Events

Results For 2007

Movements and Madness: The Entanglements of Culture and Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Bali
Film screening and discussion with anthropologist and executive producer Robert Lemelson and film maker Dag Yngvesson
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Between Sex, Race, and Ethnicity: The "New Woman" and the Formation of Colonial Modernity and National Identity in Burma
Lecture by Chie Ikeya, Visiting Assistant Professor, College of the Holy Cross
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

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On the Cusp of Phoenix Rising: Cambodian American Spoken Word
Anida Yoeu Esguerra will perform excerpts from "On the Cusp of Phoenix Rising" and will speak about her collaborative work with Southeast Asian artists.
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

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UCLA Vietnamese Tet New Year Festival
The title of Vietnamese Language and Culture's 12th annual Vietnamese Tet Festival is Hanh Huong Don Xuan, or Spring's Blessings.
Sunday, February 11, 2007
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM

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Under the Shades of the Bodhi Tree: The Transformations of Thai Buddhism at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century
A lecture by Pattana Kitiarsa, National University of Singapore
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Arts, Violence, and the State
Symposium on Southeast Asia and beyond
Saturday, February 24, 2007
11:00 AM - 5:30 PM

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Teaching About World Religions in Public Schools
A Two-Day Symposium for Educators February 27-28, 2007 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM

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Indonesia's Presidential Democracy: The First Two Years
Colloquium with Professor R. William Liddle, Department of Political Science, Ohio State University
Thursday, March 01, 2007
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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The King with Hansen's Disease: Tales of the Leper in Colonial Cambodia
Lecture by Sokhieng Au, Northwestern University
Monday, March 12, 2007
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

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The Ebb and Flow of the Armenian Communities of the Indian Ocean
International Conference, March 17-18, 2007. UCLA International Conference Series on Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces. Sponsored by the Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History
Saturday, March 17, 2007
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM

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Why Civilizations Can't Climb Hills: State and Non-state Spaces in Southeast Asian History
Colloquium with Professor James C. Scott, Yale University Departments of Political Science and Anthropology
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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The Strange Termination of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Indonesia
Colloquium with I Gusti Agung Putri Astrid Kartika, Director of the Indonesian human rights organization ELSAM
Thursday, April 05, 2007
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

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Language History in Light of Population Genetics and Archeology: The Case of Southeast Asia and South China
Colloquium with Professor Jerold A. Edmondson, Department of Linguistics and TESOL, University of Texas at Arlington
Friday, April 13, 2007
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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Vietnamese International Film Festival Day at UCLA, Part 1
Eight short films about Vietnam and the Vietnamese diaspora.
Friday, April 20, 2007
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Vietnamese International Film Festival Day at UCLA, Part 2
Feature film JOURNEY FROM THE FALL (VUOT SÓNG)
Friday, April 20, 2007
7:00 PM - 9:15 PM

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Aniconism Versus Iconism in Thai Buddhism
A colloquium with Professor Donald K. Swearer, Harvard Divinity School.
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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The Anti-Marcos Movement and the Unfinished Philippine Revolution
Colloquium with Prof. Augusto Espiritu, associate professor of history and Asian American studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

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Current "Healthy Cities and Communities" Movements in Thailand
Colloquium with Prof. Adisak Sattam, School of Health Science, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University
Monday, May 14, 2007
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

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Straddling Cultures: The Writings of Linh Dinh
A colloquium with Vietnamese American poet and translator Linh Dinh
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

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Digitization, Popular Culture, and Societies on the Margins: Thoughts on New Directions in Southeast Asia Collections
Lecture and discussion with Christopher Miller, Southeast Asian Bibliographer, Arizona State University
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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Eastern Asia and the "Permanent Crisis" of Political History
Alexander Woodside, University of British Columbia
Friday, May 18, 2007
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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Bureaucracy and the Arts of Rulership in Historical Asia and the Modern World
Commentaries on Alexander Woodside's "Lost Modernities: China, Vietnam, Korea, and the Hazards of World History," in Conversation with the Author
Saturday, May 19, 2007
9:15 AM - 5:30 PM

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Southeast Asian Studies and Academic Libraries
Lecture by Hoang Tuyet Anh, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

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“Ga-Sibud Dai a!”: Music, Dance, and Society in Highland Panay, Philippines
Documentary film and discussion with Prof. Maria Christine Muyco, College of Music, University of the Philippines
Friday, June 01, 2007
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

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What Islam, Whose Islam? The Struggle for Women's Rights Within a Religious Framework: The Experience of Sisters in Islam
Lecture by Zainah Anwar, Executive Director of "Sisters in Islam" in Malaysia
Thursday, October 04, 2007
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Reception for Regents' Professor Kantathi Suphamongkhon
Join us in welcoming UC Regents' Professor and Burkle Center Senior Fellow Dr. Kantathi Suphamongkhon, the former Foreign Minister of Thailand.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

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Globalizing the Urban Transition in Southeast Asia: Edge Cities as Private Utopia Unbound by Local Governance
Colloquium with Prof. Mike Douglass, Globalization Research Center and Department of Urban & Regional Planning, University of Hawaii
Monday, October 15, 2007
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

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International Institute Open House
in association with Go Global and the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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Modernity and Nationality in Vietnamese Cinema: A Symposium
Distinguished scholars and filmmakers show clips of Vietnamese films, and discuss its history and practice.
Monday, October 29, 2007
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Nang Pramo Thai: The Exuberant Shadow Theater of Northeast Thailand
Film and lecture by shadow theater scholar Bonnie Brereton.
Monday, November 19, 2007
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

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Islam Re-Observed: Clifford Geertz in Morocco (Day 2)
A conference considering the work in Morocco of eminent anthropologist Clifford Geertz (1926-2006). Organized by Susan Slyomovics, UCLA, and Lahouari Addi, University of Lyon.
Friday, December 07, 2007
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

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Islam Re-Observed: Clifford Geertz in Morocco (Day 3)
A conference considering the work in Morocco of eminent anthropologist Clifford Geertz (1926-2006). Organized by Susan Slyomovics, UCLA, and Lahouari Addi, University of Lyon.
Saturday, December 08, 2007
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

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Islam Re-Observed: Clifford Geertz in Morocco (Day 4)
A conference considering the work in Morocco of eminent anthropologist Clifford Geertz (1926-2006). Organized by Susan Slyomovics, UCLA, and Lahouari Addi, University of Lyon.
Sunday, December 09, 2007
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM

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