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Michael Heim Memorial Celebration

Memorial in honor of Michael Henry Heim (1943-2012), renowned translator and Distinguished Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Comparative Literature at UCLA. read full article »

The Eurozone Crisis and Lessons from Latin America

Faculty lecture by Aaron Tornell, UCLA, Economics. read full article »

Cultures of the Erotic in Spain, 1898-1939

A book talk with author Maite Zubiaurre (UCLA, Spanish and Portuguese), and discussant Roberta Johnson (University of Kansas, Spanish and Portuguese). read full article »

Too Much Too Soon: The Euro and the Future of Europe

A public lecture by Josef Joffe, Editor, Die Zeit. Discussant: Ronald Rogowski, UCLA, Political Science. read full article »

CEES congratulates Professor Gail Kligman on receiving multiple book awards

Professor Kligman's latest book "Peasants under Siege: The Collectivization of Romanian Agriculture, 1949-1962," co-authored with Professor Katherine Verdery, receives multiple awards. read full article »

In Memoriam: Eric Hobsbawm (1917-2012)

Eric Hobsbawm was a highly acclaimed Marxist historian and professor emeritus, Department of History, Classics and Archaeology, and president, Birkbeck University of London. read full article »

Obituary: Michael Heim, 69, professor and award-winning translator of Kundera, Grass

Michael Henry Heim, a distinguished UCLA professor best known for his translations of Eastern European, Russian and German novelists, died Saturday, Sept. 29, at his home in Westwood of complications from melanoma. He was 69. read full article »

In Memoriam: Michael Henry Heim (1943 - 2012)

A distinguished professor of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Michael Heim was an internationally recognized scholar whose translations from a wide array of Slavic and other European languages into English placed him among the foremost ranks of the profession. read full article »

2011-12 CEES Graduate Student Funding Award Recipients

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships for AY 2011-12, Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships for Summer 2012, Dissertation/Pre-Dissertation Fellowships, and Language Study Grants. read full article »

The Dynamics of Peacebuilding Success and Failure in Bosnia

Faculty lecture by Adam Moore, UCLA, Geography. read full article »

Romani Routes: Cultural Politics and Balkan Music in Diaspora

A book talk with author Carol Silverman, University of Oregon, Anthropology. Discussant: Timothy Rice, UCLA, Ethnomusicology/Herb Alpert School of Music. read full article »

French Prof's Fiction Hits the U.S.

The Los Angeles Times featured a profile of Alain Mabanckou, UCLA professor of French and Francophone studies, highlighting his prize-winning novels, several of which have recently been translated from French into English. Mabanckou and Dominic Thomas, also a UCLA professor of French and Francophone studies, are quoted. read full article »