The Institute in the News
Performance Addresses Politics and HIV
Mondays Los Angeles Times featured a review of Elections and Erections, a one-man show about HIV awareness and politics by South African performance artist Pieter-Dirk Uys presented by the UCLA Art | Global Health Center at the Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater.
Posted: 10/7/2009
Building Momentum for Mid-East Peace: Bring Back the Multilaterals
In this article which first appeared in the Huffington Post, Professor Steven Spiegel and Professor Michael Yaffe appeal to the Obama administration to revisit the "multilateral" approach exhibited in the Middle East in the 1990's to prompt peace talks in the region.
Posted: 10/2/2009
Peace in the Middle East
The Sept. 25 Huffington Post featured an op-ed co-written by Steven Spiegel, UCLA professor of political science and director of the Center for Middle East Development, on how the Obama administration can best restart negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians on a peace agreement.
Posted: 10/2/2009
History of Mexican Independence Day in US
Today's New America Media features a column by David Hayes-Bautista, UCLA professor of general internal medicine and health services research and director of the UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture, about historical Mexican Independence Day celebrations in California.
Posted: 9/16/2009
America's Role in a 'Post-American' World
Saturday's Huffington Post featured a column by Kal Raustiala, professor of law and director of the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, about the United States' position and role amid global changes in power and politics.
Posted: 9/15/2009
Prof Speaks on Environmental History
Jared Diamond, UCLA professor of geography and Pulitzer Prizewinning author, was featured Saturday on "Recurso Natural," an Argentine public television program about environmental history.
Posted: 9/14/2009
Prof Pens Book on California
California's Visalia Times-Delta reports on The Portuguese Presence in California," a new book by Eduardo Dias, UCLA professor emeritus of Portuguese, that explores the economic and cultural contributions of the Portuguese community in California.
Posted: 9/11/2009
Program Trains Doctors to Work in Underserved Areas
Miller-McCune magazine reports today on UCLA's International Medical Graduate program, which prepares doctors trained in Mexico and other parts of Latin America for primary care residencies in California hospitals and, ultimately, positions as board-certified family physicians in the state's underserved minority communities. Dr. Patrick Dowling, program co-founder and chair of the UCLA Department of Family Medicine, is quoted.
Posted: 9/11/2009
David Kaye
Kaye, executive director of the International Human Rights Program at the UCLA School of Law, is quoted today in a Washington Post article about the Bush administrations efforts to shield those running secret CIA prisons from prosecution.
Posted: 9/8/2009
Alessandro Duranti
Duranti, UCLA professor of anthropology, was quoted Thursday in a New York Times article about how the H1N1 flu affects how people normally greet each other.
Posted: 9/4/2009
Prof Discusses Gaza Panel
The September/October edition of Tikkun magazine featured an op-ed by Saree Makdisi, UCLA professor of English and comparative literature, about the presence of Israeli-Palestinian conflict protestors on college campuses.
Posted: 9/4/2009
New Terrorism Interrogation Unit
Amy Zegart, associate professor of public policy at the UCLA School of Public Affairs and a Faculty Fellow at the Burkle Center, was interviewed on KCRW-89.9 FMs "To the Point" about President Obama's creation of a new interagency team of interrogators to question key terrorism suspects.
Posted: 8/26/2009
Tea-Time at UCLA's Fowler Museum
The Los Angeles Daily News and the Edible Los Angeles blog reported Tuesday on the Fowler Museum at UCLA's "Steeped in History: The Art of Tea," an exhibition exploring the impact of tea on politics, society, art and culture in Asia, Europe and the United States.
Posted: 8/26/2009
Prisoner Abuse and National Security
KPFK-90.7 FM's To the Point Talk Show, August 25, 2009, feat. Burkle Center Faculty Fellow Amy Zegart on Obama's new Interagency Interrogation Group led by the FBI.
Posted: 8/25/2009
Prof's TV Show Explores Ancient Civilizations
The Los Angeles Times and New Orleans Times-Picayune report today, and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Friday, on Out of Egypt, a new six-episode Discovery Channel series co-created and hosted by Kara Cooney, assistant professor of Egyptian art and architecture in the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. The show, which explores commonalities among ancient civilizations, begins tonight. Cooney was quoted in the coverage.
Posted: 8/24/2009
Amy Zegart
Zegart, associate professor of public policy at the UCLA School of Public Affairs and a faculty fellow at the Burkle Center, was quoted yesterday in a New York Times article about the role of FBI "threat squads" in deterring terrorism in the U.S.
Posted: 8/19/2009
Tea Time at UCLA's Fowler Museum
The Los Angeles Times reports today on the Fowler Museum at UCLA's "Steeped in History: The Art of Tea," an exhibition exploring the impact of tea on politics, society, art and culture in Asia, Europe and the United States.
Posted: 8/19/2009
Center Director, Art History Prof Profiled
South Korean newspaper Joongang Ilbo yesterday featured a profile of John Duncan, UCLA professor of history and director of the UCLA Center for Korean Studies, and today features a profile of Burglind Jungmann, UCLA professor of art history.
Posted: 8/18/2009
Prof to Head Buddhist Institute in Korea
The English-language South Korean newspaper Joongang Daily reported July 18 that Robert Buswell, distinguished professor of Buddhist studies and director of the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies, will head of the Academy of Buddhist Studies at Dongguk University in Seoul this year. Buswell was quoted.
Posted: 8/18/2009
Archive to Present Mexican Sci-Fi Films
LA Weekly reports today on "Aztec Mummies and Martian Invaders," the UCLA Film & Television Archive's current retrospective series exploring Mexican science-fiction films of the 1950s and '60s.
Posted: 8/17/2009
Epidemiology Prof a 'Danger Junkie'
An article in the August issue of Marie Claire magazine about women with dangerous jobs profiles Anne Rimoin, assistant professor of epidemiology at the UCLA School of Public Health, highlighting her research on emerging infectious diseases in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Posted: 8/17/2009
Health Care Reform and Immigrants
New America Media today features an op-ed by David Hayes-Bautista, professor of general internal medicine and health services research and director of the UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture, about the potential impact of health care reforms on immigrants.
Posted: 8/17/2009
International Studies Through Food
The Los Angeles Times reports on a UCLA summer workshop for K-12 teachers that explores the role of food in history, culture and politics around the world. The program is presented by the UCLA International Institute and the UCLA History-Geography Project. Jonathan Friedlander, assistant director of the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, is quoted.
Posted: 8/12/2009
Testing Torture
UCLA News Radio show, the 8th Diplomat, May 26, 2009, feat. Burkle Center speakers on interrogation, torture, and what works.
Posted: 5/26/2009
The Big Hunt for Bin Laden
Khaleej Times Online, April 18, 2009 (feat. Burkle Faculty Advisor Amy Zegart)
Posted: 4/18/2009
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