Events

Center Events, Spring 2007

Public Lectures and Activities hosted by the Center

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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“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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