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1.	Ikebana Flowering An ikebana exhibit at UCLA plants seeds for the next generation of students interested in the ancient Japanese art of flower arrangement.	97089	17	20279
2.	The Dark Side of Globalization: Trafficking & Transborder Crime to, through, and from Eastern Europe A forum on trafficking of humans and human organs.	95150	64	32509
3.	Internship Program - Now Accepting Applications The Burkle Center Internship Program offers UCLA undergraduate and graduate students direct exposure to international relations and related disciplines. From major events and conferences to research initiatives and student-oriented outreach programs, the Burkle Center offers a variety of venues for interested and engaged students to get involved.	73809	7	76902
4.	The Global Fellows Program The UCLA International Institute brings to campus each year from around the world a class of outstanding scholars near the beginning of their careers.	65169	1	3875
5.	Best of 2006: Style Makers APA looks back on some of the biggest Asian faces and fads to hit the fashion world this year.	57192	3	2097
6.	A World of Conflict Listen to a UCLAradio story about a documentary screening by Kevin Sites, a pioneering solo journalist for Yahoo! News, on war zones around the world. The event was presented by AsiaMedia, sponsored by the UCLA International Institute, Latin American Center, African Studies Center and Asia Institute.	52103	1	14001
7.	The Siege of Budapest: the Nadir in Hungarian History. Istvan Deak, Seth Low Professor Emeritus of History, Columbia University, in a talk sponsored by the Center for European & Eurasian Studies, presented a rich and detailed first-hand account of the siege of Budapest in November 1944-February 1945 and discussed the fate of the Jewish population of Hungary and the only major ghetto to survive World War II.	49056	2	15445
8.	Promises in AIDS Fight Not Met Focusing on Africa, former UN envoy Stephen Lewis expresses amazement at the passivity of the international community as the HIV/AIDS epidemic traumatizes women, creates orphans, and continues on its decades-long path of devastation. Listen to a Podcast of his speech.	45667		12189
9.	Roots of Epidemic Still Go Unaddressed Debrework Zewdie, the director of the Global HIV/AIDS Program at the World Bank, argues that efforts to fight the pandemic will come up short as long as "fundamental drivers" such as poverty, gender inequality, and the marginalization of high-risk groups are not dealt with. Listen to a Podcast of her speech.	44232	5	12260
10.	Eric Hobsbawm Speaks on His New Memoir Noted historian discusses "Interesting Times: A Twentieth Century Life" with UCLA audience.	42419	33	10947
11.	Network-Builder Describes Role in Brazil's TV Globo The American pioneer of a powerhouse Brazilian television network tells his story at UCLA.	41568	15	8451
12.	Why Do Germany and the US View Iraq Differently? On January 14, 2003, The Center for European and Eurasian Studies hosted a lecture by Harald Müller, Professor of International Relations at the Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt. Professor Müller offered a frank assessment of German Foreign Policy and the Iraqi Issue.	41093	2	14433
13.	Two Economists Look at Europe's Economic Slowdown Economic growth and labor productivity have been slowing in Europe as workers take more leisure time. Two experts look at why.	38619	17	18347
14.	Is Russia's Experiment with Democracy Over? How serious are Putin's changes in electoral laws? How far is he likely to go in restricting political and press freedoms?	37296	35	13125
15.	Web Journalists Keep Discerning Eye on Asia AsiaMedia's focus on global dimensions will be evident on April 27 when it will screen a documentary film by Yahoo! News reporter Kevin Sites about his solo journeys across 22 war zones over a year.	37222	2	12045
16.	Terrorism vs. Civil Rights: A debate On Friday April 4th, the Center for European and Eurasian Studies and the UCLA School of Law Program in Public Interest Law sponsored a symposium. Law and politics specialists compared how civil rights are effected when a country is confronted with terrorism.	37055	29	10420
17.	Recarving China's Past: The Wu Family Shrines and the Story of the Stones Princeton curator Cary Liu, the Eighteenth Sammy Yukuan Lee lecturer, questions assumptions about 'Wu Family Shrines,' prevailing approaches to Chinese art and history.	35301	12	10352
18.	Best of 2006: Male Performers Male Entertainers. Usually trailing female entertainers for our the most popular story of the year. We wonder why. This year's male performances ranged from chillingly real to smoldering hot.	34925	3	2198
19.	European Trade Conference Covers Wide Range of Issues Experts report on U.S.-Hungarian trade, Russia's power plays in oil, the Central European film industry, and EU trade policy.	34892	2	15656
20.	Online Conflict Reporting Hits the Big Screen Pioneering solo journalist Kevin Sites screens his film about the civilian cost of war.	33828		11443
21.	British Expert Discusses Globalization Issues Over 125 people heard Blair adviser Anthony Giddens address global communications, security, and the history of the globalization debate.	32756	1	15084
22.	African Languages at UCLA Learn about African languages taught at UCLA.	32694		4987
23.	Women Politicians from Mexico Advocate Change Representatives of four Mexican political groupings discuss the limited participation of women in politics and seek to build on reforms.	32332	6	9025
24.	The Islamist Challenge in Kosova Will Kosova's rural Muslim population become Europe's own Taliban? The danger is real, according to Isa Blumi, doctoral candidate in history and Middle Eastern Studies at New York University. He offered a first-hand view of the current situation in post-conflict Kosova and the politics of international intervention.	32320	16	11277
25.	Lebanon War Coverage Dissected at Conference A discussion among two Los Angeles Times editors, one historian, and a UCLA audience exposes gaps in expectations about how violence gets reported.	32029	3	12014
26.	Joseph Wallach on the Beginnings of TV Globo The American pioneer of a powerhouse Brazilian television network tells his story at UCLA.	31438	1	9313
27.	Is Europe Unable to Assimilate Its Growing Islamic Minority? Peter O'Brien suggests that liberalism leads to xenophobia when it finds it cannot reshape people to its model of life.	31014	21	8948
28.	African - Latin American Intersections: Cultural Synergies through the Centuries The 2006 Summer Teacher Training Workshop will will examine the contributions of people of African heritage to the development of Latin America from early times through the present as well as contemporary social and cultural relations.	31005	13	10748
29.	Headscarves and Discrimination in Europe Author of 'The Islamic Challenge' says moderate European Muslims face challenges from all sides, should be consulted on security issues.	30638	6	11143
30.	UCLA Conference Looks at Expansion of European Union European and American experts, the German ambassador, and former vice chancellor of Austria weigh implications of the May 1 accession of 10 new states.	30498	5	12277
31.	Leading Buddhist Studies Program Eyes Tibetan Gap Center events on Tibetan Buddhism are part of an effort to create a UCLA chair in the field. On May 23, a high-ranking Buddhist abbot and a U of Michigan professor will read the poetry of a modern Tibetan monk in the original language and in English translation.	29619	4	15501
32.	Latin American Scholars Meet over Kimchi A conference this month in Koreatown was the first step in bridging studies of Korea carried out in North and South America. Under a five-year grant, UCLA Korean studies researchers and their Latin American colleagues are planning collaboration and exchanges.	29020	3	11291
33.	The Origin of Language Families U of Texas-Arlington linguist Jerold A. Edmondson, whose doctorate is from UCLA, explains what the field of linguistic history might stand to gain from advances in population genetics and archaeology.	29016	7	8035
34.	UC Pacific Rim Research Program (PRRP) 2013-2014 This program offers research grants to faculty and graduate students.	28954	6	19140
35.	'Arab Style' Hits Bulgarian Province Kristen Ghodsee of the Gender and Women's Studies Program at Bowdoin College has observed a Persian Gulf-influenced Muslim religious revival in a southern Bulgarian province. In one of two recent UCLA talks, she describes her project to work out how it happened.	28405	3	7258
36.	The Sammy Yukuan Lee Lectures on Chinese Art and Archaeology For more than two decades, the series has featured presentations by leading scholars exploring major issues in China's rich artistic heritage.	28208		8277
37.	Q&A: Nina Sylvanus A UCLA Global Fellow discusses West African women's longstanding influence on a global market in textiles, and the emerging role of Chinese manufacturers. Sylvanus is organizing an April workshop at UCLA on China's role in Africa.	28015	6	11664
38.	307 Degrees Conferred by International Institute in 2006-07 View a slideshow of the 2007 International Institute Graduation Ceremony (Flash plug-in required). Speakers included retired Gen. Wesley K. Clark.	27584	1	15050
39.	Graduate Students Present Research on the European Union Doctoral students from seven California universities offer papers on the EU's institutional framework, economy, international role, and citizenship policies.	27459	4	9914
40.	Journalism and Asia: Career Reflections Syndicated Asia columnist Tom Plate and former United Press International and Dow Jones reporter James F. Paradise discuss coverage of Asia in the media	27418	2	8091
41.	UCLA's Buswell Elected 1st Koreanist to Lead Asian Studies In 2008, Robert Buswell will become president of the Association for Asian Studies, the largest group of its kind. It's a breakthrough for UCLA and Korean studies alike and may owe to the unusually wide expertise of this one-time Buddhist monk.	27142	10	15436
42.	2013-2014 Hiroshi Wagatsuma Memorial Fellowships Graduate Fellowships and Faculty Grants. Deadline: March 25, 2013	26969	7	19145
43.	News Accuracy in Israel-Lebanon Conflict Questioned Because so many sources recording the war differed on reported facts, the war left international media and historians arguing over who started it and who the true victors of the war were, several speakers said. The UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies was a co-sponsor of this event, organized by the Comparative Literature Graduate Student Group.	26918		11188
44.	Joschka Fischer Argues Global Powers 'Condemned to Cooperation' In talk at UCLA, former German foreign minister sees no future for 'balance-of-powers' geopolitics, defends European expansion within bounds, urges US not to give up on 'the West.' Fischer calls Iranian nuclear program biggest threat in troubled Middle East.	26849	4	13975
45.	Rapping About War MIT anthropologist Ian Condry discusses the history of Japanese hip hop and Japanese rappers' commentary on the Iraq war and 9/11.	26342	5	7947
46.	US-German Relations: Spat or Separation? "Frank talk among friends is the best kind of diplomacy," according to Ron Rogowski (UCLA PoliSci) in response to remarks on US German relations made by the German Ambassador to the United States Wolfgang Ischinger at a luncheon seminar at UCLA on November 26.	26312	8	11916
47.	6 Who've Cared About Darfur's Victims Burkle Center Website, Oct. 30, 2007	26259	1	11048
48.	The Discreet Charm of Bobby Lee APA took advantage of Kickin' it Old Skool publicity to interview Bobby Lee about his popular MadTV sketches, the power of YouTube, and how his "Asian eyes" affects his comedy. It goes without saying that we got more than we bargained for.	26163	5	2360
49.	People Who Saved the Lives of Others during the Bosnian War Tito's granddaughter, Svetlana Broz, records the testimonies of people protected by good samaritans in a terrible time.	26075	9	8407
50.	Latin American Film Studies Get Push from UCLA Institute The Latin American Institute is launching a Film and Media Project, collaborating on a DVD collection for research libraries, and extending its menu of screenings and activities for cinema buffs.	25898	3	7930
51.	Allende's Shadow Fading, Says Venezuelan Ambassador Bernardo Álvarez Herrera, who represents Venezuela and Hugo Chávez in Washington, says his country's break from the U.S.-endorsed model of economic policy in Latin America is giving the region hope that democracies can enact "revolutionary change." He faults the United States for upholding a "double standard" on terrorism and not minding its energy consumption.	25782	1	7951
52.	Architecture in Context World-renowned architect Hitoshi Abe, the new chair of the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design, discusses his fascination with Los Angeles' environs and Japanese-influenced structures.	25741	13	5386
53.	Additional Courses for Global Studies Consult this document for a list of courses beyond those included on the Global Studies Major or Minor Worksheets that the Global Studies Chair has approved for a particular quarter.	25687		1867
54.	Armenians at Home UCLA historian Richard Hovannisian instructs local K-12 teachers on more than a century of Armenian migrations to Southern California and elsewhere. His archive of interviews with 800 survivors of the Armenian Genocide is now digitized, with transcriptions and translations in the works.	25663	1	10369
55.	Complex Issues Explored on Film Documentary unearths different perspectives, definitions of terrorism and counterterrorism	25640		7720
56.	The Soviet Famine of 1931-33: Politically Motivated or Ecological Disaster? Stephen Wheatcroft, Professor of History, University of Melbourne, Australia, presented new information on the famine based on extensive archival data now available on the tragedy of the Soviet countryside, in a talk sponsored by the Center for European & Eurasian Studies on May 5, 2003.	25559	3	7424
57.	Victory Deflated, Delayed, Debunked Indecisive German elections spark questions at UCLA. What happened to Merkel's lead? Why can't anyone team with the Left? Did Germans bring the grand coalition on themselves?	25543	5	14173
58.	Crisis Persists in El Salvador Fifteen years after El Salvador's civil war, says Blanca Flor Bonilla, a member of the Legislative Assembly, extreme poverty is promoting organized crime, mass emigration, and the disintegration of families.	25221	8	9297
59.	South African Heritages and Their Owners On a trip to Cape Town, Laura Foster, an attorney and UCLA doctoral student in women's studies, discovers that intellectual property rights are not marginal concerns for marginalized and historically oppressed communities. They're near the center of efforts to reclaim and reaffirm cultures.	24997	2	6431
60.	'American Islam Crystallized After 9/11' CUNY's Mehdi Bozorgmehr, a sociology PhD from UCLA who directs a research center on both the Middle East and Middle Eastern Americans, explains the importance of religious identity in post-9/11 advocacy for groups affected by backlash.	24942	7	6253
61.	New Distance Learning Initiative for Foreign Languages at UCLA New Distance Learning Technology links students at UC campuses who want to learn less commonly taught languages.	24907	5	7065
