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Reclaiming the Past: The Tawarikh-i Hafiz Rahmat Khani and Pashtun Historiography
A talk by Robert Nichols, Richard Stockton College, NJ. Part of the conference: Great Games? Afghan History through Afghan Eyes
Posted: 11/22/2011
Great Games? Afghan History through Afghan Eyes: Opening Remarks
An introduction by Nile Green, UCLA. Part of the conference: Great Games? Afghan History through Afghan Eyes
Posted: 11/22/2011
Immersing in language, culture
The UCLA Confucius Institute celebrates opening of three Mandarin immersion programs in elementary schools.
Posted: 10/4/2011
The Euro, the Dollar, and the Future of the International Monetary System
A lecture by Barry Eichengreen, Economics and Political Science, UC Berkeley
Posted: 5/27/2011
The Politics of Trafficking: The First International Movement to Combat the Sexual Exploitation of Women
A book talk with author Stephanie Limoncelli (Loyola Marymount University, Sociology) and discussant Kathryn Farr (Portland State University, Sociology)
Posted: 5/25/2011
Brazilian Soap Writer on Creative Process, Power of TV
One of Brazil's most important and prolific script writers, Glória Perez, explains the genesis and the motives behind profitable television shows that reach well over 100 countries. The symposium was part of the UCLA Center for Brazilian Studies series "On Brazilian Cosmopolitanism."
Posted: 5/24/2011
Burkle Center Sr. Fellow Gen. Wesley Clark comments on the decision to eliminate funding for the United States Institute of Peace
The House of Representatives voted recently to eliminate all funding for the US Institute of Peace, which plays a vital role in mediating international conflicts that no other group can. So what's behind this jaw-dropping, backward step?
Posted: 5/23/2011
Beyond Taiwan, a Writer and Her Readers Discover Each Other
Walls, fences and being overheard beyond walls and fences were the themes of Taiwanese intellectual Lung Ying-tai's May 2 lecture, in which she invited the audience to "sit along with me at the writer's desk." The event, attended by nearly 300 people, was sponsored by the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies.
Posted: 5/4/2011
Spring International Career Panel
A panel discussion on international career opportunities with Gary Bagley, Prof. Peter Katona, and Jim Newton, co-sponsored by the Burkle Center and the Undergraduate International Relations Society (UIRS).
Posted: 4/28/2011
Joseph Stiglitz Delivers the 2011 Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture
Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate and Columbia Economics Professor, delivers the 2011 Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture entitled: "America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy.”
Posted: 4/26/2011
Joseph Stiglitz: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy
The 2011 Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture delivered by Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate & Professor of Economics, Columbia University.
Posted: 4/21/2011
James S. Coleman Memorial Lecture: Oral Tradition, Religious Syncretism and Politics: The Example of Cote d'Ivoire
A discussion with writer, academic, artist and author of books for young people, Véronique Tadjo.
Posted: 4/20/2011
Before Orientalism: From Paris to Patna in the 17th Century
Watch video of CISA Director Sanjay Subrahmanyam delivering Vanderbilt University's annual Byrn Lecture on April 6. The Byrn Lecture is sponsored by the Vanderbilt Department of History.
Posted: 4/12/2011
Fading Friendships: Alliances, Affinities and the Activation of International Identities
In international politics "friends'' co-ally. But friendship is relational and contextual. Countries are more likely to act on common interests on a given dimension if few other actors share that identity. In contrast, new cleavages are likely to emerge as an identity becomes ubiquitous.
Posted: 4/12/2011
10 Questions for Russia Expert Daniel Treisman
Drawing on memoirs, personal interviews and other sources, Professor of Political Science Daniel Treisman, who first traveled to Russia in 1988, has written a sweeping study that covers roughly the period he's spent watching the country. Instead of pondering Russia's dark side or its "soul," Treisman in "The Return: Russia's Journey From Gorbachev to Medvedev" looks at Russia as a typical, though important, country facing everyday 21st-century social, political and economic challenges.
Posted: 4/8/2011
Melting Pots and Promised Lands: Early Zionism and the Idea of America
A lecture by Hilton Obenzinger, Stanford University
Posted: 4/6/2011
Lata Mani Rethinks It All
The esteemed postcolonial feminist historian's talk this winter, entitled "Once Upon a Time in the Present," proposed an alternate ontological and epistemological orientation.
Posted: 4/1/2011
Exhibit Touts Jazz Ambassadors' Global Impact
From March 20 through Aug. 14 at the Fowler Museum, "Jam Session: America's Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World” will illustrate how some of our most famous musicians taught the world about the United States while learning about their host nations as well.
Posted: 3/17/2011
Silks and Quilts in Central Asian Cultures
Possibly the best-dressed scholarly meeting of the season, "Textiles as Treasures" looked at the place of fabrics in the lives and the industry of nomadic and urban Central Asian cultures over centuries. The March 5 conference was organized by the Asia Institute's Program on Central Asia; a day-long program on the music of the region is planned for April 1.
Posted: 3/9/2011
Food and Survival in Her Books and Her Life
Peek into Judith Carney’s background and you can understand her interests. "In the Shadow of Slavery: Africa's Botanical Legacy in the Atlantic World," co-written with her husband, is one of two winners of the most recent Douglass prize, awarded to the best book written in English on slavery or abolition.
Posted: 3/4/2011
Korean Unions Must Embrace Marginalized Workers, Says Key Figure in Movement
Sim Sangjeung, a prominent labor organizer who spent years on the run as South Korea made its democratic transition, addressed an audience of about 55 in UCLA's Moore Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 23, saying that her country's labor movement would have to change dramatically to avoid becoming irrelevant.
Posted: 3/1/2011
Advantage: How American Innovation Can Overcome the Asian Challenge
An in-depth examination of Asia's rapid rise in educational achievement and entrepreneurship, and recommendations for how America can meet and overcome this challenge.
Posted: 2/28/2011
Advantage: How American Innovation Can Overcome the Asian Challenge
An in-depth examination of Asia's rapid rise in educational achievement and entrepreneurship, and recommendations for how America can meet and overcome this challenge.
Posted: 2/28/2011
The Good Daughter
UCLA alumna Jasmin Darznik spoke about unraveling her family's history at a reading on Friday, Feb. 18 at the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies.
Posted: 2/24/2011
Urban Planning Student Lets Egyptians' Voices Be Heard
John Scott-Railton, who has done research and studied in Egypt, decided to begin relaying reports from Egyptians via Twitter and Youtube when the government shut down Internet and cell phone service last Thursday.
Posted: 1/31/2011
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