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Results For Fall Quarter: 9/15/2012 - 12/31/2012

An Unforgettable History of World War II: the Tokyo Trials
A talk on the 1946 Tokyo Trials by Professor Xiang Longwan, Director of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Tokyo Trial Research Center, and son of one of the eleven original trial prosecutors.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Charles E. Young Research Library Presentation Room (11348 YRL)
International Institute IDP Open House & Fall Reception-Part of 'Welcome Week'!
As part of the campus-wide 'True Bruin Welcome Week' activities, the International Institute Interdepartmental Programs (IDPs) will be hosting an Open House & Fall Reception, to which you are cordially invited.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
COB: THE RED DETACHMENT OF WOMEN (1970) (银幕中国双年展: 红色娘子军)
A Film Screening and Post-screening panel discussion moderated by UCLA professor Robert Chi; with Beijing opera master and former yangbanxi performer Qi Shufang; theater director Peter Sellars; and Director of UCLA’s Center for Chinese Studies Yan Yunxiang.
Friday, October 19, 2012
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
UCLA Billy Wilder Theater, 10899 Wilshire Boulevard
Low Carbon Development in China: Fitting Global Climate Norms to National Policymaking Institutions
A talk by Eric Zusman, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), on climate change reform policy efforts in China.
Monday, October 22, 2012
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
10367 Bunche Hall, UCLA

The Impact of the I Ching on Merce Cunningham and Deborah Hay
The I Ching, or the Book of Changes, is an ancient Chinese text––perhaps the first written document in human history––and was originally used exclusively as an oracle. Three thousand years old, the I Ching is one of the most revered books in Chinese literature, and it has inspired the most eminent Chinese scholars throughout history.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Presentation Room, UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library
詠劇詩歌:明清戲曲接受史的生動記錄 (Poetry in Praise of Drama: A Vivid Record of the History of Reception of Ming and Qing Drama)
A talk in Mandarin by Professor Zhao Shanlin, East China Normal University, on the reception of Ming and Qing drama.
Friday, October 26, 2012
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
11377 Bunche Hall, UCLA
Painted Skin: The Resurrection (画皮II) Halloween Screening
Los Angeles Premiere / Halloween Screening!
PAINTED SKIN: THE RESURRECTION 2012
(画皮II)
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
UCLA Billy Wilder Theater, 10899 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90024
2012 Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art
Robert D. Mowry, the Alan J. Dworsky Curator of Chinese Art and Head of the Department of Asian Art at the Harvard Art Museums, and a Senior Lecturer on Chinese and Korean Art in Harvard’s Department of the History of Art and Architecture, will give the 25th Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art.
Saturday, November 03, 2012
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Lenart Auditorium, UCLA Fowler Museum

Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program Intro,Q&A
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
1301 Rolfe Hall

Urbanization in Between: Theorizing Urbanization in Rapidly Industrializing China
Presented by Dr. Andrew Kipnis, Australian National University
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall, UCLA
New Findings on the Monochord and Non-mathematical Methods of Constructing the 12-Lülü Chromatic Scale in Ancient China
Lecture by Guangming Li
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Schoenberg Music Building (B544)

Talks on Jewish Studies in China (Session 1)
Presented by Professor Song Lihong (宋立宏), Nanjing University, China
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
UCLA Faculty Center, Sequoia Room
Talks on Jewish Studies in China (Session 2)
Presented by Professor Song Lihong (宋立宏), Nanjing University, China
Thursday, November 15, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
314 Royce Hall

Taiwan Since Martial Law
Book talk by David Blundell, National Chengchi University
Monday, December 03, 2012
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
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STARTALK/NHLRC Heritage Language Teacher Workshop for K-16 Teachers of Less Commonly Taught Languages
Monday, July 22, 2013
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Royce 314
