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Results For 2012

Religion and Politics on China's Silk Road: Muslims between Baghdad and Beijing

Religions of the Silk Road Lecture by Dru Gladney, Pomona College
Monday, January 09, 2012
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

The Baltic States 20 Years After Independence: Achievements and Disappointments

CEES public lecture by Mark Kramer, Harvard University, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
12:00 PM

Soviet History through Soviet Film Series (VI): The Fate of a Man

CEES film screening and discussion. Discussant: Michael Heim, UCLA, Slavic Languages and Literatures.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
6:30 PM

Marina Goldovskaya Documentary Retrospective Series (II)

Screening of "A Taste of Freedom" and "The Shattered Mirror," followed by discussion with filmmaker Marina Goldovskaya, UCLA, Film and Television.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
7:00 PM

Marina Goldovskaya Documentary Retrospective Series (III)

Screening of "The Prince is Back" and "Three Songs about Motherland," followed by discussion with filmmaker Marina Goldovskaya, UCLA, Film and Television.
Friday, January 20, 2012
7:30 PM

On Democracy in Russia - and Elsewhere

CEES faculty lecture by Richard Anderson, UCLA, Political Science.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
12:00 PM

Greece: Eurocrisis and Popular Resistance

Center for Social Theory and Comparative History Colloquium with Stathis Kouvelakis, Department of French, Kings College and Stergios Skaperdas, Department of Economics, UC Irvine.
Monday, January 30, 2012
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Soviet History through Soviet Film Series (VII): Spring on Riverside Street

CEES film screening and discussion. Discussant: David MacFadyen, UCLA, Slavic Languages and Literatures.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
6:30 PM

Inside the Radical Right: The Development of Anti-Immigrant Parties in Western Europe

CEES book talk with author David Art, Tufts University, Political Science. Discussant: Mabel Berezin, Cornell University, Sociology.
Thursday, February 02, 2012
12:00 PM

Cross-Cultural Dialogues in Early Modern Europe: A Textual Seminar

Viterbi Lecture in Mediterranean Jewish Studies with Anthony Grafton, Princeton University and David B. Ruderman, University of Pennsylvania. Moderator: David N. Myers, UCLA, History. Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies. Cosponsored by the UCLA Department of History and the UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies.
Thursday, February 02, 2012
4:00 PM

Lenin's Two Bodies: The Hidden Science of Communist Sovereignty

CEES public lecture by Alexei Yurchak, UC Berkeley, Anthropology.
Thursday, February 09, 2012
12:00 PM

Soviet History through Soviet Film Series (VIII): Dersu Uzala

CEES film screening and discussion. Discussant: Margarita Nafpaktitis, UCLA, Young Research Library.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
6:30 PM

The Euro and the Future of Europe

CEES public lecture by David Andrews, Scripps College, Politics and International Relations.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
12:00 PM

Peasants under Siege: The Collectivization of Romanian Agriculture, 1949-1962

CEES book talk with author Gail Kligman, UCLA, Sociology. Discussant: Arch Getty, UCLA, History.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
12:00 PM

Kazakh Music Concert

A performance by the Kazakh Folk Ensemble "Kulansaz."
Friday, February 24, 2012
2:00 PM

The Archaeological Investigations at Magnesia on the Maeander (Turkey)

A public lecture by Orhan Bingol, Ankara University, Archaeology. Cosponsored with the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
5:00 PM

Soviet History through Soviet Film Series (IX): Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

CEES film screening and discussion. Discussant: Gail Kligman, UCLA, Sociology.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
6:30 PM

Migration, Ethnicity, and Urban Inequality in Europe

A two-day international graduate student conference, March 2 - 3. Organized by the UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies, the UCLA Program on International Migration, the Department of Sociology - Sciences Po, and the Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences.
Friday, March 02, 2012
9:00 AM

Bloodlands: The Holocaust as European History

The "1939" Club Lecture in Holocaust Studies by Timothy Snyder, Yale University. Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies and The "1939" Club. Cosponsored by the UCLA Department of History, UCLA Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, UCLA Department of Germanic Languages, and the UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies.
Monday, March 05, 2012
4:00 PM

The Taste of Ashes: Hauntedness after Communism in Eastern Europe

A CEES Public Lecture by Marci Shore, Yale University, History. Cosponsored by the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies.
Thursday, March 08, 2012
12:00 PM

Soviet History through Soviet Film Series (X): Freedom is Paradise

CEES film screening and discussion. Discussant: Michael Heim, UCLA, Slavic Languages and Literatures.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
6:30 PM

The Eurozone Crisis

A directed discussion with Barry Eichengreen, UC Berkeley, Economics and Political Science. Discussants: Ivan Berend, UCLA, History and Edward Leamer, UCLA, Economics.
Thursday, April 05, 2012
3:00 PM

Soviet History through Soviet Film Series (XI): Prisoner of the Mountains

CEES film screening and discussion. Discussant: Michael Heim, UCLA, Slavic Languages and Literatures.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
6:30 PM

Supporting Collaborative Research: Texts, Tablets and Tunes

CEES public lecture by Marina Jirotka, Reader in Requirements Engineering, Computing Department and Associate Director of the eResearch Centre, University of Oxford, UK.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
12:00 PM

Soviet History through Soviet Film Series (XII): Burnt by the Sun

CEES film screening and discussion. Discussant: Margarita Nafpaktitis, UCLA, Charles E. Young Research Library.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
6:30 PM

Our School

Film screening presented by the UCLA Television and Film Archive's Archive Documentary Spotlight, the UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies and UCLA International Institute's Human Rights Film Series, in collaboration with SEE Fest (South East European Film Festival) and the Consulate General of Switzerland in Los Angeles. In person: filmmaker Mona Nicoara.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
7:30 PM

Putin's Russia : What is in the Cards?

