politicsof Religious Authenticity in Iran by Dr. Fateh Saeidi!
Join us on Monday, April 20 at 5 pm ET for "Public Interest (Maslahat) and Authority in Shiʿi Theocracy: Reassessing Legal and Political Rationales" a talk by our fellow Dr. Bahman Khodadadi
March 2, 2026 "God's Law, Man's Rule: Debating Women's Right to Health from Sacred Texts to the Taliban” a virtual talk by Lutforahman Saeed. To register: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7ci1YgGdS62DQFLq08NzAw
April 15, 2026. Ahmad Qabaha talk "Palestinian Poetry and the Question of Indigeneity"
November 13: CMES Colloquium: Exiled Scholars in Western Academia: Refugees or Intellectuals?
TALK: November 14 "Genocide, Ecocide, Scholasticide and The Palestinian Native American in Mahmoud Darwish's Poetry" by Ahmad Qabaha
TALK: The Rise of the Houthis: From Sa'dah Highlands to Global Headlines AND The Houthis' Relationships with Local and Global Powers MAY 2, 2025, Noon ET
TALK May 7: Spirituality, Political Religion, and the Lived Experience in Iran with Leyla Hajimehditajer, Maryam Heydarkhani, and Zahra Khoshk Jan. Organized by MESA Global Academy and the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies
The Constitutional Imagination of the Taliban in Afghanistan
Online Censorship as a Tool of "Failed Governmentality" in Turkey
Resilience Amidst War: Scholasticide and Food Crisis in Gaza
