Calendar of Events
Public lectures, symposium, colloquia and workshops about World Affairs at UCLA
Events for June 2013
Sustainable Grassroots Development in India
By AID Lifetime Fellows Dr. Ravi Kuchimanchi and Aravinda Pillalamarri
Sunday, June 02, 2013
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
UCLA
Film Screening: "Alias Ruby Blade: A Story of Love and Revolution"
Documentary screening followed by discussion with Geoffrey Robinson (UCLA History) and Director Alex Meillier. Part of the UCLA International Human Rights Film Series.
Monday, June 03, 2013
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
Egypt’s Search for Regime Security and the Failure in the making of the U.S.-Egypt Cold War Alliance During the Eisenhower and Kennedy Years
A lecture by Kangsuk Kim, Fulbright Visiting Graduate Researcher from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea
Tuesday, June 04, 2013
3:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Retirement Reception for Edmond Keller
Tuesday, June 04, 2013
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
UCLA Faculty Center
CAW: "History of the Regions"
Led by Feruza Djumaniyazova
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10367 Bunche Hall
Protest Dialectics: The Emergence and Evolution of South Korea’s Democracy Movement (1970-1979)
By Paul Y. Chang, Yonsei University
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
What is Going on in Turkey: Peaceful protests, police brutality and continuity of the authoritarian tradition
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
5:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Corações Sujos (Dirty Hearts)
A 2011 film by Vicente Amorim
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Melnitz Hall 1409
Outside-In: Mambai Expectations of Returning Outsiders (East Timor)
Colloquium with Prof. Elizabeth G. Traube, Department of Anthropology, Wesleyan University
Thursday, June 06, 2013
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Haines Hall 352
Kids Kingdom: Film Showing and Discussion with Director
Kids Kingdom is a documentary film about a group of Chinese kids who spend most of their time in Ba Kindergarten, a preschool in Beijing.
Thursday, June 06, 2013
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Young Research Library - Presentation Room 11348 YRL
The US Occupation’s Politics of Censorship towards the Postwar Japanese Leftist Popular Culture, 1946-49: The Case of Hataraku Fujin (Working Women)
Presented by Professor Yumi Soeshima, State University of New York-New Paltz
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:30 AM
UCLA, Young Research Library, WEC
Divining Providencia: Urbanization in the Amazon and the Paradox of Infrastructure
A conference addressing infrastructural projects and cultural and environmental preservation.
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Perloff Hall 1029B
What is Happening in Turkey Now: 2nd Teach-in
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
12:00 PM
10367 Bunche Hall
LA Film Fest: Master Class with Gustavo Santaolalla
The Latin American Institute is proud to host the Los Angeles Film Festival’s Master Class with Argentine musician and film composer Gustavo Santaolalla
Saturday, June 15, 2013
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
The Grammy Museum at L.A. LIVE
Where Are We Now? A Discussion of LGBT Rights Around the Globe.
Presented as part of the City of West Hollywood's One Pride Month Programming and the West Hollywood Human Rights Speakers Series, this panel is co-sponsored by The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, Burkle Center for International Relations at UCLA, The Williams Institute, AIBAI Cultural and Education Center, Beijing Zou You Information Center, and the National Council of Jewish Women Los Angeles.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
City Council Chambers at the West Hollywood Library
Shlomo Ben-Ami: Zionism, Israel, and The World
Keynote Address of the 29th Annual Association for Israel Studies Conference.
Monday, June 24, 2013
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM
Schoenberg Hall
2013 Association for Israel Studies Conference, June 24-26 - "Israel in the International Arena: Scholarship, Imagery, Discourse & Public Policy"
The premier international gathering of Israel Studies scholars will convene at UCLA, hosted by the Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. Former Israeli Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben Ami to deliver keynote address.
Monday, June 24, 2013
9:00 AM - 5:45 PM
Israel Education and Scholarship: Between the Academy and the Community
Plenary III of the 29th Association for Israel Studies Conference.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Dodd Hall, Room 147
