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Weekend of Middle Eastern Music
On Saturday night, master musicians from Morocco play a free concert showcasing the culture and sounds of the Gnawa people, on campus in Schoenberg Hall. On Sunday afternoon in the same venue, the Yuval Ron Ensemble caps off a UCLA lecture series with a performance of Middle Eastern music that is free for students.
Posted: 3/2/2011
Korean Unions Must Embrace Marginalized Workers, Says Key Figure in Movement
Sim Sangjeung, a prominent labor organizer who spent years on the run as South Korea made its democratic transition, addressed an audience of about 55 in UCLA's Moore Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 23, saying that her country's labor movement would have to change dramatically to avoid becoming irrelevant.
Posted: 3/1/2011
Tibetan-Born Neuroscientist Combines Meditation and Medicine
Dr. Lobsang Rapgay helped organize a symposium exploring Buddhism and neuroscience, in many ways fulfilling the journey that the UCLA expert in Tibetan Buddhism, meditation, and medicine began half a century ago.
Posted: 2/25/2011
The Good Daughter
UCLA alumna Jasmin Darznik spoke about unraveling her family's history at a reading on Friday, Feb. 18 at the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies.
Posted: 2/24/2011
Behind Egypt’s Revolution Is a History of Worker Discontent, Expert Says
Stanford University's Joel Beinin, who directed Middle Eastern studies at the American University in Cairo from 2006 to 2008, tells a UCLA audience that the generals who made Mubarak go took seriously the threat of large labor strikes.
Posted: 2/16/2011
Professors Explain How Uprisings in Middle East All Stand Apart
UCLA History Professor James Gelvin and Gabriel Piterberg resist the temptation to view democracy as a wave and Middle Eastern countries as dominoes, the Daily Bruin student newspaper reports.
Posted: 2/16/2011
Newly Appointed Burkle Center Fellow Matthew Alexander Discusses Harsh Interrogation Techniques on NPR's Fresh Air
Matthew Alexander was a senior military interrogator in Iraq. In 2006 he led an interrogation team that tracked down Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq.
Posted: 2/15/2011
Leon Wieseltier Delivers Daniel Pearl Lecture
Wieseltier, literary editor of The New Republic and a prominent observer of the Middle East, said that a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is an idea worth defending, for the sake of the region. The Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture Series is hosted annually at UCLA by the Burkle Center for International Relations.
Posted: 2/11/2011
Rights Group Tracks Deaths, Detainments in Egypt
As the executive deputy director of research and programs for Human Rights Watch, Iain Levine manages the organization’s researchers and reporters, who are currently deployed in more than 40 countries. He spoke to UCLA students and faculty at the law school on Tuesday about the group's work in Egypt, the Daily Bruin student newspaper reports.
Posted: 2/10/2011
Project Streams Twitter Updates from Egypt Unrest on Digital Map of Cairo
Subtitled "Voices from Cairo through Social Media," the program displays a new tweet every four seconds over a digital map of Egypt's capital, archiving messages and the precise locations in Cairo from which they were sent.
Posted: 2/7/2011
Coordinated Efforts Bring Bruins Safely Out of Egypt
An archaeological team's request to stay in Amarna, Egypt, where the situation was calm, was denied by the regional security organization. Evacuation of eight students and three faculty members began in earnest when the U.S. State Department recommended that Americans leave.
Posted: 2/4/2011
Film & Television Archive Kicks Off Annual 'UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema'
For more than 20 years, the UCLA Film & Television Archive has curated an annual festival in honor of Iranian cinema. It opens on Friday, Feb. 4, at the Billy Wilder Theater with "Pay Back," The Daily Bruin student newspaper reports.
Posted: 2/4/2011
Urban Planning Student Lets Egyptians' Voices Be Heard
John Scott-Railton, who has done research and studied in Egypt, decided to begin relaying reports from Egyptians via Twitter and Youtube when the government shut down Internet and cell phone service last Thursday.
Posted: 1/31/2011
UC Haiti Initiative Rebuilds by Letting Haitians Lead
The largely student-based initiative, based out of UCLA's Program in Global Health, has a long-term strategy for empowering Haitians. Officials from Haiti's State University (UEH) will visit with students and faculty members on multiple UC campuses in a five-day symposium.
Posted: 1/28/2011
First Notehelfer Prize Awarded
The Notehelfer Prize seeks to recognize the best unpublished paper written by a UCLA graduate student in the field of Japan studies. Emi Foulk, second year graduate student in the history department, was awarded the first prize.
Posted: 1/26/2011
Peace Corps Leaders, Veterans to Celebrate 50 Years of Service
From 1961 until 1969, when training shifted overseas, more than one out of 10 Peace Corps volunteers was trained at UCLA, probably more than at any other college campus. UCLA is also alma mater to more than 1,700 Peace Corps volunteers, including 58 Bruins currently serving in 36 countries. A series of campus events March 2-5 will commemorate this tradition and look ahead to the next 50 years.
Posted: 1/21/2011
10 Questions for Kantathi Suphamongkhon on His Diplomatic Career and Lessons Learned from Nixon
Kantathi Suphamongkhon, senior fellow at the Burkle Center for International Relations and visiting professor of law and diplomacy at UCLA, served as Thailand’s equivalent to U.S. secretary of state from March 11, 2005 to Sept. 19, 2006. He was the 39th minister of foreign affairs for Thailand until a military coup d’état forced him out of office. The Thai national, who graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in political science in 1976, has taught here since 2007.
Posted: 1/19/2011
10 Questions: Marjorie Faulstich Orellana on the Immigrant Child Translator
In "Translating Childhoods: Immigrant Youth, Language and Culture," Professor Marjorie Faulstich Orellana addresses the complex role played by youth who serve as language and culture brokers for their families and others.
Posted: 1/14/2011
TUSA 2011 Ambassador Summer Scholarship Program
Scholarship program for undergrads and grads to study Mandarin in July and August 2011
Posted: 1/14/2011
Chemical Analysis Confirms Oldest Wine-Making Equipment Ever Found
UCLA scientists use new scientific method to verify vintage 4100 B.C. wine.
Posted: 1/11/2011
Korean Culture Lessons Fill Gap for Teachers
Since the teacher education program on Korea got its start in 2004, the UCLA Center for Korean Studies has supported KAFE's model of community engagement, sending renowned faculty members to lead training sessions and helping with programming. By way of a week-long, annual summer institute and other programs, CKS has reached out to roughly 2,000 school administrators and teachers from around the United States in recent years.
Posted: 1/11/2011
No Ordinary Family
Garin Hovannisian's relatives are the subject of his new book, "Family of Shadows," which intertwines the tragic and triumphant recent history of the Armenian people with his remarkable family.
Posted: 1/11/2011
Indonesian Ambassador Meets With Campus Leaders
Ambassador Dino Patti Djalal, Jakarta's top envoy to the United States, met with UCLA officials last week on campus and at the Indonesian Consulate to discuss educational collaboration and exchange between the two countries.
Posted: 1/6/2011
Massive Leak of Diplomatic Cables Not a National Disaster, Experts Say
But if the U.S. government returns to old ways of hoarding secrets, it could inflict more damage on itself than the WikiLeaks disclosures have, according to Burkle Center Fellow Amy Zegart. She joined a panel discussion with UCLA's Robert Trager and Dalia Dassa Kaye of the RAND Corporation, with Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala as moderator.
Posted: 1/5/2011
Postdoctoral Fellowships in U.S.-China Relations at USC
USC U.S.-China Institute announces competition for postdoctoral fellowships - Deadline: Feb. 18, 2011
Posted: 1/2/2011
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