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Leading Buddhist Studies Program Eyes Tibetan Gap

Center events on Tibetan Buddhism are part of an effort to create a UCLA chair in the field. On May 23, a high-ranking Buddhist abbot and a U of Michigan professor will read the poetry of a modern Tibetan monk in the original language and in English translation.
Posted: 4/30/2007

Web Journalists Keep Discerning Eye on Asia

AsiaMedia's focus on global dimensions will be evident on April 27 when it will screen a documentary film by Yahoo! News reporter Kevin Sites about his solo journeys across 22 war zones over a year.
Posted: 4/24/2007

Nonproliferation and the Nuclear South

Nuclear powers India and Pakistan were once on the brink of war, but India is now finalizing a civil nuclear deal with the United States. Speakers at a conference on nuclear challenges discussed how the South Asian nations are breaking the nonproliferation mold.
Posted: 3/14/2007

UC delegates aim to forge partnership with India

In an effort to establish a partnership based on education and research with Indian government officials, several University of California professors and administrators are traveling to India this weekend.
Posted: 2/16/2007

Bruin Angels: Niranjala and Lokubanda Tillakaratne

Using primarily their own savings, they fund self-help projects for poor Sri Lankan villages, where the Tillakaratnes spend their vacation time each year.
Posted: 12/13/2006

Report Gives Insight into International Enrollment

Though numbers have been declining since 2002-2003, a downward trend may be ending.
Posted: 11/16/2006

Foremost Western Historian of India Publishes New Work on End of Colonial Period

UCLA Professor Emeritus Stanley Wolpert reflects on his career.
Posted: 10/26/2006

Panel on Darfur genocide to provide firsthand knowledge

Sponsored by 20-plus student groups, event will cover crisis, role of media
Posted: 10/7/2006

International Artists Converge at UCLA

Commissioned by the UCLA Center for Intercultural Performance, APPEX is a six-week artist residency program for music, dance and theater that fosters artistic collaboration and promotes creative cultural discoveries through an intensive summer workshop series suited for professional artists. CSEAS is a co-sponsor of the program.
Posted: 8/10/2006

AsiaMedia Writer Wins South Asian Journalists Association Award

Arthur Rhodes takes top honors for his coverage of Sri Lanka elections in UCLA publication.
Posted: 7/21/2006

History and Myth out of Calcutta

Legendary Black Hole is at center of first annual Center for India and South Asia lecture by anthropologist Partha Chatterjee.
Posted: 4/25/2006

Nepalese Journalist to Speak on Benefits of News Blogs

As online publications increase in popularity, critics question their credibility as sources.
Posted: 4/12/2006

Nuclear Deal Fueled by India's Energy Needs, Says Diplomat

Consul General B.S. Prakash says Indo-U.S. relations are warming.
Posted: 3/16/2006

Missing Merchants

A Paris researcher says historians of colonial India have been neglecting an important part of history.
Posted: 1/25/2006

Doctor races against time to save quake victims

UCLA neurologist Zeba Vanek is raising money, mobilizing supplies to aid Pakistani victims.
Posted: 11/28/2005

He's No Quake Victim

Historian Sanjay Subrahmanyam argues for return to democracy rather than military rule in Pakistan
Posted: 10/28/2005

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

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

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

Gandhi Prevails Over Bombs

UCLA historian Vinay Lal writes of Gandhi the healer.
Posted: 8/22/2005

New center opens eyes to South Asia

Daily Bruin story on the launch of the UCLA Center for India and South Asia.
Posted: 8/22/2005

Hard-working and prolific scholar to head new center

Subrahmanyam works to bring scholars and students together across disciplinary boundaries.
Posted: 8/10/2005

New center opens to increase visibility, cooperation among South Asia scholars at UCLA

Faculty and students expect that the new Center for India and South Asia will help fill a void on campus that has been apparent for many years.
Posted: 8/8/2005

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

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