62.	Business Leaders and Experts on Eurasia Discuss Trade Relations On March 6th more than sixty business leaders, trade representatives, visiting Russian entrepreneurs, faculty and students attended this half day conference at the UCLA Faculty Center on developing trade relations between Europe, Eurasia and the United States, sponsored by the Center for European & Eurasian Studies.	24706		11018
63.	Best of 2006: YouTube clips Time Magazine named "You" person of the year. For the Asian and Asian American communities though, YouTube put the emphasis on "Us." APA looks at the video clips that defined the year in self-portraiture and self reflection.	24620	1	2128
64.	Muslim Feminist Seeks to Educate Journalists Zainah Anwar, executive director of Malaysian-based Sisters in Islam, pushes a message of diversity and progressivism within the framework of Islam.	24551	2	5434
65.	Middle East - United States Intersections: Integrating the Middle East Into American Politics, Society, and Culture 2006 Summer Teacher Training Workshops	24536	1	9567
66.	Venezuelan Higher Ed Ministry Names Chair for UCLA Professor Also in September, Toronto-based Chopbox Magazine created the Peter L. McLaren Foundation for Social Change.	24448	1	7147
67.	Now Accepting Applications for the Alice Belkin Memorial Scholarship! Alice Belkin Memorial Scholarships are awarded annually to outstanding minority graduate students in the field of international relations who need financial assistance.	24368	2	25004
68.	Here to Havana Ben Caldwell, a filmmaker, CalArts faculty member, and founder of a community arts organization, wants to change attitudes about language and race. Caldwell's guest lecture was part of a course on African Ethnographic Film taught by Professor David Blundell.	24314	2	9856
69.	Summer Teacher Training Workshops 2006 The African Studies Center, Latin American Center, and Center for Near Eastern Studies at the UCLA International Institute offer two exciting professional development opportunities for teachers in Summer 2006.	24208		11868
70.	Nonproliferation and the Nuclear South Nuclear powers India and Pakistan were once on the brink of war, but India is now finalizing a civil nuclear deal with the United States. Speakers at a conference on nuclear challenges discussed how the South Asian nations are breaking the nonproliferation mold.	24185	2	15290
71.	Myanmar, the Latest Petro Bully Sky-high oil prices allow the junta, and other bad actors, to thrive and buy political protection, writes Michael L. Ross in The Los Angeles Times. (Photo courtesy of Thompson/Essential Science Information)	24001		9413
72.	Native Son Returns to Delhi Historian Vinay Lal's sojourn will take him and his family away from their home at UCLA and back to Delhi, the city of his birth, where he will lead a UC-wide study abroad program.	23911		7716
73.	AIDS Fight Needs Course Correction, Say Panelists Prescriptions for combating the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe include increased funding, focus on local disease drivers, and reassertion of public health goals over political concerns.	23894		9332
74.	Oak to Spearhead English-Language Studies of Korean Christianity This summer Sung-Deuk Oak, a UCLA faculty member in Asian Languages and Cultures, was chosen to be the first scholar funded under the Dong Soon Im and Mi Ja Im endowment. He'll be charged with telling a remarkable story in the history of religion.	23854	4	6727
75.	Preparing Europe in the Twenty-first Century: United by Terrorism, Divided by History Michael Naumann, publisher of Die Zeit, discusses European reactions to the war on terrorism.	23610	9	6657
76.	UCLA Psychology Study finds Resonance with Buddhist Teachings Putting Feelings Into Words Produces Therapeutic Effects in the Brain; UCLA Neuroimaging Study Supports Ancient Buddhist Teachings	23469	34	14082
77.	Summer Workshops 'Open Doors' for Schoolteachers The International Institute reaches out to K-12 teachers year-round with training and fresh materials for the classroom and brings students to campus for lectures. This summer, more than 50 teachers attended a three-day workshop on China and two-week institutes on race, class, and gender in Latin America and on historical-cultural intersections between Europe and the Middle East.	23398	1	9621
78.	Outreach World Website Lauded by Federal Government Developed and hosted by the UCLA International Institute, the online hub for K-12 area studies has been showcased in Washington, D.C., and garnered praise from the U.S. Department of Education and the National Endowment for the Humanities.	23319	1	11326
79.	Cuba Overheard Elizabeth Dore's two-year project aims to let Cubans speak for themselves. She shared her findings at UCLA on Jan. 12.	23195	6	10074
80.	Lasting Support for UCLA Buddhist Studies Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai America establishes the Yehan Numata Endowment at the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies and pledges 10 years of additional support. The new funds will bring distinguished visitors and enhance graduate education.	23125	6	14153
81.	Brazilian Justice Speaks on Race, UCLA Book Joaquim Barbosa Gomes, the first Afro-Brazilian Justice on Brazil's Supreme Court, and three panelists praised a UCLA sociologist for his award-winning book. The panel discussed racial inequality in Brazil.	23094	3	7766
82.	10 Questions for Lynn Hunt Professor of History Lynn Hunt's 2007 book "Inventing Human Rights: A History" was published with CIA-sponsored "torture flights," "enhanced interrogation techniques" and genocide all in the news. She spoke with UCLA International Institute Senior Writer Kevin Matthews about whether the very idea of human rights is now in danger, and how novels aided the concept's evolution.	23050		8252
83.	Kirino Discusses Novel, Women's Rights Wrapping up a U.S. book tour, Japanese writer Natsuo Kirino reads from her novel 'Grotesque' and considers women's plight in Japanese society.	22839	1	5865
84.	Depoliticized Politics and the End of the Short Twentieth Century in China A talk by Wang Hui	22715	8	6875
85.	'To Study It, I Had to Perform' UNC-Chapel Hill anthropologist Christopher T. Nelson reflects on his research into and participation in the traditional Okinawan dance eisaa.	22696	1	7471
86.	US Experts Address Nuclear Proliferation, Terrorism Nuclear terrorism threatens to wreck nuclear peace, which has lasted 61 years despite the presence of tens of thousands of nuclear missiles around the world, noted Nobel laureate Tom Schelling, one of the key speakers at the conference.	22635	1	15924
87.	Bernard-Henri Lévy Warns on Anti-Semitism, Stage 6 The famed, if not always celebrated, French intellectual urges all groups to refrain from absurd, counterproductive 'competition of victimhoods.'	22033	16	8631
88.	Book Takes on Neoliberalism "Pedagogy and Praxis in the Age of Empire" incorporates insights about the current effects of global capitalism culled from McLaren and Jaramillo's recent conversations with teachers, scholars and social activists in Colombia, Israel and the Palestinian territories, South Africa, and Venezuela.	21733	1	7382
89.	Greece: Lessons of Her Performance in the European Union Professor Stergios Babanassis, from the Univesity of Aegean, discusses comparative studies of countries, Europe, Economic integration, International linkages to development, Role of the International organization, long term indicators.	21648		6785
90.	Princes of the Great Plains They called themselves Ethiopians and religious leaders. UCLA Professor of History Robert Hill says we can learn from these imposters.	21644	11	9858
91.	A Spy Called Sorge Terasaki Chair in U.S.-Japan Relations Thomas Rimer speaks about the re-telling of the Sorge affair in Japanese film and theater.	21450		4964
92.	Honoring the Man The Armenian National Academy of Sciences marked the 70th birthday and 50th anniversary of public and professional service of the world-renowned UCLA scholar, the talented and devoted Armenian, Richard G. Hovannisian.	21348	1	7580
93.	Princeton Philosopher Urges Rich to Give More to Poor Peter Singer's message is uncomfortable: Most people follow a minimalist morality that makes them a lot more immoral than they consider themselves to be.	21216	3	13099
94.	Biwa and the Tale of Heike Yoko Hiraoka recites portions of the Tale of Heike, accompanying herself on the biwa, and discusses the history of the poem and the instrument alike. Listen to a podcast of her performance and talk.	21096		5881
95.	Obituary: Eugen Weber, Historian and Former Dean of UCLA’s College of Letters and Science A member of UCLA's faculty since 1956 and a prolific author, Weber wrote about French culture and politics in the 19th and 20th centuries, anti-Semitism and the origins of the Holocaust, fascism, intellectual history, and many other subjects.	20970	8	3935
96.	Schoolgirl as Femme Fatale Stanford's Indra Levy discusses the development of the schoolgirl figure as a femme fatale in modern Japanese literature.	20852	4	5199
97.	IDS Major Student Profiles Profiles of current and former International Development Studies majors.	20767		1600
98.	Argentine Justice Speaks on War Crimes Argibay's lecture was the last of a three-part series of lectures on international criminal law hosted by the UCLA School of Law, the UCLA Latin American Institute and the David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy.	20652	2	6592
99.	The Gifts of the Tibetans: Sparking New Directions in the Arts and Sciences In the last of three events aimed at establishing a UCLA endowed chair in Tibetan Buddhist studies, Columbia University's Robert Thurman says that Tibetan perspectives are, or at least ought to be, very much at home in the university. Listen to a podcast of his talk.	20604	2	15186
100.	China and the Jews Peter Berton (USC professor emeritus) sheds light on history of Jews in China	20549	6	7255
101.	The Ghosts of Kabuki Samuel Leiter of Brooklyn College attempts to spook the audience at a UCLA event on kabuki theater.	20549		5410
102.	Clark: Iraq War Legal, Not Legitimate Retired General Wesley K. Clark, a senior fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, explains to a packed Law School auditorium that the United States has "squandered its mantle of legitimacy in this conflict."	20345	1	11804
103.	UCLA Live to Bring Spanish Flamenco Icon Sara Baras "Neither a purist nor a modernizer," Baras returns to UCLA with "Sabores" at Royce Hall Feb. 21-22.	20332	10	6088
104.	Former Thai Foreign Minister Back at UCLA, with Stories to Tell Kantathi Suphamongkhon, Thailand's UCLA-educated former 39th foreign minister, shares his experiences with students in a lecture delivered as part of International Education Week. Suphamongkhon is a senior fellow at UCLA's Burkle Center and a UC Regents' Professor.	20314	1	10007
105.	Justice in the Grass A documentary about the Rwandan genocide to be screened at UCLA on Wednesday looks at efforts to revive a traditional court system that brings victim and perpetrator face to face.	20305	3	10354
106.	Careers in International Law and Diplomacy Peter Kovach, UCLA Diplomat in Residence, and Anna Spain, Deputy Director of the Burkle Center.	20216	2	20452
107.	Sputnik Launch Turns 50, Russia Yawns Andrew L. Jenks, an assistant professor of history at California State University, Long Beach, explains that the Sputnik moment was a moment for Americans, not Russians (who also had Yuri Gagarin). And the moment could repeat itself.	20174	7	4652
108.	Hope, Economic Transformation in Iraqi Marshlands Peter Reiss, director of a USAID program to restore the world's second-largest wetlands, explains how Saddam Hussein's drainage of the area has altered an ancient culture.	20127	4	4851
109.	PRRP Mini-grants Suspended for 2010-2011	20087	8	12663
110.	Who is a Nazi victim? Constructing Victimhood through Post-War Reparations in France, Germany and Switzerland a CEES public lecture by Regula Ludi, a Charles H. Revson Foundation Fellow at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.	20076	3	6486
111.	Panels Assess Prospects on Korea Peace Day One scholar says the United States needs to adopt an approach that allows North and South Korea to normalize relations quickly.	19879		4873
112.	"Dysfunctional" State to "Blackmail" State: Paradoxes of the Post-Soviet Transition in Ukraine A talk by Mykola Riabchuk.	19813	4	6538
113.	Former Cape Verdean President Sees Africa Standing Up Antonio Mascarenhas Monteiro, who served two five-year terms as Cape Verde's first president elected under a multiparty system, tells a UCLA audience that Africa is no lost cause, but a continent striving towards peace and democracy. He discusses Cape Verde's relations with China and other emerging powers.	19775	5	8452
114.	2004 California NCTA Study Tour of China Nineteen California teachers spend three weeks exploring China's rich cultural legacy and its complicated present.	19596	7	6694
115.	The Internet in China: A Force for Democracy or Oppression? Hui Zhang reports on a talk by Luo Gang	19585	5	6459
116.	At UCLA, Mongolia's First Lady Seeks Ties with 'Third Neighbor' Tsolmon Onon Enkhbayar addresses UCLA scholars and members of L.A.'s Mongolian community.	19564	4	4325
117.	Historian Notehelfer Honored for Leadership in Japanese Studies Fred G. Notehelfer directed the UCLA Center for Japanese Studies for 16 years and co-directed an East Asian Studies consortium in Southern California for 20 years. He will continue teaching at UCLA for another year before retiring.	19559		4685
118.	Michael L. Ross: Rein in 'Oil Bully' Burma In this video op-ed, Michael L. Ross, a UCLA political scientist and acting director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, explains the dynamics that allow oil-exporting nations, particularly Myanmar (Burma), to win influence and political cover for human rights abuses.	19552		13939
119.	The Roots and Global Dimension of Modern Terrorism "Modern terror began in the 1880s. Small groups in many countries were able to terrify masses because the invention of dynamite gave them new powers, and the bomb has remained the principal weapon of terror ever since," writes David C. Rapoport.	19513	1	11268
120.	Long-haired Monks? -- Raoul Birnbaum presents the 16th Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Art and Archaeology on Nov. 1 Prof. Birnbaum, holder of the Rebele Chair in History of Art and Visual Culture at UC Santa Cruz, will speak in the Lenart Auditorium of UCLA's Fowler Museum of Cultural History.	19490	3	5555
121.	Get Out of Iraq Within a Year, Urges Former US Defense Official Larry Korb, a former assistant defense secretary under Reagan, wants to keep a regional military presence and to keep intervening in Iraq, but he thinks that continuing the occupation does more harm than good. He and Phillip Carter, a UCLA alum and Iraq war veteran, take questions on the war and Gen. Petraeus's strategy.	19471		9500
122.	Austrian Ambassador Discusses EU Expansion with Faculty Lunch chat with Eva Nowotny, Austrian ambassador to the US, also covers EU constitution, immigration, and the country's recent parliamentary elections.	19460	1	5551
