Events for 2009
Kushanshahr: Where Zoroastrians and Buddhists meet - A Visual Presentation
A CISA and Central Asia Initiative Seminar
Monday, February 02, 2009
12:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Timurid Custom and Chinggisid Law: Continuity and Innovation
A CISA and Central Asia Initiative Seminar
Monday, February 09, 2009
12:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
The Soldier and the Medium: Two sixteenth century authors on the Mughal Empire
A CISA and Central Asia Initiative Seminar
Monday, February 23, 2009
12:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Mercantile connections between India and Central Asia in the early modern era
A CISA and Central Asia Initiative Seminar
Monday, March 09, 2009
12:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
The Life and Legacy of an Afghan Leader: Ahmed Shah Massoud
Central Asia Initiative Book Talk with Marcela Grad, author of "Massoud: An Intimate Portrait of the Legendary Afghan Leader"
Monday, April 06, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
They Can Decide What They Want in the Morning, I'll Sing the Way I Want in the Evening: Debating the Standardization of Raga in South India, 1930-1952
A CISA Seminar.
Monday, May 04, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Far Horizon: Society, Scale and Complexity in first millennium BCE South India
A CISA Seminar
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
4:00 PM
352 Haines Hall
Changing Religious Landscapes: Why Some Muslims Convert to Christianity-The Case of Central Asia
A Central Asia Initiative Lecture by Olivier Roy
Friday, May 15, 2009
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
History Conference Room
Rethinking the emergence of the colonial countryside. Or, Marx and India once again presented by Jon Wilson
CISA Seminar
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
The Abode of a Naga King: Questions of Art, Audience, and Popular Deities at the Ajanta Caves presented by Robert DeCaroli
A CISA Seminar
Monday, June 01, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
From Elephants to Tea: The Nilgiris under Colonial Rule
Sanjay Subrahmanyam, UCLA Professor of History
Thursday, September 24, 2009
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Lenart Auditorium
Lecture by H. E. Mr. Shaukat Aziz, Former Prime Minister of Pakistan: "Pakistan & Afghanistan"
Burkle Forums serve the UCLA community by presenting lectures, panels, and other events featuring internationally renowned scholars, practitioners, and leaders who share their views on the most important international relations issues confronting the U.S. and the world today.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
James West Alumni Center
UCLA Study Abroad Fair
The UCLA International Education Office (IEO) is pleased to be hosting UCLA's 23rd annual study abroad fair for UCLA students.
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Grand Ballroom
Archaeology in Sri Lanka: Challenges and Prospects for the Future
A presentation on the archaeological challenges and future prospects in Sri Lanka.
Thursday, October 08, 2009
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Lenart Auditorum
UCLA International Institute Open House
In association with the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars and the International Education Office
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10th and 11th Floors, Bunche Hall
Brahmans, Society and the State in Colonial and Post-colonial Tamilnadu by Professor Chris Fuller, London School of Economics
A CISA seminar.
Brahmans, the traditional caste elite of Tamilnadu, who make up no more than 2.5 per cent of its population, are very well-represented in the IT industry...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Islam and the Army in Colonial India
A book talk by Professor Nile Green (UCLA History)
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
UCLA Faculty Center, California Room
The Sky Below documentary screening
Sarah Singh recently completed The Sky Below, an award-winning documentary in which she explores the creation of Pakistan and the India-Pakistan relationship.
Monday, October 19, 2009
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Haines Hall A25
From Purani Dilli to Gurgaon: Mapping the Ends in India's Capital City
An artistic presentation examining the contemporary urban experience by Professor Aparna Sharma, Department of World Arts & Cultures.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
UCLA Kaufman Hall
The Quintessential Oneness of Amar, Akbar and Anthony: The Portrayal of Religious Minorities in Bollywood Masalas
A conversation with Madhu Kishwar: Portrayals of religious minorities in Bollywood films.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
Reconstructing Indian Population History
A roundtable discussion of the recently published paper: Reconstructing Indian Population History (Reich et al. 2009).
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
2125 Rolfe Hall
