Articles by Kevin Matthews
Here to Havana
Ben Caldwell, a filmmaker and founder of a community arts organization, wants to change attitudes about language and race.
Published on: 2/27/2007
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'Arab Style' Hits Bulgarian Province
Kristen Ghodsee of the Gender and Women's Studies Program at Bowdoin College has observed a Persian Gulf-influenced Muslim religious revival in a southern Bulgarian province. In one of two recent UCLA talks, she describes her project to work out how it happened.
Published on: 2/26/2007
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He Brings International Issues to Public's Attention
In his new post at the Burkle Center, Raustiala said he will take advantage of UCLA's West Coast setting to "focus on areas where we can really move the debate forward," including Latin America and the Pacific Rim, while still "covering the waterfront of international relations."
Published on: 2/7/2007
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UCLA's Buswell Elected 1st Koreanist to Lead Asian Studies
In 2008, Robert Buswell will become president of the Association for Asian Studies, the largest group of its kind. It's a breakthrough for UCLA and Korean studies alike and may owe to the unusually wide expertise of this one-time Buddhist monk.
Published on: 2/7/2007
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Maps on Us
Maps of L.A.'s languages leave a lot out of the picture.
Published on: 2/1/2007
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Welcome to LALA
It's a magazine about speech and a city. It's a local take on globalization. Sometimes it's a peek at what linguists and other academics do for a living. It's staffed by UCLA students.
Published on: 2/1/2007
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Clark: Iraq War Legal, Not Legitimate
Retired General Wesley K. Clark, a senior fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, explains to a packed Law School auditorium that the United States has "squandered its mantle of legitimacy in this conflict."
Published on: 1/23/2007
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Surprised, Again, by Dutch Voters
A visiting historian and a UCLA political scientist analyze November's inconclusive election in the Netherlands.
Published on: 12/15/2006
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UCLA Center Launches National Effort to Understand, Educate 'Heritage' Speakers
With a new National Language Resource Center, the federal government is recognizing that the preservation of U.S. language communities will not be accomplished with approaches aimed at monolingual Americans.
Published on: 11/29/2006
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Ngugi wa Thiong'o Shares His Art
On a book tour for his English translation of 'Wizard of the Crow,' the Kenyan novelist and playwright teaches a UCLA audience about dictators, globalization, and 'the unity behind creation.'
Published on: 11/6/2006
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