Archive

Quick links to all the stories posted at the UCLA International Institute

Use Menu to Limit by Type

Use Menu to Limit by Center/Unit/Program

Professors Lynn Hunt and Anna Kudyma Receive Distinguished Teaching Awards

CEES congratulates Professors Hunt and Kudyma on receiving Distinguished Teaching Awards!
Posted: 5/21/2013

The Euro Crisis: A Longer-Term View

A public lecture by Barry Eichengreen, UC Berkeley, Economics and Political Science.
Posted: 5/16/2013

In Memoriam: Andrzej Korbonski (1927-2013)

Professor Emeritus of the UCLA Department of Political Science, Andrzej Korbonski was a distinguished Polish-American scholar whose contributions to communist and post-communist studies were internationally recognized.
Posted: 5/15/2013

Crisis and Resistance in Greece and the Eurozone

Center for Social Theory and Comparative History Annual Colloquium with Stathis Kouvelakis, King's College London, Political Theory and Costas Lapavitsas, University of London, Economics.
Posted: 5/13/2013

Historical Critique and the Thresholds of Political Voice After the Ottoman Empire

A CPSC lecture by Kabir Tambar, Stanford University, Anthropology.
Posted: 5/9/2013

Mining Countries: Breaking the Deadlock

A public lecture by Dr. Vusal Gasimli, Department of Economic Analysis and Global Affairs, Center for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Posted: 5/8/2013

Rethinking Ottoman Cross-Cultural Encounters: Turks and the Armenian Alphabet

A lecture by Murat Cankara, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Introductory remarks by Sebouh Aslanian. Sponsored by the Richard Hovannisian Endowed Chair for Modern Armenian History at UCLA.
Posted: 5/8/2013

The European Union in the world: The value of soft power

Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, spoke about EU foreign policy at the UCLA Faculty Center on May 6. The meeting was organized by the Center for European and Eurasian Studies and moderated by Terry McCarthy, president and CEO of the Los Angeles World Affairs Council.
Posted: 5/7/2013

Being Danish: Paradoxes of Identity in Everyday Life

A book talk with author Richard Jenkins, University of Sheffield, Sociology. Discussant: Rogers Brubaker, UCLA, Sociology.
Posted: 4/25/2013

Russia: A country too modern for its politics — A conversation with Daniel Treisman

Interviewed about contemporary Russian politics, UCLA Professor of Political Science Daniel Treisman says that economic modernization has already created classes of people impatient with Putin's paternalistic regime. These groups are not just in the big cities; discontent with the state's failure to deliver basic services is also palpable in the provinces.
Posted: 4/23/2013

Bosnia Remade: Ethnic Cleansing and its Reversal

A book talk with author Carl T. Dahlman, Miami University of Ohio, Geography and discussant Adam Moore, UCLA, Geography.
Posted: 4/11/2013

Stalin: Meticulous with His Word, Shaper of Faulty Information Systems

Historians Sarah Davies and James Harris spoke about their recent research in Stalin’s personal archive, discussing how the Soviet dictator used words and the way in which he processed incoming information, respectively.
Posted: 4/10/2013

East meets west in a portrait: A conversation with Korean art scholar Burglind Jungmann

UCLA Professor Burglind Jungmann, a member of the core faculty of the Center for Korean Studies, speaks about her work and Rubens's drawing, "Man in Korean Costume," on exhibit at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
Posted: 3/25/2013

Stanley Kramer’s political critique of the Nuremberg Trials

Author and scholar Elisabeth Bronfen discusses a chapter from her book Specters of War: Hollywood's Engagement with Military Conflict, explaining how Stanley Kramer uses film to critique the Nuremberg trials.
Posted: 3/14/2013

The Persistence of the Past: How Violence and Genocide in Ottoman Turkey Affect Our World Today

A lecture by Ronald Grigor Suny. Sponsored by the Richard Hovannisian Endowed Chair for Modern Armenian History at UCLA
Posted: 3/8/2013

Dispensing Justice on Screen: Stanley Kramer's "Judgment at Nuremberg"

A public lecture by Elisabeth Bronfen, University of Zurich, English and American Studies.
Posted: 3/7/2013

Discourse and Power in a Postwar European Periphery: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina

A public lecture by Danijela Majstorovic, UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies Fulbright Fellow and Associate Professor of Linguistics and Cultural Studies, University of Banja Luka, Bosnia.
Posted: 2/21/2013

From Enemy to Brother: The Revolution in Catholic Teaching on the Jews, 1933-1965

A book talk with author John Connelly, UC Berkeley, History. Discussant: Paul Lerner, USC, History.
Posted: 2/14/2013

An Economic History of 19th Century Europe: Diversity and Industrialization

UCLA History Faculty Book Talk with author Ivan Berend, UCLA, History and discussant Robert Brenner, UCLA, History.
Posted: 2/7/2013

Film series builds human rights community at UCLA

Los Angeles is a movie town, so it’s no surprise that it’s filled with film festivals and documentary screenings, but even amidst all the variety the only L.A. film series you’ll find focused on human rights is at UCLA.
Posted: 2/7/2013

The Élysée Treaty: Celebrating 50 Years of Franco-German Cooperation

A panel discussion marking the fiftieth anniversary of the post-war French-German reconciliation by the signing of the Élysée Treaty on January 22nd, 1963. Speakers: Dr. Bernd Fischer, Consul General of Germany, and Mr. Axel Cruau, Consul General of France. Moderator: Ivan Berend, UCLA History.
Posted: 2/1/2013

1 of 15 pages. Total Records: 371. Displaying 25 records per page.