Events

Results For 2004

Transition to Crisis in the Indonesian Countryside
Professor Anna Tsing, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Thursday, January 22, 2004
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

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The Machinery of Vietnamese Art & Literature in the Post-Renovation, Post-Communist (& Post-Modern) Period
A Colloquium with Vietnamese Author Phạm Thị Hoài
Wednesday, February 04, 2004
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

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K-12 Outreach - Integrating Human Rights Into Your Classroom: Case Studies from Asia
Two-day workshop focuses on using Asian case studies to help educators teach about human rights.
Saturday, February 07, 2004
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

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K-12 Outreach - Integrating Human Rights Into Your Classroom: Case Studies from Asia
February 7-8, 2004
Using Asian case studies to help teachers bring human rights into the classroom
Sunday, February 08, 2004
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

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What Can Happen When You Are A Vietnamese Artist
A Coloquium with Vietnamese Artist Tran Trong Vu
Thursday, February 12, 2004
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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Where will the Road Map Lead? Recent Developments in Burmese Politics
Colloquium with Prof. Mary Callahan of the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington.
Thursday, February 19, 2004
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

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East and Southeast Asian Areal Linguistic Features: In Search of "Asianness"
Colloquium with Prof. James A. Matisoff, University of California, Berkeley
Friday, February 20, 2004
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

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Is the USA overextended?: A Perspective from Southeast Asia
A Colloquium with Walden Bello, Professor of Sociology, University of the Philippines, and 2003 recipient of the "Alternative Nobel Prize"
Monday, February 23, 2004
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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Southeast Asians and the Pilgrimage to Mecca: Long-Term Economic Patterns, Earliest Times to the Present
Colloquium with Prof. Eric Tagliacozzo, Cornell University
Thursday, February 26, 2004
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

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"Teach-In" on Pilipino Studies at UCLA
Dialogue between Alumni, Students, and Faculty
Saturday, February 28, 2004
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM

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Riots, Pogroms, Jihad: Religious Violence in Indonesia
Colloquium with Dr. John Sidel, University of London
Tuesday, March 02, 2004
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

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Khmer (Cambodian) Studies
A Discussion of the Center for Khmer Studies in Siem Reap, Cambodia with Philippe Peycam, Director
Monday, March 08, 2004
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

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Human Rights and the Global Traffic in Domestic Labour: The Case of Singapore
Colloquium with Professor Pheng Cheah of the Department of Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley.
Thursday, March 11, 2004
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

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The Politics of National Atonement and Transnational Negotiation of Justice: The Case of Filipina “Comfort Women” Lawsuits in Japan
A Colloquium with Hideko Mitsui, Department of Social & Cultural Anthropology, Stanford University
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

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The Two-Headed Naga: Cambodian Classical Dance as a Symbol of Cultural Rebirth and as a Tool of Political Progaganda after the Killing Fields
Colloquium with Sophiline Shapiro, Artistic Director, Khmer Arts Academy, Long Beach
Thursday, April 15, 2004
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

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Center for Southeast Asian Studies Spring Reception
Please join us for an informal reception for faculty, students, scholars, and others interested in Southeast Asia.
Wednesday, April 21, 2004
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

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Access Indonesia Project: Use of Technology for Foreign Information Access
A new website on Indonesia is being developed by the University of Southern California in cooperation with the Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia.
Thursday, April 22, 2004
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

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Khmer Music and its Future
A Colloquium with Chinary Ung, Professor of Composition, University of California at San Diego
Thursday, April 29, 2004
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

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Lecture - Whose Queer Eye?: An Asian American Critique
At UCLA
Thursday, April 29, 2004
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

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Lao Women and Traditional Textiles
Colloquium with Dr. Chanthaphilith Chiemsisouraj, Director General of the Institute for Cultural Research, Ministry of Information and Culture, Lao P.D.R.
Thursday, May 06, 2004
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

