Calendar of Events
Public lectures, symposium, colloquia and workshops about World Affairs at UCLA
Events for January 2013
대한민국 법원의 외국 중재 판정 승인 및 집행 소고 - 미국 중재 판정 승인 및 집행을 중심으로 The Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Korea - With Focus on the US Matters
By Jahng Yongbeum, Judge, Seoul District Court
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
CAW: Tulpan, pt. 2
A Kazakh film discussion
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Nazarian Center Documentary Film Series - Gut Shabbes Vietnam
A young Israeli couple set out to the Far East – emissaries of the Chabad Movement who are sent to Vietnam
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Humanities Building, Rm 135
SAMBHI INDIAN MUSIC LECTURE SERIES
THE MOHINDAR BRAR SAMBHI LECTURE SERIES
ON INDIAN MUSIC
in association with the
NAZIR ALI JAIRAZBHOY COLLOQUIUM
ETHNOMU 291
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room 1344 Schoenberg Music Building
Xingu
A 2012 Brazilian drama film by director Cao Hamburger
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Melnitz Hall 1409
Political Epistemics: The Secret Police, the Opposition and the End of East German Socialism
CEES book talk with author Andreas Glaeser, University of Chicago, Sociology. Discussant: Gail Kligman, UCLA, Sociology.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
12:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Patriot of Persia
A book reading by Christopher de Bellaigue, Journalist
Thursday, January 10, 2013
2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Rejecting the 'Religious vs. Secular' Binary: Traditionalists in Jewish-Israeli Politics
Professor Yaacov Yadgar, Bar-Ilan University, Visiting Faculty UC Berkeley
Thursday, January 10, 2013
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Bunche Hall
“Keeping the Immigrant Bargain: The Costs and Rewards of Success in America”
A talk by Vivian Louie, Harvard University.
Location: Moore Hall Room 3340 (the Video Lab)
Friday, January 11, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Commemoration of the Iranian Media Legend Iraj Gorgin
A book launch
Sunday, January 13, 2013
5:00 PM
147 Dodd Hall
Decentralized Disaster Management, Safety Nets and Local Governance in Bangladesh
Prof. Stephen Commins, UCLA Department of Urban Planning
Monday, January 14, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
CAW: Health in Post-Socialist Georgia
Led by Hannah Reiss
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
New Leaders Make a Difference, but When? Reflections from Hong Kong on China’s Current Succession
Dr. David Zweig talks about China's political changes under the new leader, Xi Jinping
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Bunche Hall 11377
Europe in Crisis: Bolt from the Blue?
A book talk with author Ivan Berend, UCLA, History. Discussants: Dr. Bernd Fischer, Consul General of Germany, and Stefan Biedermann, Deputy Consul General of Germany in Los Angeles.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
12:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
숫자로 본 야구 Numbers, statistics, and Baseball
By Professor Nahm Jae Hyun, Korea University
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
CAW: From Ethnic Groups to Nationalities and Nations
led by Andrew Grant, UCLA Dept. of Geography
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
10367 Bunche Hall
The National Park: Biodiversity Conservation in Wartime Iraq
A lecture by Bridget Guarasci, Visiting Scholar, Department of Anthropology, UCLA
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
3:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Putin's Kiss
Reception at 6:30 pm. Documentary film screening at 7:00 pm followed by discussion with Arch Getty, UCLA, History. Part of the International Institute Human Rights Film Series.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
The Place of Film in the Romanian Secret Police Archives: "Reenactment" (1960) and its Files - CANCELLED
CEES public lecture by Cristina Vatulescu, New York University, Comparative Literature.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
12:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Palestine & the UN
A panel discussion about the significance of the "non-member state observer status" recently granted to Palestine by the UN General Assembly. Panelists include Asli Bali, UCLA Law; Steven Spiegel, UCLA Center for Middle East Development; and UCLA Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala, who will also moderate the discussion. This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Near Eastern Studies, the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, and the Center for Middle East Development.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
UCLA Law School, Room 1347
Funding Opportunities for International Grad Students
Information Workshop for International Graduate Students at UCLA
Thursday, January 24, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Young Research Library Presentation Room (YRL 11348)
How Bananas Got to Africa
Presentation by Professor Christopher Ehret, University of California, Los Angeles
