Calendar

Results For 2011

Long Distance Love

Reception at 6:00pm. Film screening at 6:30pm, followed by discussion. Discussants: Roger Waldinger (UCLA, Sociology) and Ali Igmen (California State University, Long Beach, History). Hosted by the UCLA Asia Institute Program on Central Asia. Cosponsored by the UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies. Part of the International Institute Human Rights Film Series.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
6:00 PM

Stalin's Romeo Spy: The Remarkable Rise and Fall of the KGB's Most Daring Operative

A book talk with author Emil Draitser (CUNY, Hunter College, Russian Division) and discussant Arch Getty (UCLA, History)
Thursday, January 20, 2011
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Economic Nationalism in the Interwar Period: The Contrasting Experiences of Finland and Eastern Europe

A public lecture by Thomas David, University of Lausanne, Social and Political Sciences
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
2:00 PM

Spartak Moscow: The Peoples' Team in the Workers' State

A book talk with author Robert Edelman (UC San Diego, History) and discussant Andrei Markovits (University of Michigan, Political Science)
Thursday, January 27, 2011
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

The Book that Changed Europe: Picart & Bernard's Religious Ceremonies of the World

A book talk with authors Lynn Hunt (UCLA, History), Margaret Jacob (UCLA, History), and Wijnand Mijnhardt (Utrecht University, Comparative History of the Social Sciences and Humanities), and discussant Paula Findlen (Stanford University, History)
Thursday, February 03, 2011
4:00 PM

A Jewish Orchestra in Nazi Germany: Musical Politics and the Berlin Jewish Culture League

A book talk with author Lily Hirsch (Cleveland State University, Music) and discussant Neal Stulberg (UCLA, Music)
Thursday, February 10, 2011
12:00 PM

Mediterraneans: North Africa and Europe in an Age of Migration, c. 1800-1900

A book talk by Julia Clancy-Smith, University of Arizona
Thursday, February 10, 2011
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Not by Bialys Alone: Iconic Foods of Ashkenazic Jews

A public lecture by Mimi Sheraton, author and food critic. Part of the Center for Jewish Studies’ series on ‘Jews and Food.’
Thursday, February 10, 2011
5:00 PM

China-Central Asia Relations and the Role of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

A lecture by Prof. PAN Guang, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
Friday, February 11, 2011
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Human Rights and Putin's Russia

A discussion with Pavel Khodorkovsky (Institute of Modern Russia)
Monday, February 14, 2011
12:15 PM

The Desert of Forbidden Art

Reception at 6:00pm. Film screening at 6:30pm, followed by discussion. Discussants: art critic Edward Goldman and filmmakers Amanda Pope and Tchavdar Georgiev. Hosted by the UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies. Cosponsored by the UCLA Asia Institute Program on Central Asia. Part of the International Institute Human Rights Film Series.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
6:00 PM

Civil Society and Dictatorship in Modern German History

A book talk with author Jürgen Kocka (UCLA, History) and discussant Ivan Berend (UCLA, History)
Thursday, February 17, 2011
12:00 PM

Forgetting Stalin and Ceausescu: Post-1989 Romania in Books and Films

A public lecture by award-winning writer Andrei Codrescu. Reception at 6:00 pm. Lecture at 6:30 pm.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
6:00 PM

Italian Fascism vs. German Naziism, with Special Attention to Cultural Policy

A public lecture by Sabrina Ramet, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Political Science
Thursday, March 03, 2011
12:00 PM

CANCELLED: The Politics of Citizenship in Europe

A book talk with author Marc Morje Howard (Georgetown University, Government) and discussant Roger Waldinger (UCLA, Sociology)
Thursday, March 10, 2011
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Entwinements of Islam and Modernity in Central Asia

A lecture by John Schoeberlein, Harvard University
Thursday, April 07, 2011
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Czeslaw Milosz Centennial Anniversary

A film screening of "Valley of the Issa" followed by a panel discussion with Michael Heim (UCLA), Madeline Levine (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), and Peter Dale Scott (UC Berkeley).
Thursday, April 07, 2011
6:00 PM

LGBT Rights in the Western Balkans: Freedom of Assembly, Association, and Expression

A lecture by Jovan Kojičić, Visiting Scholar at the Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
12:00 PM

In Bed with an Elephant: Russian Cultural Dominance in Ukraine and the "Near Abroad"

A lecture by Mykola Riabchuk, National Endowment for Democracy, Reagan-Fascell Fellow.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
2:30 PM

Deciphering Denial: Ottoman Past, Turkish Present, and the Collective Violence against the Armenians, 1789-2009

A lecture by Fatma Müge Göçek, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Sociology
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Europe's Roma: The Politics and Practices of Migration, Integration, and Human Rights

A panel discussion followed by reception.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Industrial Democracy? Recent Trends and Changes in the French Labor Movement

A lecture by Karel Yon, Lille Center for Politics and Administration
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
12:30 PM

A Bitter Taste of Freedom

A documentary screening followed by Q&A with film director Marina Goldovskaya. Reception at 6:45 pm. Screening at 7:30 pm.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
6:45 PM

South-East European Film Festival

April 28th - May 2nd at the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles **May 2nd closing night: James Bridges Theatre, UCLA campus, Westwood**
Thursday, April 28, 2011

Connecting Hollywood and South East Europe

2011 South East European Film Festival Business Conference. Registration required.
Monday, May 02, 2011
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

The Politics of Trafficking: The First International Movement to Combat the Sexual Exploitation of Women

A book talk with author Stephanie Limoncelli (Loyola Marymount University, Sociology) and discussant Kathryn Farr (Portland State University, Sociology)
Thursday, May 05, 2011
12:00 PM

