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Festival of Books Preview: Joyce Appleby on Global Capitalism
On Sunday, April 25, at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on campus, UCLA Professor Emerita Joyce Appleby will participate in a panel discussion on the U.S. economy. Appleby is the author, most recently, of "The Relentless Revolution: a History of Capitalism" (Norton, 2010). The discussion on Sunday will take place at 11 a.m. in Haines 39.
Posted: 4/13/2010
Haitian Ambassador Outlines Rebuilding Strategy, Thanks UCLA Medical Team
In events at the School of Nursing and the International Institute, Ambassador Raymond Alcide Joseph explains how international pledges to his country will build roads, schools, houses, trade and tourism and support a plan to decentralize the country, moving resources from Port-au-Prince to other regions.
Posted: 4/8/2010
UCLA Center Hosts a Distinguished Alumnus, the Thai Ambassador
His Excellency Don Pramudwinai addresses a luncheon with UCLA faculty and students involved in Thai studies.
Posted: 4/7/2010
10 Questions with Joyce Appleby
In less than 400 years, capitalism has generated unprecedented wealth and new forms of power, altered prevailing wisdom about human nature, and spread itself far beyond its improbable original setting, a process that the eminent historian Joyce Appleby describes in "The Relentless Revolution: a History of Capitalism" (Norton, 2010). Running all the way to the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, the history pauses on the lives of industrialists, adventurers and pamphleteers.
Posted: 3/30/2010
From the Soviet Bloc to the European Union: The Economic and Social Transformation of Central and Eastern Europe Since 1973
A book talk with author Ivan Berend (UCLA, History).
Posted: 3/29/2010
'On a Roll' Despite Global Slump, Brazil Must Address Inequality
In an evening at Jan Popper Theater, Consul General Jose Alfredo Graca Lima says that Brazil is facing its biggest problem, one of the world's most unequal distributions of wealth; and a rising Brazilian star, Alexandre Dietrich, plays selections of the country's classical piano music.
Posted: 3/19/2010
Cuauhtemoc Cardenas Says Spirit of Mexican Revolution Still Alive 100 Years Later
The three-time Mexican presidential contender and key figure in the country's democratic transformation sought to apply revolutionary ideals of equality and shared progress to 21st-century issues such as domestic political participation and international trade.
Posted: 3/11/2010
IDS Students Keep Up Haiti Support
Nineteen students in an International Development Studies seminar enlisted UC faculty and staff for a forum and fundraiser on March 5.
Posted: 3/9/2010
Promise or Peril? The China-ASEAN Trade Relationship
Podcast by Dr. Walden Bello, Member of the House of Representatives of the Republic of the Philippines
Posted: 3/5/2010
Symposium Looks at Today's Korea
A multidisciplinary group of Korean studies experts engaged a UCLA audience in discussion of contemporary issues facing the peninsula, at a symposium sponsored by the Korean Cultural Center of Los Angeles.
Posted: 3/3/2010
Crossing the Roof of the World, Panel 1
Podcast from Panel One of the Conference held February 19, 2010
Posted: 3/1/2010
Economic Roots of Iran's Long, Hot Summer of 2009
A paper presented by Arang Keshavarzian, Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, New York University. Part of the one-day conference "How East Meets West Today: Economies and Cultures of the Middle East in a Global Era."
Posted: 2/23/2010
Hawalas: Financing Radical Islam or Survival?
A paper presented by Khalid Medani, Assistant Professor of Political Science, McGill University. Part of the one-day conference "How East Meets West Today: Economies and Cultures of the Middle East in a Global Era."
Posted: 2/23/2010
One Hundred Years of Oil Income and the Iranian Economy: A Blessing or a Curse
A lecture in English by Professor Hashem Pesaran, Cambridge university. Part of the CNES Bilingual Lecture Series.
Posted: 2/23/2010
The War Economy in Iraq
A paper presented by Pete Moore, Associate Professor of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University. Part of the one-day conference "How East Meets West Today: Economies and Cultures of the Middle East in a Global Era."
Posted: 2/23/2010
Crossing the Roof of the World, Panel 2
Podcast of "Crossing the Roof of the World" Conference, Panel 2
Posted: 2/19/2010
Watching TV: Students of Brazilian Cinema
As filmmaking in Brazil experienced a renewal beginning in the mid-1990s, it was also becoming entangled with the domestic television industry, with implications for art as well as business.
Posted: 2/9/2010
As Ethiopia Expands Higher Ed, UCLA Seeks Partnership
UCLA's African Studies Center is developing a plan with Addis Ababa University to assist with new PhD programs in business and economics that are needed for Ethiopia's expanding university systems. The proposed partnership, involving the UCLA Anderson School, would elevate socio-cultural issues within business curricula at UCLA and AAU alike.
Posted: 2/2/2010
Author Hits 'Reset' on Story of China in Africa
To write a sweeping new study of China's ramped-up engagement with African governments, "The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa," Deborah Brautigam of American University had to set aside most of what Chinese and Western media said on the subject.
Posted: 1/27/2010
Does 'Fair Trade' Help Those Who Harvest Tea?
As part of the International Human Rights Film Series, the Asia Institute put on a screening and discussion of an award-winning 2008 documentary, "The Bitter Taste of Tea," that takes a skeptical view of the fair trade movement's ability to protect laborers within this global industry. Listen to scholars, fair trade advocates and audience members delve into the issues in this audio podcast.
Posted: 1/27/2010
Project Aims to Improve Economy of Thai Village
Years after Indian Ocean tsunami, students hope to help by marketing community's handicrafts, reports The Daily Bruin student newspaper.
Posted: 1/26/2010
Between Palestine and the Rand: Settler colonialism, labor and state violence.
A lecture by Zachary Lockman, New York University
Posted: 1/25/2010
Capitalist bi-nationalism in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
A lecture by Gershon Shafir, UCSD
Posted: 1/25/2010
Indigenous institution building and 20th century US Indian policy
A lecture by Duane Champagne, UCLA
Posted: 1/25/2010
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