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The China-Taiwan cross-strait relationship: Stable, but fragile
In the past five years, China and Taiwan have succeeded in stabilizing their relationship to the benefit of both. Most progress has been in the economic and cultural spheres, with political issues left aside for the moment. A recent Center for Chinese Studies conference examined how China, Taiwan and the United States view the increasingly complex trilateral relationship.
Posted: 5/7/2013
The post-Fukushima world: Interconnected and fragile
Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa, former Chairman of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission (2011–2012), and Professor Hitoshi Abe, Director of the UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, addressed different aspects of the post-Fukushima world in a symposium on March 22, 2013.
Posted: 3/27/2013
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
Discussion of the film, "Enforcing the Silence"
Discussion following screening of "Enforcing the Silence," on February 21, 2013 at UCLA
Posted: 2/28/2013
Moving Forward: Life after the Great East Japan Earthquake - Global Agenda in Post Fukushima & Reconstruction Efforts of Japanese Architects
"Fukushima Nuclear Accident awakened us." -- Come listen to Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa on March 22 as he gives his thought and experiences while acting as the Chair of the Independent Investigation Commission by the National Diet of Japan. Immediately following is a colloquium about the numerous reconstruction efforts of Japanese architects during the past two years.
Posted: 2/14/2013
METAMORPHOSIS - Film by Jun Hori (Feb. 28 from 2pm)
Documentary about the nuclear situation in the U.S. and Japan
Posted: 2/13/2013
Accolades for Collected Works of Korean Buddhism
The Jogye Order’s “The Collected Works of Korean Buddhism” series has appeared on a list of “The Best Buddhist Books of 2012” published by The Buddhadharma magazine.
Robert Buswell (Irving and Jean Stone Endowed Chair in Humanities, Distinguished Professor of Buddhist Studies, and Director of the Center for Buddhist Studies) served as chair of the English Editorial Board for the series as well as a translator and editor.
Posted: 1/28/2013
Students, faculty, staff, and donors come together to celebrate the New Year at the Terasaki Center Annual Shinnenkai
Posted: 1/28/2013
Rafu Shimpo Overview of Language and Culture of Ikema from Miyako Island of Okinawa
LET’S DANCE THE ‘KUICHA’ - UCLA lecture filled with the song and spirit of traditional Okinawan culture.
Posted: 1/7/2013
PURO ARTE: Filipinos on the Stages of Empire
A New Book by UCLA's Lucy Mae San Pablo Burns
Posted: 12/7/2012
In Perspective: Obama's Historic Trip to Myanmar Raises Questions about Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy
Originally published in the Daily Bruin
Posted: 11/30/2012
Rebirth: Recent Work by Mariko Mori
To take place on Monday, December 3, 2012 from 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. at UCLA, Dodd Hall 275.
Posted: 11/20/2012
"A Raft of Asian Issues" op-ed by Senior Fellow Kantathi Suphamongkhon
Senior Fellow Kantathi Suphamongkhon discusses a series of Asian issues in light of President Obama's trip to Southeast Asia following his re-election.
Posted: 11/19/2012
Tokyo's Mad Men: New UCLA book explores antics of Japanese avant-garde in 1960s
They threw random possessions off rooftops, made printed copies of Japanese currency and perpetrated odd "happenings" in commuter trains that left Tokyo residents scratching their heads.
Posted: 11/16/2012
Afghanistan’s Palimpsest Landscape: Buddhism and Islam in Material Culture
A lecture by Alka Patel, Associate Professor, Department of Art History, UC Irvine. Part of the conference "Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World."
Posted: 11/15/2012
Archaeology and political rivalries 1920-1940: From Afghanistan to Iran
A lecture by Ali Mousavi, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Part of the conference "Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World."
Posted: 11/15/2012
Archaeology in Danger: How to Deal with Archaeology in the Post-Conflict Context of Today's Afghanistan?
A lecture by Phillipe Marquis, Director, Délégation Archéologique Française en Afghanistan (DAFA), Kabul. From the conference "Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World."
Posted: 11/15/2012
Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World
Concluding remarks from Monica Smith, UCLA. Part of the conference " Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World."
Posted: 11/15/2012
Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World
Welcome and introductory remarks by Nile Green, UCLA. From the conference "Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World"
Posted: 11/15/2012
Oxus: Bamiyan, Afghanistan and the World
Keynote Lecture by Llewelyn Morgan, Brasenose College, Oxford. Part of the conference "Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World."
Posted: 11/15/2012
Pioneer in HIV/AIDS research works on a global scale
When he was an undergraduate student at Harvard University in 1958, Roger Detels spent three months as an exchange student in Kanazawa, Japan. As one of the first few Americans in Kanazawa after the war, Detels — today a UCLA distinguished professor of epidemiology and infectious diseases — still recalls with amusement many of his experiences with his Japanese host family.
Posted: 11/8/2012
Language and Culture of Ikema from Miyako Island of Okinawa
Posted: 11/7/2012
Cambodia-Thailand Relations: The Questions of the Preah Vihear Temple and a Clash of Two Nationalisms
Podcast of talk by Professor Charnvit Kasetsiri, Department of History, Thammasat University
Posted: 11/6/2012
International Conference on Afghanistan Aims to Develop Central Asian Studies at UCLA
"Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World" is an upcoming 2-day conference to be held at UCLA and UC Irvine on November 8 and 9, 2012.
Posted: 10/29/2012
Critical Frameworks of Transmission
The UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies hosts the 17th Annual Graduate Symposium on Japanese Studies.
Posted: 10/19/2012
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