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Results For 2010
India and Gauguin's Tahitian Nudes: Mapping Modernism in a Global Frame
Revisit the legacy of Amrita Sher-Gil's artistic career in modern Indian art. Presentation by UCLA Professor Saloni Mathur.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Afghanistan in Ink: Literatures of Nation, War, and Exile
A one-day conference focusing on the development of Afghanistan's national literature over the past 50 years.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
314 Royce Hall
The Bitter Taste of Tea: A Journey into the World of Fair Trade
Film screening followed by a forum on tea and fair trade.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
James Bridges Theater, 1409 Melnitz
The Political Economy of India After Liberalization
A presentation by Dr. Akhil Gupta, Professor in Anthropology and Chair of Interdepartmental Programs in South Asian Studies.
Monday, February 01, 2010
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
An Ambiguous Beloved
Poetry reading and discussion by Professor Anurima Banerji, Department of World Arts and Cultures.
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Kaufman Hall Room 160
Journalists Under Fire: An Independent Reporter's View from Chechnya, Iraq, and Afghanistan
A public lecture by Anne Nivat, Award-Winning Paris-Based Freelance War Reporter and Writer
Thursday, February 11, 2010
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
South Asian-American Experience and Imperatives
A presentation by Professor Snehendu Kar, UCLA School of Public Health
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
TOPIC CHANGE: Visual Encounters in Early Modern South Asia
An illustrated talk by Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Professor of History and Director, Center for India and South Asia
Monday, February 22, 2010
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Circuits and Networks: Muslim Interactions in the First Age of Globalization
Day 1 of a two-day conference examining the role of transnational Islam and new technologies on the circulation of ideas in the globalized world order.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Kerckhoff Grand Salon
Rebuilding Afghanistan: One Drop at a Time
The 2nd Annual Fundraising Banquet for Afghanistan
Friday, February 26, 2010
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
UCLA Ackerman Grand Ballroom
Zarina Hashmi, Mona Hatoum and the Forms of Dispossession
A presentation by UCLA Professor Aamir Mufti
Monday, April 05, 2010
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
CANCELLED: A Saint on the Move: Images of Efficacy in Devotional Diasporas of Shirdi Sai Baba
UCLA Center for the Study of Religion Faculty Seminar Series:
Works in Progress presented by Dr. Polly Nooter Roberts
Followed by a Q & A with Dr. Allen F. Roberts
Professors, UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures
Thursday, April 08, 2010
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10367 Bunche Hall
The Painter Farrukh Beg: A Traveler in Mughal India
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents its Fourth Annual Lecture by distinguished guest Dr. Milo Cleveland Beach.
Thursday, April 08, 2010
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
LACMA
India and Climate Change
All day symposium presented by the UCLA Law School Emmet Center for Climate Change and the Environment,Evan Frankel Environmental Law and Public Program, and UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy.
Friday, April 09, 2010
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
UCLA School of Law
Out in India: A Family's Journey
Documentary Screening with Filmmaker Question and Answer.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Santa Monica Public Library- Main Branch
Bombay Islam: A Religious Economy in the Western Indian Ocean
History Professor Nile Green will be discussing his latest book, Bombay Islam: A Religious Economy in the Western Indian Ocean.
Monday, April 19, 2010
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Indus Urbanism and Trade: Recent Discoveries from Pakistan and India
A lecture by Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, University of Wisconsin Madison
Friday, April 23, 2010
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
352 Haines Hall
"Joymoti" film screening
A film screening of Joymoti, the first Assamese feature film with discussion by Professor Aparna Sharma, Department of World Arts and Cultures.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Kaufman Room 101
Asia in LA 2010: Creating and Consuming Asian Cuisines
Join us for a fun and enlightening day with UCLA experts and well-known personalities in the world of Asian cuisine, plus special demonstrations and - of course - tasting opportunities!
Sunday, May 02, 2010
9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
UCLA James West Alumni Center
Lines of Control - Partition as a Productive Space
Discussion by London based curator Hammad Nasar, co-founder of Green Cardamom.
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
CISA 2010 Annual Lecture
The Center for India and South Asia 2010 Annual Lecture presents
"Engendering Technology: Machines as the Measure of Men (and Women)in Early 20th-Century India"
By Professor David Arnold, University of Warwick
Monday, May 10, 2010
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
School of Public Affairs Building
**Cancelled**South Asian Youth Conference
All day symposium offered by Sangam, a UCLA South Asian student organization.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Dodd Hall Room 147
The Turkish Presence in the Islamic World, Day 1 of 2
The 2010 Levi Della Vida Award Honoring Professor C. Edmund Bosworth
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
314 Royce Hall
The Turkish Presence in the Islamic World, Day 2 of 2
The 2010 Levi Della Vida Award Honoring Professor C. Edmund Bosworth
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
9:30 AM - 7:00 PM
314 Royce Hall
Orientalism and the Invention of World Literatures, Day 1 of 2
A two-day conference organized by Aamir Mufti, UCLA
Friday, May 21, 2010
9:30 AM - 6:30 PM
314 Royce Hall, UCLA
Orientalism and the Invention of World Literatures, Day 2 of 2
A two-day conference organized by Aamir Mufti, UCLA
Saturday, May 22, 2010
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
314 Royce Hall, UCLA
Sardar Patel Award Ceremony
The 2009 Sardar Patel Award is presented to Dr. Gayatri A. Menon.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
UCLA Covel Commons
Celebrating Extraordinary Visionaries
Asia Society Southern California has selected six Extraordinary Visionaries to share their stories of success during the 25th Annual Gala.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Millennium Biltmore Hotel
The Search for the Sacred in Modern India
Travel Writer and Historian William Dalrymple will present his book, Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India, as part of the Zocalo Public Square series.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
UCLA Hammer Museum
A Night at the Taj
The Pacific Asia Museum presents the 33rd Festival of the Autumn Moon, a celebration and fundraiser.
