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Quick links to all the stories posted at the UCLA International Institute
Sondhi's 'New Time' Journalism
In an on-camera interview with AsiaMedia, media mogul and anti-Thaksin activist Sondhi Limthongkul said corruption in Thailand has forced his news reporting into a journalism-activism hybrid.
Posted: 11/22/2006
Journalist Discusses Recent Thai Coup
Sondhi Limthongkul speaks on campus about what led to the government’s overthrow by the military. The talk was sponsored by the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies.
Posted: 11/21/2006
Unknown Voices from Argentina
Photographer Patrick Liotta and Mapuche Indian performer Beatriz Pichi Malen tell of the Mapuche people's bravery and determination in confronting wars, poverty, and domination by various groups.
Posted: 11/17/2006
The Aesthetics of 'Bijin'
USC scholar discusses a Japanese notion of beauty and its artistic representation in Meiji period paintings.
Posted: 11/15/2006
Lecture Series to Explore Darfur
Professor Edward Alpers will discuss the roots of the crisis in Sudan, which has lasted more than three years.
Posted: 11/14/2006
Talk Analyzes Effects of Arab Nationalism
This lecture was part of the Center for Near Eastern Studies' fall lecture series called "The New Middle East: Five Years After 9/11," which aims to explore the recent issues with multiple professional points of view. The next public lecture is scheduled for Nov. 16 at 2:30 p.m. in Bunche 10383.
Posted: 11/14/2006
50 Years Later: a Look at Hungary’s Failed Revolt
Center for European and Eurasian Studies hosts visiting professor to share unconventional analysis of historic event.
Posted: 11/13/2006
Case Histories in Ancient Medicine: Cross-Cultural Comparisons & Philosophical Reflections
A talk by Sir Geoffrey Lloyd
Posted: 11/13/2006
Dershowitz Shifts Focus to World Outside Israel
In talk co-sponsored by CNES, the Harvard professor and author argues "obsessive" focus on Israel takes time and energy away from the protest of other more serious human rights violations perpetrated by other countries.
Posted: 11/9/2006
Dershowitz to Discuss Israel at UCLA
Student groups host controversial speaker, who has repeatedly defended the country’s military actions. [The UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies and the School of Law are co-sponsoring the event with two student groups.]
Posted: 11/8/2006
Experts Assess Iraq's Horrific Toll
Health-care professionals intimately familiar with the war's effects on bodies and minds shared their perspectives at a conference sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility, UCLA Extension, and the School of Public Health.
Posted: 11/8/2006
Film Captures Vietnam-Israel Connection
The UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies and the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies present a documentary recounting the true story of Vietnamese immigrants to Israel.
Posted: 11/6/2006
Ngugi wa Thiong'o Shares His Art
On a book tour for his English translation of 'Wizard of the Crow,' the Kenyan novelist and playwright teaches a UCLA audience about dictators, globalization, and 'the unity behind creation.'
Posted: 11/6/2006
Thailand's Former Foreign Minister Looks to the Future
Kantathi Suphamongkohn says he saw the coup coming, but does not yet know what his next move will be.
Posted: 11/5/2006
Powell Showcases Middle East in American Popular Fiction
The exhibit, curated by CNES Assistant Director Jonathan Friedlander, runs Nov. 6-Jan. 12 at UCLA’s Powell Library. A Jan. 11 lecture will treat the Middle East in American crime fiction.
Posted: 11/2/2006
'The Day the Internet Blew Up in My Face'
MIT professor Shigeru Miyagawa got more than he bargained for when he posted an image of Japanese war propaganda on an educational website.
Posted: 10/30/2006
Former Israeli Soldier Gives Talk on Conflict
Avraham Sela, a political science professor who served in the Israeli Military Intelligence for 16 years, said the way to stabilize the region is to turn Hezbollah into a political party and keep it from becoming an autonomous military power in Southern Lebanon.
Posted: 10/27/2006
Speaker Discusses Latin American Politics
The two-hour event with Tariq Ali was co-sponsored by the UCLA Latin American Center.
Posted: 10/27/2006
Art Intersects with Life at the Fowler
"Intersections: World Arts, Local Lives" features some 250 objects from the Fowler's permanent collection--the art of Africa, Asia, the Pacific and the Americas.
Posted: 10/26/2006
CNES Launches Podcasts on Post-9/11 Middle East
A Fall 2006 lecture series goes live. The first speaker, Rutgers political scientist Eric Davis, charts a path towards democracy in Iraq.
Posted: 10/26/2006
Foremost Western Historian of India Publishes New Work on End of Colonial Period
UCLA Professor Emeritus Stanley Wolpert reflects on his career.
Posted: 10/26/2006
Professor Fights to Save Records
The records Robinson compiled during his time in East Timor have contributed to a larger record of archives collected by the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation, which collects records of the 25-year Indonesian occupation of East Timor.
Posted: 10/19/2006
Obituary: Mazisi Kunene, South African Poet Laureate, Anti-apartheid Leader, and UCLA Professor
The UCLA African Studies Center held a memorial service for Kunene on Oct. 12.
Posted: 10/18/2006
For the Grins
The question of why to study the Quechua language has any number of easy answers.
Posted: 10/16/2006
Austrian Ambassador Discusses EU Expansion with Faculty
Lunch chat with Eva Nowotny, Austrian ambassador to the US, also covers EU constitution, immigration, and the country's recent parliamentary elections.
Posted: 10/12/2006
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