123.	Hungarian Ambassador Discusses Transatlantic Relations and Iraq The Honorable András Simonyi, Hungarian Ambassador to the United States, addressed UCLA faculty and students at a luncheon meeting at the UCLA Faculty Center hosted by the Center for European and Eurasian Studies on February 7, 2003.	19459	1	5907
124.	Journalism: Asia in the Media Tom Plate, syndicated Asia columnist, and James F. Paradise, former United Press International and Dow Jones reporter.	19277	1	14889
125.	Kal Raustiala in the Los Angeles Times: A Bill of Rights Without Borders A 50-year-old court decision on constitutional protections overseas comes into play in the war on terror, writes Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala in The Los Angeles Times.	19248	2	13866
126.	10 Questions with Saul Friedlander UCLA History Professor Saul Friedlander, chronicler of the Holocaust, will receive the top award at the Frankfurt Book Fair this month.	19146	2	7684
127.	Rein in the Oil Bullies (Burma) Michael L. Ross, UCLA Political Science Profressor.	19081		12586
128.	LAC Hosts High-Level Forum for Taxers and Spenders Budgeting at federal and various "local" levels is a high-stakes game, particularly in Latin America and the rest of the developing world. Last month, the UCLA Latin American Center and the Institute convened players for a first major conference on fiscal federalism.	18962		7589
129.	An African Love Affair UCLA visual culture scholars Allen and Polly Roberts have spent two lifetimes studying and celebrating the profound mysteries, hidden cultures and timeless beauty of one of the most fascinating places on Earth.	18908	7	7442
130.	Martyrdom Mythology in Iraq: How Jihadists Frame Suicide Terrorism in Videos and Biographies by Mohammed M. Hafez, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, USA	18905	2	14253
131.	Geographer Entrikin Steps into Top Role at International Institute In more than three decades at UCLA, Nicholas Entrikin has led his department, the review of faculty promotions across campus, and the Institute's Global Studies IDP. Now he's taking on two jobs in one: overseeing the growth of UCLA's global relationships and building bridges among multidisciplinary programs on campus. He and Ron Rogowski, the outgoing vice provost and dean, talk about where the Institute is heading.	18893	4	5640
132.	Andrew Dawson's Award-Winning 'Absence and Presence' Makes Its Los Angeles Premiere at UCLA Live Oct. 11-15 English director, dancer and mime artist's intimate elegy to his father, whose body lay undiscovered for 10 days after he died in 1985, reflects on grief, regret and the unique emotions wrought by the death of a parent.	18875	1	5716
133.	China's Long-Term Approach to Africa A South African scholar shares her perspective on China's investments in the continent.	18736	7	6585
134.	Fighting an Antaean Enemy: How Democratic States Unintentionally Sustain the Terrorist Movements They Oppose by Tom Parker, Department of Political Science, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA	18616	1	14072
135.	Europe's 'Different Adventure' The keynote speaker at a UCLA conference on security issues in Europe and Eurasia revisits the meaning of European unity.	18527	4	5554
136.	Young Scholars Discuss Beauty, Ramen Noodles "Images of a Nation: Approaches to the Aesthetics of Japan," a symposium, brings graduate students from across the nation to UCLA.	18480	2	6242
137.	Digital Media Conference March 5 to Explore Intellectual Property Issues Media experts to examine personal copying, international trade in digital media, and legal challenges of global publication for the United States and Europe.	18407	4	7965
138.	Engendering a New Working Class: Social Trauma and Labor Resistance in China A talk by Pun Ngai	18328	2	6317
139.	Portrait of a Painter as a Patriot Columbia Japanologist Donald Keene examines the life of painter Watanabe Kazan.	18289	1	4470
140.	Make Way for 'Peaceful Rise' Bates Gill, an American expert on East Asian security issues, argues for welcoming China into a global fold. Not only is there little choice, he says, but the country's policies have taken an encouraging turn over the last decade and more.	18267	1	7350
141.	Confronting Terrorisms: Group Motivation and Successful State Policies by Gregory D. Miller, Department of Political Science, University of Oklahoma Norman, OK, USA.	18230	1	13368
142.	Middle Eastern Americans On The Move A groundbreaking exhibition of the literary, cinematic and scholarly output of this diverse community, and UCLAs impact on the field of Middle Eastern American Studies, is on display from September 17 through December 21, 2007 in the Powell Library Rotunda.	18138		6177
143.	Why Terrorists Aren't Soldiers, Wesley K. Clark and Kal Raustiala Burkle Center Senior Fellow Wesley K. Clark and Center Director Kal Raustiala argue in The New York Times that the current U.S. practice of declaring terrorists "enemy combatants" at once impairs counterterrorism efforts and endangers civil liberties at home.	18013	2	12954
144.	Forty Years of 'African Arts' Herbert M. Cole looks at four decades of "African Arts" at UCLA and what the future may have in store for the journal and the field of African art.	18001	11	7598
145.	Climate Change: Globalization of Environmental Impacts and Solutions A presentation by SASSAN SAATCHI, Institute of the Environment, UCLA, at the conference on Security Issues and Impacts: Comparative Perspectives on Europe and Eurasia, UCLA, June 1, 2007	17997		6226
146.	French Territorial Security: Urban Violence, Illegal Immigration, and Muslim Communities A presentation by REMI BAUDOUI, Professor of Public Policy and Planning, University of Geneva, at the conference on Security Issues and Impacts: Comparative Perspectives on Europe and Eurasia, UCLA, June 1, 2007	17877		6213
147.	Surprised, Again, by Dutch Voters A visiting historian and a UCLA political scientist analyze November's inconclusive election in the Netherlands.	17872	1	5502
148.	Anderson Students Go Global The Anderson School, in partnership with the National University of Singapore, offers an executive MBA program which gives students an opportunity to further their business studies in a global context. Students travel to four cities on two continents for classes.	17852	5	6402
149.	Into Modernity Historians Harry Harootunian, Carol Gluck and Fred Notehelfer offer views on modernity and its development in Japan.	17842		4831
150.	New Terasaki Center Director Studies Japan's Changing Political Landscape Political scientist Michael Thies sets current Japanese politics in context and discusses his plans as director of the Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies at UCLA	17815		3964
151.	The Talking Cure Conference participants market strategies for managing small nations' images around the world. They call it 'country branding.'	17757	1	8118
152.	A Time to Lead, for Duty, Honor and Country - Part I Gen. Wesley K. Clark, (ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and Burkle Center Senior Fellow.	17751		12710
153.	Best of 2006: Asian American Films Films about Asian Americans, films made by Asian Americans (and Canadians). It's been an impressive year for them all. APA combined the opinions of some notable filmmakers and festival directors and dug into our own hearts to create our 2006 Top Ten List of Asian American Film.	17709	7	2175
154.	Overrated Rebels Eva Goldschmidt of the U of Heidelberg reviews UCLA Associate Professor George Edson Dutton's recent book on "The Tay Son Uprising: Society and Rebellion in Eighteenth-Century Vietnam." The review was written for the H-War military history network.	17658		4835
155.	Her Time to Shine Hoping to make third Olympic appearance, Bruin Nicolette Teo prepares for Southeast Asian Games.	17641		4218
156.	Links Links to sites of interest to persons thinking about study or travel abroad.	17619	6	7625
157.	National Identity in Postmodern Japanese Dance U of Tokyo's Tadashi Uchino discusses the birth of Butoh dance and the performance of "children's" bodies in postmodern Japanese dance.	17594	8	3387
158.	Slyomovics Named Director of Near East Center Anthropologist Susan Slyomovics takes the helm of CNES a year after her arrival at UCLA. Her current research focuses on human rights in the context of Morocco and Algeria's reparations commissions and the French colonial infrastructure in North Africa.	17583	1	5902
159.	Sociologist Gail Kligman Named New Director for UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies Award-winning scholar will take office in 2005 after her Russell Sage Foundation fellowship.	17429	4	5721
160.	Border Security Policies and Technologies in the European Union A presentation by REY KOSLOWSKI, Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, SUNY Albany, at the conference on Security Issues and Impacts: Comparative Perspectives on Europe and Eurasia, UCLA, June 1, 2007	17428		5862
161.	2010 China Times Cultural Foundation Scholarships Scholarships for doctoral dissertation research in Chinese studies	17416	9	5330
162.	50 Years Later: a Look at Hungary’s Failed Revolt Center for European and Eurasian Studies hosts visiting professor to share unconventional analysis of historic event.	17409	7	5524
163.	A Time to Lead, for Duty, Honor and Country - Part II Gen. Wesley K. Clark, (ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and Burkle Center Senior Fellow.	17342		12509
164.	K-12 Teacher Training Workshop: "China: From Imperial Palaces to Corporate Boardrooms" A three-day summer seminar for teachers, July 9, 10 and 11, 2007.	17330	4	3120
165.	Rail Transit Security in an International Context A presentation by ANASTASIA LOUKAITOU-SIDERIS, Professor of Urban Planning, UCLA, at the conference on Security Issues and Impacts: Perspectives on Europe and Eurasia, UCLA, June 1, 2007	17326		6883
166.	Predicting DPJ's Defeat Cornell's Robert Weiner explains why the opposition Democratic Party of Japan will keep losing to the Liberal Democratic Party in Japanese politics.	17291		4663
167.	Security and Sustainability of Cities in a Changing Climate A presentation by MARTIN BENISTON, Climate Research Group, University of Geneva, at the conference on Security Issues and Impacts: Comparative Perspectives on Europe and Eurasia, UCLA, June 1, 2007	17272		6210
168.	Majority World Finds Voice in Photos Photographer from Bangladesh delivers lectures at UCLA about human rights, images, and new takes on citizen journalism.	17238	1	7245
169.	Historian Ivan Berend Honored on His Service as Director Eminent authority on European history steps down after twelve years as director of the Center for European and Eurasian Studies.	17198	6	5214
170.	Howard and Norma Lee "When it comes to supporting the Center for Chinese Studies, my family has really had two long-term goals in mind."	17175	1	5093
171.	The Faces of Fashion: Fall 2007 APA takes a closer look at six collections from the top Asian designers at New York and London Fashion Week.	17174	7	1564
172.	17th Iranian Film Festival 17th Annual Celebration of Iranian Cinema presented feature films, documentaries, and shorts from Iran and the diaspora.	17135		4824
173.	Energy Security in South-Eastern Europe: the Role of Greece A presentation by DIMITRIS CARAMITSOS-TZIRAS, Greek Consul General, Los Angeles, at the conference on Security Issues and Impacts: Comparative Perspectives on Europe and Eurasia, UCLA, June 1, 2007	17120		6249
174.	Graduate Student Fieldwork Fellowship for International Studies The UCLA International Institute announces a series of Fieldwork Fellowships open to UCLA doctoral students in good standing whose research focuses on one or more aspects of international or regional studies.	17110	31	17576
175.	Visuality & Identity: Sinophone Articulations Across the Pacific Professor Shu-mei Shih's new, pathbreaking book	17100		6094
176.	China and the Developing World Joshua Eisenman (Ph.D. student in political science) discusses his new book	17091	3	6219
177.	Lecture Focuses on Buddhism, Tibet The Center for Buddhist Studies held its third and final event in an initiative to establish a permanent endowed chair in Tibetan Buddhist studies on Monday.	17039	1	10601
178.	The Mediator UCLA Burkle Center Assistant Director Anna Spain brings government and UN experience to the job, along with lessons learned since high school about solving problems collaboratively.	17000	2	11808
179.	Discussion of the film "Darfur Now" Ted Braun, film director, Stephen Rapp, former chief prosecutor for the United Nations-International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Edward Alpers, UCLA History Chair, along with UCLA alum and activist Adam Sterling.	16932		14450
180.	Ann Carlson: US Ruling May Let States Fight Global Warming In this video op-ed, UCLA Professor of Law Ann Carlson, director of UCLA's Environmental Law Center, explains how the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Massachusetts v. EPA is likely to affect California's efforts to regulate some important causes of global climate change.	16887	1	14842
181.	An Iraqi Woman's Bleak Perspective "I tried to imagine what I would feel like if I had to move to Sweden at the age of 72 with uncertain residence status and my family left behind in my own country which was torn apart by war," writes UCLA Fulbright coordinator Ann Kerr in the Palisadian-Post.	16844	1	5040
182.	Living with Russia Jack F. Matlock, Jr., former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union.	16841		13348
183.	Clark: US Failure in Iraq Rooted in Lack of Legitimacy No amount of military intervention in Iraq can work without equal emphasis on robust diplomacy and political initiatives in the strife-torn nation, Clark said in a Jan. 22 lecture on the eve of Bush's national address.	16834	2	11850
184.	Letter from Gyumri: Faith into Action Epifania Amoo-Adare, a former UCLA graduate student in Education and staffer at the UCLA Globalization Research Center-Africa, writes about her work in the South Caucasus.	16815	5	5598
185.	Energy Security: Risks and Advantages of Partnering with Russia A presentation by MARTHA BRILL OLCOTT, Senior Associate, Russian and Eurasian Program, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C., at the conference on Security Issues and Impacts: Comparative Perspectives on Europe and Eurasia, UCLA, June 1, 2007	16756		6126
186.	Palm Springs International Film Festival 2007: Capsule Reviews APA takes a road trip to Palm Springs and finds that the world is a scary place, but at least the scenery is nice.	16683	3	2166
187.	Legality, Legitimacy and the Iraq War Gen. Wesley K. Clark, (ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and Burkle Center Senior Fellow.	16655	1	15888
188.	A Review of the 2007 Petraus Report Larry Korb, former Assistant Secretary of Defense, and Phillip Carter, Iraq War Veteran.	16626		12935
189.	Former Swedish Legislator Visits UCLA Centers While a member of the Swedish parliament in 2006, Berndt Ekholm worked on a committee report about relations between the West and the Muslim world, focusing on the European Union and its neighborhood.	16565		5536
190.	Pickled Kabuki U of Hawaii's James Brandon remembers kabuki plays from Japan's Fifteen-Year War.	16556		4330