Saturday, October 02, 2010
5:30 PM - 10:30 PM
The California Club
Frontier Gandhi: Badshah Khan, A Torch of Peace
The Ahimsa Center at Cal Poly Pomona presents the documentary, Frontier Gandhi: Badshah Khan, a Torch for Peace. The film will be followed by a dialogue with the Producer/Director, Teri C. McLuhan.
Sunday, October 03, 2010
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Bronco Student Center (BSC)
UCLA Study Abroad Fair
The UCLA International Education Office is pleased to be hosting UCLA's 24th annual study abroad fair on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 in Ackerman Union Grand Ballroom.
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Ackerman Union Grand Ballroom
Lucknow through the Lens of Bollywood
Visit the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for a presentation on the culture of Lucknow in films produced by directors of Hindi and Bollywood Cinema from the 1960s to the present.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Bing Theater
UCLA International Institute Open House
In association with the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars and the International Education Office
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10th and 11th Floors, Bunche Hall
Civil War and Social Capital: Behavioral-Game Evidence from Nepal
The UCLA Department of Political Science presents Professor Michael Gilligan from the Department of Politics at New York University.
Monday, October 18, 2010
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
4357 Bunche Hall
The Difficulty of Being Good
UCLA Anderson School of Management presents Gurcharan Das, best-selling author, management guru, public intellectual and former CEO of Procter & Gamble India.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
B-209 EDR
The Crooked Line: Memory, Communism and Feminism in India
Sponsored by the Department of English & the Mellon Grant for Cultures in Transnational Context. With respondent Jenny Sharpe.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Sequoia Room
Pakistan's New Literature: A Conversation with John Freeman, editor of Granta
A talk with Mr. Freeman on Granta's newest issue #112, dedicated to contemporary Pakistani literature.
Friday, October 29, 2010
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
4357 Bunche Hall
Today's Struggle from Slavery to Freedom in Karnataka
Come hear Shivanna and Kiran talk about the important work they do in rural India with the courageous grassroots organization JEEVIKA. Shivanna Puttaiah and Kiran Kamal Prasad are the 2010 recipients of the Harriet Tubman Award, as part of the Free the Slaves Freedom Awards.
Thursday, November 04, 2010
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
The Floating Lexicon: Amitav Ghosh, Hobson-Jobson and the OED
A lecture by Kate Teltscher, Roehampton University
Monday, November 08, 2010
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
348 Humanities
Symposium: Fifty Years of Ethnomusicology at UCLA
UCLA Student/Alumni Symposium and Dinner
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Schoenberg Music Building
The Roads to Oxiana: The Writing of Travel at the Crossroads of Asia
Central Asia Initiative International Conference
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
The History of Glass-making in India: Recent Research at the Site of Kopia
The UCLA Department of Anthropology and the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology presents Dr. Alok Kumar Kanungo, Deccan College, Pune, India and Fulbright Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room A222
Cultures of Sacrificial Death in 12th and 13th Century India
The Center for India and South Asia and the UCLA Department of Art History presents Professor Daud Ali, University of Pennsylvania. The talk is a discussion of various forms of ritual suicide, both religious and secular, in the 12th and 13th century in India. Professor Ali will focus on the culture of the Hoysala dynasty in the Deccan using inscriptions, literary texts, and art.
Monday, November 15, 2010
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Gendering the Globe: The Political and Imperial Thought of Philip Francis
The Center for India and South Asia and the Department of History presents Professor Linda Colley, Princeton University.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
The Rise and Fall of Courtly Lucknow: A Courtesan's Perspective
A lecture presented by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Saturday, December 11, 2010
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Brown Auditorium
The Chess Players
An exhibition screening presented by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Bing Theater
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"Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry" UCLA Human Rights Film Series
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
7:00 PM
UCLA James Bridges Theater
The Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace with Ambassador Ryan Crocker: "The Arab Spring and US Interests"
Thursday, May 30, 2013
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UCLA Law School, Room 1357
Film Screening: "Alias Ruby Blade: A Story of Love and Revolution"
Monday, June 03, 2013
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
STARTALK/NHLRC Heritage Language Teacher Workshop for K-16 Teachers of Less Commonly Taught Languages
Monday, July 22, 2013
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