In the Mirror's Reflection: The Encounter between Jewish and Slavic Cultures in Modernity

A two-day conference organized by the UCLA Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures. May 10-11.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Between States: The Transylvanian Question and the European Idea during WWII

A book talk with author Holly Case (Cornell University, History) and discussant John Connelly (UC Berkeley, History)
Thursday, May 12, 2011
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

The Euro, the Dollar, and the Future of the International Monetary System

A lecture by Barry Eichengreen, Economics and Political Science, UC Berkeley
Thursday, May 12, 2011
4:00 PM

Before and Beyond Divergence: The Politics of Economic Change in China and Europe

A book talk with authors Jean-Laurent Rosenthal (California Institute of Technology, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences) and R. Bin Wong (UCLA, History). Discussant: William Summerhill (UCLA, History).
Thursday, May 19, 2011
12:00 PM

CANCELLED: Cultures of the Erotic in Spain, 1898-1939

A book talk with author Maite Zubiaurre (UCLA, Spanish & Portuguese), and discussant Roberta Johnson (University of Kansas, Spanish & Portuguese, Emerita)
Thursday, May 26, 2011
12:00 PM

Which Way Forward for Swedish Unions? A Power Resources Perspective

A lecture by Erik Bengtsson, University of Gothenburg, Economic History, PhD Candidate
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
12:30 PM

May It Fill Your Soul

Film screening followed by Q&A with director Timothy Rice. Reception at 6:30 pm. Screening at 7:00 pm.
Thursday, June 02, 2011
6:30 PM

Popular Uprisings

A three-day workshop for World History teachers. July 19-21.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
8:30 AM - 3:00 PM

International Studies K-12 Workshop Summer 2011

Professional development workshop for teachers of South Gate ISLC, ISSN network schools, and UCLA partner schools, August 16-18
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Time to be announced.

The Red Buddha Hall Road Revisited: Tibet, China and their Struggle for the Silk Road through the Pamir

Religions of the Silk Road Lecture by John Mock, UCSC
Monday, September 26, 2011
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Soviet History though Soviet Film Series (I): Battleship Potemkin

CEES film screening and discussion. Discussant: Michael Heim, UCLA, Slavic Languages and Literatures.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
6:30 PM

UCLA Study Abroad Fair

We invite you to join in the 25th 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 04, 2011
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Soviet History though Soviet Film Series (II): Chapaev

CEES film screening and discussion. Discussant: Ronald Vroon, UCLA, Slavic Languages and Literatures.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
6:30 PM

Electoral Systems and the Balance of Consumer-Producer Power

CEES Book Talk. Presenting author: Ronald Rogowski, UCLA, Political Science. Discussant: Kathleen Bawn, UCLA, Political Science.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Controversies concerning the Arabic and Berber Languages in Spain

A lecture by Mohamed Madkouri, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain
Thursday, October 13, 2011
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Of Mimicry and Woman: Secularism, Republicanism, Universalism

CEES - CPSC public lecture by Mayanthi Fernando, UC Santa Cruz, Anthropology. Cosponsored with the UCLA Culture, Power, and Social Change Group.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
12:30 PM

Assessing the Collapse of the Soviet Union Twenty Years Later

A two-day international conference, October 21 - 22. Sponsored by the UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies and the Communist and Post-Communist Studies journal, with support from CSU Long Beach College of Liberal Arts and the UCLA International Institute.
Friday, October 21, 2011
9:00 AM

Soviet History though Soviet Film Series (III): Circus

CEES film screening and discussion. Discussant: Arch Getty, UCLA, History.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
6:30 PM

In Search of Lost Meaning: The New Eastern Europe

CEES Book Talk with author Adam Michnik, Editor-in-Chief of Gazeta Wyborcza. Discussant: Ivan Berend, UCLA, History.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Jewish Culture without Jews? Public Memory and 'Diaspora Disneys' in East-Central Europe, Eurasia, and Spain

CEES Faculty Lecture Series: A public lecture by Shelley Salamensky, UCLA Theater. Cosponsored by the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies.
Thursday, November 03, 2011
12:00 PM

Killing Time, Saving Time: Calendars and the Holocaust

"1939" Club Lecture in Holocaust Studies by Alan Rosen, Yad Vashem. Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies with support from The "1939" Club. Cosponsored by the UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies.
Thursday, November 03, 2011
4:00 PM

Soviet History though Soviet Film Series (IV): Ivan the Terrible, Part 2

CEES film screening and discussion. Discussant: Vyacheslav Ivanov, UCLA, Slavic Languages and Literatures.
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
6:30 PM

The Drivers of Corporate Responsibility: A Comparison of the French and Californian Wine Industries

CEES faculty lecture by Magali Delmas, UCLA, Institute of the Environment.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

2012- 2013 FLAS Fellowship Information Session

Come and learn about how to get ready and apply to the Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships for graduate, undergraduate and professional students.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

The Pictorial Canon of a Silk Road Religion: Mani’s Picture-Book and the Study of Manichaean Didactic Art

Religions of the Silk Road Lecture by Zsuzsanna Gulasci, Northern Arizona University
Monday, November 21, 2011
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Soviet History though Soviet Film Series (V): Ballad of a Soldier

CEES film screening and discussion. Discussant: David MacFadyen, UCLA, Slavic Languages and Literatures.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
6:30 PM

Marina Goldovskaya Documentary Retrospective Series

Screening of "Solovki Power" and "Peasant from Arkhangelsk." Reception at 6:00pm. Documentary film screening at 6:30pm, followed by discussion. Discussants: Gail Kligman (UCLA, Sociology) and Gyula Gazdag (UCLA, Film and Television).
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
6:00 PM