Calendar
Events for 2012
Melnitz Movies: Miss Bala
Gerardo Naranjo's gripping thriller about a Baja California beauty queen caught in a maddening cycle of drug cartel violence. Q&A with Gerardo Naranjo, producer Diego Luna, and actress Stephanie Sigman.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
7:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
De Pernas Pro Ar (Head Over Heels) (2011)
A comedy about self-discovery and the pressures of the modern woman juggling love and work, directed by Roberto Santucci
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
7:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
20th Anniversary of El Salvador’s Peace Accords
Conference with the First Lady of El Salvador, Vanda Pignato, on the 20th anniversary of the signing of the peace accords, the implications for transnational development and voting abroad.
Monday, January 30, 2012
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
UCLA Faculty Center
Hispanic Capitalism and the Mexican Imprint on U.S. History
A talk by John Tutino, Professor of History, Georgetown University
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library & Archive
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
Maya Lenca Storytelling: Into the Next Millennium
A performance of a Maya-Lenca creation myth by the young chief Leonel Chevez
Thursday, March 01, 2012
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Presentation Room
Revolutionary Culture: Vasconcelos, Indians, Photographers, and Calendar Girls
William H. Beezley, History, University of Arizona
Thursday, March 01, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
6275 Bunche Hall (History Conference Room)
New Sites of Government: Voices, Silences, Exits and Re-entries in Oaxacalifornia
Lars Ove Trans, PhD fellow at the Department for Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen
Monday, March 05, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Haines Hall 144
Bruna Surfistinha ("Little Surfer Girl") (2011)
A film inspired by true events, with a special appearance by director Marcus Baldini
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
7:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
Transnational Solidarities: Central American Mobilization in the Isthmus and Beyond
Thursday, March 08, 2012
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
YRL Presentation Room
Une et Indivisible? Transcolonial Black Politics in the Wake of the Haitian Revolution
A talk by Sara E. Johnson, Associate Professor of Literature at UC San Diego
Friday, March 16, 2012
3:00 PM
History Conference Room
O Bem Amado ("The Well Beloved One") (2010)
A 2010 Brazilian dramatic-comedy directed by Guel Arraes
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
The UCLA Program on International Migration Presents: Racial Profiling, the War on Drugs, and Mass Deportation to the Caribbean
Tanya Golash-Boza, University of Kansas
Friday, April 06, 2012
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
279 Haines Hall (UCLA)
Migracion, Cultura y Lenguaje: Una Perspectiva Zoogochense
Filemón Beltrán Morales
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
University of California, Los Angeles
Establishing Roots and Navigating New Terrains: Central Americans in the U.S.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
YRL Presentation Room
Globant: Innovating from Latin America to the World
A great success story of entrepreneurship in an emerging economy
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
UCLA Anderson School of Business
"Making Democracy Work from Abroad? The Political Consequences of Migrant Cross-Border Participation and Democratic Governance in Mexico"
Talk by Lauren Duquette (UC Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA)
Friday, April 20, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Haines 279, UCLA
Urban Stories of Brazil
A discussion with and reading of Luiz Rufato, UC Berkeley distinguished Brazilian writer in residence.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
UCLA Lydeen Library
Bicho de Sete Cabeças ("Brainstorm") (2001)
A 2001 Brazilian drama film directed by Laís Bodanzky
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
María en tierra de nadie (Maria in No Man's Land)
A documentary regarding the parallel immigration stories of three Salvadoran women on a journey through Mexico
Thursday, May 03, 2012
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Bunche 10367
Militarization, human rights and threats to justice in Guatemala
Iduvina Hernández, journalist and activist
Friday, May 04, 2012
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Charles E. Young Research Library
Book talk and discussion of "Los Migrantes Que No Importan: En el Camino con los Centroamericanos Indocumentados en México"
Book by Oscar Martínez, Salvadoran journalist and coordinator of the project En el Camino
Discussants: Ruben Hernandez-Leon (Sociology, UCLA) & Leisy Abrego (Chicano and Chicano Studies, UCLA)
Friday, May 04, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Haines 279
The Restructuring of the Steel Industry in Mexico: The Impact on Workers
A lecture by Dr. Eleocadio Martínez, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Bunche Hall 10367
Panel Voces de Migración I
Recuperación de la memoria de la migración Mexicana a Estados Unidos
Saturday, May 12, 2012
4:00 PM
Salón Alfonso Reyes
Panel Voces de Migración II
El registro de la memoria; Entrevista con José Huizar
Sunday, May 13, 2012
11:00 AM
Salón Alfonso Reyes
Panel Voces de Migración III
Memoria de la migración, voces de Temaca
Sunday, May 13, 2012
12:00 PM
Salón Alfonso Reyes
Market Insights and Political Perspectives of Latin American Leaders
2012 Latin American Business Conference
Monday, May 14, 2012
3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Anderson School of Management
Sing: Poetry from the Indigenous Americas
Book talk with author Allison Hedge Coke
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room
The Journey Home: A Freed Mulatto Brazilian Priest and his Mission to Dahomey
Junia Ferreira Furtado
Professor in Early Modern History
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Bunche 10383
Freedom of the Press in Latin America
A symposium that will bring together media professionals from Latin America and the United States who cover organized crime, corruption, and drug trafficking in Latin America to share and discuss their experiences.
