Calendar of Events
Results For Fall Quarter: 9/15/2012 - 12/31/2012
International Institute IDP Open House & Fall Reception-Part of 'Welcome Week'!
As part of the campus-wide 'True Bruin Welcome Week' activities, the International Institute Interdepartmental Programs (IDPs) will be hosting an Open House & Fall Reception, to which you are cordially invited.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Cancelled - Investing in Africa's Future
Due to unexpected last minute changes on the United Nations General Assembly program, President Paul Kagame regrets that he is unable to visit UCLA on September 28, 2012, and deliver his planned lecture.
Friday, September 28, 2012
UCLA Study Abroad Fair
We invite you to join in the 26th Annual UCLA Study Abroad Fair. Each year, more than 2000 students visit the fair to learn about the wide variety of study abroad programs available.
Tuesday, October 09, 2012
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Music & Dance of Zimbabwe
Featuring Martha Thom & Jacob Mafuleni.
Tuesday, October 09, 2012
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Who is Joseph Kony...and does KONY 2012 matter?
Presentation by Professor Ayesha Nibbe, Hawaii Pacific University.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
"Into the Niger Delta" Film Screening
Acclaimed Nigerian director Jeta Amata brings his documentary film depicting the conditions in the Niger Delta and showing seven diverse Americans as they travel to the to witness firsthand the environmental devastation and social unrest caused by catastrophic oil spills. Amata, participants in the film and Professor Jude Akudinobi, UCSB, will be present for a panel discussion and Q&A.
Monday, October 15, 2012
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Commerce with the Universe: Travel, Trade and the Afrasian Imagination
Professor Gaurav Desai, Tulane University, discusses the Asian (Indian) presence in and connections with Africa.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
May it Never End: Fantasies & Drama of Fluctuating Temporality in Eastern DRC
Presentation by Professor James Smith, University of California, Davis
Monday, October 22, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Documentary Film Series - "I Had A Dream"
The story of Yona Bugale, the "Herzl" of Ethiopian Jewry, and his struggle to bring his people to Israel.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Do Catholics See Things Differently? On Photographs & Museum Objects in Missionary Representations of Africa
Presentation by Professor Peter Pels, Leiden University.
Monday, November 05, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Film Screening of "Tey"
UCLA African Studies Center will host two screenings of the film "Tey" at the American Film Institute Fest (AFI Fest). AFI Fest runs November 1-8, 2012.
Monday, November 05, 2012
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program Intro,Q&A
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Film Screening of "Tey"
UCLA African Studies Center will host two screenings of the film "Tey" at the American Film Institute Fest (AFI Fest). AFI Fest runs November 1-8, 2012.
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
"Unmasking the State: Making Guinea Modern"
The talk attempts to understand the relations between iconoclasm (the attempt to destroy objectionable objects,) and ethnogenesis (the coming into being of qualitatively new ethnic identities).
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
