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Diary Offers Window into French Indochina
A chance encounter with a rare original source took a professor and his students on a captivating journey through Vietnam. In a colloquium at UCLA, Bucknell U's David Del Testa and Los Angeles educators discuss how to share a 19-year-old woman's personal story with K-12 students.
Posted: 4/28/2006
History and Myth out of Calcutta
Legendary Black Hole is at center of first annual Center for India and South Asia lecture by anthropologist Partha Chatterjee.
Posted: 4/25/2006
Nepalese Journalist to Speak on Benefits of News Blogs
As online publications increase in popularity, critics question their credibility as sources.
Posted: 4/12/2006
Construction Begins on UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology
Egyptologists and UCLA's best technology centers commence the heavy lifting of rewriting ancient Egypt's history.
Posted: 4/6/2006
Leading Ethiopian Historian Revisits Student Movement
Bahru Zewde of Addis Ababa University was a member and early observer of the movement that supplied ideas for transition after the 1974 revolution.
Posted: 4/4/2006
UC Student Activists Make News With Sudan Divestment
Students won unanimous vote by Regents to shed holdings in nine companies doing business with government accused of genocide.
Posted: 3/29/2006
Generations of Arab Women
Jean Said Makdisi, memoirist and sister of the late scholar Edward Said, discusses her new family chronicle.
Posted: 3/27/2006
Afghan Foreign Minister Calls Judiciary 'Biggest Challenge'
Dr. 'Abdullah' Abdullah notes progress, urges diplomatic solution to dispute between neighboring Iran and the United States.
Posted: 3/20/2006
Afghan leader forges new state, ties to UCLA
A full lecture hall of UCLA students heard about the progress of Afghanistan's government directly from Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah.
Posted: 3/20/2006
Tainted Legacy
U. of Pittsburgh's Akiko Hashimoto examines the debate surrounding Japan's guilt over World War II.
Posted: 3/16/2006
UCLA Scholars Stress Impact of Heritage Languages at LAUSD Achievement Conference
Institute-affiliated faculty and educators discuss culturally relevant approaches to closing the achievement gap in Los Angeles schools.
Posted: 3/15/2006
Q&A: Lucy Burns
UCLA Filipino American theater expert says teaching is like performance, and scholarship and activism go hand in hand.
Posted: 3/10/2006
One for all, and all for one: The Japan Center's Graduate Student Symposium
The Graduate Student Symposium for Japanese Studies faces its share of challenges. Not least of all the question of how to do so much in such little time.
Posted: 2/20/2006
Global leaders offer ways to improve Middle East Company
Former President Clinton opens session with plan to make oil revenues benefit region.
Posted: 2/14/2006
Professors Caught in the Machine
South Korean universities are losing their ideals, says Kang Nae-hui.
Posted: 2/14/2006
Chaos and Hope for Writers of History
Carol Gluck urges historians to seek new directions, quick.
Posted: 2/10/2006
Korean Press Lauds UCLA Donors
A $1 million gift from humble, hard-working Fullerton couple makes news in their country of birth. Dong Soon Im and Mi Ja Im have endowed a chair in Korean Christianity at UCLA.
Posted: 2/1/2006
Former President Clinton Addresses Mideast 'Prosperity' Conference Co-Sponsored by UCLA Burkle Center
Speaking before high-level international delegations in Doha, Qatar, Clinton urges economic diversification in Middle East, advancement of women in workforce.
Posted: 1/31/2006
Million-Dollar Endowment to Expand Research on Israel
The award is one of three chaired endowments that the International Institute has received within the past few months. The other two are in Korean Christianity and Japanese Studies.
Posted: 1/17/2006
UCLA Office Hosted 471 Visitors from 92 Nations in 2005
U.S. State Department, which sponsors nearly half of travelers to UCLA's International Visitors Bureau, continues post-9/11 drive to bring Muslims from around the globe.
Posted: 12/21/2005
Many Bruins Opt For Overseas Learning
UCLA ranks 3rd nationally in number of students at foreign universities.
Posted: 11/30/2005
UCLA Ranks 9th in Foreign Students, 3rd in Study Abroad
IIE's Open Doors report says UCLA foreign enrollment is steady, study abroad on the rise.
Posted: 11/22/2005
Institute brings East Asia to K-12 teachers
Mandated to teach about Asia, too few teachers are prepared to do so. A UCLA Asia Institute seminar addresses this need.
Posted: 11/16/2005
Philippines Without Borders
UCLA visiting scholar's online distance-learning program brings new perspectives to cultural study of the Philippines.
Posted: 11/2/2005
Philippines Study Abroad Program in Jeopardy
The UC Education Abroad Program is extending its suspension of the program through this academic year because of a U.S. State Department travel warning.
Posted: 10/27/2005
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