Calendar
Events for 2008
Antonia
Screening of Brazilian film 'Antonia' (2006), directed by Tata Amaral.
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theatre
Katherine Donato, Sociology, Vanderbilt (joint with California Center for Population Research)
Part of the UCLA Migration Study Group: 2007-8 Speakers Series
Friday, January 11, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Haines 279
Interpreting Machu PicchuLost City of the Incas
Dr. Johan Reinhard, Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society and Senior Research Fellow at the Mountain Institute, Washington, D.C.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
The Ice Maiden: Inca Mummies, Mountain Gods, and Sacred Sites in the Andes
Dr. Johan Reinhard, Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society and Senior Research Fellow at the Mountain Institute, Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Lenart Auditorium Fowler Building
Cascabel
Screening of Mexican film Cascabel (1977), directed by Raul Araiza.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Public Affairs 1222
The Power of Reinforced Utterances: Toward a Theology of Performance in Afro-Cuban Regla de Ocha.
Katherine Hagedorn
Friday, January 25, 2008
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
1207 Oak Street
All-day workshop on Central American migration with Sociology and Political Science graduate students; Susan Coutin (Criminology, Law, and Society), UCI; Abelardo Morales, FLACSO-Costa Rica
Part of the UCLA Migration Study Group: 2007-8 Speakers Series
Friday, January 25, 2008
8:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Haines 279
Made in LA
Screening and panel discussion with the director,
producer, and the cast.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Public Affairs 1246
COCALERO
Screening of documentary "Cocalero" (2007), directed by Alejandro Landes.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Humanities A65
Cidade dos Homens (City of Men)
Screening of Brazilian Film 'Cidade dos Homens' (2007), Directed by Paulo Morelli.
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theatre
Immigration and the American Labor Movement
Daniel Tichenor, Political Science, Rutgers.
Part of the UCLA Migration Study Group: 2007-8 Speakers Series
Friday, February 08, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Haines 279
MUJER
Movie Premiere and Benefit For MUJER: Guatemala Literacy and Vocational Program
Sunday, February 10, 2008
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Ahmanson Auditorium, U-Hall 1000
Passion, Discipline, and Collecting
Ludwig Lauerhass, UCLA
Monday, February 11, 2008
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Charles E. Young Library
Theater, Politics, and Culture: constructing citizenship and participation through performance and representation in Brazil
Ariane Dalla Dea
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
Los Albaniles (The Bricklayers)
Screening of Mexican film "Los Albaniles" (1976), Directed by Jorge Fons.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Humanities A65
Max Neiman, Public Policy Institute of California
Part of the UCLA Migration Study Group: 2007-8 Speaker Series
Friday, February 22, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Haines 279
Symposium on the U.S.-Mexico Border and Issues of National Security
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Faculty Center
A conversation about Cuban music.., or 'Hablando de musica cubana...'
Raul Fernandez
Friday, February 29, 2008
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Christopher B. Donnan
Christopher B. Donnan addresses the topic of his most recent book detailing the excavation of five extraordinary Moche tombs at Dos Cabezas, a site located about 300 miles northwest of Lima.
Sunday, March 02, 2008
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Lenart Auditorium
Sara Curran, Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington
Part of the UCLA Migration Study Group: 2007-8 Speakers Series
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Haines 279
Nao Por Acaso (Not by Chance)
Screening of Brazilian film Nao Por Acaso (2007), directed by Philippe Barcinski.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theatre
Argentina Latente
A film by Fernando Pino Solanas
Thursday, March 06, 2008
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Melnitz Hall 1422
Manoel de Oliveira's Voyage to the Beginning of the World
This film screening opens a retrospective of Oliveira's work, March 27 - April 27
Thursday, March 27, 2008
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Billy Wilder Theater
Fabricando Tom Ze (Fabricating Tom Ze)
Screening of Brazilian documentary 'Fabricando Tom Ze' (2007), directed by Decio Matos Junior.
