Global Diasporas
International and Area Studies Summer Institute for Educators, Summer 2004, UCLA
Published: Monday, August 16, 2004
Workshop focused on the diverse African, European, Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian diaspora communities worldwide, from ancient to contemporary times. We will identify important diaspora communities from each region and the historic conditions that produced them, then explore how members have conceived of their places of origin and maintained real or imagined connections to their ancestral homelands. We will pay special attention to contrasting meanings as well as different ways that communities have expressed and kept alive ties to their homelands, such as celebrations, clothing styles, artistic and literary production, and travel.
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SATURDAY July 31, 2004 |
10383 Bunche Hall Welcome and Introduction to UCLA’S Global Diasporas Institute Sherry Vatter |
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Room 1, Media Lab Screening and discussion of Amy Catlin- Jairazbhoy and Nazir Jairazbhoy’s 1997 film, Hmong musicians in America : interactions with three generations of Hmong Americans, 1978-1996 with Barbara Gaerlan | |
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MONDAY August 2, 2004 |
10383 Bunche Hall Exiles and Emigrants, Migrants and Adventurers: Are All Population Movements Diasporic? Elliot Barkan |
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10383 Bunche Hall Travel in the Renaissance Marianna Birnbaum | |
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TUESDAY August 3, 2004 |
10383 Bunche Hall At Home in Exile and in Exile at Home: Creating the Jewish Diaspora Jeffrey Blutinger |
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10383 Bunche Hall The Filipino Labor Diaspora: Its Costs and Consequences Including screening & discussion of Mariji Meerman’s 2001 film, CHAIN OF LOVE Rhacel Parrenas | |
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WEDNESDAY August 4, 2004 |
10383 Bunche Hall The African Diaspora in Haiti and the Americas Patrick Polk 10:40 am – noon Allen Roberts |
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Social Science Computing Lab 2035B Public Policy Building INTERNET SESSION: DIASPORA IDENTITIES ON THE WEB | |
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THURSDAY August 5, 2004 |
10383 Bunche Hall CURRICULUM SESSION |
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10383 Bunche Hall AFRICAN DIASPORA COMMUNITIES IN THE INDIAN OCEAN WORLD Allen Roberts Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy Including screening & discussion of her 2003 film, From Africa to India: Sidi Music in the Indian Ocean Diaspora | |
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FRIDAY August 6, 2004 |
10383 Bunche Hall GEOGRAPHICAL MOBILITY IN EUROPE Ödül Bozkurt |
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Young Research Library UCLA LIBRARY RESOURCES FOR THE ADVANCED USER Miki Gorel 10383 Bunche Hall Screening & discussion of Caroline Babayan’s 2001 film, HAMBURGER AND DOLMA | |
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MONDAY August 9, 2004 |
10383 Bunche Hall MOVING IDENTITIES: LEARNING FROM NORTH AFRICAN ARABS IN FRANCE Larry Michalak |
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10383 Bunche Hall DIASPORAS IN JAPAN Ann Kaneko Including screening & discussion of her 1998 film, OVERSTAY | |
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TUESDAY August 10, 2004 |
10383 Bunche Hall AFRICANS IN EUROPE Dominic Thomas |
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10383 Bunche Hall SOUTHEAST ASIAN BI-CULTURAL PARENTING Cathryn Dhanatya | |
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10383 Bunche Hall RUSSIAN/GERMANS: CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL ASPECTS Snezhana Bokarius | |
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10383 Bunche Hall EAST ASIAN DIASPORA IN LATIN AMERICA: AN OVERVIEW WITH THE CHINESE AS A CASE STUDY Clara M. Chu | |
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THURSDAY August 12, 2004 |
10383 Bunche Hall SUMMING UP, POST-SEMINAR TASKS, & ACCREDITATION 11:00 am – noon Recreating the Homeland in Los Angeles: Little Ethiopia Azeb Tadesse noon - 4:00 pm FIELD TRIP TO LITTLE ETHIOPIA Including LUNCH at Ethiopian Restaurant, Meals by Genet |
Sponsored by UCLA’s International Institute and its Center for African Studies, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Center for European and Eurasian Studies, and Center for Near Eastern Studies. Funded in part by the U.S. Department of Education.