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Behind the Red Veil: Popular Religions and Political Restrictions in Vietnam
Colloquium with Dr. Hien Nguyen, 2003-04 Postdoctoral Fellow at the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

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Regional Cooperation and Non-traditional Security: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China
A colloquium with Prof. Xinsheng Wang, Department of International Relations, Zhongshan University
Thursday, May 13, 2004
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

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Feminizing the Orthodox: Images of Quan Am and the Virgin Mary in Seventeenth Century Nom Texts
A Colloquium with Professor Nhung Tuyet Tran, Department of History, University of Toronto and Visiting Professor, UCLA
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

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Crimes Against Humanity in East Timor: Can There be Reconciliation Without Justice?
A Colloquium with Geoffrey Robinson, Associate Professor of History at UCLA, Director of the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies, and Chair of the Interdepartmental Program in Southeast Asian Studies
Thursday, May 20, 2004
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

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U.S. Involvement in the History of West Papua and the Human Rights Situation Today
A Colloquium with John Rumbiak, Columbia University Center for Human Rights Study and Patsy Spier, survivor of a 2002 ambush in West Papua
Monday, May 24, 2004
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

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Hmong Traditional Culture Studies: Research Perspectives for the Future
An illustrated lecture by Dr. Eric Crystal, Group in Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Tuesday, June 01, 2004
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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The Art of Rice: Symbol and Meaning in Southeast Asian Village Tradition
An illustrated lecture by Dr. Eric Crystal, University of California, Berkeley
Tuesday, June 01, 2004
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

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Thai Film Festival - "Bangkok: Cinema City" - MY GIRL
Exciting Films from Thailand with English subtitles, Friday, June 4 - Wednesday, June 9, 2004
Friday, June 04, 2004
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM

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Thai Film Festival - "Bangkok: Cinema City" MYSTERIOUS OBJECT AT NOON & BLISSFULLY YOURS
Exciting Films from Thailand with English subtitles Friday, June 4 - Wednesday, June 9, 2004
Saturday, June 05, 2004
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM

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Photo Exhibit: Through My Father's Eyes: The Filipino American Photographs of Ricardo Ocreto Alvarado"
Opening Day lectures "A Daughter's Perspective" by Janet Alvarado, daughter of the artist; and "Cultural History of 1940s-50s Filipino American Life" by Gina Inocencio, Smithsonian Institution
Sunday, June 06, 2004
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Thai Film Festival - "Bangkok: Cinema City" - THE TESSERACT
Exciting Films from Thailand with English subtitles Friday, June 4 - Wednesday, June 9, 2004
Sunday, June 06, 2004
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

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Thai Film Festival - "Bangkok: Cinema City" - BEAUTIFUL BOXER & NANG NAK
Exciting Films from Thailand with English subtitles Friday, June 4 - Wednesday, June 9, 2004
Tuesday, June 08, 2004
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM

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Thai Film Festival - "Bangkok: Cinema City" - BANGKOK DANGEROUS & 6IXTYNIN9
Exciting Films from Thailand with English subtitles Friday, June 4 - Wednesday, June 9, 2004
Wednesday, June 09, 2004
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM

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Symposium -- Mother Goddesses and Spirit Mediums: Popular Ritual and Spirit Possession in Contemporary Vietnam
Organized by Dr. Hien Nguyen, Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Monday, June 14, 2004
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