191.	'The Art of Women's Masquerades in Sierra Leone' This Fowler Museum exhibition runs from Dec. 9 through April 27, 2008.	16432	6	6100
192.	On the Dilemmas of Artistic (Con)Fusion: Dance When is "fusion" really fusion -- the metaphor for the colliding of two powerful cultural forces -- and when is it simply (con)fusion? Smitha Radhakrishnan discusses Indian dance in Part One of her series.	16423		8321
193.	Beyond 'The Crocodile' UCLA literary translator Michael Heim and distinguished panelists revisit the life and the diary of Kornei Chukovsky, the Russian man of letters best remembered as a children's author. UCLA's Vyacheslav Ivanov recalls details of his lifelong friendship with Chukovsky.	16422		4426
194.	European Approaches to Climate Change Policy A presentation by J.R. DESHAZO, Associate Professor of Public Policy, UCLA, at the conference on Security Issues and Impacts: Comparative Perspectives on Europe and Eurasia, UCLA, June 1, 2007	16372		6054
195.	Indonesian Language Study at UCLA In seven years, UCLA's Indonesian language program has grown into a premier program in the United States.	16323	2	4252
196.	Kal Ruastiala in The New Republic Online: George W. Bush, Multilateralist. "Obsessed with maintaining a maximally free hand, the Bush administration often finds international commitments--and even international restraints--paradoxically attractive when dealing with federal judges," writes Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala in The New Republic Online.	16306		10909
197.	Panel Speaks on Oil Politics The panel featured journalist Steve LeVine and discussion centered around oil in the Caspian region, where LeVine spent 11 years reporting. [The event was sponsored by the UCLA Center for International Business Education & Research and cosponsored with the UCLA International Institute and the Center for European and Eurasian Studies, among others.]	16283		3984
198.	Rethinking Kyoto Art Art historian Shigemi Inaga discusses the transformation of Japanese art in the first half of the 20th century.	16272		3391
199.	Last US Ambassador to USSR Makes Case for Cooperation Ambassador Jack Matlock says that, on the most pressing global issues, the United States still needs Russia. Speaking ahead of parliamentary elections, he calls U.S. discussion of Putin's autocratic tendencies "overblown."	16142		4282
200.	The UCLA Asia Institute 2008-2009 Graduate Student Fellowships The UCLA Asia Institute 2008-2009 Graduate Student Fellowships	16136		8457
201.	He Brings International Issues to Public's Attention In his new post at the Burkle Center, Raustiala said he will take advantage of UCLA's West Coast setting to "focus on areas where we can really move the debate forward," including Latin America and the Pacific Rim, while still "covering the waterfront of international relations."	16131	1	12120
202.	UC delegates aim to forge partnership with India In an effort to establish a partnership based on education and research with Indian government officials, several University of California professors and administrators are traveling to India this weekend.	16097	1	5874
203.	Best of 2006: Asian Films Why print one list when you've got six? APA's staffers take us on a tour through funky forests, dirty carnivals, golden flowers, and other worldly desires.	16036		2262
204.	Robert Brenner on the Long Downturn Robert Brenner, a UCLA professor of history and author of, most recently, "The Economics of Global Turbulence," shares his long- and short-run analyses of the post-WWII world economy.	16031		6353
205.	Burkle Center Welcomes UC Regents' Professor Kantathi Suphamongkhon Burkle Center Website, Oct. 11, 2007	15998		10713
206.	UCLA Faculty Craft 2 New Research Fields Under proposals submitted by Professors Andrew Apter and Rogers Brubaker, each with a collaborator at another campus, the Social Science Research Council will steer dissertation writers towards "Black Atlantic Studies" and "Rethinking Europe."	15946	1	5422
207.	Lyman's Life and Law U of Arizona's Timothy Vance examines the life of the American mining engineer and accidental linguist Benjamin Smith Lyman.	15925		3090
208.	The Caspian Region and the New Canon of Security A presentation by BABAK HEDJAZI, Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Geneva, at the conference on Security Issues and Impacts: Comparative Perspectives on Europe and Eurasia, UCLA, June 1, 2007	15911		5625
209.	Teaching Sept. 11 UCLA political scientist Marc Trachtenberg, who teaches a Burkle Center-backed course on the post-9/11 world, explains in a newspaper article that current events can be approached with detachment.	15890		10236
210.	Call for Applications: Fulbright Hong Kong General Education Program Awards to U.S. scholars for a program to support Hong Kong universities as they prepare to introduce new four-year undergraduate degree programs in 2012	15851		9052
211.	Author Kirino to Speak Best-selling Japanese mystery writer Natsuo Kirino will discuss her work and read from her latest novel, 'Grotesque.'	15697	1	4715
212.	Modernity in Tradition, Tradition in Modernity: The Contemporary Legend Theatre from Taiwan Demonstrations and a talk	15640	3	5820
213.	Best of 2006: 15 Creative Talents Our list of artists include filmmakers and actors, professionals and amateurs, household names and up-and-comers. They made videos, graphic novels, songs, and costumes. They won awards, turned heads, and reflected the sophistication and diversity of Asian and Asian American creative talent.	15640	3	2221
214.	Global Studies Major & Minor Student Profiles Profiles of current and former Global Studies majors & minors.	15630		1042
215.	Making Sense of Osama A daylong conference recently attempted to clear some of the fog surrounding the real Osama bin Laden, who, if he's still alive, turns 50 this month. Titled "Jihadi Islam," the Nov. 13 event was sponsored by the Center for Near Eastern Studies and held at the UCLA Faculty Center.	15625	1	4094
216.	January 30, 2007: News From Abroad The Departed banned in China, Jackie Chan takes on reality TV, and Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan break hearts around the world. All this and more in the latest edition of News From Abroad.	15621	1	1341
217.	Petraeus' Optimistic Take on Iraq War Not a Consensus The Daily Bruin, September 27, 2007	15608		8843
218.	'Japan' Arrived Later than Some Think Durham University's Gina Barnes challenges prevailing views on mounded-tomb culture and the development of the Japanese state in the earliest historical period.	15596		3308
219.	On the Dilemmas of Artistic (Con)Fusion: Music Smitha Radhakrishnan gives us a sampling of Indian music over the years -- classical, film, and diasporic -- in Part Two of her series on artistic fusion.	15592	1	7587
220.	China's Information Revolution A talk by Kate Zhou (University of Hawaii)	15555	2	5209
221.	Behind the Curtains of the Asian American Film Scene: The Class of 2006 For viewers of Asian American film, 2006 was a notable year. It was the year that many first-time feature filmmakers debuted their projects to critical acclaim not only in the Asian American community but also in the greater indie film scenes. However, while quality and quantity were there, acquiring distribution was another hurdle in itself.	15546	1	2157
222.	US Intelligence Shortcomings Still Exist, Professor Amy Zegart. UCLA Magazine, September 11, 2007	15538	4	9248
223.	Headscarves and Hotpants: Islam, Secularism and Women's Fashion in Southeastern Europe A public lecture by KRISTEN GHODSEE, Bowdoin College, Gender and Women's Studies. The lecture is part of the ISLAM IN THE BALKANS series organized by CEES and CNES.	15527		5630
224.	Historiography of the Middle East New lecture series organized by Professor James Gelvin, UCLA	15517		4462
225.	Growing EU Brings International Leaders and Issues to UCLA Panelists from Central European countries discuss impact of integration, stability of democracies.	15514		4573
226.	Digital Showcase Touts Interdisciplinary Innovation Nearly 350 faculty, staff, students and others packed the crowded exhibition space at Perloff Hall, peering at computer monitors, test-driving Web applications, taking notes, and trading ideas and business cards.	15513		4450
227.	The Difficult Questions 62 years after bombs fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, documentarian Stephen Okazaki tells the stories of survivors in modern cities that are struggling to remember their horrific pasts.	15447	1	4282
228.	Ambush in War Zone D, Gen. Clark Writes About His Experiences in Vietnam Washington Monthly, Nov. 2007	15400		9882
229.	Central European Avant-Garde UCLA Center for European & Russian Studies Teams up with LACMA	15352		7219
230.	Amy Zegart: US Spy Agencies Have Long Way to Go In this video op-ed, Amy Zegart of the UCLA School of Public Affairs calls for "top-down policy changes" and "bottom-up cultural transformation" in U.S. intelligence gathering and analysis. Zegart is the author of "Spying Blind: The CIA, the FBI, and the Origins of 9/11" (2007).	15346	6	13036
231.	Buswell's AAS Election in the News Professor Robert Buswell's election to the presidency of the Association for Asian Studies attracts attention from Korean-language media.	15303		5591
232.	CEES Director Wins Teaching Award Gail Kligman honored with 2006 Eugene Weber Honors Collegium Teaching Award.	15275	1	6345
233.	9/11 Didn't Change Much About Intelligence-Gathering, Prof. Amy Zegart UCLA News, September 6, 2007	15258	1	9391
234.	Best of 2006: Female Performers Female Entertainers. Always our most popular story of the year. This year's female performances ranged from quietly powerful to winningly sincere to unexpectedly controversial.	15236		2413
235.	The Winner between Saawariya and Om Shanti Om is...Bollywood Farah Khan's latest blockbuster, Om Shanti Om, asks the big questions. Namely, who needs Hollywood muscle when we've got Shah Rukh's six pack?	15123	24	1743
236.	Speaker to Discuss Rights, Writers Visiting humanities professor to lecture on African activism, literature, and liberties	15109		6704
237.	Group Combats for Peace The Thursday night discussion was part of a month-long tour sparked by the killing of the 10-year-old daughter of Bassam Aramin, one of the founders of Combatants for Peace.	15017	1	4862
238.	Challenges for the Next Administration Streaming video and audio podcast from the closing plenary panel of the conference, Nuclear Weapons in a New Century: Facing the Emerging Challenges.	15010	4	15544
239.	The Book that Brought Tolerance to the Enlightenment UCLAGetty Research Institute digital project revives Europe's first taste of religious tolerance.	15010	2	3815
240.	A Stroll in Beirut "Symbols of the intractable problems of the Middle East stood in striking contrast to the pleasures of life pursued by the resilient Lebanese as I took a walk downtown from the American University with a friend earlier this month," writes UCLA Fulbright coordinator Ann Kerr in the Palisadian-Post.	14973	8	5346
241.	Wanted: Overseas Korean Filmmakers KOFIC(Korean Film Council) continues 2nd Filmmakers Development Lab in Association With the Academy for Creative Media at the University of Hawaii.	14941	1	4777
242.	Prof. John Agnew wins awards John Agnew, professor of geography, was given the 2006 Distinguished Scholarship Award by the Association of American Geographers at its annual meeting in Chicago last month.	14841	4	5228
243.	The Royal Treatment India Splendor hosts a quiet evening with the biggest superstars of Indian cinema.	14830	3	2029
244.	Tackling an Invisible Invader A local center of excellence could not only diagnose and treat patients with Chagas disease, but also focus on other imported infections unfamiliar to most area physicians.	14821	1	7284
245.	A Cautionary Tale: Revisiting Ceausescu's Anti-Abortion Policies A public lecture by GAIL KLIGMAN, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for European and Eurasian Studies at UCLA	14813		6310
246.	All-American Rejects Film trailers are notorious for telling too much plot, giving the wrong impression of the film, or emphasizing marketable stars over important characters. But more serious dangers arise when selling Asian American cinema to American audiences. APA does a close reading of Fox Searchlight's trailers for The Namesake.	14773	1	2038
247.	Obituary: Medha Yodh, 79, Professor and Expert on Classical Indian Dance Her documentary film "Garba-Ras: A Glimpse Into Gujarati Culture"--a study of the Garba and Ras communal dances of the western Indian state of Gujarat, as practiced by the immigrant Gujarati community of Los Angeles--was highly regarded in academic circles.	14694	2	5999
248.	Funding for Research in Taiwan Talent Cultivation Project offers funding for graduate students & student-professor research teams	14675		8326
249.	Conference to Examine Future of Nuclear Weapons Former Secretary of Defense William Perry is scheduled to give the keynote address this afternoon, with Wednesday featuring panels and breakout sessions on more specific subjects.	14638	1	9940
250.	Legal and political experts to discuss Terrorism and Civil Rights in Europe and the US on April 4th. On Friday April 4th, the Center for European and Eurasian Studies and the UCLA School of Law invite the public to attend a symposium with legal and political specialists who will discuss responses to terrorism by the United States and European nations and the effect on civil rights.	14593	4	6411
251.	Speak Up In the film 'Dust of Life,' set in Westminster, the words people use and the languages they speak establish their rank and authority over others.	14588		4117
252.	The Red Riviera: Gender, Tourism, and Postsocialism on the Black Sea A book talk by author KRISTEN GHODSEE, Gender and Women's Studies, Bowdoin College	14553		5295
253.	Many Ways for Bruins to Study Abroad Various enrollment options can have dramatically different prices for similar education programs, The Daily Bruin reports.	14535		4006
254.	Wesley K. Clark: Abandoning Values Only Brings Defeat Renewal of respect for international law, open justice, human dignity, and the Bill of Rights is the key to victory in the struggle against terrorists, explains former NATO commander and UCLA Burkle Center Senior Fellow Wesley K. Clark in this video op-ed. Torturing enemies is not merely wrong, he says, but "represents a path for defeat for the United States."	14516		13309
255.	Experts Discuss Power a President Should Have Lawyers and professors from around the country came together at UCLA on Feb. 9 to give their legal and historical perspectives on the topic of executive power.	14441		10485
256.	Etzioni Puts Security Before Elections The professor and public intellectual Amitai Etzioni practices the Socratic method at UCLA, arguing for a foreign policy that proceeds from the human right to be free from harm.	14431		9632
257.	Experts Explore Nuclear Issues The spread of nuclear weapons is a pressing issue the United States must recognize and address, experts said during a two-day conference on campus this week.	14403		10177
258.	Treacherous Triangle - The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and the United States A public lecture by Trita Parsi, Johns Hopkins University, part of the Center for Near Eastern Studies Persian Lecture Series.	14391		6468
