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No One Knew Who They Were: Russian Interaction with the Mongols
A lecture by Charles Halperin, Russian and East European Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington. Presented at the one-day conference "The Mongols from the Margins: New Perspectives on Central Asians in World History."
Posted: 3/11/2013
Reception and (Mis)representation: Mongol Influences on China from the Perspective of Law and Gender
A lecture by Bettine Birge, USC. Presented at the one-day conference "The Mongols from the Margins: New Perspectives on Central Asians in World History."
Posted: 3/11/2013
The changing role of women in Cilician Armenian court as a result of interacting with the Mongols
A lecture by Zara Pogossian, Bochum University/John Cabot College (Rome). Presented at the one-day conference "The Mongols from the Margins: New Perspectives on Central Asians in World History."
Posted: 3/11/2013
The Mongol Contribution to Eurasian History
Keynote lecture by Morris Rossabi, Distinguished Professor of History, Queens College, CUNY. Presented at the one-day conference "The Mongols from the Margins: New Perspectives on Central Asians in World History."
Posted: 3/11/2013
The Mongols and the New World History
Opening Remarks by Sebouh Aslanian, Assistant Professor & Richard Hovannisian Endowed Chair in Modern Armenian History. Presented at the one-day conference "The Mongols from the Margins: New Perspectives on Central Asians in World History."
Posted: 3/11/2013
Cambodian Americans Re-Member the Genocide of the Khmer Rouge
According to scholar Cathy J. Schlund-Vials, Cambodian American artists are providing new interpretations of the Khmer Rouge period that go beyond the previous frame established by the movie,“The Killing Fields.” Their works critique the strategic amnesia of the United States regarding twentieth-century Cambodian history and are re-scripting the Cambodian experience so that it is not exclusively about trauma.
Posted: 3/8/2013
Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture with Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush
The UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, the Daniel Pearl Foundation and the Yitzhak Rabin Hillel Center for Jewish Life at UCLA proudly present the 2012-13 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture featuring Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush.
Posted: 3/8/2013
Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century with Authors Nicolas Berggruen and Nathan Gardels
Please join us for a panel discussion with Nicolas Berggruen and Nathan Gardels, authors of the book "Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century: A Middle Way between West and East." This event is co-sponsored by UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and will be moderated by Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala.
Posted: 3/8/2013
Nationalist Internationalism, or a pre-history of non-Alignment
A lecture by Noor-Aiman I. Khan, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Program in Middle East and Islamic Civilizations, Colgate University
Posted: 3/8/2013
The Mongols from the Margins: New Perspectives on Central Asians in World History
Opening Remarks by Nile Green, Professor & Director of the Program on Central Asia. Presented at the one-day conference "The Mongols from the Margins: New Perspectives on Central Asians in World History."
Posted: 3/8/2013
The Persistence of the Past: How Violence and Genocide in Ottoman Turkey Affect Our World Today
A lecture by Ronald Grigor Suny. Sponsored by the Richard Hovannisian Endowed Chair for Modern Armenian History at UCLA
Posted: 3/8/2013
Dispensing Justice on Screen: Stanley Kramer's "Judgment at Nuremberg"
A public lecture by Elisabeth Bronfen, University of Zurich, English and American Studies.
Posted: 3/7/2013
Economic Statecraft: Why Economic Growth is a Critical Foreign Policy Tool, by Under Secretary of State Robert D. Hormats
Please join us for a talk by Robert D. Hormats, the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment. This event is sponsored by The Center for Middle East Development, the Burkle Center for International Relations, and the Anderson School Center for Global Management.
Posted: 3/7/2013
Democracy the best antidote to terrorism, says Condoleezza Rice
Former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice offered a spirited defense of democracy as the best and most stable system of government at the annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture of the Burkle Center for International Relations.
Posted: 3/1/2013
Discussion of the film, "Enforcing the Silence"
Discussion following screening of "Enforcing the Silence," on February 21, 2013 at UCLA
Posted: 2/28/2013
Global Ecologies: Nature / Narrative / Neoliberalism - A two-day conference
Canadian Studies at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability co-sponsored and contributed funding to this conference, co-organized by UCLA and Canadian University faculty.
Posted: 2/27/2013
Archaeological Landscapes of the Lu City: Memory and Landscape Transformation in Early China
A talk on the results from the archaeological survey project on Lu City by Li Min.
Posted: 2/26/2013
K-12 Teacher Workshop on Mexican Corridos
"Ballads Without Borders: The Mexican Corrido Past & Present" will examine the history, development and significance of one of Mexico's most popular and enduring oral traditions.
Posted: 2/26/2013
The Rights Movement and Civic Engagement in China Today: A Conversation with Teng Biao
This podcast is presented in Chinese.
In 2003 Teng Biao was one of the “Three Doctors of Law” who complained to the National People’s Congress about unconstitutional detentions of internal migrants in the widely known “Sun Zhigang Case.”
Posted: 2/26/2013
A Book Talk by Kambiz Navai on “Khesht o Khial: An Interpretation of Iranian Islamic Architecture”
A book talk by Kambiz Navai, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran
Posted: 2/25/2013
Obituary: Barbary Valk
Librarian Emeritus at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and founder of the Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)
Posted: 2/25/2013
Discourse and Power in a Postwar European Periphery: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina
A public lecture by Danijela Majstorovic, UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies Fulbright Fellow and Associate Professor of Linguistics and Cultural Studies, University of Banja Luka, Bosnia.
Posted: 2/21/2013
"White Paper Suggests U.S. Could Launch Drones Into U.S. Cities" by Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala
The US government declares that suspected terrorists who are US citizens are not constitutionally protected from intentional killings by drones while abroad. But Kal Raustiala argues that the government's newly released "white paper" does not draw a clear distinction between the legality of killing Americans abroad versus on US soil.
Posted: 2/19/2013
A Russian Flagship student's St. Petersburg year
UCLA Russian Flagship students Sydney Heller, along with classmates Addy Tomova, Dustin Chavkin, and Derek Groom, are participants in an intensive program at St. Petersburg State University. Syd talks with Susan Bauckus (Center for World Languages) about his experiences.
Posted: 2/19/2013
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