Articles by Kevin Matthews
Latin American Film Studies Get Push from UCLA Institute
The Latin American Institute is launching a Film and Media Project, collaborating on a DVD collection for research libraries, and extending its menu of screenings and activities for cinema buffs.
Published on: 10/16/2007
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Former Cape Verdean President Sees Africa Standing Up
Antonio Mascarenhas Monteiro, who served two five-year terms as Cape Verde's first president elected under a multiparty system, tells a UCLA audience that Africa is no lost cause, but a continent striving towards peace and democracy. He discusses Cape Verde's relations with China and other emerging powers.
Published on: 10/10/2007
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Get Out of Iraq Within a Year, Urges Former US Defense Official
Larry Korb, a former assistant defense secretary under Reagan, wants to keep a regional military presence and to keep intervening in Iraq, but he thinks that continuing the occupation does more harm than good. He and Phillip Carter, a UCLA alum and Iraq war veteran, take questions on the war and Gen. Petraeus's strategy.
Published on: 10/1/2007
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Summer Workshops 'Open Doors' for Schoolteachers
The International Institute reaches out to K-12 teachers year-round with training and fresh materials for the classroom and brings students to campus for lectures. This summer, more than 50 teachers attended a three-day workshop on China and two-week institutes on race, class, and gender in Latin America and on historical-cultural intersections between Europe and the Middle East.
Published on: 8/24/2007
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Q&A: Cheris Chan
A UCLA Global Fellow explains how Chinese people's inhibitions about discussing premature death have made it hard, but not impossible, for a life insurance market to develop in the country.
Published on: 8/3/2007
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Latin American Scholars Meet over Kimchi
A conference this month in Koreatown was the first step in bridging studies of Korea carried out in North and South America. Under a five-year grant, UCLA Korean studies researchers and their Latin American colleagues are planning collaboration and exchanges.
Published on: 7/30/2007
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The Mediator
UCLA Burkle Center Assistant Director Anna Spain brings government and UN experience to the job, along with lessons learned since high school about solving problems collaboratively.
Published on: 7/9/2007
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Europe's 'Different Adventure'
The keynote speaker at a UCLA conference on security issues in Europe and Eurasia revisits the meaning of European unity.
Published on: 6/15/2007
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AIDS Fight Needs Course Correction, Say Panelists
Prescriptions for combating the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe include increased funding, focus on local disease drivers, and reassertion of public health goals over political concerns.
Published on: 6/12/2007
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International Institute Staffers Honored
This year's Excellence in Service Awards went to an enthusiast about Japanese (and other) cultures and a strong supporter of students working for a better Africa.
Published on: 6/6/2007
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