The Institute in the News
Looting of Ancient Egyptian Artifacts
Kara Cooney, assistant professor of Egyptian art and architecture in the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, was interviewed Tuesday on the “Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” about the recent looting of antiquities in Egypt.
Posted: 2/10/2011
Student Tweets Egyptians' Reports
A column in Monday's PC World on the Internet and wireless communication referenced the efforts of John Scott-Railton, a doctoral student in urban planning at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, who, following Egypt's shutdown of cell phone and Internet access, recorded audio reports on the recent unrest from Egyptians using landlines and posted their updates on Twitter.
Posted: 2/10/2011
Museum Settles for 'Dummy' Mummies
Lothar Von Falkenhausen, UCLA professor of art history, was interviewed Monday on National Public Radio's “All Things Considered” about a Philadelphia museum's unusual solution to a bureaucratic snafu that prevented them from displaying a collection of mummies and artifacts from China.
Posted: 2/8/2011
Searching for a Solution in Egypt
James Gelvin, UCLA professor of history, was interviewed Monday on Bloomberg Television's "Midday Surveillance" about the political unrest in Egypt and efforts to negotiate a solution.
Posted: 2/8/2011
Fowler Exhibition Features Nigerian Art
The Los Angeles Times reported Sunday on “Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley,” an exhibition opening Feb. 13 at the Fowler Museum at UCLA. Fowler director Marla C. Berns was quoted.
Posted: 2/7/2011
Kara Cooney
Cooney, assistant professor of Egyptian art and architecture in the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, was quoted Sunday in a CNN online article about efforts to restore artifacts damaged by looters at Cairo's Egyptian Museum and elsewhere.
Posted: 2/7/2011
Hiroshi Motomura
Motomura, UCLA professor of law, was quoted Thursday in an ABC News online article about a court ruling blocking certain key provisions of Arizona's controversial immigration law.
Posted: 2/4/2011
'New North' to Benefit From Global Warming
The Economist reported Thursday on "The World in 2050," a new book by UCLA professor of geography Laurence Smith that argues that climate change and other global pressures will make Canada, Scandinavia, Russia and the northern United States formidable economic powers and migration magnets in the coming decades.
Posted: 2/4/2011
UCLA Students Evacuated From Egypt
An article in today's Los Angeles Times about the evacuation of American college students studying in Egypt highlighted the experiences of UC study-abroad students and a team of students and researchers affiliated with UCLA’s Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. Gary Rhodes, director of the Center for Global Education at UCLA's Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, is quoted.
Posted: 2/4/2011
Film Archive Highlights Iranian Cinema
Today's Los Angeles Times highlights the UCLA Film & Television Archive's annual "Celebration of Iranian Cinema" series, which begins Friday at UCLA's Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum and runs through Feb. 27. Archive director Jan-Christopher Horak is quoted.
Posted: 2/3/2011
Unrest Continues in Egypt
Steven Spiegel, professor of political science and director of the UCLA Center for Middle East Development, was interviewed Wednesday on KNX-1070 AM about the political unrest in Egypt. Leonard Binder, UCLA professor of political science, was interviewed on the subject Wednesday by Canada’s CFAX-1070 AM.
Posted: 2/3/2011
Gary Rhodes
Rhodes, director of the Center for Global Education at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, was quoted Monday in a Chronicle of Higher Education article about how the turmoil in Egypt has affected American students studying there.
Posted: 2/2/2011
Looting Threatens Ancient Egyptian Artifacts
An LA Weekly blog on Monday featured an interview with Willemina (Willeke) Wendrich, professor of Egyptian archaeology in the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, about the looting of ancient Egyptian artifacts at Cairo's Egyptian Museum and elsewhere. Wendrich was also quoted Monday in a National Geographic article on the subject.
Posted: 2/2/2011
Mideast Instability and Alternative Fuel
A column in The Los Angeles Times on how Middle East unrest highlights the need for the U.S. to develop clean fuel sources and reduce its dependence on foreign oil cites research on clean fusion energy by UCLA graduate student David Auerbach and quotes Glen MacDonald, director of the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, on the subject of Mideast politics and alternative power sources.
Posted: 2/2/2011
Oil and Democracy in the Middle East
A blog column in Monday's New York Times exploring how oil revenues affect North African and Middle Eastern nations' political systems cited research by UCLA professor of political science Michael Ross suggesting that democratic transitions are more likely in oil-poor states than oil-rich ones.
Posted: 2/2/2011
Professor Steven Spiegel discusses U.S. policy in the Middle East and how other countries can impact the international scene
An interview with Professor Steven Spiegel, Director of CMED
Posted: 2/2/2011
Sean Hecht
Hecht, executive director of the UCLA Environmental Law Center, is quoted today in a San Francisco Chronicle article about a battle between Chevron Corp. and a group of lawyers fighting the company over oil field pollution in Ecuador.
Posted: 2/2/2011
Southland Egyptians React to Unrest
An article in Tuesday's Los Angeles Times about local Egyptians' reactions to the revolt in Egypt highlighted the experiences of UCLA law professor Khaled Abou El Fadl, who was arrested and tortured 25 years ago by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's government. Abou El Fadl was quoted.
Posted: 2/2/2011
Student's Tweets Bring Egyptians' Reports to the World
Time reports, and KNBC-Channel 4, KTTV-Channel 11 and Public Radio International's "The World" reported Monday, that in the wake of the Egyptian government's shutdown of Internet and cell-phone access, John Scott-Railton, a doctoral student in urban planning at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, has been recording audio reports from Egyptians using landlines and posting their updates on Twitter. His links and audio clips have received nearly 300,000 hits.
Posted: 2/2/2011
Student's Tweets Bring Egyptians' Reports to the World
KPCC-89.3 FM and a Los Angeles Times blog reported Tuesday that in the wake of the Egyptian government's shutdown of Internet and cell-phone access, John Scott-Railton, a doctoral student in urban planning at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, has recorded audio reports on the unrest from Egyptians using landlines and posted their updates on Twitter. Scott-Railton was interviewed on KPCC and quoted in the Times.
Posted: 2/2/2011
Tunisia's Revolt Influenced Region
Britain's Guardian on Friday featured an op-ed by Nouri Gana, UCLA assistant professor of comparative literature and Near Eastern languages and cultures, about the recent overthrow of Tunisia's government and the ripple effect it has had on other countries in North Africa and the Middle East.
Posted: 2/2/2011
UC Students Evacuated from Egypt
A Los Angeles Times blog reported Tuesday that a group of UC study-abroad students, along with a team of students and researchers affiliated with UCLA’s Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, have been evacuated from Egypt.
Posted: 2/2/2011
Unrest Continues in Egypt
Leonard Binder, UCLA professor of political science, was interviewed Friday on KABC-Channel 7 and KTTV-Channel 11 about the growing political unrest in Egypt.
Posted: 2/2/2011
Joyce Appleby
Appleby, UCLA professor emerita of history, was quoted Wednesday in an Inside Higher Ed article about a new initiative to get academic historians to teach about and campaign against modern-day slavery and human trafficking.
Posted: 1/27/2011
Leaks Give New View of Middle East Peace Process
Today's Los Angeles Times features an op-ed by Saree Makdisi, UCLA professor of English and comparative literature, about recently leaked documents related to peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.
Posted: 1/27/2011
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