Events

Mediating Social Critique: Gender and Race in Hmong Diasporic Video
Lecture by Louisa Schein, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University.
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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Pilipino Scholars Night at UCLA
An informal opportunity for the UCLA community to get together to survey, facilitate, and promote Filipino Studies on campus.
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

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Vietnamese Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival
The student Vietnamese Language and Culture club continues its traditional Tet extravaganza.
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM

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The Shwegyin Religious World: Continuity, Rupture, and Political Change in Myanmar
Jason Carbine, Whittier College
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

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JMEWS Research Roundtable
Tracing Our Research Trajectories: The Study of Gender in Muslim Societies
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

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The Rise of Asia in the 21st Century: Can America Handle the Challenge?
A lecture by the Hon. Kishore Mahbubani, Singapore's Former UN Ambassador & Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

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Modern Diplomacy: What Do Diplomats Actually Do?
Careers in Asia Talk with Professor Kantathi Suphamongkhon, Political Science and Burkle Center Senior Fellow
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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A Mirror for Thai National Politics: The Curious Case of Pom Mahakan
Colloquium with Prof. Michael Herzfeld, Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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Energy Security: Security for Whom? Hydrocarbons and Human Rights in Military-ruled Burma
Colloquium with Matthew F. Smith and Naing Htoo, EarthRights International, Southeast Asia
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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The Byuti and Danger of Performing Transgender and Transnational Belonging
A colloquium with Allan Punzalan Isaac, Associate Professor of English, Wesleyan University, analyzing the film "Paper Dolls" (Bubot Niyar, Israel 2006) by Tomer Heymann.
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

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Vietnamese Cinema 4 Symposium on Filmmaking: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
Discussion with nine Asian Americans in the film industry and the screening of three short films.
2:30 PM - 8:00 PM

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Ten Years After: Reformasi & New Social Movements in Indonesia, 1998-2008
U.C. Berkeley / UCLA Joint Conference on Southeast Asian Studies
9:00 AM - 10:00 PM

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Ten Years After: Reformasi & New Social Movements in Indonesia, 1998-2008
U.C. Berkeley / UCLA Joint Conference on Southeast Asian Studies
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

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To Touch the Soul: Make Art/Stop AIDS in Cambodia
Film screening and Q&A with filmmakers.
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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AIDS | SIDA: Global Updates, Art, and Performance
Academic updates on HIV/AIDS from Africa, Latin America, South Asia, and Southeast Asia plus related performance art from each region.
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Looking for Claveria's Children: State, Church and the Individual in the History of Philippine Naming Systems
Colloquium with Professor Francis Alvarez Gealogo, Department of History, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

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Times that try men's souls: Revolutionary Europe and the Destruction of Java's Old Order, 1808-1830
Lecture by Peter Carey, Trinity College, Oxford University
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Music of Bali Ensemble
Balinese music under the direction of I Nyoman Wenten. Part of the UCLA Spring Festival of World Music and Jazz.
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

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Harberger Lecture with Regents Professor and Burkle Senior Fellow Dr. Suphamongkhon
The Annual Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture on Economic Development celebrates Al Harberger as an eminent scholar and teacher. The lectures provide a special forum for outstanding students of international economics and policy to present their thoughts and research on issues like those that Harberger himself has addressed. This year's topic is "Globalization: A Blessing or a Curse? A Thai Experience."
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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Old Routes, New Exchanges
Symposium on Alternative Practices in Arts Organizing and Arts International Exchange in Southeast Asia, Los Angeles, and San Francisco
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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Cambodian American documentary film "New Year Baby"
A Cambodian American family traces its roots in the Khmer Rouge genocide of the 1970s.
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

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UCLA International Institute Open House
in association with the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars & the Office of International Education
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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A reading by Filipino poet/novelist/playwright R. Zamora Linmark
Filipino poet/novelist/playwright R. Zamora Linmark will read from his collected works.
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

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How Citizens' Property Rights Constrain National Forest Policy in Vietnam
Colloquium with Dr. Cari An Coe, Department of Political Science, UCLA; Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkeley
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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Thai Cultural Night in the U.S.
Extraordinary evening of Thai traditional and classical music, dance, and puppet theater.
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

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Ladyboys and Good Sons: Contemporary Mediums and Gender Identity in Northern Thai Trance Dance
Colloquium with Michael Sakamoto, UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

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Asia in LA: Global Cities in Asia, Asia in the Global City
The first Asia in LA program brings together leading architects, designers, and UCLA faculty working in and on Asia.
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

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Spiritual Refreshment, Medicine for the Heart: Islamic Preaching on Record and on the Air in Indonesia
Colloquium with Bernard Arps, Leiden University
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

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International Opportunities Fair
Learn about opportunities for international studies, careers, and fellowships in celebration of International Education Week
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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Recent Developments in the Study of Buddhist Art
This symposium is intended to survey some of the most important recent developments in the study of Buddhist art throughout Asia.
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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Innovation in Southeast Asian Ceramics Studies: The Work of Roxanna Brown
A symposium with Robert L. Brown, Caverlee Cary, and Nhung Tuyet Tran
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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