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Students, faculty, staff, and donors come together to celebrate the New Year at the Terasaki Center Annual Shinnenkai
Posted: 1/28/2013
Panel assesses Palestine’s status as ‘observer state’
Several professors from the law school, the Burkle Center of International Relations and the UCLA Center of Middle East Development spoke at the panel, which primarily focused on the question of Palestinian statehood.
Posted: 1/25/2013
Q&A: Historian Ivan Berend on Europe's financial crisis
In his book, "Europe in Crisis: Bolt from the Blue?" (Routledge), Ivan Berend analyzes the European Great Recession of 2008-12, its economic and social causes, and its historical roots. He also discusses policies that have been adopted by the European Union to find a way out of the quagmire.
Posted: 1/25/2013
Obituary: Robert Murrell Stevenson (1916-2012)
Prominent scholar of Latin American and Iberian music, composer and UCLA professor died on December 22, 2012 of natural causes.
Posted: 1/23/2013
Senate Intelligence Report On Interrogations Should Be Made Public: The Hill's Congress Blog Op-Ed by Burkle Center Fellow Tony Camerino
Burkle Center Fellow Tony Camerino discusses the recent movie "Zero Dark Thirty" and argues that it’s time for Americans to know the truth about the real consequences of the CIA’s torture program.
Posted: 1/11/2013
Political Epistemics: The Secret Police, the Opposition and the End of East German Socialism
A book talk with author Andreas Glaeser, University of Chicago, Sociology. Discussant: Gail Kligman, UCLA, Sociology.
Posted: 1/10/2013
Rafu Shimpo Overview of Language and Culture of Ikema from Miyako Island of Okinawa
LET’S DANCE THE ‘KUICHA’ - UCLA lecture filled with the song and spirit of traditional Okinawan culture.
Posted: 1/7/2013
Obituary: Richard Baum, 72, prominent China scholar and UCLA professor
Richard D. Baum, a distinguished professor of political science at UCLA, an influential authority on contemporary Chinese politics and a high-level U.S. policy adviser, died Dec. 14 at his home in Westwood, California, after a battle with cancer. He was 72.
Posted: 12/19/2012
Burkle Center Fellow Tony Camerino lends expertise to NPR's Article "Report On CIA Interrogation Tactics Revives Torture Debate"
Burkle Center Fellow Tony Camerino comments on use and utility of coercive interrogation.
Posted: 12/18/2012
Obituary: Richard Baum, 72, prominent China scholar and UCLA professor
Richard D. Baum, a distinguished professor of political science at UCLA, an influential authority on contemporary Chinese politics and a high-level U.S. policy adviser, died Dec. 14 at his home in Westwood, California, after a battle with cancer. He was 72.
Posted: 12/18/2012
A Night of Poetry with Renowned Iranian Poet: Houshang Ebtehaj (Sayeh)
A reading in Persian by Houshang Ebtehaj (Sayeh) on Sunday, December 09, 2012
Posted: 12/17/2012
Canadian Studies at UCLA grants two new scholarships
Graduate students Ciara Martin and Scott Stephenson have been selected as the award winners.
Posted: 12/17/2012
Michael Heim Memorial Celebration
Memorial in honor of Michael Henry Heim (1943-2012), renowned translator and Distinguished Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Comparative Literature at UCLA.
Posted: 12/12/2012
Change of mindset, collective action, needed to tackle global warming
Canadian magazine EnviroLine reported on the program's inaugural lecture featuring Andrew Weaver.
Posted: 12/7/2012
PURO ARTE: Filipinos on the Stages of Empire
A New Book by UCLA's Lucy Mae San Pablo Burns
Posted: 12/7/2012
Study Abroad Journey Leads to White House
As a student of Mexican-American heritage, UCLA student Josue Lopez felt motivated to help the unemployment problem that the Latino community faced during the recession but had no idea where to start. Then, with the help of his Campus EAP Director, he learned that Southeast Asia presented a great opportunity to learn from one of the world’s most innovative regions.
Posted: 12/7/2012
Myths in Bahram Beyzaie's Works
A lecture in Persian by Bahram Beyzaie, film/theater Director, screen/play writer, researcher
Posted: 12/3/2012
New book: "Spanish as a Heritage Language in the United States"
In this comprehensive volume, experts offer an interdisciplinary overview of research on Spanish as a heritage language in the United States.
Posted: 12/3/2012
NHLRC Newsletter Fall 2012
Summer is always a busy, productive time for the NHLRC, and 2012 was no exception.
Posted: 12/3/2012
PODCAST- Reading and Q&A with Granta’s best young Brazilian novelists
Listen to a reading and discussion with 5 of Brazil's best young novelists
Posted: 12/3/2012
In Perspective: Obama's Historic Trip to Myanmar Raises Questions about Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy
Originally published in the Daily Bruin
Posted: 11/30/2012
The Eurozone Crisis and Lessons from Latin America
Faculty lecture by Aaron Tornell, UCLA, Economics.
Posted: 11/30/2012
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