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Results For November 2009
Fowler Museum Food Workshop
"Sweet Tea and Sticky Rice"
Sunday, November 01, 2009
11:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Fowler Museum
Shoji Yamada on his book "Shots in the Dark: Japan, Zen, and the West"
An Informal Lecture
Monday, November 02, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Faculty Center
Lecture by Jack Healey, former Director of Amnesty International: "Burma and a Lifetime of Human Rights Advocacy"
Join us for a lecture by world-renowned human rights activist and pioneer, Jack Healey, followed by discussion with members of the UCLA community.
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
UCLA Law School Room 1327
Architecture & Confucian Ritual in the Chosŏn Dynasty (조선시대 건축과 유교 예제(禮制))
By Seung Jai Hong, Wonkwang University/CKS Post Doc and Visiting Scholars Colloquium Series
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Teacher, sailor, call center operator: Race and the making of Filipino labor niches in emerging global markets
Colloquium with Prof. Steve McKay, Department of Sociology, U.C. Santa Cruz
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Haines 279
The Buddhist Arts of Tea in Medieval China
James A. Benn delivers the 22nd Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art
Saturday, November 07, 2009
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Lenart Auditorium
Gender Issues in Malaysian Computer Science Over the Last Three Decades
Colloquium with Prof. Ulf Mellstrom, Director, Program on Gender and Technology, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden; Professor, Gender Studies, Linkoping University; Editor, Nordic Journal for Masculinity Studies; and Chair, Swedish National Secretariat for Gender Research
Monday, November 09, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
5288 Bunche Hall
Chew on This! Noontime Lecture
"From Purani Dilli to Gurgaon: Mapping the Ends in India's Capital City"
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Glorya Kaufman Hall - Phoenix Conference Room 160
From Purani Dilli to Gurgaon: Mapping the Ends in India's Capital City
An artistic presentation examining the contemporary urban experience by Professor Aparna Sharma, Department of World Arts & Cultures.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
UCLA Kaufman Hall
Red-Headed Mummies and Indo-European Languages: The Archaeology and Linguistics of Migration in 'Chinese' Eurasia
Panel Presentation with Elizabeth Barber and Melanie Malzahn, with Discussant Lothar Von Falkenhausen
Thursday, November 12, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
UCLA Faculty Center
China's Urban Poorest and their Program: Anti-Emblem of Municipal Modernization
A talk by DOROTHY SOLINGER at the University of Southern California
Thursday, November 12, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
USC University Club
Taiwan Culture in the New Millennium: A Conversation with Two Cultural Figures
A roundtable with screenwriter and novelist CHU TIEN-WEN, and novelist, poet, and naturalist LIU KE-SHIANG
Thursday, November 12, 2009
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
UCLA Korean Music and Dance Ensemble
Fowler Out Loud Concert
Thursday, November 12, 2009
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Fowler Museum
UCLA Korean Music and Dance Ensemble
A Fowler Out Loud Concert
Thursday, November 12, 2009
6:00 PM
Fowler Museum
Red Cliff Screening
Movie Screening presented by the Graduate Student Association and the Asia Institute
Thursday, November 12, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
Tocharian 100 Years after its Decipherment
A Center for Buddhist Studies Numata Colloquium Series lecture by Professor Melanie Malzahn (University of Vienna)
Friday, November 13, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
243 Royce Hall
Fowler Museum Tea Ceremony Demonstration
A Japanese Chanoyu ceremony
Saturday, November 14, 2009
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Fowler Museum
Seeking Global Solutions for Global Challenges: Climate Change, Economic & Financial Crises, Broadband & Netword, and Biotechnology
International Conference of the Chinese-American Professional Society
Saturday, November 14, 2009
8:00 AM - 5:15 PM
Fowler On the Town: Kulov's Tea Tour
"The Big Chill": second of two tours focuses on teas of the east
Sunday, November 15, 2009
11:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Fowler Museum
The World of Yugen: a lecture and presentation
Colloquium with Kyoko Ibe, Special Advisor for Cultural Exchange, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan and Professor, Kyoto Institute of Technology.
