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Unforced Devotions

Ritual-filled lives of 13th-century Japanese nuns at Hokkeji were rich, says USC scholar Lori Meeks.
Posted: 11/18/2005

Recarving China's Past: The Wu Family Shrines and the Story of the Stones

Princeton curator Cary Liu, the Eighteenth Sammy Yukuan Lee lecturer, questions assumptions about 'Wu Family Shrines,' prevailing approaches to Chinese art and history.
Posted: 11/14/2005

Brazilian Cinema Reborn

Director Karim Ainouz and others discuss filmmaking and the state of the industry in Brazil.
Posted: 11/2/2005

Philippines Without Borders

UCLA visiting scholar's online distance-learning program brings new perspectives to cultural study of the Philippines.
Posted: 11/2/2005

A Look at Community and Ritual in Medieval Taoism

UCLA graduate student reports on Professor Franciscus Verellen's talk at the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies.
Posted: 10/25/2005

UCLA professor Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei speaks out on the sometimes frightful, but mostly delightful, process behind her landmark book, Unspeakable Acts: The Avant-Garde Theatre of Terayama Shuji and Postwar Japan.
Posted: 10/19/2005

Visions of India's Past

CISA Director and Doshi Chair Subrahmanyam takes up cause of 'unloved' cities Delhi and Chennai.
Posted: 10/19/2005

'Ugly Ducklings' Kick Off Lecture Series

UCLA Center for India and South Asia begins its programming.
Posted: 10/14/2005

Middle Eastern Fetishes Amuse, Challenge, Shock

Jonathan Friedlander's collection of memorabilia about the Middle East includes novels, comics, and music albums that have orientalist themes.
Posted: 10/6/2005

New Life for Indian Music at UCLA

Visiting artists celebrate endowment of the Sambhi Chair in Indian music, bring more than music to courses.
Posted: 10/6/2005

Dual Citizenship: The Two Sides of Thomas Rimer

Recently appointed Terasaki Chair Thomas Rimer discusses U.S.-Japan relations, cultural diversity, and integration.
Posted: 10/5/2005

Worlds of Sound Reach L.A.

The World Festival of Sacred Music is under way, bringing cultures and communities together.
Posted: 9/21/2005

Museums in the Colony

CISA member Saloni Mathur, Assistant Professor in Art History at UCLA, has recently received a $248,700 grant from the prestigious J. Paul Getty Trust for a collaborative project on 'Museology and the Colony: The Case of India.'
Posted: 9/6/2005

The Diversity in Indian Islam

Historian Sanjay Subrahmanyam challenges those who suggest that Muslims are divorced by their religion from local Asian cultures.
Posted: 8/6/2005

Mantle Hood, 87, dies

UCLA professor emeritus founded the prestigious Institute for Ethnomusicology and brought the Indonesian gamelan to the United States.
Posted: 8/5/2005

Fifteenth Annual Iranian Film Festival

Themes of loss, yearning, nostalgia predominate
Posted: 7/2/2005

Global Entertainment and Popular Culture

Special Guest Lecture by Gareth Chang, with Professor Toby Miller, UC Riverside
Posted: 5/17/2005

Political Hinduism Goes Beyond Politics

A two-day conference at UCLA explores the way the Hindu right in politics affects the practice of Hinduism in cultures.
Posted: 5/17/2005

Lotus Steps 2005 -- UCLA's Chinese Cultural Dance Club

Highly-regarded student-led program brings dance to Los Angeles audiences. Beyond its performances, the club also provides training for pre-teen students.
Posted: 4/29/2005

Augusto Espiritu launches new book Five Faces of Exile at UCLA

UCLA alumnus breaks stereotypes in his intellectual history of prominent Filipino American writers.
Posted: 4/27/2005

Lotus Steps 2005: A New Chapter

UCLA Chinese Cultural Dance Club presents its sixth annual dance performance
Posted: 4/27/2005

Islam in China -- a workshop for teachers

May 14 workshop looks at the history of Islam in China, at Muslim societies in China, and the lives of Chinese Muslims. Enrollment space is limited.
Posted: 4/21/2005

Vietnamese Diaspora on Film

The Vietnamese International Film Festival comes to UCLA.
Posted: 4/20/2005

Contemporary Ethiopia: Revolution and Transformation?

What is the status of Ethiopia, 20 years after famine relief? Why hasn't Ethiopia progressed as predicted? Former Clinton advisor for Africa, Gayle Smith, along with leading Ethiopian scholar, Edmond Keller, lead a panel discussion focusing on the state of Ethiopia. Where were you when "We Are the World" dominated the radio waves? Marcia Thomas of USA for Africa discusses the 1984 famine relief effort and pop culture.
Posted: 3/10/2005

Last Professional Performer in the United States Demonstrates Vietnamese Classical Opera

Mrs. Ngoc Bay gives exhibition of techniques of Hat Boi at UCLA.
Posted: 2/28/2005

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