259.	Professor to Examine Military's Role in Israeli Politics As part of an ongoing lecture series on Israeli studies, Yoram Peri, a professor of political sociology and communication at Tel Aviv University, is scheduled to speak today at 4:00.	14389		4865
260.	Is Proliferation Inevitable? And Do We Need a New Regime to Manage it? Streaming video and audio podcast from the opening plenary panel of the conference, Nuclear Weapons in a New Century: Facing the Emerging Challenges.	14370		15098
261.	Associate Fellows Program 2007-08 The Global Fellows Program of the International Institute will select up to 5 advanced graduate students at UCLA to serve as Associate Fellows.	14199	2	12972
262.	Demarcating the Boundaries: Geopolitical Dimensions of the Israel-Palestine Peace Process A public lecture by David Newman, Ben Gurion University, part of the series on Israel Studies.	14130		8312
263.	Troop Surge in Iraq Must End, Analyst Says UCLA Today, Oct. 10, 2007	14125		9111
264.	Q&A: Cheris Chan A UCLA Global Fellow explains how Chinese people's inhibitions about discussing premature death have made it hard, but not impossible, for a life insurance market to develop in the country.	14114		5175
265.	Boys to Men From lip-syncing music videos for "kicks and giggles" to touring the entire country for their first feature length film, Philip Wang, Wesley Chan and Ted Fu of Wong Fu Productions are showing that they are more than just an internet phenomenon.	14113		1931
266.	AFM 2007: Capsule Reviews (part 1) Bryan Hartzheim gives us the skinny on some of the highlights of Japanese cinema (and one Chinese picture) screened for industry professionals at the American Film Market.	14095		1758
267.	Fowler to Showcase African Writing "Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems in African Art" — on display at the Fowler Museum from Oct. 14 through Feb. 17, 2008 — features more than 100 important and visually compelling works of art.	14086	1	5387
268.	The CIA's License to Fail: Professor Amy Zegart LA Times, September 23, 2007	14062		9667
269.	Lust, Caution, and Tony Leung's Eyes For the first time ever, Ang Lee has made a Asian-set film better received in Asia than in the West. Explanations abound about "Chinese-ness," when the reason is staring at us in the face.	14056		1958
270.	2007 Commencement Address: "Your Focus Is the World" Gen. Wesley K. Clark, (ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and Burkle Center Senior Fellow.	14026	1	14888
271.	Best of 2006: Television 2006 saw a jump from 17 to 24 Asian faces cast in regular roles on prime time television shows. With shows like Heroes, Lost, and Grey's Anatomy, is diversity becoming more mainstream?	14014	1	2108
272.	The Little Movie That Could: A Review of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo takes on Studio Ghibli -- and succeeds.	13965	1	1769
273.	Not To Be Missed: Middle Eastern Americans on the Move UCLA Today notes an exhibition co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies.	13903		4407
274.	Why Invasion is the Wrong Answer to Turkey's Problems by Gen. Clark Financial Times, Nov. 15, 2007	13870	7	8478
275.	Is Democracy Possible in the Balkans? On the Debates in and on Bosnia, Kosovo/a, and Serbia A public lecture by SUSAN WOODWARD, Professor of Political Science, City University of New York	13830	1	5460
276.	The Politics of Sexual Harassment: A Comparative Study of the United States, the European Union, and Germany A book talk by author KATHRIN ZIPPEL, Sociology, Northeastern University	13821		5441
277.	Richard Baum: The Political Impact of China's Information Revolution Scholar traces the explosion of new media-facilitated forums and examines how the government seeks, with limited success, to limit open discussion.	13819	4	4079
278.	The Next War, Wesley K. Clark Washington Post, Sunday, September 16, 2007	13790	2	8380
279.	Nationalist Politics and Everyday Ethnicity in a Transylvanian Town A book talk by author ROGERS BRUBAKER, Professor of Sociology, UCLA	13775		5296
280.	UCLA's Keller on NPR GRCA director speaks on African issues.	13730	1	5668
281.	Gogol versus the Idiots Since being named by the New York Times as one of the best actors of 2004, Kal Penn has moved on to become a box office draw and a community hero. APA got in on the junket action and stole a quick interview with the man himself.	13706		2300
282.	Applying to the Graduate Program Information regarding application and financial assistance.	13706		1024
283.	2007 Summer Institute on China - Readings Course readings can be downloaded in pdf format. See syllabus below for links.	13695		3230
284.	Sheherezada in Exile, or Writing Across the Borders: The Case of Dubravka Ugresic A public lecture by JASMINA LUKIC, Central European University, Budapest, Gender Studies	13689		5030
285.	Entry to the World "Fowler in Focus: Doors in Global Perspective" Opens June 24 at the Fowler Museum at UCLA	13677	1	5120
286.	Gen. Clark Speaks on Iraq, Book The Daily Bruin, October 8, 2007	13661	2	8885
287.	Austria's Role in Central and Eastern Europe A public lecture by PAUL LENDVAI, Austrian Journalist, with an introduction by Ivan Berend, UCLA History.	13603		5462
288.	Interview with Incoming Chancellor Gene Block UCLA's Chancellor-designate Gene Block is interview by Zong Xing	13441	2	6155
289.	Writing Israeli History: Betweeen Myth and Counter-Myth A public lecture by Derek Penslar, University of Toronto, part of the series on Israel Studies.	13431	1	7521
290.	Ghislaine Lydon For Ghislaine Lydon, 2006 was the year of travel.	13414	2	6741
291.	UCLA in Top 10 for Foreign Students, Students Abroad In a new nationwide report, UCLA ranked eighth in the number of foreign students it hosted during the 2006-07 academic year and was seventh in the number of students who traveled abroad to study in 2005-06.	13353		3881
292.	Generals in the Cabinet Room: An Introduction to the Political Crisis in Israel A public lecture by Yoram Peri, Tel Aviv University, part of the series on Israel Studies.	13346		7540
293.	Bringing Public Health to Qinghai A profile of graduate student Kunchok Gyaltsen	13251	2	6133
294.	The Social Bases of Reform and Anti-Reform: A Comparative Study of Ukraine and Russia A public lecture by DAVID LANE, University of Cambridge, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences	13203		5321
295.	Leehom's Roots Music On Wang Leehom's latest record, Change Me, the American-born Chinese singer takes his listeners along on his musical road home. But just what "home" is he singing about?	13121	10	1857
296.	The Military in Iraq are Resolving Nothing, Wesley K. Clark The Independent, September 9, 2007	13064		8801
297.	Abandoning Values Only Brings Defeat Gen. Wesley K. Clark, (ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and Burkle Center Senior Fellow.	13055		12836
298.	Information Session: Fulbright Grad Student Fellowships Information on Fulbright IIE & Fulbrigh-Hays Student Fellowships	13048	1	8023
299.	Israel's Peace with Egypt and Jordan: Models for Future Peace Agreements? A public lecture by Shimon Shamir, Tel Aviv University	13035		7113
300.	Residential Summer Seminar on Asia: Something New for Southern California Educators UCLA Asia Institute sponsors residental program with enrollment Limited to Teachers Living Outside Los Angeles.	13004	1	4853
301.	Gangulis of New York Mira Nair transforms Jhumpa Lahiri's novel The Namesake into an intimate visual experience as we follow the Ganguli family's complex and ever-evolving relationships over a span of thirty years.	12971	1	2032
302.	Phillip Carter: Refocus on Political Solution for Iraq In this video op-ed, UCLA law graduate and Iraq war veteran Phillip Carter says that tactical victories for the U.S. military in Baghdad will be of little consolation when troop levels fall again in April 2008. He discusses the corruption and sectarianism that plagued Iraqi security forces during his time in Diyala Province.	12921		12793
303.	Stone Records and Parallel Universes: Music and Globalization in Turkey A CEES faculty lecture by MUNIR BEKEN, UCLA Ethnomusicology	12899		5279
304.	Women's Studies Branches Out The UCLA Graduate Quarterly reports on international directions in women's studies. Three graduate students are profiled.	12892	2	4088
305.	Postdoctoral Fellowship in China’s Political Economy-Indiana University Indiana University seeks applications for a 2007-08 academic year postdoctoral fellowship	12877	1	7955
306.	Women's Health and Welfare States: A Comparative Study of Western Europe A CEES faculty lecture by NICOLETTE HART, UCLA Sociology	12871		5212
307.	International Institute Staffers Honored This year's Excellence in Service Awards went to an enthusiast about Japanese (and other) cultures and a strong supporter of students working for a better Africa.	12845		5038
308.	Islam in Asia -- a workshop for teachers UCLA's Asia Institute hosts day-long program for educators on Asia's Muslims, conservatively estimated to number more than 750 million people.	12757	4	5516
309.	Hizbullah 2000-2007: An Identity Crisis or a Crisis of Legitimacy? A public lecture at UCLA by Rola El-Husseini, Texas AM University, on June 06, 2007.	12745		7021
310.	Scholarship in the Digital Age: Information, Infrastructure and the Internet A CEES faculty lecture by CHRISTINE BORGMAN, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies	12701		5104
311.	Choreography of Class Smitha Radhakrishnan takes a look at the language, dance, and complicated power relations explored in the Golden Bear-winning film Vanaja.	12700	1	6593
312.	Fellowship Opportunity at NRI Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Research fellowships for US-based scholars at the Needham Research Institute, Cambridge, UK	12700	1	8083
313.	Strangers Nowhere in the World: The Rise of Cosmopolitanism in Early Modern Europe A book talk with author MARGARET JACOB, UCLA History, and discussant DAVID HOLLINGER, UC Berkeley History	12684		4903
314.	What do Asians think about the United States? Pew Center survey reveals Asian attitudes about their own lives, their nations, the world, and the United States. New Asia Institute pages summarize findings on Asia.	12671		2893
315.	The Mu`tazila and Rational Theology Keynote lecture by Wilferd Madelung, Laudian Professor of Arabic, Emeritus, University of Oxford, and recipient of the 18th Giorgio Levi Della Vida Award.	12654		5772
316.	Filmi Philosophy From 1962 Merchant Ivory to 2007 Mira Nair, desis have been making art in English for a long long time. But are we ready for Bollywood in English? Smitha Radhakrishnan reflects on desi films such as The Householder, Bride and Prejudice, The Namesake, and the recent Amu.	12539	2	6837
317.	Princely Affairs All the rage in Korea this summer, The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince brings homosexuality into the spotlight in a tale of gender-bending mixups, but ultimately loses its intrigue when it reverts back to a traditional story of cutesy straight coupling.	12501	4	1440
318.	A-cute Love Triangle Right by Me toys with sophisticated explorations of young gay life in Thailand, but the story ultimately boils down to landing the cute boy. Is there more to life?	12449	6	1910
319.	The Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Possibility of a Two-State Solution A public lecture by Galia Golan, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel	12429		6893
320.	Peking University Harvard-Yenching Predoctoral Fellowship in Chinese Studies The Peking University Harvard-Yenching 2008- 2009 Annual Fellowships for Advanced Research in Chinese Studies	12372	1	7904
321.	Al-Qaeda and Anarchism: A Historian's Reply to Terrorology A lecture by James Gelvin, UCLA, delivered at the conference/workshop on Jihadi Islam held at the UCLA Faculty Center on Tuesday, November 13, 2007.	12362		6278
322.	The Discreet Charm of Bobby Lee (Part 2) APA took advantage of Kickin' it Old Skool publicity to interview Bobby Lee about his popular MadTV sketches, the power of YouTube, and how his "Asian eyes" affects his comedy. It goes without saying that we got more than we bargained for.	12269	1	2279
323.	US Ruling May Let States Fight Global Warming Ann Carlson, UCLA Professor of Law and Director of UCLA's Environmental Law Center.	12247		13101
324.	In Memoriam: Greg Cherry Amy Futa remembers friend and colleague Gregory A. Cherry.	12237		6338
325.	MENAS Students Record number of Middle East and North African Studies graduates.	12226		5662
326.	Intellectual Property Rights Debate Heating Up UCLA conference participants challenge conventional wisdom on intellectual property rights and innovation.	12134	5	4973
327.	Islam and Politics in Contemporary Iraq: Sectarianism or Democracy? Public Lecture by Eric Davis, part of a colloquium held under the auspices of the Center for Near Eastern Studies.	12041		6305
328.	Jasmine and Stars: Reading More Than Lolita in Tehran A public lecture by Fatemeh Keshavarz, Washington University, on December 11, 2007 as part of the Bilingual Lecture Series on Iran.	11914		6406
329.	White House Ceremony Honors Daniel Pearl, Son of UCLA Professor Following their son's death in 2002, Judea Pearl, a professor of computer science at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA, and his wife formed the Daniel Pearl Foundation to advance the ideals that inspired Daniel's life and work by hosting lectures, programs and other events throughout the world to promote cross-cultural understanding through journalism, music and innovative communications.	11892		3417
330.	Jihad in Modern Shi'a Thought A lecture by Rola El-Husseini, Texas A and M University, delivered at the conference/workshop on Jihadi Islam held at the UCLA Faculty Center on Tuesday, November 13, 2007.	11846		5960
331.	From the Director From UCLA African Studies Center Director - Allen F. Roberts	11828		6800
332.	Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising Co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies, the Polish Consulate General, the UCLA Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, and the UCLA Polish Student Group	11824		5026
333.	Harvard-Yenching Library Travel Grants The Harvard-Yenching Library is pleased to announce its Travel Grant Program for the 2007-2008 academic year.	11778		8181
334.	The Wahhabi Factor in Jihadi Islam A lecture by David Dean Commins, Dickinson College, delivered at the conference/workshop on Jihadi Islam held at the UCLA Faculty Center on Tuesday, November 13, 2007.	11762		6005
335.	2007-2008 FLAS Recipients The following are the recipients of the 2007-2008 Southeast Asian Studies Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowships.	11726		4907
336.	On March 6th, Experts Gather to Discuss European, Eurasian, US Trade Relations On March 6th, the Center for European & Eurasian Studies will host a conference on European, Eurasian, United States Trade Relations. Co-sponsored by the World Trade Center Association Los Angeles-Long Beach, the half day conference brings together scholars, policy analysts, and business representatives for a discussion of prospects and avenues for pursuing trade in this part of the world.	11707	1	5030
337.	The Politics of Elections in the Arab World A public lecture at UCLA by Ellen Lust-Okar, Yale University, May 30. 2007.	11635		5983