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theatre
Democracy and Populism in Latin America
Ignacio Walker
Visiting Professor, Princeton University;
President, Corporacin de Estudios para Latinoamrica (CIEPLAN);
Former Chilean Foreign Minister and Congressman
Friday, April 04, 2008
10:15 PM - 12:00 PM
D310 Cornell Hall
Robert Crosnoe, Sociology, Texas-Austin
Part of the UCLA Migration Study Group: 2007-8 Speakers Series
Friday, April 04, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Haines 279
Brazilian Cotton as a Strategic Factor in the Industrial Revolution: England, France, and Portugal
Jose Jobson de Andrade Arruda,
Department of History and Institute for the Economy - UNICAMP,
University of Sao Paulo
Thursday, April 10, 2008
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
ISSR Conference Room
My Life in Cuban Music and Culture
Pablo Menendez
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
11:00 AM - 12:45 PM
Schoenberg Music Building
Culture and State in Argentina
A two day conference. DAY 1 at UCLA Royce 314. DAY 2 at USC's Doheny Intellectual Commons. CONFERENCE WILL BE IN SPANISH.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Royce 314
Race and Racisms in Two Americas: A Dialogue on Inequality and Affirmative Action in the US and Brazil
Presentation by UCLA Law Students from GAAPP Brazil Student-component with commentary from Carlos Medeiros and Matilde Ribeiro.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Law School
Maurice Crul, IMES, University of Amsterdam
Part of the UCLA Migration Study Group: 2007-8 Speakers Series
Friday, April 18, 2008
11:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Haines 279
Sexual Diversity in Early Twentieth Century Latin American Literature
A lecture by eminent academic Daniel Balderston.
Friday, April 18, 2008
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Royce 306
Race and Racisms in Another America: Is Affirmative Action a Dangerous Import or An Antidote to the Myth of Racial Democracy in Brazil?
Kim Crenshaw, Ed Telles and Darnell Hunt.
Monday, April 21, 2008
4:45 PM - 7:00 PM
Bunche Library and Media Center
Representing Race in the US and Brazil: Assessing Strategies for Equity and Inclusion.
Darnell Hunt and Russell Robinson
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
11:00 AM - 1:15 PM
Law School
Carmen Miranda: Mobile Ethnicities in Springtime in the Rockies
Jose Gatti, Fulbright Scholar at Boston University.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Lydeen Library
Photography in the Photographs of Manuel lvarez Bravo
Dr. Leonard Folgarait, Professor of modern Latin American art history, Vanderbilt University.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Dodd 121
Conversion-led Movements: Convergences and Divergences between Brazilian Pentecostalism and Israeli Judaism
DAVID LEHMANN, Reader in Social Science, Cambridge University
Monday, April 28, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Bunche Hall, Room 6275
Neoliberalism After Dark: A Workshop on Sex Tourism, Gender and Violence in the Caribbean
This workshop brings together scholars from anthropology, public health and comparative literature to explore sex tourism, its pleasures and perils, its dangers and desires, as it transforms households, gender roles and subjectivities in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and beyond.
Thursday, May 01, 2008
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Lydeen Library
Jeff Cohen, Anthropology, Ohio State
Part of the UCLA Migration Study Group: 2007-8 Speakers Series
Friday, May 02, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Haines 279
One Way Street: Cuba at the Edge
Jose Quiroga, Professor of Spanish at Emory University
Monday, May 05, 2008
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Lydeen Library
AIDS | SIDA: Global Updates, Art, and Performance
Academic updates on HIV/AIDS from Africa, Latin America, South Asia, and Southeast Asia plus related performance art from each region.
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
200 Glorya Kaufman Hall
O Homem que Desafiou o Diabo (The Man who Dared the Devil)
Screening of Brazilian film 'O Homen que Desafiou o Diabo' (2007), directed by Moacyr Goes.
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theatre
Southern California Brazilianists' Meeting
One day conference on diverse Brazilian topics.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Covel Commons
Middle Eastern Communities in Latin America
The objective of this symposium is to initiate a discussion at UCLA on multiple facets of Middle Eastern communities in Latin America with the objective of elaborating a broader research project.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
Fowler Out Loud: The Jazz Capoeira Sunset Roda
The Mpevula Coalition and local artists from the East Babylon Symphony present an evening of music and movement.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Fowler Museum of Cultural History
Reuel Rogers, Political Science, Northwestern
Part of the UCLA Migration Study Group: 2007-8 Speakers Series
Friday, May 16, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Haines 279
Teaching and Learning Nahuatl ("la lengua mexicana") at the University
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Bunche Hall 6275
Graduate Student Research Panel
The Latin American Institute is hosting a Graduate Student Research Panel to present research findings and promote exchange of ideas among students and participants working in various disciplines.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Cultures and Politics of Memory and Human Rights in Post-dictatorship Southern Cone
Al calor de sus luchas. A two day symposium.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Lenart Auditorium
Oscar Niemeyer: A Vida e um Sopro
Screening of Brazilian documentary "Oscar Niemeyer: A Vida e um Sopro" (2007), directed by Fabiano Maciel.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Decafe room 1302
Teaching and Learning Nahuatl "La Lengua Mexicana" at the University
A presentation by Delfina de la Cruz and John Sullivan.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Bunche Hall 6275
A Retrospective Screening of the Latino Indie Classic Brincando el charco: Portrait of a Puerto Rican by Frances Negron-Muntaner
Thursday, May 29, 2008
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Dodd 121
Claire Jean Kim, Political Science and Asian American Studies, UCI
Part of the UCLA Migration Study Group: 2007-8 Speakers Series
Friday, May 30, 2008
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Haines 279
US-Mexico Transborder Issues
A Public Policy Symposium
Friday, May 30, 2008
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Covel Commons
Family, Poverty and Social Policies in Latin America: How have Oportunidades (Mexico) and Bolsa Familia (Brazil) Met the Challenges?