Monday, May 21, 2012
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
California Room
Globalization and Brazilian Visual Culture
A colloquium with Telmo Estevinho (PUC-SP/UFMT), Maria Helena Costa (UFRN), and Sonia Marques (UFPB).
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
After the Earthquake: Popular Memory as History in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Watson Denis, Université d'Etat d'Haiti;
Teresa Barnet, UCLA;
Robin Derby, UCLA
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
12:00 PM
History Conference Room
2011-2012 Faucett Family Research Fellowship Student Panel
The purpose of the Faucett Graduate Student Research Panel is to present research findings and promote the exchange of ideas among students and participants working in various disciplines.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Bunche 10383
The End of Plantation? Coffee and Land Inequality in Early Twentieth Century São Paulo
Renato Perim Colistete, Professor of Economics, FEA-USP
Thursday, May 24, 2012
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Bunche 10383
Transnational Incest: Mexican Families, Sexual Violence, and Migration
A lecture by Gloria González-López, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin
Friday, May 25, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Haines 144
Within the Shadowz of Belize: A Green Day Arises
A poetry reading and film screening by Belizean artist Clyde Gillett
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
1:00 PM
Presentation Room
It Takes Two To Tango: The Question of the Malvinas Islands and the Situation in the South Atlantic
A presentation by Jorge Martín Arturo Argüello, Ambassador of Argentina to the United States
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
12:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Hacienda Room
Gender Violence: Lessons from the experience of an Argentine Judge.
A presentation by Monica Bravo Mayuli, Second Court District Judge, Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Monday, June 04, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room 1337
Onde está a Felicidade? ("Where is Happiness?") (2011)
A 2011 Brazilian comedy film directed by Carlos Alberto Riccelli
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
My Research on Mexican Music from the Colonial Period to the Present
A lecture by Jose Antonio Robles Cahero, CENIDIM
Thursday, June 07, 2012
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room 1200 (Jan Popper Theater)
Where Does This Writer Belong?
A lecture on the international reception of Machado de Assis
Monday, June 11, 2012
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
4302 Rolfe Hall
The Blue Hour
A bilingual reading from Alonso Cueto's novel followed by a conversation with the author about literature and translation
Thursday, August 09, 2012
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Humanities 348
International Institute IDP Open House & Fall Reception-Part of 'Welcome Week'!
As part of the campus-wide 'True Bruin Welcome Week' activities, the International Institute Interdepartmental Programs (IDPs) will be hosting an Open House & Fall Reception, to which you are cordially invited.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Vou Rifar Meu Coração ("I Will Raffle Off My Heart") (2011)
A 2011 Brazilian documentary directed by Ana Rieper
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
Artes e manhas da crônica: Fernando Sabino e Clarice Lispector (The Art and Skill of the crônica: Fernando Sabino e Clarice Lispector)
Writing workshop with Fernando Paixão (IEB-USP) in Portuguese
Monday, October 08, 2012
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Rolfe Hall 4302
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
Ackerman Union Grand Ballroom
Eroticism and the Body in Brazilian Culture: A discussion of the film "Natural Love"
Talk in Engish by Eliane Robert Moraes
Tuesday, October 09, 2012
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Public Affairs 1246
A resenha em questão: jornalistas x acadêmicos (Questioning the Review: Journalists vs. academics)
Writing workshop with Fernando Paixão (IEB-USP) in Portuguese
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Rolfe Hall 4302
Onde anda o erotismo na ficção contemporânea? (Where is the eroticism in contemporary Brazilian fiction?)
Talk in Portuguese by Eliane Robert Moraes
Thursday, October 11, 2012
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Rolfe Hall 4302
Fernando Paixão: Poetry Reading and Bilingual Discussion
A reading and bilingual discussion of Fernando Paixão's recent poetry
Thursday, October 11, 2012
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Rolfe Hall 4302
The Mexican Political System after the 2012 Elections
A panel combining two of the most well-known and respected analysts of contemporary politics in Mexico
Thursday, October 11, 2012
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
UCLA Faculty Center
Razão e emoção na escrita: equilíbrio possível? (Reason and emotion in writing: possible equilibrium?)
