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The 2026-27 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture with Evan Gershkovich - Bearing Witness: A Free Press in an Age of Authoritari...
10/05/2026

The 2026-27 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture with Evan Gershkovich - Bearing Witness: A Free Press in an Age of Authoritarianism

đź“… October 5, 2026
đź•’ 4:30 p.m.
đź“Ť UCLA Carnesale Commons, Palisades Room

What does it mean to bear witness when authoritarian governments seek to suppress independent journalism and criminalize the pursuit of truth?

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will draw on his book, This Cursed Beautiful Land, to reflect on his years reporting from Russia, his arrest by Russian security forces in 2023, and his nearly 500 days of imprisonment before his release in a landmark prisoner exchange. Through his extraordinary experience, Gershkovich examines the role of journalism in documenting authoritarian power, preserving historical truth, and revealing realities that would otherwise remain hidden. He also explores the ethical responsibilities of journalists and why a free press remains essential to democratic accountability and liberty.

We are excited to host Ambassador for the 2025-26 Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace. Garc...
04/10/2026

We are excited to host Ambassador for the 2025-26 Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace.

Garcetti is a former U.S. Ambassador to India and served as the youngest mayor in Los Angeles history. His experience lends him a unique perspective on how obligation—our binding rules and commitments—and integration—our dense, everyday interdependence—work together to create a framework for understanding how we can build and sustain peace in an increasingly volatile world.

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đź“… Tuesday, April 21, 2026 4:30 PM (Pacific Time)
đź“Ť UCLA University Club (Former Faculty Club), Morrison Room (In-Person)

Join us to hear —New York Times bestselling author and former U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation—discuss his new...
04/09/2026

Join us to hear —New York Times bestselling author and former U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation—discuss his new book, Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder.

Books will be for sale at the event.

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Thank you to our co-sponsor, UCLA Law’s International and Comparative Law Program.

đź“… Thursday, April 16, 2026 | 11:45 AM
đź“Ť UCLA School of Law, Room 1357 (In-Person)

THIS EVENT IS CANCELED - ticketholders, please refer to our website for more information.-------------------------------...
01/14/2026

THIS EVENT IS CANCELED - ticketholders, please refer to our website for more information.

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Join us for the 2025-26 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture featuring Bari Weiss, founder and editor of The Free Press and editor-in-chief of CBS News. A recipient of the Daniel Pearl Award, the Bastiat Prize, and the Dao Prize, Weiss will discuss the future of journalism with Jim Newton, former journalist and editor at the Los Angeles Times and current editor-in-chief of UCLA Public Policy’s Blueprint Magazine.

🗞️ The Future of Journalism: A Conversation with Bari Weiss
🗓️ Friday, February 27, 2026
🕧 5:00 PM PT
đź“Ť UCLA Schoenberg Hall
đź”— Buy tickets https://ucla.evenue.net/events/CTO - available starting Thursday, January 15, 10 AM!

Join us for the 2025-26 Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture on Economic Development, featuring Kenneth Rogoff, Mau...
01/13/2026

Join us for the 2025-26 Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture on Economic Development, featuring Kenneth Rogoff, Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics at Harvard University, former IMF Chief Economist and chess grandmaster, as he discusses the rise of the U.S. dollar over time and the global economic challenges the dollar faces in a rapidly changing financial world.

đź’µThe Future of the Dollar: A Conversation with Kenneth Rogoff
🗓️ Thursday, February 12, 2026
🕧 4:30 PM PT
đź“Ť UCLA University Club, Morrison Room
đź”— RSVP link in bio

Venezuela is at the center of a high-stakes geopolitical debate. The UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations invi...
01/09/2026

Venezuela is at the center of a high-stakes geopolitical debate. The UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations invites you to a virtual discussion on the implications of U.S. intervention for Venezuela and the broader Latin American region. Latin American expert and associate professor at UC Berkeley, Dorothy Kronick, will join Burkle Center Associate Director Margaret Peters for a conversation about Venezuela and Latin America as a whole.

🗓️ Tuesday, January 20, 2026
🕧 12:30 PM PT
đź’» Zoom Webinar
đź”— RSVP link in bio

Thank you to our co-sponsors: the UCLA Department of Political Science and the UCLA Latin American Institute

UCLA Scholarship Opportunity: The Alice Belkin Memorial Scholarship (2025–26)!If you’re a graduate student studying topi...
12/23/2025

UCLA Scholarship Opportunity: The Alice Belkin Memorial Scholarship (2025–26)!

If you’re a graduate student studying topics related to globalization or international relations and demonstrate financial need, you could receive up to $4,000!

đź“ťApplication Materials:
- 2 page statement of interest
- Resume or CV
- Official transcript
- 2 letters of recommendation
- List of sources of all financial support

đź—“ Deadline: Feb 27, 2026 @ 5 PM PT

Link in bio to learn more and apply!

We had the honor of hosting Sanna Marin, the former Prime Minister of Finland, for our Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lect...
11/10/2025

We had the honor of hosting Sanna Marin, the former Prime Minister of Finland, for our Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace.

As the youngest prime minister in the world, Marin led Finland through the pandemic and a historically swift accession process to NATO after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Marin discussed how peace requires economic, institutional, and social stability, as well as how small countries must strategically adapt to the shifting Russo-Ukrainian War.

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Thank you to our co-sponsor, the Center for European and Russian Studies

We had the honor of hosting Geraldine Byrne Nason, Ireland’s Ambassador to the United States, to learn about her insight...
11/10/2025

We had the honor of hosting Geraldine Byrne Nason, Ireland’s Ambassador to the United States, to learn about her insights on the negotiation and resolution of global conflicts.

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Thank you to our wonderful co-sponsors: Center for European and Russian Studies, International & Comparative Law Program (ICLP) at UCLA School of Law, and The Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law.

We had the honor of hosting Steven Pinker for our Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture. Pinker’s work explores the question, “I...
11/10/2025

We had the honor of hosting Steven Pinker for our Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture.

Pinker’s work explores the question, “If people can be rational, why does humanity seem to be losing its mind?”

Pinker highlighted the puzzle of human rationality: humans have achieved remarkable rational feats such as the reduction of poverty, but we also latch onto deeply irrational beliefs such as vaccine misinformation.

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