Monday, June 02, 2008
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Young Research Library
Contemporary Musical Trends in Mexico and Latin America - From Rock en Espanol to Classical
A presentation by Jose Antonio Robles Cahero, musicologist, Centro Nacional de Investigacion, Documentacion, e Informacion Musical (CENIDIM) and Eugenio Delgado, composer and Director, CENIDIM
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
11:00 AM - 12:45 PM
Schoenberg Hall 1100
Alucinados (Riding High)
Screening of Brazilian film 'Alucinados' (2007), directed by Roberto Santucci.
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theatre
Musical History and Innovation in Mexico
Round Table Discussion - Discussion of Disney Hall musical project featuring the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra
Thursday, June 05, 2008
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Schoenberg 1230
Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra
Proceeds for this concert will be used for a scholarship fund in the arts and for the maintenance of the UCLA Mexican Arts Series.
Friday, June 06, 2008
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL
Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite)
Latin American Institute's pick at the 2008 LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL
Friday, June 20, 2008
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
AMC Avco 4
U.S. Latin@s and Latin American Integration: Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century
Please join us and be part of ground breaking discussion with academics in the field of Latino and Latin American Politics, intellectuals, state representatives and NGOs from Latin America
and the United States to discuss the role of Latinos in the processes of Latin American Integration.
Friday, June 27, 2008
1:00 PM - 7:00 PM
LA County Federation of Labor
Noel - Poeta da Vila (Noel the Samba Poet)
Screening of Brazilian film, 'Noel - Poeta da Vila' (2006), directed by Ricardo Van Steen.
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theatre
Con Mis Manos: A History of Labor in Latin America
K-12 Summer Teacher Training Workshop: July 8th through July 18, 2008
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Immigration and Conflict
The Migration Study Group and the International Institute are pleased to present:
Rafaela Dancygier
Department of Politics, Princeton University
Immigration and Conflict
Friday, September 26, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
279 Haines Hall
Immigration and National Identity in France
The Migration Study Group and the International Institute are pleased to present:
Monday, October 06, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Royce Hall 236
UCLA International Institute Open House
in association with the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars & the Office of International Education
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10th and 11th Floors, Bunche Hall
Address by His Excellency Hector Marcos Timerman
Hector Marcos Timerman is the Ambassador of Argentina to the United States
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Royce Hall 314
Meu Nome Nao e Johnny (My Name is Not Johnny)
Screening of Brazilian film 'Meu Nome Nao e Johnny' (2008), directed by Mauro Lima.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theatre
Lecture: Katharine Donato of Vanderbilt
The Migration Study Group and the International Institute are pleased to present:
Friday, October 10, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
279 Haines
La Calle Grita
Art and Political Agency in the works of ASARO (Assembly of Revolutionary Artists of Oaxaca)
Saturday, October 11, 2008
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Lenart Auditorium, Fowler Museum at UCLA
Laura Alonso, 'Fighting the invisible hand of corruption'
The global-local efforts: the cases of Transparency International and Poder Ciudadano in Argentina.
Monday, October 20, 2008
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Room 1337, UCLA School of Law
Lecture: Muzaffar Chishti of Migration Policy Institute and NYU Law School
The Migration Study Group and the International Institute are pleased to present:
Friday, October 24, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
279 Haines
Journalist Lecture Series: Dan Koeppel
Journalist and author Dan Koeppel shares his research and insight on Bananas and The Fate of The Fruit That Changed The World.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
YRL Presentation Room
Film Screening: CASA LIBRE/FREEDOM HOUSE
Free screening at the historic LA Athletic Club
Thursday, October 30, 2008
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Kids in the Courtyard: Muertos y Mariposas
Celebrate El Dia de los Muertos at the Fowler!
Sunday, November 02, 2008
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Fowler Museum UCLA
Still Orangutans
AFI FEST 2008 and UCLA Latin American Institute are proud to invite you to Still Orangutans as part of the 2008 Film Festival.
