Archive
Quick links to all the stories posted at the UCLA International Institute
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
Scholar to bring to life migrants’ perilous crossings
This profile of African Studies Center Director Françoise Lionnet looks at her upcoming presentation on historical and present-day migration and draws attention to the current phenomenon of African "boat people" — individuals from northern and western Africa in search of a better life who try to make the dangerous trip between the two continents in small boats. Lionnet delivers UCLA’s 114th Faculty Research Lecture in Schoenberg Hall on April 15, 2013, at 3 pm.
Posted: 4/15/2013
Reveal the truth, but don’t hit people over the head with it!
Author and Los Angeles Times journalist Hector Tobar discusses immigration and the Latin American experience in his works.
Posted: 3/21/2013
Migrant Workers in the Middle East: Calling Awareness to Legalized Abuses of Human Rights
Sarah Leah Whitson, the Middle East Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, speaks on migrant worker abuse in the Middle East.
Posted: 10/24/2012
James Gelvin to Participate in Istanbul World Forum
Professor James Gelvin has been invited to the First Istanbul World Forum.
Posted: 10/10/2012
Complex Compatriots: Jews in Post-Vichy Algeria
A lecture by Sung Choi, UCLA
Posted: 5/21/2012
Expanding Horizons: Pumzi, Science Fiction and African Cinema
A Podcast by Jude G. Akudinobi, UC Santa Barbara.
Posted: 3/22/2012
Framing Biopolitics: Jo Ramaka's Cinema of Power
Dr. Akinwumi Adesokan, Indiana University
Posted: 3/21/2012
Conference broadens understanding, study of migration, ethnicity and urban inequality
UCLA, Sciences Po and the Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences continue to forge ties
Posted: 3/9/2012
Migration, Ethnicity and Urban Inequality: Debates and Research Challenges
Plenary Session of the international graduate student conference, "Migration, Ethnicity, and Urban Inequality in Europe." Discussants: Rogers Brubaker, Adrian Favell, Marco Oberti, Roger Waldinger, Gokce Yurdakul.
Posted: 3/5/2012
Cultural diversity, education and civic participation focus of talk
Combination of cultures makes Los Angeles a city like no other, says L.A. Councilmember Eric Garcetti
Posted: 2/17/2012
Survivor of Cultural Revolution chronicles immigrants' lives
Childhood and immigrant experiences guide sociologist on her path to UCLA
Posted: 1/6/2012
Central American migrants experience nightmare in search of “American Dream”
Filmmaker shares documentary that exposes a perilous journey on the "train of death."
Posted: 10/13/2011
Two Premature Rumors of the Mediterraneans Death: Fishing Wars, Maritime Gentrification, and Social Anthropology of Region Formation in the Channel of Sicily Since WWII
A lecture by Naor Ben-Yehoyada, Harvard University
Posted: 5/17/2011