Calendar
Events for February 2012
Tropa de Elite 2: O Inimigo Agora É Outro (Elite Squad: The Enemy Within) (2011)
The highest-grossing film in Brazil's history, directed by José Padilha
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
7:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
Legal Violence: Contextualizing Daily Life of Central Americans in the Isthmus and the U.S
Thursday, February 02, 2012
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
YRL Presentation Room
Understanding the Brazilian Labor Success Story
IRLE Colloquia presented by Paulo Baltar, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Centro de Estudos Sindicais e de Economia do Trabalho
Thursday, February 02, 2012
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Bunche Hall 11377
Faulkner as Cannibal / Cannibalizing Faulkner
A lecture by Jacques Pothier, Professor of English at the University of Versailles.
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
4:00 PM
Humanities 348
States' Gains, Labor's Losses: China, France and Mexico Choose Global Liaisons, 1980 - 2000
In this explicitly comparative work, Dorothy J. Solinger (UC Irvine) examines the effects of global markets on the domestic politics of major states
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Bunche Hall 4357
/s/-aspiration in River Plate Spanish: Tango vs. Rock
A look into the rate of /s/-aspiration in the songs, both tango and rock, performed by Andrés Calamaro with Germán Coloma, CEMA University, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Thursday, February 09, 2012
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Rolfe Hall 1301
Non Communicable Diseases in Low and Middle Income Countries
Dr. Marina Kosacoff, Under Secretary for Prevention and Risk Control of the Ministry of Health of Argentina
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
UCLA Neuroscience Research Building (NRB) Auditorium
The IDIEZ Project for Nahuatl Language Revitalization
John Sullivan, Professor of Nahua Language and Culture, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library & Archive
Cultural Diversity, Education and Civic Participation in Los Angeles
Discussion with Councilmember Eric Garcetti facilitated by UCLA Professors Kevin Terraciano and Abel Valenzuela
Thursday, February 16, 2012
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Gregg G. Juarez Community Hall
Blackness and Nationality: The Case of Ricardo Batrell and the Cuban Racial Narrative
Mark A. Sanders, Professor of English, Emory University
Friday, February 17, 2012
12:00 PM
History Conference Room
Backstage Histories: Orality, Text, and Archive in Latin America's Age of Dirty War and Democratic Transition
A talk by Steve J. Stern, History, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
4:00 PM
History Conference Room
Book Talk: NAFTA and the Politics of Labor Transnationalism
Presented by Tamara Kay, Harvard University. Discussant: Rubén Hernández-León, UCLA Sociology
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Chicano Studies Research Library