338.	Middle Eastern American Studies: The Emergence of a Field A public lecture by Mehdi Bozorgmehr, City University of New York - Graduate Center, delivered on November 26, 2007	11562		6140
339.	VC Film Fest 2007 capsules - Asian American narrative features APA's now seen all 11 of the VC Film Festival's 2007 nominees for best narrative feature. The Rebel and Baby may have took home jury prizes, while American Fusion ran off with the audience award, but we've got our own thoughts...	11558	1	2115
340.	African Studies MA Student Profiles Profiles of current and former African Studies MA students.	11541		3867
341.	Hyphenating Afghaniyat (Afghan-ness) in the Afghan Diaspora A public lecture by Mir Hekmatullah Sadat, Claremont Graduate University.	11529	1	5918
342.	U.S. Entry Process Frustrates Students, Scholars A survey conducted by research director Shideh Hanassab of the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars found widespread frustration with U.S. visa and immigration processes.	11510		4333
343.	Refocus on Political Solution for Iraq Phillip Carter, Iraq war veteran and UCLA School of Law alum.	11490		12152
344.	US Spy Agencies Have Long Way to Go Amy Zegart, UCLA Professor of Political Science.	11430		12139
345.	More Wong Fu Trivia Can't get enough of the Wong Fu boys (men)? Here are some more fun questions that the boys (even Ted!) have graciously answered for APA.	11424		2133
346.	Studying Modern Middle East History: Trajectories and Challenges A public lecture by Zachary Lockman, New York University delivered on October 18, 2007	11410		6006
347.	Attitudes and Feelings, Both Ridiculous and Sometimes Unintelligible (Episode 1) We've heard that the MADtv Korean soap opera parodies are even funnier in Korean, because the subtitles don't match and Bobby Lee's Korean is terrible. Here's our attempt to translate some of the extra humor.	11352	1	2157
348.	Islamic Studies Students 250 graduate students specialize in Middle East Studies	11340	1	3852
349.	The Iran-U.S. Conflict and Its Effects in Iran: Internal, Foreign and Gender Policies A public lecture by Maziar Behrooz, San Francisco State University and Nikki Keddie, UCLA on Monday, October 22, 2007	11339		5770
350.	Overview: APA's 2006 Calendar A year ago we were equally passionate about Memoirs of a Geisha and a potential Oscar for Ang Lee. Now we're talking about Yul Kwon and Masi Oka. APA highlights some of Asia and Asian America's steps and missteps along the way.	11279		2370
351.	What do Asians think about their nations? Pew Center survey reveals Asian attitudes about their own lives, their nations, the world, and the United States. New Asia Institute pages summarize findings on Asia.	11278		2940
352.	From the Director ASC Director Allen F. Roberts introduces ASC's new eNEWSLETTER and gives a roundup of 2006.	11261		6442
353.	Gen. Wesley Clark on KPCC's Air Talk with Larry Mantle KPCC Radio, November 21, 2007	11244	1	9524
354.	Christians in Safavid Iran: Between Tolerance and Oppression A public lecture by Rudi Matthee, University of Delaware, delivered on October 8, 2007	11242		5894
355.	Cultivating Original Enlightenment: Wonhyo's Exposition of the Vajrasamadhi-Sutra (Kumgang Sammaegyong Non) Translated with an Introduction by Robert E. Buswell, Jr.	11214		10120
356.	2007 Challenges for the Next Administration Doyle McManus, Joseph Cirincione, Ashton Carter, Harvard, Phillip Bobbitt, Susan Shirk, and moderated by Gen. Wesley Clark (ret.).	11214		12046
357.	Quicker than Your Average American Distributor Fansubbers take the lead in the promotion of Asia Pacific film and television programs around the world, under interesting circumstances.	11188		1915
358.	Jaman till the jam is through As movie distributors cautiously battle their way into the broadband game, APA shows how downloaders can play along legally, but still feel like they're getting away with something.	11156	3	1902
359.	Race, Class, Gender and National Policy in Latin America: Summer Teaching Training Workshop, August 4 - August 16, 2007 The objective of this intensive two week workshop is to examine how various national policies in Latin America have dealt with issues of race, class and gender.	11144	1	5728
360.	CNES Celebrates Golden Anniversary The UCLA National Resource Center and Organized Research Unit boasts some 70 faculty members, 250 current graduate students, and over 500 PhDs in Middle East and Islamic Studies.	11122	1	4592
361.	Is Proliferation Inevitable? And Do We Need a New Regime to Manage it? Tom Schelling, Al Carnesale, George Miller, Etel Solingen, Shirley Jackson, and Moderated by Doyle McManus.	11115	1	12047
362.	David Blundell Anthropologist teaches UCLA courses related to Southeast Asia in 2006-07.	11109	1	4304
363.	The Stigma of Shame As the world's most populous country (to say nothing of its notorious bureaucracy), China has one of the most severe AIDS problems anywhere. Oscar-nominated director Ruby Yang recounts the arduous process of bringing a nation's shame to the mass consciousness with her documentary short The Blood of Yingzhou District.	10986	4	2282
364.	China Studies Research and Methodology Colloquium, 2008-09 A student-organized colloquium for graduate students in all disciplines related to Chinese studies	10984	1	4147
365.	Center Receives New Director UCLA law professor appointed to promote international relations, examine local issues.	10937		10808
366.	Johnnie To, A Man of Many Genres After mastering almost every type of genre, famed Hong Kong director Johnnie To explores the crime scene with his cinematic venture, PTU.	10934	1	1946
367.	One of These Things Is Not Like the Other What does Asian American art look like? One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now, an exhibition put on by Asia Society at UC Berkeley's Museum of Art, playfully and powerfully answers: "Anything we want it to be."	10906		1198
368.	Look to History to Understand Why Global Capitalism is Hated Deepak Lal distils arguments from his recent book, "Reviving the Invisible Hand: The Case for Classical Liberalism in the Twenty-first Century." Lal is the James S. Coleman Professor of International Development Studies.	10863	2	4286
369.	2010-2011 East Asian FLAS Recipients For the study of East Asian languge and area studies	10840	1	7783
370.	Central Asia Initiative: Mobility and Governability At a time when Central Asia is of growing consequence to the global economy and security, the Asia Institute has launched an initiative to foster greater understanding of the history and the significance of Central and Inner Asia within the campus and broader academic communities and among the general public.	10762	7	1532
371.	Viva la revolución! Orgies, nudity, kitsch, and prostitutes -- what could possibly go wrong?	10689	4	1934
372.	First Steps for Peace in the Middle East Steven Spiegel, a professor of political science and director of the Center for Middle East Development, is a leading expert on U.S. policy in the Middle East. A longer version of this article recently appeared in the Israeli paper Ha'aretz. (Photo courtesy of pbs.org)	10676		3578
373.	Buddhist Scholar Robert Thurman to Speak Nov. 5 The UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies sponsors lecture on Tibetan tradition.	10652	1	4631
374.	Damon L. Woods Philippine historian taught a variety of Southeast Asian Studies classes in 2006-07.	10615		4147
375.	Call for Submissions: (De)Constructing Urbanities: Opportunities and Challenges in African Cities UFAHAMU, A Journal of African Studies	10576	8	4864
376.	Journal of Latin American Lore Volume 22, Number 1, Winter 2004	10500	3	7417
377.	Asia in LA Asia in LA is an annual event addressing themes that bridge the interests of academics and of broader communities in Los Angeles.	10466	8	1495
378.	Controversial Philosopher to Dissect Issue of Poverty Princeton bioethics professor to speak today on role of people in solving global problem	10424	1	9972
379.	Rags to Riches Guru is: the cinematic pre-wedding for Indian royalty, the first Bollywood film to premiere in North America, the latest by acclaimed director Mani Ratnam. But APA argues it's all that, but also a reflection of a new mass political consciousness.	10395	4	2233
380.	Middle Eastern - European Intersections: Summer Workshop for Teachers, July 21 - August 2, 2007 This interdisciplinary seminar will underscore the historic and symbiotic relationship between the two regions since antiquity and how they have shaped each other's destinies in the spheres of politics, economics, and culture.	10361	2	7166
381.	Journey to the West Everyday audiences around the world know little about silent Chinese cinema, and even less about traditions unrelated to the socialist project. A new DVD of Romance of the Western Chamber seeks to change that.	10302		1860
382.	Excellence with a Capital G Yes, in 2006, Asian Americans demonstrated excellence in film and television. Yet the Asian Excellence Awards make achievement sound so cheesy. Luckily, Kenny G was there to save the day.	10276	1	1851
383.	Simpson Scholarships in Egyptology Simpson Scholarships in Egyptology are available to students applying to study abroad at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. It is open to students of all nationalities with junior or senior standing at a college or university outside Egypt at the time of application.	10252	1	7142
384.	"Conflicting Desires" and the Cusps and Legacies of Modernity The Tiffany's of DVD, Criterion releases three early sixties Japanese Films -- When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960), Yojimbo (1961) and Sanjuro (1962)	10249	3	1871
385.	Photographic Memories: An Interview with Ken Watanabe Inspired by Hiroshi Ogiwara's novel about a man diagnosed with Alzheimer's, Academy Award-nominated actor Ken Watanabe ventures into his first executive-producing effort with the film Memories of Tomorrow (Ashita no kioku).	10219	2	1928
386.	Former UN Figure Speaks at UCLA The Daily Bruin, Oct. 31, 2007	10200		6570
387.	Latin American Immigrants and Mobile Communities in the United States The 2007 Seminar for Teachers will examine the question of immigration to the Unites States from Mexico and Central America from various perspectives.	10196	1	4968
388.	February 16, 2007: News from Abroad Arundhati Roy writing again, John Woo splits his film in two, and the Chinese Music Awards went to the usual people. All this and more in the latest edition of News from Abroad.	10112	1	1984
389.	Reader: European Americans Hit by WWII Backlash letter to the editor	10081	1	2754
390.	History is Made by Knights Inspired Entertainment's Fusian series is the rare DVD label to do justice to old school Taiwanese action, once one of Asia's biggest cinematic forces, but now nearly forgotten in the face of Hollywood and Hong Kong.	10069		1772
391.	Newsletter Winter 2007 Inaugural eNewsletter - Like the rest of the world, the JSCASC is moving more and more of its activities online to reach wider audiences more quickly and efficiently and to take advantage of ever-evolving electronic media.	10019	1	4029
392.	Victor Bascara English professor teaches on Asian Americans and War at UCLA in 2006-07.	10017		4132
393.	Edo-era's Whorehouse of Mirth It ain't a man's world in Mika Ninagawa's Sakuran, one of the best films of the first half of 2007, which recently hit the top of the Japanese DVD rental charts. English readers: rev up those region-free players.	10002	1	1693
394.	What do Asians think about the world? ew Center survey reveals Asian attitudes about their own lives, their nations, the world, and the United States. New Asia Institute pages summarize findings on Asia.	9978		2696
395.	International Conference Honors the Legacy of Clifford Geertz A photographic exhibition focusing on Sefrou, Morocco, highlights the work of Paul Hyman	9967		2909
396.	Michael Cullinane Visiting Professor; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Winter 2003	9882	2	3882
397.	Seen as Obsolete by Some, NATO Sends Out Officers to Defend Current Role Lieutenant Commander Tania Price from Britain's Royal Navy said her role now is to educate people about NATO's present importance.	9877	1	9741
398.	David Del Testa Visiting Professor; California Lutheran University; Spring 2003	9835		3950
399.	eNewsletter - Spring 2007 Newsletter of the UCLA African Studies Center.	9808	1	3756
400.	Alain G. Marsot Political scientist and Vietnam expert taught Southeast Asian Politics at UCLA in 2006-07.	9795		4108
401.	Call for Papers: China Undisciplined The UCLA China Studies Graduate Students, in conjunction with the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies present, China Undisciplined, a Conference.	9766	1	3760
402.	President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program The President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is a University of California system-wide program offering postdoctoral research fellowships and faculty mentoring to qualified scholars committed to teaching and research careers that will enhance diversity at the University of California.	9754		6628
403.	The Laws of Eternity: The Manipulation of a Movie Screening Writer Kanara Ty learns the hard way that sometimes free film screenings are not always free.	9753	1	1932
404.	Confronting the Past: Ham Tran on the Making of Journey From the Fall A personal dream transforms into a collective voice summoning the ghosts of a community's past. Journey from the Fall director Ham Tran's astonishing debut feature, captures a suppressed history of Vietnamese people on two sides of the Pacific. Tran talks to APA about the journey before, during, and after the production of Asian America's most ambitious epic to date.	9715		2303
405.	Muppet Figurehead to Speak on World Issues The Daily Bruin, November 29, 2007	9701	2	8307
406.	Spying Blind: The CIA, the FBI, and the Origins of 9/11 by Amy B. Zegart, associate professor of public policy at the University of California, Los Angeles	9684	1	11780
407.	VC Film Fest 2007 capsules - Asian narrative features From the epic to the experimental, VC's Asian film selection continues to be the most exciting Asian programming in Southern California.	9683		1916
408.	Research and Publications by 2003-2004 Global Fellows Finishing their year at UCLA, 8 young scholars report a highly productive experience.	9665	3	3234
409.	AFI Fest 2007: Capsule Reviews Talk around town is that this year's AFI Fest was the festival's best edition in years. Its Asian and Asian American selections were no exception.	9636	3	1877
410.	Summer Language Program of Buiness Chinese CIBER business Chinese language & culture program in Shanghai	9538		3469
411.	Center Cosponsors 2007 AFF and AFI Film Fests 27 features, shorts and documentaries screening at locations around the city, including UCLA, USC, the Writer's Guild Theater, and the ArcLight Theater	9491		3363
412.	Succumbing to gravity: SFIAAFF 2007 Now in its 25th year, the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival continues to be the biggest, baddest festival of its kind.	9489		2031
413.	Eko Supriyanto Renowned Indonesian dancer teaches Surakarta Court Dance at UCLA in Spring 2007.	9464		4066
