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Greetings from the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations!
In this April edition of our eNewsletter you will find information about upcoming sponsored and co-sponsored Burkle Center events for the winter quarter, recent news, podcasts, and other announcements.
If you are an undergraduate or even a graduate student interested in international relations, we welcome you to join the International Relations Alliance. This group was recently restarted by the Burkle Center interns.
As a supporter of the Burkle Center, your attendance at our events and your feedback are invaluable. We encourage you to stay engaged and involved!
Best Wishes,
The Burkle Center Staff |
Recent News
Gen. Wesley K. Clark (ret.) Co-Chairs Report on Myanmar
The Washington Post, March 31, 2010
Hitchens Sites Daniel Pearl Lecture in Vanity Fair Online
Vanity Fair Daily, March 15, 2010
The Seismic Jew
Jewish Journal, March 9, 2010
Journalist Christopher Hitchens Condemns Anti-Semitism at 8th Annual Daniel Pearl Memorail Lecture
The Daily Bruin, March 5, 2010
Hitchens Here to Give Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture
LA Observed, March 3, 2010
Daniel Pearl Lecture featured on LA Times Hot List for Events
LA Times, March 3, 2010
Kal Raustiala on Oscars Lead to Fashion 'Plagiarism'
NY Times, March 3, 2010
UN Secretary-General Appeals to Hollywood, California Students
Voice of America, March 2, 2010
Yonhap News in Korea Covers Ban Ki-moon Lecture (In Korean)
Yonhap News, March 2, 2010
UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon comments on terrorism in Afghanistan
KPCC, March 1, 2010
UN Secretary-General to Visit UCLA
Xinhua, February 24, 2010
Burkle Senior Fellow Gen. Wesley K. Clark (ret.) Speaks in Favor of Obama's Repealing the Military's "Don't Ask/Don't Tell" Policy
Larry King Live, February 2010
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Thursday, April 15, 2010
12 PM, School of Public Affairs, Rm 2355
Eric Garcetti, LA City Council: "LA and CA in the World: Our Position & Our Global Interests" Join us for a lecture by Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti. This talk is co-sponsored by the UCLA School of Public Affairs. General admission is on a space available basis. This event is open to the public. To RSVP click here.
Monday, April 5, 2010
12:30 PM, Bunche Hall, Rm 4357
 Prof. Richard Steinberg, UCLA School of Law: "Power, International Trade Law, and State Transformation" Join us for a talk byProf. Richard Steinberg, Prof. of Law at the UCLA School of Law. This talk is co-sponsored by the UCLA Department of Political Science. General admission is on a space available basis. This event is open to the public. To RSVP click here.
Monday, April 19, 2010
2:00 PM, Bunche Hall, Rm 6275
 Gen. Wesley K. Clark (ret.) and Prof. Paul Schroeder: "A Multilateral Moment: A New US Foreign Policy?" Join us for a lecture co-sponsored by the Center for Social Theory and Comparative History and the Burkle Center for International Relations. General Wesley K. Clark (ret.) is a Senior Fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center. Paul Schroeder is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Illinois. General admission is on a space available basis. This event is open to the public. To RSVP click here.
Friday, May 14, 2010
7:00 PM, James Bridges Theater, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
 UCLA Advance Movie Screening of "Climate Refugees" Join us and the UCLA community for an advance screening of "Climate Refugees," a documentary film about "the human face of climate change." This screening is co-sponsored by the UCLA Institute of the Environment and the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. General admission is on a space available basis. Parking available in lot 3. This event is open to the public. To RSVP click here.
Monday, May 17, 2010
12:30 PM, Bunche Hall, Rm 4357
 Prof. Robert Rauchhaus, UC Santa Barbara: Topic TBD Join us for a talk by Robert Rauchhaus, Assistant Professor of International Relations at UC Santa Barbara. This talk is co-sponsored by the UCLA Department of Political Science. General admission is on a space available basis. This event is open to the public. To RSVP click here.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Time TBA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
 Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations: Topic TBD Join us for a talk by Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for US Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. She is an expert on economic development, gender issues in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, foreign aid, microfinance, and education reform in the Middle East. This talk is co-sponsored by Zócalo Public Square. General admission is on a space available basis. This event is open to the public. Registration will be available at www.zocalopublicsquare.org.
Monday, May 24, 2010, 8:30AM-5 PM UCLA James West Alumni Center
 2010 Annual Conference: "Responsible Stakeholder or Revisionist Superpower? China and the World in the 21st Century," co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies, the Center for American Progress (CAP), and the UCLA International Institute. Details forthcoming.
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Christopher Hitchens delivers the Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture at UCLA
Video of the Q&A from the Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture at UCLA
His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, gives Bernard Brodie Lecture
His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, receives The UCLA Medal
Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecturer and commentator on contemporary thought, politics and culture on "Varities of Anti-Semitism"