Thursday, January 24, 2013
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
10383 Bunche hall
Israel/Palestine in Eyal Sivan’s Cinematography - Route 181 (2003)
Screening of the first half of the film
Thursday, January 24, 2013
6:00 PM
A51 Humanities Building
Reconstituirea - CANCELLED
CEES film screening (in Romanian ONLY) and discussion with Cristina Vatulescu, New York University, Comparative Literature.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
6:30 PM
190 Royce Hall
Youth Held at the Border: Immigration, Education, and the Politics of Exclusion
A talk by Leigh Patel, Boston University
Location: Moore Hall 3340 (the Reading Room)
Friday, January 25, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Innovation: East Asian Perspectives
A multidisciplinary conference
Friday, January 25, 2013
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
243/314 Royce Hall, UCLA
Innovation: East Asian Perspectives
A multidisciplinary conference
Saturday, January 26, 2013
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
243/314 Royce Hall, UCLA
From Ancient Persia to Contemporary LA: 2,700 Years of Iranian Jewish History
A conference organized in conjunction with the exhibition Light and Shadows: The Story of Iranian Jews, this day-long conference brings together distinguished scholars to examine topics including religions and cultures in ancient Persia, religious minorities under Shiite Islamic rule, and contemporary issues of identity and culture, including women in Iran and the Jewish-Persian diaspora.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Fowler Museum
Discussion on a 4-Volume Book on the Holocaust
A panel discussion with Dr. Ardeshir Babaknia, Dr. Jaleh Pirnazar, and Reza Goharzad, Journalist
Sunday, January 27, 2013
6:00 PM
121 Dodd Hall
"Can a Modern Science & Engineering Institution in Pakistan Be Sustained?"
Asad Abidi, Chancellor's Professor, UCLA Department of Electrical Engineering
Monday, January 28, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
CAW: Rogers Brubaker Readings
Led by Ali Hamdan
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
10367 Bunche Hall
Info Session: JRI Summer Research Exchange at Peking University
Q&A for students interested in 2013 JRI Summer Research Exchange at Peking University,
for UCLA undergraduate and graduate students in science and engineering
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Screening of "The Ayatollah’s Seal" and lecture on "Safety of Journalists"
A lecture by Mohammad Manzarpour BBC Persian Bureau Editor. Washington DC, following the screening of the documentary "The Ayatollah's Seal"
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
The Arab Uprisings: Between Change and Continuity
A Panel Discussion and Book Event
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
4:30 PM
Law School Room 1430
Lecture: Professor Akira Nishimura, Kagoshima University- Pacification of the Dead Spirits, Inspiration for the Living: The Relation of the Violent Structure of Japanese Society to the Commemoration for the War Dead
In Japan, two kinds of the dead have been discussed separately in the past research trends on the commemoration for war dead: the fallen soldiers and the civilian casualties like the atomic bomb dead. In this talk, Professor Akira Nishimura will try to recapitulate such genealogies of the commemorations based on the violent structure of Japanese society and abstract two types of vectors as “pacification and inspiration” which represent the relation of the living and the dead.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
UCLA Rolfe Hall, Room 1301
The Élysée Treaty: Celebrating 50 Years of Franco-German Cooperation
CEES panel discussion marking the fiftieth anniversary of the post-war French-German reconciliation by the signing of the Élysée Treaty on January 22nd, 1963. Speakers: Dr. Bernd Fischer, Consul General of Germany, and Mr. Axel Cruau, Consul General of France. Moderator: Ivan Berend, UCLA History.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
314 Royce Hall
Encuentro con Carla Guelfenbein: Una chilena en la republica mundial de la novela
A lecture by novelist Carla Guelfenbein.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Rolfe 4302
CANCELLED - Taking the Place of Stalin: Everyday Life in Late Communism
CEES public lecture by Paulina Bren, Vassar College, History.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
12:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Speaking Soviet with an Accent: Culture and Power in Kyrgyzstan
Program on Central Asia Book Talk by Ali Igmen, CSU Long Beach
Thursday, January 31, 2013
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
10383 Bunche
Missing Identities: Conflicting sentiments in a world of enforced disappearance in the Southern Cone
Lecture by sociologist professor Gabriel Gatti
Thursday, January 31, 2013
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
Israel/Palestine in Eyal Sivan’s Cinematography - Route 181 (2003)
Part 2 of two-part documentary film screening followed by discussion with filmmaker Eyal Sivan and Gabriel Piterberg, UCLA
Thursday, January 31, 2013
6:00 PM
A51 Humanities Building
