The Institute in the News
UPDATED: Vietnamese International Film Festival to screen new features at UCLA on April 11
Posted: 3/28/2013
UCLA's Mabanckou and African literature
Britain’s Guardian on Aug. 8, 2012, featured a podcast interview with novelist Alain Mabanckou, UCLA professor of French and Francophone studies, in which he reflected on his homeland of Congo–Brazzaville and the work of the writer Joseph Conrad.
Posted: 8/13/2012
Seoul Philharmonic extends a hand
Nahmee Lee, associate professor of modern Korean history and a scholar at the UCLA Center for Korean Studies, is quoted in a Los Angeles Times article about a conductor who hopes to use music to reestablish cultural ties between North Korea and South Korea.
Posted: 4/19/2012
React and Respond: The Phenomenon of Kony 2012
A Guideline for teaching about issues raised by Kony 2012
Posted: 4/2/2012
German-born Professor Pioneers Korean Art Teaching in the U.S.
Professor Jungmann at UCLA pioneered introducing Korean art in an America university in 1999. On promoting Korean art overseas, the professor says ``politicization’’ is a problem.
Posted: 3/9/2012
Trio of events focus on US-China
Film Business Asia
Posted: 11/4/2011
US / China-US China gaining clout in film industry
From an industry perspective, Janet Yang, president of Manifest Films, and former president of production of Oliver Stone's Ixtlan Productions, said it's a whole shift of power toward China. The move is deeply rooted in China's increasing "capital earning and spending power."
Posted: 10/29/2011
Life in Ceramics - Ceramics in Life: Five Contemporary Korean Artists
Life in Ceramics surveys the range of perspectives found among contemporary Korean ceramicists, bringing together for the first time the work of five important artists: Yikyung Kim, In Chin Lee, Kang Hyo Lee, Youngjae Lee, and Kwang-cho Yoon.
Posted: 5/14/2010
Winner's Run
Khaleej Times Online, October 28, 2007 (feat. Burkle Faculty Advisor Tom Plate)
Posted: 10/28/2007
