News
The Whitewashing of Ariel Sharon
CNES faculty member Saree Makdisi argued in the Los Angeles Times that the 'man of courage and peace' story ignores Sharon's bloody and ruthless past.
Posted: 1/14/2006
Changing Times for Japanese Sex Workers
In medieval Japan, sexual entertainers and their customers enjoyed great freedoms until a growing orthodoxy stifled their trade, Janet Goodwin tells a UCLA audience.
Posted: 1/13/2006
Students Depict Darfur Refugee Conditions
In anticipation of the UC Board of Regents' vote on divestment from Sudan, the UCLA Darfur Action Committee staged a mock refugee camp in Schoenberg Quad.
Posted: 1/12/2006
UCLA's International Institute Receives $1 Million for Israel Studies Endowed Chair From the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation
UCLA's International Institute has received a pledge of $1 million from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation to endow a permanent chair in Israel studies, which will enhance the institute's role as a leading center for research and education on Israel.
Posted: 1/12/2006
New Courses: Music and Politics, U.S. China Policy, and Chinese Dance
Three new courses offered in the winter quarter
Posted: 1/11/2006
Q&A: Nathan Jensen
A political scientist and Global Fellow studies how multinational corporations make decisions that affect developing countries.
Posted: 1/9/2006
Designing for Terror
Institute-funded study of transit security, begun before bombing attacks in Madrid and London, finds officials concerned about physical design of stations, riders' perceptions of risk. Europeans get higher marks for coordination than more secretive American officials.
Posted: 1/3/2006
The Boundaries of the Bill of Rights
Only outdated notions of national sovereignty, and not the U.S. Constitution, prevent basic protections from applying beyond U.S. borders, argues law and global studies professor Kal Raustiala.
Posted: 12/23/2005
UCLA Office Hosted 471 Visitors from 92 Nations in 2005
U.S. State Department, which sponsors nearly half of travelers to UCLA's International Visitors Bureau, continues post-9/11 drive to bring Muslims from around the globe.
Posted: 12/21/2005
Leddet and Gena Greetings
An Eritrean student and instructor explains her holiday traditions to KTLA television.
Posted: 12/20/2005
UCLA Asian Studies Faculty in the News -- December 2005
Comment on the Vietnamese American community, China's one child policy and adoption trends, and the place of Mao in today's China
Posted: 12/20/2005
Glenda Jones, Bruin Angel
The graduate adviser for the Department of Political Science and her buds spent 17 days in Kenya distributing more than 1,000 pounds of clothes, school supplies, infant necessities, food and life-saving information on hygiene and health.
Posted: 12/15/2005
Recognize Difference Between Two Islams
Abou El Fadl is professor of law, an authority on Islamic jurisprudence and the author of “The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam From the Extremists.”
Posted: 12/15/2005
UCLA Club Reaches Out to Families with Children from China
The UCLA-based Chinese Cultural Dance Club works with area youth, including children adopted from China.
Posted: 12/15/2005
Chinese Labor Activist Han Dongfang on Why China Needs Unions
Han's UCLA Regents Lecture is now available via streaming video.
Posted: 12/14/2005
Transforming the World View of Minority Cultures
A program funded by the Mellon Foundation is creating an enlightened new perspective on the influence of minority cultures around the world.
Posted: 12/13/2005
The Rest of Africa, Televised
Plays, movies, soaps, news shows created by Africans can counter the stream of bad news about the continent, Africa Channel executives tell UCLA audience.
Posted: 12/12/2005
The Russian Coup of 1991
A look at the failed August Coup of 1991, where conservatives in the Soviet Union tried to overthrow Gorbachev.
Posted: 12/9/2005
A Wake-up Call for Transit System Security
A study with funding from the Global Impact Research Initiative in the Ronald W. Burkle Center for International Relations explores the complex security and terrorism issues that affect public transportation worldwide.
Posted: 12/8/2005
Making Up for Minamata
Japanese literary scholar Keiko Kanai reviews a half-century of social activism on the issue of compensation for the people of Minamata, Japan, a bayside town poisoned by industrial waste in 1955.
Posted: 12/6/2005
Middle Eastern Americana Archive Unveiled
Near East Center assistant director showcases collection of popular culture, artifacts, and memorabilia.
Posted: 12/6/2005
Politics Across the Border
Teleconference lets Mexican presidential candidate spread message to students.
Posted: 12/5/2005
A New Era, A New Strategy:
Zena Ho looks at Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution and its possibility of change
Posted: 12/4/2005
Students Take Action to Fight AIDS
The focus of this year's World AIDS Day was to raise awareness locally as well as shed light on the HIV/AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa.
Posted: 12/2/2005
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