414.	The First Emperor's New Clothes The usual suspects of Asian high culture -- Tan Dun, Zhang Yimou, Ha Jin, Emi Wada -- show up for something a little unusual: one of New York's most talked about operas in recent years.	9456		1966
415.	Internship Opportunites: Journalism-Web Design-Multimedia AsiaMedia and Asia Pacific Arts, publications of the UCLA Asia Institute, offer numerous unpaid internship opportunities for students and recent graduates in the Los Angeles area.	9456	1	1838
416.	Attitudes and Feelings, Both Ridiculous and Sometimes Unintelligible (Episode 3) We've heard that the MADtv Korean soap opera parodies are even funnier in Korean, because the subtitles don't match and Bobby Lee's Korean is terrible. Here's our attempt to translate some of the extra humor.	9417		2124
417.	Infected by the Fever In the midst of touring and showcasing their new documentary, Dengue Fever invites APA to lounge in their shed-turned-studio, as the band experiments with beats and explains how Cambodianization breeds musical haikus.	9323		1925
418.	Attitudes and Feelings, Both Ridiculous and Sometimes Unintelligible (Episode 2) We've heard that the MADtv Korean soap opera parodies are even funnier in Korean, because the subtitles don't match and Bobby Lee's Korean is terrible. Here's our attempt to translate some of the extra humor.	9320		1982
419.	Worldly Desires: an interview with Arvin Chen APA talks to Arvin Chen about his Silver Bear-award winning short film Mei.	9236		1948
420.	Attitudes and Feelings, Both Ridiculous and Sometimes Unintelligible (Episode 4) We've heard that the MADtv Korean soap opera parodies are even funnier in Korean, because the subtitles don't match and Bobby Lee's Korean is terrible. Here's our attempt to translate some of the extra humor.	9223		2145
421.	Bruce is Back: kickin' it at the Finishing the Game red carpet The 2007 VC Film Festival opened with Justin Lin's Bruce Lee send-up Finishing the Game. APA was on the scene with the big questions.	9220	1	2272
422.	December 14, 2007: News Bites Arnel Pineda scores the ultimate gig, watercolorist Jake Lee gets his due, and Nanking arrives in theaters. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.	9182		2044
423.	Packaging Asianness This year's Asian Excellence Awards have reason to celebrate: the increase of recognizable stars as guests (from Chow Yun-fat, Margaret Cho, Kal Penn to Quentin Tarantino, Antoine Fuqua and Kenny G) as well as a likely rise of viewership (for the first time, an hour-long edited version was broadcast on E! Entertainment Television). But as we're shining our pretty actresses at the cameras and feeding our successes to the mainstream in cute bite-sized morsels, what are we losing?	9166	6	1955
424.	SFIAAFF Capsule Reviews: Documentaries, international, and more The narrative competition gets most of the attention at SFIAAFF, but some of the real standouts at the festival include documentaries, international features, short films, and spotlight presentations.	9166	1	2060
425.	East Asian Studies Major Student Profiles Profiles of current and former East Asian Studies Majors.	9153		1039
426.	Michael Silverman Environmentalist teaches on gender and the environment in Southeast Asia at UCLA in 2006-07.	9067		3944
427.	Djoko Walujo Esteemed musician directed the UCLA Javanese gamelan orchestra in 2005-06.	8986		3973
428.	Airing Dirty Laundry in Public... Toilets Winner of the Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, Q2P explores the social complications that are revealed through the lack of women's toilets in Mumbai. As part of a double feature, the screening also included Dirty Laundry, an exploration of issues facing Indians in South Africa.	8980		2093
429.	Lust, Caution Sound Bites Quotes from director Ang Lee and stars Tang Wei and Wang Leehom about making and experiencing Lust, Caution.	8979	1	2082
430.	April 13, 2007: News Bites Exiled getting a remake, Jang Dong-gun's Hollywood debut, and Sanjaya sings in Spanish. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.	8901	1	2141
431.	Marilyn C. Alquizola Expert on Carlos Bulosan taught Filipino American Literature course at UCLA in 2006-07.	8892		3876
432.	October 19, 2007: News Bites Cho's a Trekkie, Murakami's at MoCA, and Jaden's the new Karate Kid. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.	8858		2019
433.	Bollywood Off the Wall For those of us who don't already drink to Bollywood, the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles made the "Bollywood By Night" a 21+ event.	8851	3	1776
434.	IVB Hosted 6 Foreign Delegations in January Lord David Sainsbury led a seven-member group from the UK charged with reviewing the impact of national and regional governmental interventions in science and innovation.	8849		4556
435.	The Postmodern Eyes of Chinese Cinema A panorama of experiences from across the "three Chinas" makes the latest edition of the UCLA Film and TV Archive's Chinese film series another success. APA reviews five LA premieres and one long-awaited, unqualified masterpiece.	8808		2014
436.	Sharon Bays Anthropologist teaches course on the Hmong American community in 2006-07.	8802		3953
437.	Anime on Delay This year, Anime Expo 2007 continues to prove why it’s the largest Anime/Manga convention in North America –- but faces some difficulties while getting there.	8800		1798
438.	Arms Wide Open Tai Lihua, president and art director of China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe, discusses the documentary My Dream and the group's international travels.	8735	8	1786
439.	Existential Crisises of the Culturally Indifferent Shanghai Kiss may distract and confuse with underage crushes and awkwardly-accented love triangles, but it's the Ken Leung character's blatant disregard for cultural expectations which makes the film compelling.	8695		1990
440.	Peter Kovach: UCLA's Diplomat in Residence Imaging Asia: Reflections on public diplomacy from Korea to Islamabad	8654	3	2266
441.	Silent Seduction Loo Zihan is the writer, co-director, and actor of Solos, a Singaporean film about a young teenager and his illicit relationship with his male teacher -- all told without a single line of dialogue.	8636	3	1714
442.	Tagumpay De Leon Rondalla maestro taught first-ever Philippine stringed-instrument ensemble at UCLA in 2006-07.	8632		3837
443.	Yik Koon Teh Visiting Scholar	8591		3974
444.	September 21, 2007: News from Abroad Lust, Caution takes Venice, Michelle Yeoh honored by the French, and Shah Rukh Khan: not just a women's field hockey coach anymore. All this and more in the latest edition of News from Abroad.	8561	9	1898
445.	Fulbright Scholar Program: Research Opportunities for China Specialists Opportunties for U.S. scholars, 2008-09	8553	2	4263
446.	Mary S. Zurbuchen Acting Director for the Center for Southeast Asian Studies	8551		3890
447.	Impressions of the Contemporary Chinese Art Scene James F. Paradise travels to Shanghai and Beijing and finds signs of a Chinese artistic renaissance.	8512	6	2002
448.	New Art World Order The art world is fascinated with what's going in China, and so is documenter Robert Adanto. His project The Rising Tide attempts to set the scene while showcasing the biggest names in contemporary Chinese art.	8498	3	1196
449.	Jessica Breiteneicher Elkind Historian of Vietnam taught two SEA courses at UCLA in 2006-07.	8490		3847
450.	Internationalizing Curricula with Language Languages Across the Curriculum Enhance the European Studies Program at UCLA	8480		3486
451.	The Enlargement of the European Union -- What Will It Mean? On May 17 international experts will gather at UCLA for a conference on the coming expansion of the EU, a move intended to increase European and global stability.	8476		3700
452.	Global Fellows 2007–2008 The UCLA International Institute is proud to introduce the 2007–08 Global Fellows.	8470		3618
453.	The Potency of Persuasion by Gen. Clark Fortune Magazine, November 8, 2007	8462	2	7905
454.	Krislert Samphantharak UCLA International Institute Global Fellow, 2006-07	8460		3868
455.	Lang Way Home Lang Lang does the tango in Los Angeles, sashaying between east and west, ably striking just the right balance between acclaimed classical pianist and pleasure-seeking hip cat.	8446		1477
456.	Anime and Idols Veteran Japanese voice actress Yukana makes an appearance at this year's Pacific Media Expo to talk to her Los Angeles fans about her seiyuu career.	8435		1759
457.	November 2, 2007: News from Abroad Miike's Crows bodes well at the box office, Jin Young Park returns, and PlayStation 2 fuels the need for Bollywood karaoke. All this and more in the latest edition of News from Abroad.	8424	4	1782
458.	2007 Pacific Media Expo: An Intro This year's Pacific Media Expo invited independent bands, hip hop dance troupes, film villains, and voice actors, all together to celebrate all things pop culture and Asian.	8417	1	1696
459.	Come study an African language with us! Partial scholarships available for students interested in studying either Amharic, Swahili, Yoruba, Zulu, or Igbo.	8358	4	5830
460.	Benjamin G. Zimmer Post-Doctoral Fellow in Southeast Asian Studies	8326		3969
461.	European Studies Major and Minor Student Profiles Profiles of current and former European Studies majors and minors.	8320		1025
462.	A Dose of Humor and Reality: American Born Chinese A finalist for The National Book Award, Gene Luen Yang's American Born Chinese merges what seems to be the life of a typical Chinese boy with elements of antiquity and perverse modern-day stereotyping, giving readers a triumphantly funny and creative story.	8303	2	1249
463.	Legion of Dishonor The Excalibur story gets an unnecessary and uncalled for dose of dullness -- with the usual ogling at exotic Asian beauties.	8298		1798
464.	Human Rights Watch Student Internships Internship opportunities available immediately at Los Angeles Human Rights Watch.	8283	3	4892
465.	Job Search: Documentary Project Facilitator in China GRB Entertainment is seeking a qualified candidate to work on facilitating a Discovery Channel documentary project in China that will be filmed in the Qinghai Province.	8260	1	3417
466.	CERS Welcomes Visiting Scholars From the European Union to the Interlinguistic Study of the News	8255		3678
467.	The Dragon's Backbone This summer, Younggu Art's Dragon Wars: D-War battled its way to the top of the Korean box office, and made a formidable dent when released in the United States. Producer James Kang talks about the process of making and marketing a film that refuses to be categorized, culturally or artistically.	8213		1943
468.	R. Diyah Larasati Visiting Scholar organizes conference on "Arts, Violence and the State"	8194		3814
469.	Mikado Remixed Lodestone Theatre’s first musical production revamps 1885's controversial opera, The Mikado, and celebrates Asian American theatre with dose of politics and sweet harmony.	8179	1	1820
470.	A Fragmented Spectacle Dogeaters tells the story of a politically divided Philippines, leaving little space to develop the stories of its individual people.	8179	1	1866
471.	Mariejoy San Buenaventura Literature scholar teaches Filipino at UCLA in 2006-07.	8176		3846
472.	Anno's Next "Genesis" Fans rejoice and cash registers ding as Neon Genesis Evangelion becomes the big-screen blockbuster Evangeliwon 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone 1.0.	8173	1	1683
473.	The Gift of Puppet Therapy From banker to singer, from understudy to star, Angela Ai is now playing Christmas Eve in Los Angeles' production of the Tony Award-winning show Avenue Q -- showing us in song that it's never too late to find your purpose.	8127		1775
474.	First annual Subtitle Film Festival comes to Los Angeles Spring is festival season here in Los Angeles, especially for fans of Asian and Asian American cinema. But rare is the new festival that combines innovative programming with a love for contemporary world cinema.	8106	4	1813
475.	Name of the Game Far*East Movement was a staple of MTV Chi (when it existed) and has since collaborated with Asian American figureheads Jin and Justin Lin and performed shows around the world (from Korea to Brazil) -- increasing community visibility and challenging the definition of hip-hop.	8074	2	1964
476.	Anticipation of Flight: an interview with Stephane Gauger Director Stephane Gauger picked up the Best Narrative Award at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival for his first feature, The Owl and the Sparrow. Still at the very beginning of its festival run, The Owl and the Sparrow has generated positive buzz for his story about an orphan girl in Saigon who befriends two adult strangers.	8024	2	2194
477.	VC Film Fest 2007 capsules - documentaries Blood of Yingzhou District and Cats of Mirikitani won jury prizes at VC, while New Year Baby scored the audience award. We couldn't agree more.	7970		2130
478.	Discovering Kim Young-ha Published over a decade after its 1996 Korean debut, the English-translation of Kim Young-ha's first novel I Have the Right to Destroy Myself sheds light on Kim's beginnings in the Korean literature scene.	7961	3	1694
479.	Latin American Studies Major & Minor Student Profiles Profiles of current and former Latin American majors & minors.	7956		1015
480.	November 30, 2007: News Bites Song Hye-Gyo catches the indie spirit, Tony Leung and Tang Wei feel the indie love, and Midnight Eagle gets an indie release in L.A.'s newest indie theater. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.	7949	1	1927
481.	Heavy Metal in Stereo Former pop icon ANZA, brothers Anzo and Mar, and bassist Narumi form Head Phones President, the heavy metal band that energized the 2007 PMX audience with their visceral performance.	7888		1790
482.	July 27, 2007: News from Abroad Aishwarya Rai engages in swordplay, Utada breaks the digital music record, and Chiba retires from action. All this and more in the latest edition of News from Abroad.	7846	1	1886
483.	Krushing Labels After a three-decade career as an internationally-respected DJ/producer, DJ Krush continues to discover unique sounds and transcend genres.	7839		1822
484.	March 2, 2007: News from Abroad China and Japan unite in theater, Filmfare awards announced, and Be With Me actress' new role. All this and more in the latest edition of News from Abroad.	7821	4	1763
485.	October 5, 2007: News Bites Finishing the Game starts its run, Grace Chang mambos in Manhattan, and "Pacific Time" says goodbye. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.	7812	3	1845
486.	Bruceploitation: That 70's Satire Beneath the comical mockumentary and funkadelic flare, what's Justin Lin's Finishing the Game really trying to show us?	7810		1294
487.	Koreatown Blues Mike Kang takes his latest film, West 32nd, to the streets, and illuminates a culture that spans two continents.	7805	1	1868
488.	Manager Checklist for Exiting Employee/Visitor	7748		1006
489.	East China Normal University (ECNU) Collaborative Research and Scholarly Exchange Program 2007-2010, UCLA and East China Normal University (ECNU) in Shanghai established an institutional exchange program to promote international collaboration in research and student training.	7747		1002
490.	Canine Courage Cynthia Kadohata -- whose children's novel Kira-kira won her a Newbery Medal in 2005 -- writes from the point of view of a Vietnam war scout dog in her latest book: Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam.	7677	2	1928