CEES public lecture by Yevgenia Albats, Editor-in-Chief, The New Times (Novoye Vremya).
Thursday, April 26, 2012
12:00 PM

Romani Routes: Cultural Politics and Balkan Music in Diaspora

CEES book talk with author Carol Silverman, University of Oregon, Anthropology. Discussant: Timothy Rice, UCLA, Ethnomusicology/Herb Alpert School of Music.
Thursday, May 03, 2012
12:00 PM

South-East European Film Festival

May 3 - May 7 at the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles. **May 7 closing night: James Bridges Theatre, UCLA campus, Westwood**
Thursday, May 03, 2012

Language and Identity in Central Asia

A two-day conference sponsored by the UCLA Program on Central Asia
Friday, May 04, 2012
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Connecting Hollywood and South-East Europe

2012 South-East European Film Festival Business Conference. Registration required.
Saturday, May 05, 2012
10:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Language and Identity in Central Asia (Day 2)

A two-day conference sponsored by the UCLA Program on Central Asia
Saturday, May 05, 2012
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

The Black Mediterranean: Migration and Revolution in the Global Millennium

A public lecture by Alessandra Di Maio, University of Palermo, English.
Monday, May 07, 2012
4:00 PM

Soviet History through Soviet Film Series (XIII): Brother

CEES film screening and discussion. Discussant: Michael Heim, UCLA, Slavic Languages and Literatures.
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
6:30 PM

POSTPONED UNTIL Fall 2012 - Political Epistemics: The Secret Police, the Opposition and the End of East German Socialism

CEES book talk with author Andreas Glaeser, University of Chicago, Sociology. Discussant: TBA.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
12:00 PM

A French Sex Scandal that Could Only Start in the U.S.

A CEES faculty lecture by Abigail Saguy, UCLA, Sociology.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
12:00 PM

Soviet History through Soviet Film Series (XIV): The Return

CEES film screening and discussion. Discussant: Margarita Nafpaktitis, UCLA, Charles E. Young Research Library.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
6:30 PM

The Dynamics of Peacebuilding Success and Failure in Bosnia

CEES faculty lecture by Adam Moore, UCLA, Geography.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
12:00 PM

Marina Goldovskaya Documentary Retrospective Series (IV)

Screening of "The House on Arbat Street" and "Lucky to be Born in Russia" followed by discussion with filmmaker Marina Goldovskaya, UCLA, Film and Television. Moderator: Shannon Kelley, Head of Public Programs, UCLA Film & Television Archive.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
7:00 PM

Soviet History through Soviet Film Series (XV): Night Watch

CEES film screening and discussion. Discussant: Margarita Nafpaktitis, UCLA, Charles E. Young Research Library.
Tuesday, June 05, 2012
6:30 PM

Romanian Poetry Night

Ion Caramitru reading poems by Mihai Eminescu. Please note that all readings will be in Romanian. RSVP required at the link below.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
7:00 PM

Azerbaijan as a Regional Hub in Central Eurasia: A Strategic Assessment of Euro-Asian Trade and Transportation

A book talk with author Taleh Ziyadov, Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy. Discussant: James Coyle, Pepperdine University.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:45 PM

UCLA Study Abroad Fair

We invite you to join in the 26th Annual UCLA Study Abroad Fair. Each year, more than 2000 students visit the fair to learn about the wide variety of study abroad programs available.
Tuesday, October 09, 2012
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

“On Behalf of All and For All”: The Place of Liturgy in Russian Cultural History

A two-day conference, October 12 - 13. Organized by the UCLA Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and cosponsored by the UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies and the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Friday, October 12, 2012
9:30 AM

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

CEES public lecture by Josef Joffe, Editor, Die Zeit. Discussant: Ronald Rogowski, UCLA, Political Science.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
12:00 PM

Global Migrants, Guest Workers and Good Mothers: Gender and (Con)Temporary Labor Migration to Spain

A CEES public lecture by Christy Glass, Utah State University, Sociology. Part of the UCLA Department of Sociology's Irene Flecknoe Ross Lecture Series.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
12:00 PM

Kishinev’s Pogrom in Mythology and History: The Transmutation of the 1903 Riot in Hebrew Poetry, Jewish Politics, and the Protocols of the Elders in Zion

A talk by Steven Zipperstein (Stanford University, History) in the Faculty/Student Seminar Series sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies. Cosponsored by UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies, UCLA Department of History, UCLA Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
12:00 PM

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)
Thursday, November 01, 2012
12:00 PM

Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program Intro,Q&A

Wednesday, November 07, 2012
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Bulgaria and the Holocaust: The Fragility of Goodness

Symposium, exhibition, and cultural events sponsored by the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies, the "1939" Club, and the Dortort Center for Creativity in the Arts at UCLA Hillel. Cosponsored by the Bulgarian Jewish Heritage Alliance of America, UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies, UCLA Department of History, and UCLA Mickey Katz Chair in Jewish Music. November 8 opening night reception with keynote speaker Steven F. Sage, U.S. Holocaust Museum and film screening of "The Optimists."
Thursday, November 08, 2012
4:00 PM

2013-2014 FLAS Fellowship Information Session

Learn about opportunities for language and area studies fellowships for the summer and academic year. Graduate and undergraduate students in all disciplines are invited.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

The Eurozone Crisis and Lessons from Latin America

CEES faculty lecture by Aaron Tornell, UCLA, Economics.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Old Society, New Faith: Religious Encounter and Cultural Identity in Early Medieval China and Europe

Workshop in Comparative History
Saturday, December 01, 2012
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Package Tour

Documentary film screening and discussion with director Gyula Gazdag, UCLA, Film and Television.
Thursday, December 06, 2012
6:30 PM

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