Writing workshop with Fernando Paixão (IEB-USP) in Portuguese
Friday, October 12, 2012
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Rolfe Hall 4302
Los Últimos Cristeros (The Last Cristeros)
A 2011 Mexican film by director Matias Meyer
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
2160 E Broad Art Center
The Cristero Rebellion in Mexico: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
A lecture by author and CIDE Professor Emeritus Jean Meyer
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
UCLA Spanish Film Festival: También la LLuvia (Even The Rain)
A 2011 Spanish film by director Icíar Bollaín
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Royce Hall 314
520 Years of Dictatorship: Survival, Struggle and Militancy of the Mapuche People
A talk by poet and political activist Graciela Huinao
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
UCLA Spanish Film Festival: La Isla Interior (The Island Inside)
A 2010 Spanish film by directors Dunia Ayaso and Félix Sabroso
Thursday, November 01, 2012
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Royce Hall 314
AFI Fest 2012: Todo El Mundo Tiene A Alguien Menos Yo (Everybody's Got Somebody... Not Me)
A 2012 Mexican film by director Raul Fuentes- Screenings on November 3rd & 6th
Friday, November 02, 2012
10:00 PM - 11:45 PM
Level 3 of Hollywood & Highland Center
AFI Fest 2012: The International Sign For Choking
A 2012 Argentine and American film by director Zach Weintraub- Screenings on November 2nd & 4th
Friday, November 02, 2012
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Level 3 of Hollywood & Highland Center
AFI Fest 2012: Here and There (Aquí y Allá)
A 2012 Mexican film by director Antonio Mendez Esparza- Screenings on November 2nd & 7th
Friday, November 02, 2012
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Level 3 of Hollywood & Highland Center
AFI Fest 2012: Post Tenebras Lux
A 2012 Mexican, French, German, and Dutch film by director Carlos Reygadas-
Screenings on November 2nd & 5th
Friday, November 02, 2012
7:15 PM - 9:15 PM
Level 3 of Hollywood & Highland Center
AFI Fest 2012: Después de Lucia (After Lucia)
A 2012 Mexican film by director Michael Franco- Screenings on November 3rd & 4th
Saturday, November 03, 2012
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Level 3 of Hollywood & Highland Center
AFI Fest 2012: Come Out and Play
A 2011 Mexican film by director Makinov- Screenings on November 3rd & 4th
Saturday, November 03, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Level 3 of Hollywood & Highland Center
AFI Fest 2012: White Elephant
A 2012 Argentine, Spanish, and French film by director Pablo Trapero- Screenings on November 3rd & 4th
Saturday, November 03, 2012
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
American Cinematheque
AFI Fest 2012: Los Mejores Temas (Greatest Hits)
A 2012 Mexican, Canadian, and Dutch film by director Nicolás Pereda- Screenings on November 3rd & 4th
Saturday, November 03, 2012
6:15 PM - 8:00 PM
Level 3 of Hollywood & Highland Center
AFI Fest 2012: Ahi Va El Diablo (Here Comes The Devil)
A 2012 Mexican film by director Adrían Garcia Bogliano- Screenings on November 4th & 7th
Sunday, November 04, 2012
12:00 AM - 1:30 AM
Level 3 of Hollywood & Highland Center
UCLA Spanish Film Festival: El Hombre de al Lado (The Man Next Door)
A 2010 Argentine film by directors Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat
Tuesday, November 06, 2012
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Royce Hall 314
À Beira do Caminho (Roadside)
A 2012 Brazilian film directed by Breno Silveira
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Melnitz Hall 1409
UCLA Spanish Film Festival: Asalto al Cine (The Cinema Hold Up)
A 2011 Mexican film by director Irina Gómez Concheiro
Thursday, November 08, 2012
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Royce Hall 314
UCLA Spanish Film Festival: Chico & Rita
A 2012 Spanish film by directors Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal and Tono Errando
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Royce Hall 314
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
Young Research Library
Tales of Masked Men
2012 documentary by Director/Producer Carlos Avila
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
144 Haines Hall
Recent Trends in Mexican Migration to the US: Evidences from EMIF-Norte
A seminar with Professor Marie-Laure Coubes, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
4240 Public Affairs Bldg
O Palhaço (The Clown)- Brazilian entry for "Best Foreign Language Film" at the 85th Academy Awards
A 2011 Brazilian film by director and star Selton Mello.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Melnitz Hall 1409
Reading and Q&A with Granta’s best young Brazilian novelists
A reading and discussion with 5 of Brazil's best young novelists
Thursday, November 29, 2012
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Royce Hall 314
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
10383 Bunche Hall
Elizabeth Bishop's Brazilian Pastoral
A presentation and workshop by Katrina Dodson, Department of Comparative Literature, UC Berkeley
Friday, November 30, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Lydeen Library - Rolfe 4302
Morelos
A 2012 Mexican film by Director Antonio Serrano
Friday, November 30, 2012
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Melnitz Hall 1409
Monseñor: The Last Journey of Óscar Romero
A 2012 documentary about Archbishop Óscar Romero, the brave soul who dared to defend the disenfranchised people of El Salvador in the late 1970s, and paid the ultimate price for standing up to a repressive government.
Monday, December 03, 2012
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Melnitz 1409