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Nonproliferation and the Nuclear South
Nuclear powers India and Pakistan were once on the brink of war, but India is now finalizing a civil nuclear deal with the United States. Speakers at a conference on nuclear challenges discussed how the South Asian nations are breaking the nonproliferation mold.
Posted: 3/14/2007
Intellectual Property Rights Debate Heating Up
UCLA conference participants challenge conventional wisdom on intellectual property rights and innovation.
Posted: 3/13/2007
Make Way for 'Peaceful Rise'
Bates Gill, an American expert on East Asian security issues, argues for welcoming China into a global fold. Not only is there little choice, he says, but the country's policies have taken an encouraging turn over the last decade and more.
Posted: 3/7/2007
The Ghosts of Kabuki
Samuel Leiter of Brooklyn College attempts to spook the audience at a UCLA event on kabuki theater.
Posted: 3/7/2007
China and the Jews
Peter Berton (USC professor emeritus) sheds light on history of Jews in China
Posted: 2/23/2007
Buswell's AAS Election in the News
Professor Robert Buswell's election to the presidency of the Association for Asian Studies attracts attention from Korean-language media.
Posted: 2/22/2007
A Spy Called Sorge
Terasaki Chair in U.S.-Japan Relations Thomas Rimer speaks about the re-telling of the Sorge affair in Japanese film and theater.
Posted: 2/21/2007
UC delegates aim to forge partnership with India
In an effort to establish a partnership based on education and research with Indian government officials, several University of California professors and administrators are traveling to India this weekend.
Posted: 2/16/2007
Into Modernity
Historians Harry Harootunian, Carol Gluck and Fred Notehelfer offer views on modernity and its development in Japan.
Posted: 2/14/2007
UCLA's Buswell Elected 1st Koreanist to Lead Asian Studies
In 2008, Robert Buswell will become president of the Association for Asian Studies, the largest group of its kind. It's a breakthrough for UCLA and Korean studies alike and may owe to the unusually wide expertise of this one-time Buddhist monk.
Posted: 2/7/2007
Depoliticized Politics and the End of the Short Twentieth Century in China
A talk by Wang Hui
Posted: 1/29/2007
Bruin Angels: Niranjala and Lokubanda Tillakaratne
Using primarily their own savings, they fund self-help projects for poor Sri Lankan villages, where the Tillakaratnes spend their vacation time each year.
Posted: 12/13/2006
The Dao in Nara Literature
USC's David Bialock speaks about his research on Daoist influences in Japanese literature from the Nara period.
Posted: 12/12/2006
Privatizing the Post Office
Japanese politics expert Patricia Maclachlan identifies the challenges to the future privatization of the Japanese post office.
Posted: 11/30/2006
UCLA Center Launches National Effort to Understand, Educate 'Heritage' Speakers
With a new National Language Resource Center, the federal government is recognizing that the preservation of U.S. language communities will not be accomplished with approaches aimed at monolingual Americans.
Posted: 11/29/2006
Sondhi's 'New Time' Journalism
In an on-camera interview with AsiaMedia, media mogul and anti-Thaksin activist Sondhi Limthongkul said corruption in Thailand has forced his news reporting into a journalism-activism hybrid.
Posted: 11/22/2006
Journalist Discusses Recent Thai Coup
Sondhi Limthongkul speaks on campus about what led to the government’s overthrow by the military. The talk was sponsored by the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies.
Posted: 11/21/2006
Report Gives Insight into International Enrollment
Though numbers have been declining since 2002-2003, a downward trend may be ending.
Posted: 11/16/2006
The Aesthetics of 'Bijin'
USC scholar discusses a Japanese notion of beauty and its artistic representation in Meiji period paintings.
Posted: 11/15/2006
Case Histories in Ancient Medicine: Cross-Cultural Comparisons & Philosophical Reflections
A talk by Sir Geoffrey Lloyd
Posted: 11/13/2006
SEARCH: Director of UC EAP Study Center in Shanghai
The UC Education Abroad Program is searching for a dirctor of its Study Center in Shanghai
Posted: 11/12/2006
Nuclear North Korea as Seen From 4 Capitals
Experts on the Koreas, China, and the US say that North Korea won't give up its nuclear arms and that differences between the US and negotiating partners, including ally South Korea, will complicate six-party talks.
Posted: 11/8/2006
Film Captures Vietnam-Israel Connection
The UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies and the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies present a documentary recounting the true story of Vietnamese immigrants to Israel.
Posted: 11/6/2006
Thailand's Former Foreign Minister Looks to the Future
Kantathi Suphamongkohn says he saw the coup coming, but does not yet know what his next move will be.
Posted: 11/5/2006
Panel Explores North Korea’s Future
Discussion attempts to add depth to public perceptions following country’s nuclear test
Posted: 11/3/2006
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