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UCLA IT director creates Aceh photo journal, finds hope amidst destruction

Yoh Kawano, Director of Information Technology at the UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge, has just returned from Aceh. He has put together a remarkable photo journal of his time there that captures not only images of destruction that have come to represent the tsunami, but also the strength, resilience and hope of the Acehnese people.
Posted: 4/7/2005

UCLA Holds Briefing on Indian Ocean Tsunami

Expert panel looks at political problems in relief work, priorities in rescue and reconstruction efforts, and what aid workers and NGOs actually do.
Posted: 1/20/2005

Aid Available for Students in the US from Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia

The Institute for International Education and the Freeman Foundation offer emergency assistance to students from disaster-affected areas.
Posted: 1/12/2005

Tsunami -- Understanding and Helping

Web resources to aid in understanding the recent tragedy.
Posted: 1/2/2005

New Chair Maps Plan for Southeast Asian Studies IDP

Historian George Dutton discusses UCLA's Interdepartmental Degree Program (IDP) in Southeast Asian Studies.
Posted: 12/6/2004

UCLA Student Engineers Help Build Clinic in Thailand

by Chris Sutton, UCLA Today
Posted: 10/12/2004

Indonesian Rule Weighs Heavy in West Papua

Patsy Spier tells of campaign to investigate Indonesia's role in her husband's murder; John Rumbiak calls for independence for the island peoples.
Posted: 6/25/2004

Forgiveness in East Timor, But Where Is the Justice?

Five years after the Indonesian massacres in East Timor, reconciliation meetings in many villages have tried to restore the broken bonds between the two sides, but the Indonesian generals who ordered the killings have never been brought to trial.
Posted: 5/28/2004

ASEAN and Terrorism in Southeast Asia

Some Islamic extremists envision a new pan-Islamic state in Southeast Asia, Chinese scholar tells UCLA audience.
Posted: 5/20/2004

The Near Extinction of Cambodian Classical Dance

Cambodian classical dancer and teacher Sophiline Cheam Shapiro speaks about the dance's political and cultural roles, how it was almost destroyed by Pol Pot, its politicization under the Vietnamese communists, and its revival today.
Posted: 5/7/2004

The Southeast of Asian Languages and Cultures

How Southeast Asian languages joined the East Asian Languages and Cultures Department
Posted: 3/9/2004

Vietnamese Artist Tran Trong Vu -- Torn between Two Worlds

Looking back at his homeland from Paris his cartoonlike images explore bureaucracy and entrepreneurial conformity in a burlesque of socialist realist style.
Posted: 3/4/2004

The Machinery of Vietnamese Art and Literature in the Post-Renovation, Post-Communist, and Post-Modern Period

Pham Thi Hoài, one of contemporary Vietnam's most influential writers, analyzes literature in Vietnam today
Posted: 2/11/2004

Transition to Crisis in the Indonesian Countryside

Anna L. Tsing (Anthropology, UC Santa Cruz) discusses connections between globalism, rural chaos, and environmental destruction.
Posted: 1/23/2004

Reflections on East Timor after Independence: An Opposition Leader’s Perspective

Fernando de Araujo describes the problems of constructing a democratic infrastructure in the wake of the devastation wrought by Indonesia on his island nation.
Posted: 12/18/2003

Philippines' Prof. Walden Bello Wins Right Livelihood "Altermative Nobel Prize" for 2003

Prize awarded in the Swedish Parliament is "for Outstanding Vision and Work on Behalf of Our Planet and Its People."
Posted: 10/8/2003

UCLA Thai alum narrates reign as royal filmmaker

Thai prince unleashes historical battle epic; strives to delight westerners, alma mater.
Posted: 6/24/2003

Preservation Efforts in the Philippines: UC students work outside the classroom with NGOs

Exciting internships for U.C. students studying in the Philippines.
Posted: 5/15/2003

Vietnam: First Impressions of U.C. Students

Fifteen UC students attended the fall semester of the Education Abroad Program in Hanoi, Vietnam in 2002. Below are some of their impressions, captured during the first two weeks of the program.
Posted: 5/15/2003

Historic Gathering of Southeast Asian Language Teachers at UCLA

The largest group of U.S.-based teachers of Southeast Asian languages met at UCLA January 30-February 1, 2003, to improve their teaching skills and to develop new materials.
Posted: 2/26/2003

Filipino Film Festival at UCLA a Big Success

Five classic films provide Los Angeles restrospective of the best of Filipino filmaking from the early 1960s to the end of the 1980s.
Posted: 11/14/2002

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