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Japan in the World
A roundtable discussion of Japanese foreign policy and U.S.-Japan relations. Participants will include Professor Mike Thies, UCLA; Christopher Hughes, University of Warwick; Jun Saito, Yale; Mireya Solis, American University; and Toshiaki Miura, Asahi Shinbun. Moderated by Tom Plate, Loyola Marymount University.
Friday, March 02, 2012
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Nibei Center
Film Screening: "40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy"
Film screening and discussion with the filmmaker, Dr. Robert Lemelson
Friday, March 02, 2012
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Los Angeles Indonesian Consulate
Moving Forward: Life after the Great East Japan Earthquake
A photojournalism exhibit co-organized by the UCLA Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies and The Kahoku Shimpo newspaper.
Sunday, March 04, 2012
Time to be announced.
Fowler Museum
Family Jam: Listen, Learn, Jam: A Bow to Japanese Music
A Fowler Event
Sunday, March 04, 2012
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Fowler Museum courtyard
CAW: Tengriism
Readings and Discussion with Kagan Arik, University of Chicago
Monday, March 05, 2012
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Shamanism and Healing in the Culture of the Kazakhs
Religions of the Silk Road Lecture by Kagan Arik, University of Chicago.
Monday, March 05, 2012
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
China and the U.S. West Coast: Golden Business Opportunities
Chairman Wei Jiafu lays out a "roadmap" for capitalizing on the golden opportunities of doing business in China and attracting investment from China to the West Coast, offering valuable insights into what makes business work in China and how the West can take advantage of the expanding markets and investment opportunities both there and in the U.S.
Monday, March 05, 2012
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
UCLA Anderson School of Management
Race for Empire
A book talk by Takashi Fujitani, director, Asia Pacific Studies, University of Toronto
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Humanities Bldg. Room 193
Shamanism, Tourism, and Secrecy: Revelation and Concealment in Siberut, Western Indonesia
Colloquium with Christian S. Hammons, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Southern California
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
LA Premiere: LIFE WITHOUT PRINCIPLE (Johnnie To, 2011)
Thursday, March 08, 2012
7:30 PM
The James Bridges Theater
New Visions: The Sketch of Mujo
A documentary by filmmaker Omiya Koichi presented by Melnitz Movies and the Paul. I and Hisako Terasaki Center as part of the film series "New Visions of Japanese Cinema"
Friday, March 09, 2012
7:30 PM
The James Bridges Theater
Symposium: Moving Forward: Life after the Great East Japan Earthquake
A half-day symposium with experts on the recovery and reconstruction of Japan. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Moving Forward: Life After the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Fowler Museum
Tragic Fate of a Floodplain: What Happened to Certain Schemes in the Brahmaputra River Valley?
By Prof. Arupjyoti Saikia, Post-Doctoral fellow at the Yale Agrarian Studies Program, Associate Professor of History, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati India
Monday, March 12, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Tragic Fate of a Floodplain: What Happened to Certain Schemes in the Brahmaputra River Valley?
By Prof. Arupjyoti Saikia, Post-Doctoral fellow at the Yale Agrarian Studies Program, Associate Professor of History, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati India
Monday, March 12, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Numata Colloquium Series Talk by Mario Poceski
“Literary Remaking and Historical Transformation of the Religious Persona(s) of Chan Teacher Mazu Daoyi," a talk by Prof. Mario Poceski (University of Florida)
Monday, March 12, 2012
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
243 Royce Hall, UCLA
북한체제의 변화를 위한 정보기술의 활용 Use of Information Technology (IT) for Change in North Korea
Sang Hyuk Yoon, Ministry of Unification/Post Doc and Visiting Scholar Colloquium Series
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
‘Progressive Possibilities in Occupant Urbanism’s Contesting Properties
By Prof. Solomon Benjamin, Manipal University, School of Architecture and Planning
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10383 BUNCHE HALL
Policing Protest: "Restrictions on Street Demonstrations in Japan"
A lecture by Lawrence Repeta—Professor, Meiji University Faculty of Law, Tokyo
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library
The 1988 Seoul Olympics and Its Significance in International Politics and the Korean Economy
Man Lip Choy, Pierre de Coubertin laureate / The Korea Times-Hankook Ilbo Lecture for Contemporary Korean Studies
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Main Conference Room, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA
The Use of Japanese Traditional Theater Aesthetics and Techniques in Contemporary Acting and Directing
A lecture-demonstration by Professor Zvika Serper, PhD, including live performance and video.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
7:00 PM
Nibei Foundation
An Alternate Modernity: Twentieth-Century Balinese Painting
Illustrated lecture by Professor Adrian Vickers, Director, Australian Centre for Asian Art and Archaeology, The University of Sydney.
Monday, March 19, 2012
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Brown Auditorium, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Sneak Preview: THE RAID (2011)
Award-winning film featuring silat - an Indonesian martial art
Thursday, March 22, 2012
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
The James Bridges Theater
Workshop on Japanese Newspaper Media—Yomidas Rekishikan
Make plans now to attend a workshop on Yomidas Rekishikan, an online archive of Japan’s largest newspaper, The Yomiuri Shimbun, on Friday, March 23.
Friday, March 23, 2012
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library
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