Asia News Archive

European Classical Meets Japanese Nagauta

Terasaki Chair Thomas Rimer discusses the beginnings of Western classical music in Japan and the life of Japan's first well-known composer.
Posted: 5/8/2008

Which Special Interests Get Heard?

Japanese politics expert Megumi Naoi explains the relationship between Japanese politicians and interest groups.
Posted: 4/16/2008

Art of the Kimono

Kimono stylist Nobuaki Tomita explains the kimono-making process, while showcasing his work and discussing the traditional Japanese costume's history.
Posted: 4/9/2008

Miriam Silverberg, In Memoriam

Miriam Rom Silverberg, Professor Emerita of History, passed away on March 16, 2008.
Posted: 4/4/2008

The Lyrical in Epic Time: Jiang Wenye's Music & Poetry

A talk by David Der-wei Wang, in the series New Directions in Taiwan Studies
Posted: 4/4/2008

Hints of Change in North Korea

In impoverished North Korea, Rudiger Frank of the University of Vienna observes modest changes in the direction of a market economy.
Posted: 3/26/2008

Authentic 'Kujiki'

Northern Illinois University's John R. Bentley pokes holes in the view that 'Sendai Kuji Hongi' ('Kujiki') is a derivative historical text.
Posted: 3/24/2008

Multinational corporations that partner with the Burmese military and military-led government share the responsibility for human rights abuses, argue two representatives of EarthRights International at UCLA.
Posted: 3/12/2008

UCLA Faculty Research on China: Hongyin Tao

Professor Tao is doing pathbreaking work in Chinese linguistics and language teaching
Posted: 2/29/2008

The Rise of Asian Nations

In a Q&A with AsiaMedia's Debory Li, former Singapore diplomat Kishore Mahbubani discusses his latest book and the future of the Asian hemisphere.
Posted: 2/27/2008

UCLA Faculty Research on China: Professor Virginia C. Li

"Going to China is for testing methodologies, not just for projects"
Posted: 2/21/2008

Invoking the 'Righteous Spirit'

Brandeis University's Matthew Fraleigh explains how the 'shishi' passed on Chinese poetic traditions by reinventing the poem "The Song of the Righteous Spirit."
Posted: 2/20/2008

Something Completely Different with Mark Selden

Academics aren't all narrow specialists. Cornell's Mark Selden shows his versatility with lectures on American bombing campaigns since WWII and the rural-urban divide in China.
Posted: 2/19/2008

China's Durable Inequality: Legacies of Revolution & Pitfalls of Reform

A talk by Mark Selden
Posted: 2/15/2008

Chinese Villagers Kept a World Apart

Even after reforms, China's policies put rural people in the position of second-class citizens, explains Mark Selden.
Posted: 2/14/2008

UCLA Faculty Research on China: Professor C. Cindy Fan

Professor Fan (Department of Geography) explores internal migration in China
Posted: 2/1/2008

Peace Movements

Company Ea Sola uses dance to share experiences of the Vietnam War with younger generations.
Posted: 1/25/2008

Zen for Sale

Art historian Kendall Brown explains how the Ryoanji stone garden in Kyoto, Japan, became a commercialized symbol of Zen Buddhism.
Posted: 1/23/2008

Culture Night Depicts Vietnam War

The three-hour-long event depicting a family torn apart by political ideology in the midst of the Vietnamese war was meant to stir up conversation.
Posted: 1/22/2008

"The Hurricane": First screening in the Chinese Independent Documentary Film Series

"The Hurricane" is a reinvestigation of the communist Land Reform (1946-1953). This documentary, in the form of a grassroots oral history, presents villages in Northeast China, who speak from memory, giving accounts of manipulation, injustice, and cruelty.
Posted: 1/18/2008

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