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Storytelling, Rondalla Concert, Filipino Martial Arts Workshop
Three Sunday afternoon activities at the UCLA Fowler Museum
Sunday, July 11, 2004
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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K-12 Outreach - Asian Families: a seminar for educators
Intensive two-week seminar for educators explores the past, present, and future of families in Asia, including their vital role in social organization, economic production, and the transmission of values and norms.
Saturday, July 31, 2004
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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Asian Families Seminar for Educators -- Youth Culture and the Challenges of Rapid Urbanization
Day one of the Asia Institute's summer seminar for educators.
Saturday, July 31, 2004
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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Asian Families Seminar for Educators -- Mother-Centered Families and Using the Web to Study Asia
Day two of the Asia Institute's summer seminar for educators.
Monday, August 02, 2004
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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Asian Families Seminar for Educators -- Chinese Families on the Move and Images of Woman in Republican China
Day three of the Asia Institute's summer seminar for educators.
Tuesday, August 03, 2004
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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Asian Families Seminar for Educators -- Gender and Transnational Migrant Families and Korean Family Structure
Day four of the Asia Institute's summer seminar for educators.
Wednesday, August 04, 2004
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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Asian Families Seminar for Educators -- Changing Roles of Women in the Southeast-Asian Family and Using the Web to Study Asia
Day five of the Asia Institute's summer seminar for educators.
Thursday, August 05, 2004
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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Asian Families Seminar for Educators -- Exploring Thai Buddhism and Southeast Asian Art
Day six of the Asia Institute's summer seminar for educators.
Friday, August 06, 2004
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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Asian Families Seminar for Educators -- Southeast Asian Families in the Age of HIV/AIDS and Families in Heian Japan
Day seven of the Asia Institute's summer seminar for educators.
Monday, August 09, 2004
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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Asian Families Seminar for Educators -- Exploring Families in Chinese Literature
Day eight of the Asia Institute's summer seminar for educators.
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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Asian Families Seminar for Educators -- Vietnamese American Families in Transition and East Asian Families
Day nine of the Asia Institute's summer seminar for educators.
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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Asian Families Seminar for Educators -- Exploring the Modernizing State in East Asia and Using Film to Teach about Asia
Day ten of the Asia Institute's summer seminar for educators.
Thursday, August 12, 2004
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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The Ming & Mac Gaps: Asian Trade in Chinese and Vietnamese Ceramics from 1380-1580
An illustrated lecture by Roxanna M. Brown, Ph.D., Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum, Bangkok University
Thursday, October 07, 2004
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

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An Evening with Aimee Phan
Come celebrate the publication of her book: WE SHOULD NEVER MEET Stories (St. Martin's Press) about Vietnam and Vietnamese Americans
Monday, October 25, 2004
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

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Asia Institute Reception
Meet Asia Institute director Bin Wong, other UCLA Faculty, and UCLA Asian Studies students.
Thursday, October 28, 2004
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

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Asia Institute Student Funding Workshop
Find out about fellowships, scholarships, and other sources of funding for Asian Studies.
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

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Education Abroad Program Asia Scholarship Informational Meeting
UCLA is pleased to offer special Freeman scholarships for undergraduates studying abroad in Asia.
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Modern Rites/Timeless Demon: Exorcising Kala in Contemporary Java
An illustrated lecture by anthropologist Nancy I. Cooper. Photo of offering at ruwatan ritual.
Thursday, November 04, 2004
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

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Vietnamese Film: The Season of Guavas
Film screening and discussion with Director Dang Nhat Minh
Sunday, November 07, 2004
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

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Malaysia: Transition, Terror and Triumphalism
A lecture by Professor Michael Leigh, University of Melbourne
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

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Thai Film TROPICAL MALADY (Sud Pralad)
Special "Sneak Preview" screening of this award-winning film with introduction by Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
7:45 PM - 10:30 PM

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Information Session -- University of California Pacific Rim Research Program
UC faculty and students are invited to attend to learn about applying for research support.
Friday, November 12, 2004
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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Vietnamese Poetry: From Where the Wind Blows (Gio Thoi Phuong Nao)
A Reading by Vietnamese American poet Le Pham Le
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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Restored 1935 Film about Bali: LEGONG (Dance of the Virgins)
Historic film directed by Henry de la Falaise and Gaston Glass has been restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Friday, November 19, 2004
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

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The World of Ibn Battuta, International Explorer
A lively symposium and commemoration of Ibn Battuta's birth 700 years past.
Friday, December 03, 2004
2:00 PM - 9:00 PM

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