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Group Combats for Peace
The Thursday night discussion was part of a month-long tour sparked by the killing of the 10-year-old daughter of Bassam Aramin, one of the founders of Combatants for Peace.
Posted: 2/2/2007
Webzine Covers Language in L.A.
With student-interns as reporters, the UCLA Center for World Languages launches an online magazine devoted to the city's linguistic diversity.
Posted: 2/1/2007
Book Takes on Neoliberalism
"Pedagogy and Praxis in the Age of Empire" incorporates insights about the current effects of global capitalism culled from McLaren and Jaramillo's recent conversations with teachers, scholars and social activists in Colombia, Israel and the Palestinian territories, South Africa, and Venezuela.
Posted: 1/23/2007
Clark: Iraq War Legal, Not Legitimate
Retired General Wesley K. Clark, a senior fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, explains to a packed Law School auditorium that the United States has "squandered its mantle of legitimacy in this conflict."
Posted: 1/23/2007
Brazilian Justice Speaks on Race, UCLA Book
Joaquim Barbosa Gomes, the first Afro-Brazilian Justice on Brazil's Supreme Court, and three panelists praised a UCLA sociologist for his award-winning book. The panel discussed racial inequality in Brazil.
Posted: 1/22/2007
Venezuelan Higher Ed Ministry Names Chair for UCLA Professor
Also in September, Toronto-based Chopbox Magazine created the Peter L. McLaren Foundation for Social Change.
Posted: 1/18/2007
Surprised, Again, by Dutch Voters
A visiting historian and a UCLA political scientist analyze November's inconclusive election in the Netherlands.
Posted: 12/15/2006
What Should America's Strategy Be in the Middle East?
A look at the policies of 11 U.S. presidents since the creation of the new Middle East in 1948 provides useful clues to a sound and viable strategy in the region, writes UCLA political scientist Steven Spiegel.
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
Middle East Series Goes On
Cal State Stanislaus professor speaks on current condition of Lebanese politics
Posted: 11/29/2006
UCLA Alumnus Wins Third World Studies Book Prize
Hanchao Lu’s "Street Criers: A Cultural History of Chinese Beggars" wins the Cecil B. Currey Book Award for 2005–06
Posted: 11/29/2006
$10M Gift to Save Global Heritage
The gift will support major initiatives at the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, including the recruitment of top faculty and graduate students, who will be able to embark upon projects and digs around the globe.
Posted: 11/27/2006
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
Unknown Voices from Argentina
Photographer Patrick Liotta and Mapuche Indian performer Beatriz Pichi Malen tell of the Mapuche people's bravery and determination in confronting wars, poverty, and domination by various groups.
Posted: 11/17/2006
The Aesthetics of 'Bijin'
USC scholar discusses a Japanese notion of beauty and its artistic representation in Meiji period paintings.
Posted: 11/15/2006
Lecture Series to Explore Darfur
Professor Edward Alpers will discuss the roots of the crisis in Sudan, which has lasted more than three years.
Posted: 11/14/2006
Talk Analyzes Effects of Arab Nationalism
This lecture was part of the Center for Near Eastern Studies' fall lecture series called "The New Middle East: Five Years After 9/11," which aims to explore the recent issues with multiple professional points of view. The next public lecture is scheduled for Nov. 16 at 2:30 p.m. in Bunche 10383.
Posted: 11/14/2006
50 Years Later: a Look at Hungary’s Failed Revolt
Center for European and Eurasian Studies hosts visiting professor to share unconventional analysis of historic event.
Posted: 11/13/2006
Case Histories in Ancient Medicine: Cross-Cultural Comparisons & Philosophical Reflections
A talk by Sir Geoffrey Lloyd
Posted: 11/13/2006
Dershowitz Shifts Focus to World Outside Israel
In talk co-sponsored by CNES, the Harvard professor and author argues "obsessive" focus on Israel takes time and energy away from the protest of other more serious human rights violations perpetrated by other countries.
Posted: 11/9/2006
Dershowitz to Discuss Israel at UCLA
Student groups host controversial speaker, who has repeatedly defended the country’s military actions. [The UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies and the School of Law are co-sponsoring the event with two student groups.]
Posted: 11/8/2006
Experts Assess Iraq's Horrific Toll
Health-care professionals intimately familiar with the war's effects on bodies and minds shared their perspectives at a conference sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility, UCLA Extension, and the School of Public Health.
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
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