A lecture in English by Ali Mirsepassi, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Director, Iranian Studies Initiative, New York University

A book talk with author James L. Gelvin, Dept. of History, UCLA and Nouri Gana, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and Dept. of Comparative Literature, UCLA

A dialog on the relevance of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and the social movements that produced them, and their relevance for today.

A talk by Ben Madley, University of California Los Angeles

Commentary by: Ali Hamdan, Department of Geography, UCLA

In English. Part of the UCLA CNES and Program of Iranian Studies Bilingual Lecture Series, with the Support of the Jahangir and Eleanor Amuzegar Chair in Iranian Studies

A lecture by Zachary Lockman, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University

Nora Cherishian Lessersohn (Harvard University)

Ronald Grigor Suny (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Dzovinar Derderian (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Yasar Tolga Cora (University of Chicago)

Ara Sarafian (Gomidas Institute)

Wendy Lower (Claremont-McKenna College)

Gerard Libaridian (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Murat Yildiz, (University of California Los Angeles)

Deborah Lipstadt (Emory university)

Janet Klein (University of Akron)

Anoush Suni (University of California Los Angeles)

Ruken Sengul (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Bulent Bilmez (Tarih Vakfi and Bilgi University, Istanbul)

A lecture by Khaled Abou El Fadl, Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Distinguished Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law and Chair of the Islamic Studies Interdepartmental Program at UCLA

A lecture by Talar Chahinian, Department of Comparative Literature and Classics, California State University Long Beach