Monday, November 03, 2008
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
ArcLight Hollywood
Still Orangutans
AFI FEST 2008 and UCLA Latin American Institute are proud to invite you to Still Orangutans as part of the 2008 Film Festival.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
ArcLight Hollywood
Paulinho da Viola: Meu Tempo Hoje
Screening of Brazilian film 'Paulinho da Viola: Meu tempo hoje', directed by Izabel Jaguaribe.
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theatre
La Rabia
AFI FEST 2008 and UCLA Latin American Institute are proud to invite you to the screening of La Rabia as part of the 2008 Film Festival.
Thursday, November 06, 2008
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
ArcLight Hollywood
Author meets critics session on Ruben Hernandez-Leon
The Migration Study Group and the International Institute are pleased to present:
Friday, November 07, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
279 Haines
A conversation with Argentine filmmakers Lucrecia Martel and Liliana Paolinelli
A Conversation with Argentine filmmakers LUCRECIA MARTEL and LILIANA PAOLINELLI
Friday, November 07, 2008
2:00 PM
4302 Rolfe Hall
La Rabia
AFI FEST 2008 and UCLA Latin American Institute are proud to invite you to the screening of La Rabia as part of the 2008 Film Festival.
Friday, November 07, 2008
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
ArcLight Hollywood
Fowler OutSpoken Panel
Crossing Points: Art and La Frontera
Saturday, November 08, 2008
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
UCLA Fowler Museum
La Lupe: Queen of Latin Soul
Screeening of La Lupe: Queen of Latin Soul (2007), followed by a Q&A session with film director Ela Troyano.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Lecture: XVIIII Century Jesuit thought and the Enlightenment in Latin America
Lecture by Professor of History Beatriz Helena Domingues, from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
4:30 PM
Rolfe 4302
Reflexions on the Visual Images of Jose Marti
Distinguished Professor Emilio Bejel from UC Davis discusses the iconography of Jose Marti in Cuban culture and society.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Fowler Outspoken Lecture with Tomas Ybarra-Frausto
Shifting Perspectives: Visual Culture and the U.S./Mexico Borderlands
Sunday, November 16, 2008
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UCLA Fowler Museum
International Opportunities Fair
Learn about opportunities for international studies, careers, and fellowships in celebration of International Education Week
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Kerckhoff State Rooms
Actions of Transfer: Women's Performance in the Americas: Day 1
The event will explore issues of indigeneity, gender and sexuality, transnational/global encounters, labor, domestic violence and access to material resources.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
10:30 AM - 7:00 PM
Royce Hall
Actions of Transfer: Women's Performance in the Americas: Day 2
The event will explore issues of indigeneity, gender and sexuality, transnational/global encounters, labor, domestic violence and access to material resources.
Friday, November 21, 2008
11:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Various UCLA Locations
Workshop: Immigrants Connections' With Their Homelands
The Migration Study Group and the International Institute are pleased to present:
Friday, November 21, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Pro Dia Nascer Feliz
Celebrate International Education Week with a Screening of Pro Dia Nascer Feliz (Joo Jardim, 2007)
Friday, November 21, 2008
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
James Bridges Theatre
Actions of Transfer: Women's Performance in the Americas: Day 3
The event will explore issues of indigeneity, gender and sexuality, transnational/global encounters, labor, domestic violence and access to material resources.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
11:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Various UCLA Locations
Actions of Transfer: Women's Performance in the Americas: Day 4
The event will explore issues of indigeneity, gender and sexuality, transnational/global encounters, labor, domestic violence and access to material resources.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The New LATC (Los Angeles Theater Center)
Fowler OutSpoken Lecture with James Oles
Colonial Architecture and Modern Art: American Tourists and the Invention of Taxco
Sunday, November 23, 2008
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UCLA Fowler Museum
Burkle Forum with Former Pres. of Peru Alejandro Toledo: "Global Financial Crisis & the Fight Against Poverty"
Co-sponsored by the Latin American Institute and the Burkle Center, this lecture is part of the Burkle Forum series to serve the UCLA community by presenting lectures, moderated discussions, panels, and other events featuring internationally renowned scholars, practitioners, and leaders who share their views on the most important international relations issues confronting the U.S. and the world today.
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
UCLA Royce Hall Room 314
O Signo da Cidade ( The sign of the City)
Screening of Brazilian Film 'O Signo da Cidade' (2007), Directed by Carlos Alberto Riccelli.
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Kids in the Courtyard: Lucha Libre
Lucha libre is a Mexican wrestling tradition characterized by acrobatic maneuvers and colorful masks.
Sunday, December 07, 2008
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UCLA Fowler Museum