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Quick links to all the stories posted at the UCLA International Institute
SARS and Asia: Public Health, Political, Social, and Economic Implications
Having taken the lives and livelihoods of many, SARS reminds the rest of us of how interconnected our lives and economies have become. This Asia Institute-sponsored symposium helped many learn more about SARS and how it is affecting Asia -- and us.
Posted: 6/16/2003
General Assembly President Defends UN against Bush Administration Criticisms
UN General Assembly President Jan Kavan declares United Nations "not an instrument of U.S. foreign policy." Reminds audience of the world body's far flung operations in development, health, and peacekeeping.
Posted: 6/13/2003
Department of Education Awards to UCLA International Research Centers Hit $8.1 Million Over Next Three Years
Six International Institute units recognized as National Resource Centers of Excellence, win additional $3.8 million in Title VI funding on top of $4.3 in fellowship money announced in April.
Posted: 6/12/2003
Report from Sarajevo: Identifying the Missing
Two UCLA students in Bosnia-Herzegovina visit the morgue in Tuzla where missing person specialists seek to unravel the truth about the Serb massacres of Muslim Bosnians in Srebrenica in 1995.
Posted: 6/12/2003
Honoring the Man
The Armenian National Academy of Sciences marked the 70th birthday and 50th anniversary of public and professional service of the world-renowned UCLA scholar, the talented and devoted Armenian, Richard G. Hovannisian.
Posted: 6/11/2003
UCLA Students Interview Bosnian Prime Minister on His Plans for Nation-Building
Two UCLA students in Sarajevo to explore similarities in postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iraq discuss the country's future with Prime Minister Adnan Terzic.
Posted: 6/11/2003
Commencement Celebration 2003
Congratulations on your graduation!
Posted: 6/7/2003
LA Times Reports Seidler-Feller/Shawki El-Zatmah Class at UCLA
The June 4 "Los Angeles Times" carries a report on the UCLA class being co-taught by Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller and Palestinian graduate student Shawki El-Zatmah.
Posted: 6/6/2003
Professor Yunxiang Yan Delivers the 2003 Malinowski Memorial Lecture
Speaking at the London School of Economics, Professor Yan (Department of Anthropology) delivers a paper on "Individualism and the Transformation of Bridewealth in Rural China"
Posted: 6/5/2003
Daily Bruin Account of Shai Feldman Talk on "The Middle East and Israel after the War with Iraq"
Current lineup in Middle East opens "window of opportunity" for peace, prominent Israeli political analyst tells UCLA audience.
Posted: 6/3/2003
The Subtle Racism of Latin America
Carlos Moore sees a disguised racism permeating Latin American society, invented by Arabs in the Iberian Peninsula.
Posted: 6/2/2003
Rabbi, Palestinian Teach for Peace
UCLA Today features class co-taught by Palestinian doctoral candiate Shawki El-Zatmah, a Palestinian, and Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller. The class is sponsored by the Burkle Center for International Relations.
Posted: 5/29/2003
A Chinese Puzzle
UCLA Alumnus Writes Definitive Book on the Tangram
Posted: 5/27/2003
Letter from Beijing: Life in the Face of SARS
UCLA graduate student describes his life in Beijing in the grip of SARS
Posted: 5/22/2003
Arab Distrust of America Clouds Prospect for a Stable Middle East
Shibley Telhami, senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, reports that only 3% of Saudis are even "somewhat favorable" to the U.S. The Bush administration's prioritizing security over democracy in the region deepens rifts between people and governments.
Posted: 5/20/2003
Chinese Studies Database Established
New database allows users to locate information on Chinese studies programs & Chinese language collections at institutions of higher learning in North America and Europe
Posted: 5/19/2003
The United States Is Marginalizing Itself in Northeast Asia
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for China Susan Shirk warns that growing nationalism in South Korea and Japan will exacerbate the Bush administration's inept diplomacy in the North Korean nuclear crisis. She examines possible multilateral options for the region.
Posted: 5/16/2003
Preservation Efforts in the Philippines: UC students work outside the classroom with NGOs
Exciting internships for U.C. students studying in the Philippines.
Posted: 5/15/2003
The Islamist Challenge in Kosova
Will Kosova's rural Muslim population become Europe's own Taliban? The danger is real, according to Isa Blumi, doctoral candidate in history and Middle Eastern Studies at New York University. He offered a first-hand view of the current situation in post-conflict Kosova and the politics of international intervention.
Posted: 5/15/2003
Vietnam: First Impressions of U.C. Students
Fifteen UC students attended the fall semester of the Education Abroad Program in Hanoi, Vietnam in 2002. Below are some of their impressions, captured during the first two weeks of the program.
Posted: 5/15/2003
China, Taiwan, and the U.S. since 9/11: Old Problems, New Opportunities
A Symposium with UCLA Center for Chinese Studies Visiting Fellows from China, Taiwan, and the U.S.
Posted: 5/8/2003
The Soviet Famine of 1931-33: Politically Motivated or Ecological Disaster?
Stephen Wheatcroft, Professor of History, University of Melbourne, Australia, presented new information on the famine based on extensive archival data now available on the tragedy of the Soviet countryside, in a talk sponsored by the Center for European & Eurasian Studies on May 5, 2003.
Posted: 5/5/2003
Visiting Scholar Writes Book on Human Rights & Constitutionalism in China
Yu Haocheng completes massive treatise on democratic politics and the rule of law in China
Posted: 5/3/2003
Information about SARS
Links to sites of reliable information -- Last updated May 12
Posted: 5/2/2003
The Siege of Budapest: the Nadir in Hungarian History.
Istvan Deak, Seth Low Professor Emeritus of History, Columbia University, in a talk sponsored by the Center for European & Eurasian Studies, presented a rich and detailed first-hand account of the siege of Budapest in November 1944-February 1945 and discussed the fate of the Jewish population of Hungary and the only major ghetto to survive World War II.
Posted: 5/1/2003
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