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In Bed with an Elephant: Russian Cultural Dominance in Ukraine and the "Near Abroad"
A lecture by Mykola Riabchuk, National Endowment for Democracy, Reagan-Fascell Fellow
Posted: 4/20/2011
James S. Coleman Memorial Lecture: Oral Tradition, Religious Syncretism and Politics: The Example of Cote d'Ivoire
A discussion with writer, academic, artist and author of books for young people, Véronique Tadjo.
Posted: 4/20/2011
Popular Armenian Studies Professor to Deliver 'My Last Lecture'
On April 18, Richard Hovannisian will continue a campus tradition that began more than 55 years ago. He plans to continue lecturing to different audiences for years to come, even after he retires from UCLA this spring.
Posted: 4/15/2011
Before Orientalism: From Paris to Patna in the 17th Century
Watch video of CISA Director Sanjay Subrahmanyam delivering Vanderbilt University's annual Byrn Lecture on April 6. The Byrn Lecture is sponsored by the Vanderbilt Department of History.
Posted: 4/12/2011
10 Questions for Russia Expert Daniel Treisman
Drawing on memoirs, personal interviews and other sources, Professor of Political Science Daniel Treisman, who first traveled to Russia in 1988, has written a sweeping study that covers roughly the period he's spent watching the country. Instead of pondering Russia's dark side or its "soul," Treisman in "The Return: Russia's Journey From Gorbachev to Medvedev" looks at Russia as a typical, though important, country facing everyday 21st-century social, political and economic challenges.
Posted: 4/8/2011
Melting Pots and Promised Lands: Early Zionism and the Idea of America
A lecture by Hilton Obenzinger, Stanford University
Posted: 4/6/2011
Lata Mani Rethinks It All
The esteemed postcolonial feminist historian's talk this winter, entitled "Once Upon a Time in the Present," proposed an alternate ontological and epistemological orientation.
Posted: 4/1/2011
Ambassador's Visit Commences Active Quarter for Indonesian Studies
Ambassador Dino Patti Djalal, Indonesia's top representative to the United States, wants to double the number of Indonesians studying in this country, he said at a March 28 presentation to UCLA students and leaders. The visit comes as UCLA's Indonesian Studies Program prepares to host a series of public events grappling with the nation's past.
Posted: 3/29/2011
UC Suspends Travel in Japan, Bruin Experts Lend Assistance
Three UCLA experts with family ties to Japan are among the Bruins who have rushed to aid Japan after that country’s devastating March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis.
Posted: 3/22/2011
Gnawa and Moroccan Mystical Musics at UCLA
From a March 5, 2011, concert at UCLA's Schoenberg Hall featuring Abdenbi El Fakir, Abdelah El-Yaâkoubi El Kababi, Fattah Abbou and Mohamed Aoualou. The concert was sponsored by the Moroccan American Cultural Center of Los Angeles and UCLA's G.E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies.
Posted: 3/21/2011
Italian Fascism vs. German Naziism, with Special Attention to Cultural Policy
A public lecture by Sabrina Ramet, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Political Science
Posted: 3/18/2011
Italian Fascism vs. German Naziism, with Special Attention to Cultural Policy
A public lecture by Sabrina Ramet, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Political Science
Posted: 3/18/2011
Exhibit Touts Jazz Ambassadors' Global Impact
From March 20 through Aug. 14 at the Fowler Museum, "Jam Session: America's Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World” will illustrate how some of our most famous musicians taught the world about the United States while learning about their host nations as well.
Posted: 3/17/2011
Forgetting Stalin and Ceausescu: Post-1989 Romania in Books and Films
A public lecture by award-winning writer Andrei Codrescu
Posted: 3/17/2011
Forgetting Stalin and Ceausescu: Post-1989 Romania in Books and Films
A public lecture by award-winning writer Andrei Codrescu
Posted: 3/17/2011
US Interrogator Who Decried Torture Joins Burkle Center
Matthew Alexander, an 18-year Air Force and Air Force Reserves veteran and author of books about effective, non-coercive interrogation methods, is bringing his on-the-ground perspective about counterterrorism policies to UCLA as a Burkle Center fellow.
Posted: 3/17/2011
Civil Society and Dictatorship in Modern German History
A book talk with author Jürgen Kocka (UCLA, History) and discussant Ivan Berend (UCLA, History)
Posted: 3/16/2011
Civil Society and Dictatorship in Modern German History
A book talk with author Jürgen Kocka (UCLA, History) and discussant Ivan Berend (UCLA, History)
Posted: 3/16/2011
A Jewish Orchestra in Nazi Germany: Musical Politics and the Berlin Jewish Culture League
A book talk with author Lily Hirsch (Cleveland State University, Music) and discussant Neal Stulberg (UCLA, Music)
Posted: 3/15/2011
A Jewish Orchestra in Nazi Germany: Musical Politics and the Berlin Jewish Culture League
A book talk with author Lily Hirsch (Cleveland State University, Music) and discussant Neal Stulberg (UCLA, Music)
Posted: 3/15/2011
The Book that Changed Europe: Picart and Bernard's Religious Ceremonies of the World
A book talk with authors Lynn Hunt (UCLA, History), Margaret Jacob (UCLA, History), and Wijnand Mijnhardt (Utrecht University, Comparative History of the Social Sciences and Humanities), and discussant Paula Findlen (Stanford University, History)
Posted: 3/14/2011
Spartak Moscow: The Peoples' Team in the Workers' State
A book talk with author Robert Edelman (UC San Diego, History) and discussant Andrei Markovits (University of Michigan, Political Science)
Posted: 3/11/2011
Spartak Moscow: The Peoples' Team in the Workers' State
A book talk with author Robert Edelman (UC San Diego, History) and discussant Andrei Markovits (University of Michigan, Political Science)
Posted: 3/11/2011
Economic Nationalism in the Interwar Period: The Contrasting Experiences of Finland and Eastern Europe
A public lecture by Thomas David, University of Lausanne, Social and Political Sciences
Posted: 3/10/2011
Economic Nationalism in the Interwar Period: The Contrasting Experiences of Finland and Eastern Europe
A public lecture by Thomas David, University of Lausanne, Social and Political Sciences
Posted: 3/10/2011
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