Monday, November 16, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
UCLA Faculty Center
The Quintessential Oneness of Amar, Akbar and Anthony: The Portrayal of Religious Minorities in Bollywood Masalas
A conversation with Madhu Kishwar: Portrayals of religious minorities in Bollywood films.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
IEW 2009: International Opportunities Fair
Information tables and panel sessions on international opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Kerckhoff State Rooms
International Opportunities Fair
Find out about various study abroad options - and ways to pay for them!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Kerckhoff State Rooms
고려시대 국왕과 혼인한 자매들 Sharing Spouses in Royal Families in the Koryŏ Dynasty
By Soo Jung Shin, Sungshin Women's University/CKS Post Doc and Visiting Scholars Colloquium Series
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Reconstructing Indian Population History
A roundtable discussion of the recently published paper: Reconstructing Indian Population History (Reich et al. 2009).
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
2125 Rolfe Hall
Hammer Readings: Yiyun Li
Hammer Museum Readings,
Some Favorite Writers: Yiyun Li
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Hammer Museum
East Asian Library Instruction 2009
Event sponsored by the East Asian Library on November 19, 2009.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Exploring Visual Types of Gandharan Buddha Images: Its Ramifications
A talk on Gandharan Buddhist art by Professor Rhi Juhyung of Seoul National University
Thursday, November 19, 2009
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Dodd 221A
Buddhist Cave Temples of the Kucha Kingdom
An Afternoon of Presentations and Discussion
Friday, November 20, 2009
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Seminar Room, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Contemporary Chinese America
A book talk by MIN ZHOU
Friday, November 20, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Presentation Room
The Transformation of China during the 1990s
Talks by BAIZHU CHEN (USC) and R. BIN WONG (UCLA)
Friday, November 20, 2009
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
10367 Bunche Hall
When China Rules the World: the End of the Western World and the Rise of a New Global Order
A talk by MARTIN JACQUES
Friday, November 20, 2009
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
"Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country" Film Screening
Armed with video cameras, a tenacious band of Burmese reporters [VJ=Video Journalist] face down death to expose the repressive regime controlling their country.
Friday, November 20, 2009
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
Beyond the Surface: Bronze Mirrors from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection
Two-day symposium hosted by the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Saturday, November 21, 2009
10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
314 Royce Hall
Beyond the Surface: Bronze Mirrors from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection
Two-day symposium hosted by the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Sunday, November 22, 2009
10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
314 Royce Hall
Tea of the Samurai in Times of War and Peace
Morgan Pitelka, Occidental College
Sunday, November 22, 2009
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Lenart Auditorium
Civil Society with Chinese Characteristics
A talk by SONG QINGHUA
Monday, November 23, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Screening of The Sun
Melnitz Movies, in co-sponsorship with the Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, presents a free screening of THE SUN.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
UCLA Center for Intercultural Performance: Giving Thanks
Music and Dance from India, Brazil and Hawaii
Saturday, November 28, 2009
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
244 S. San Pedro St.
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Past Events
Asia Institute's 2009 Public Lecture Series Steeped in History: The Art of Tea is held in conjunction with the UCLA Fowler exhibition also titled, Steeped in History
View events from this series
Tea and Chinese Cultural Aesthetics
Podcast of public lecture by Pei-kai Cheng, Chinese Civilisation Centre, City University of Hong Kong
From Elephants to Tea: The Nilgris Under Colonial Rule
Podcast of public lecture by Sanjay Subrahmanyam at the Fowler Museum at UCLA as part of the Steeped in History: The Art of Tea exhibit.
Spotlight Event(s)
Envisioning America: New Chinese Americans and the Politics of Belonging
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Presentation Room
Afghanistan in Ink: Literatures of Nation, War, and Exile
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Time to be announced.
314 Royce Hall
The Bitter Taste of Tea: A Journey into the World of Fair Trade
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
James Bridges Theater, 1409 Melnitz
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