491.	November 16, 2007: News Bites Munyurangabo wins at AFI, Joy Luck Club on stage, and pandas learn kung fu. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.	7647		1782
492.	Miho Hatori: (a)live and kicking Hot off her acclaimed solo debut Ecdysis, former Cibo Matto and Gorillaz star Miho Hatori makes a splash onstage in L.A.	7630		2127
493.	CAPE celebrates 15 years Ritzy dresses and fancy suits danced across the red carpet, looking pretty for photographers, before proceeding to a lavishly adorned night honoring the accomplishments of Asian Pacific Americans in Entertainment.	7596	4	1439
494.	Newsletter Fall 2005 The African Studies Center newsletter is published each fall and spring by the James S. Coleman African Studies Center.	7570		4292
495.	Yemenis Hear from UCLA Students on Issues, Outreach A Yemeni MP and others in a six-member delegation raise concerns at UCLA about the perception of Arabs and Muslims in the media. Students explain how they're meeting the problem.	7539		3810
496.	Big Fish and Bigger Dreams Anupama Chopra's latest book King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema encapsulates all that is endlessly fascinating about the man and the movies.	7537	2	1874
497.	A Fusion of Culture and Circumstance Director Mira Nair's latest film The Namesake is her most personal film to date, linking Calcutta and New York in a story about love, loss and family.	7525		2364
498.	Call for Papers: Graduate Student Conference on East Asia Seventeenth Annual Graduate Student Conference on East Asia at Columbia University	7495	1	3360
499.	Fifteen Minutes for the Video Star The VC Film Festival unleashes under-exposed indie music videos at the festival's first ever music video showcase, Hey! Listen Up!	7482		2095
500.	August 24, 2007: News Bites Ken Leung steals the show, Schumacher remakes Johnny To, and Marigold tests the chemistry between Ali Larter and Salman Khan. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.	7450	3	2300
501.	January 30, 2007: News Bites The Oscar nominees are in, Mira Nair teams with Johnny Depp, and Nankin documentary bought at Sundance. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.	7441	3	2099
502.	Bureaucracy and the Arts of Rulership in Historical Asia and the Modern World Commentaries on Alexander Woodside’s "Lost Modernities: China, Vietnam, Korea, and the Hazards of World History," in Conversation with the Author.	7432		1856
503.	Avant-Garde Gamelan In their latest performance Odalan Bali, the percussion ensemble Gamelan Cudamani fuses actual components of a Balinese temple festival with artistic interpretations.	7421	1	2427
504.	History and Memory Justin Lin gets the credit for making Asian American cinema hip, but some recent DVD discoveries provide concrete proof of our cultural amnesia.	7420	1	1989
505.	COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT: Gardens in Chinese Art Undergraduate Seminar, Art History AH 127 Spring 2007	7408		3397
506.	Finding Democracy, and Other Village Tales: Wu Wenguang's China Village Self-Governance Film Project Mao's Yan'an talks on art echo in the villages of China, as documentarian Wu Wenguang leads a team of videographers on a mission to teach ordinary people to make films about their own communities.	7384	2	1869
507.	WORKSHOP ON JIHADISM AND JIHADI MOVEMENTS Typologizing jihadi movements, historicizing their emergence, tracing their ideologies	7382		2470
508.	The Principal and His Players Torment and obsession both create and become the art in the hands of director Ang Lee -- whose latest film Lust, Caution explores sexuality and occupation in wartime Shanghai.	7378	2	1835
509.	Darkness Falls on Sunset Junction A rock-out set from Blonde Redhead proves that melancholy rock doesn’t always have to get you down.	7368		1906
510.	Recent works A rich selection of scholarly works across the disciplines	7347		4021
511.	Workshop in Social Science Translation UCLA, June 25 – July 20, 2007 Instructor: Professor Michael Heim	7343		3165
512.	Being David Henry Hwang Writing yourself into your own play: brave, self-indulgent, clever, convenient, or unabashedly all of the above? David Henry Hwang blurs the line of reality and fiction in his latest show, Yellow Face.	7337	2	1997
513.	Languages Across the Curriculum - Call for Proposals GSR Funding for Spring Quarter 2009	7325		4357
514.	A Primer on Current Asian American Music? Asian American rockers find solidarity on Eugene Song's collection, Compilasian. APA breaks it down.	7322	4	1943
515.	IVB Hosts Vietnamese Ambassador, African Delegation Other visitors to UCLA this February came from China, Russia, Japan, and the Kurdistan region of Iraq.	7320	1	5108
516.	November 16, 2007: News from Abroad Om Shanti Om breaks the bank, West 32nd crosses the Pacific, and Jeon Do-yeon gives Korea another reason to crown her the best. All this and more in the latest edition of News from Abroad.	7280	4	1779
517.	Sensual Sacrifices One of the most musical of Chinese filmmakers, Cui Zi'en shoots his latest work as a gentle hymnal rather than an austere requiem. The result is a heartfelt paean to brotherly love.	7271		1695
518.	Job Search: Director, Stanford Program in China The Bing Overseas Studies Program at Stanford University invites applications for Director of the Stanford Program in Beijing	7216	1	3503
519.	Raising Hairs: Yundi Li at the LA Philharmonic Armed with technical brilliance and cosmopolitan charm, Yundi Li classes up the LA Philharmonic.	7183		1489
520.	Eclectic Exhibition from Audrey's Selection Asia Pacific Arts takes a look at individual collections of the Asian American designers showcased at Audrey's second annual fashion show.	7179		1287
521.	Japanese Cinema 2006: Highs and Lows The past and present, the beautiful and the profane, the ridiculous and the sentimental all converge in a year celebrated for cumulative box office growth, but undistinguished in its artistic output.	7167	1	1878
522.	Global Scholars Program Intro to the Global Scholars Program	7163		1470
523.	Window Wild Mirror Moving As sweet as the most sentimental romance, as invigorating as the loftiest of the avant-garde, Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Syndromes and a Century is the movie gods' prescription of choice.	7111	1	1851
524.	2008-2009 Asia Institute Fellowships and Faculty Grants Awarded Hiroshi Wagatsuma Memorial Fellowships and Asia Institute Graduate Fellowships	7101	1	4090
525.	September 7, 2007: News from Abroad Seoul gets dramatic, Blood Brothers gets the cold sholder, and Chang Cheh gets a 21st century facelift. All this and more in the latest edition of News from Abroad.	7092	3	1830
526.	The Dragon in the Room Variations on a theme: or, what the marketing of Dragon Wars: D-War tells us about the enduring question of the Asian American audience.	7092	2	1702
527.	Professors Arch Getty and Teofilo Ruiz Awarded 2007 Guggenheim Fellowships CEES congratulates Professors Getty and Ruiz for their awards!	7072	2	2050
528.	November 2, 2007: News Bites Home Song Stories takes Hawaii, Tang Wei must be watched, and the San Francisco Asian Film Festival is just around the corner. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.	7058		1806
529.	EAP to Host NSEP Workshop on November 19 Workshop provides UCLA students the opportunity to meet with National Security Education Program (NSEP) representatives for both undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships for study abroad, as well as past recipients of the NSEP undergraduate scholarships.	7056	1	4998
530.	Looking for volunteers: China Specialists for Amnesty International In search of experts and activists to work with Amnesty International's China Country Coordination Group.	7023		3499
531.	Indirect Testimony Winner of AFI Fest 2007's Grand Jury Prize, Lee Isaac Chung's unforgettable Munyurangabo is a directorial debut for the ages.	6990	1	1737
532.	Wes Anderson's India The Darjeeling Limited has surprisingly little to say about India, which frankly is a relief. APA wonders what it says about Asian American criticism that we were worried to begin with.	6977	3	1760
533.	AFM 2007: Capsule Reviews (part 2) Brian Hu gives us the skinny on some of the highlights of Chinese cinema screened for industry professionals at the American Film Market.	6944		1656
534.	MENAS Major & Minor Student Profiles Profiles of current and former MENAS majors & minors.	6941		1021
535.	AAS Dissertation Workship: "States, Elites, Citizens, and Subjects" The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. is pleased to announce the seventh consecutive AAS Dissertation Workship, which will be held in conjunction with the annual meeting in Atlanta on April 6-9, 2008.	6930	1	2966
536.	December 14, 2007: News From Abroad Lust, Caution and Home Song Stories take home precious metals, Khiladi becomes the gift that keeps on giving, and Hollywood gets nothing but coal from China this holiday season. All this and more in the latest edition of News from Abroad.	6927	1	1942
537.	November 30, 2007: News from Abroad India and Pakistan score goals, Red Awn wins in Greece, and Jet Li is a rich man. All this and more in the latest edition of News from Abroad.	6914	1	1714
538.	COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT: Art in Modern China Art History C115B, Spring 2007	6882		3481
539.	September 21, 2007: News Bites Never Forever but Beauty Remains, secret comic characters have identities, and Julia Roberts' new role brings her to the gardens. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.	6826	2	1999
540.	Confronting the Past: Ham Tran on the Making of Journey from the Fall (Part 2) A personal dream transforms into a collective voice summoning the ghosts of a community's past. Journey from the Fall director Ham Tran's astonishing debut feature, captures a suppressed history of Vietnamese people on two sides of the Pacific. Tran talks to APA about the journey before, during, and after the production of Asian America's most ambitious epic to date.	6824	1	2264
541.	August 10, 2007: News from Abroad Big box office hits in Korea, China rejects latest Chan-Tucker vehicle, and goodbye to the Godfather of Chinese Graffiti. All this and more in the latest edition of News from Abroad.	6818	1	2120
542.	Research Associate Position in Beijing The China Law Center of Yale Law School is looking for students and recent graduates interested in Chinese legal reform.	6777	1	3214
543.	FULBRIGHT STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM (INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION) Open To: BA graduates. Prospective/Current Graduate Students. Students Working on Master's Thesis. Students Working on Doctoral Dissertation.	6760	2	2860
544.	Associate Fellows Program Each year, the Global Fellows Program selects dissertation-writing UCLA Ph.D. candidates to participate in the activities of the Global Fellows Program.	6756		1501
545.	Dreams of our Fathers Innocent When You Dream -- starring Sab Shimono, Emily Kuroda and writer Ken Narasaki -- explores a nisei man's untold past, to tell a story about what we can never know about our parents.	6693		1834
546.	'Tears' from heaven Dubbed by the distributor as the "Holy Grail for a lot of film fans," Wisit Sasanatieng's Tears of the Black Tiger finally emerges uncut from the Miramax cages, seven years after its heralded 2000 debut.	6676		1878
547.	October 19, 2007: News from Abroad The Academy says no to Lust, Dolphy says yes to tell-all, and the world says "huh?" to Jimmy Wang Yu. All this and more in the latest edition of News from Abroad.	6668		1910
548.	August 10, 2007: News Bites Rob Schneider confuses people, Ang Lee's Lust, Caution coming soon, and free food for millionaires! All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.	6664		1905
549.	Classics of Epoch Proportions, now on DVD U.S. distributor Cinema Epoch has taken the initiative to make 1930s Shanghai cinema known to American audiences. But a new problem emerges: where does one begin?	6647		1676
550.	Look, Taste, Smell: a conversation with Shigemi Matsumoto Acclaimed soprano and distinguished teacher Shigemi Matsumoto relates her life story as a singer and artist.	6614	1	1423
551.	New Sounds from Old Friends San Francisco indie band Deerhoof delivers another eclectic art-pop collection of songs with their new album Friend Opportunity.	6601		2117
552.	Brimming with Java One of the more flamboyant of the New Crowned Hope films commissioned for Mozart's anniversary, Opera Jawa holds carnal desire back.	6579	1	1721
553.	Pushing the China Dream China Disabled People's Performing Arts Troupe travels to Los Angeles to present their internationally-minded documentary My Dream, and the Chinese government conveniently benefits from some positive PR.	6564	2	1348
554.	Asia at AFM 2007: Staking Claims As one of the most important film events in the world, the American Film Market is a gauge of countries' participation in the global film economy. Once again, Asia was no stranger in the marketplace.	6557		1803
555.	Ozu & the Cycles of Life Criterion sub-label Eclipse makes good on their third collection, Late Ozu, less a five-film boxset of the master's sunset years, than an opportunity (or is it an excuse?) to see his films in succession, letting them ferment in lovely red teapots.	6540		1762
556.	January 12, 2007: News From Abroad Hotei Yamamoto gets intimate with MTV, Afghanistan slaps Bollywood in the face, Japan tells Hollywood it doesn't need them anymore, and Indonesian filmmakers give back their things. All this and more in the latest edition of News From Abroad.	6513		2000
557.	March 16, 2007: News Bites Another Tony Leung film eyed by Leo, Sanjaya is saved, and UTV co-producing Shyamalan's next film. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.	6507		1928
558.	Musical Metamorphosis From the smoky Malaysian netherworlds emerge sensuous sounds of love. Like so few films today, Tsai Ming-liang's I Don't Want to Sleep Alone soars.	6471	1	1844
559.	Battered and Beautiful: Invisible Waves Pen-ek Ratanaruang and crew get lost at sea, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.	6464		2068
560.	January 12, 2007: News Bites Forgotten classics head for the vaults, Asian American DVDs hit the shelves, while the Polysics and Jackie Cheung go America. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.	6458		1339
561.	Swimming in Sakura Based on Pina Bausch's travels to contemporary Japan, Ten Chi is an energetic, breathtaking display of Bausch's signature "dance theater," which only falters when it resorts to tired Japanese caricatures for comic relief.	6448		1414
562.	*The Bollywood Issue** *APA on the term, the controversy, and why it still matters.	6424	8	1643
563.	SEAS Major & Minor Student Profiles Profiles of current and former Southeast Asian Studies majors & minors.	6406		1014
564.	Metro Malady Anurag Basu's Life... in a Metro, transcends the glitz and the glamour of the city of dreams and explores the darker side of Mumbai, spinning a tale of passion, sex, desire, separation, death and an itch.	6391		1567
565.	August 24, 2007: News from Abroad The B's are back in town, Harry Potter speaks Chinese, and MPAA "cautions" parents about new Ang Lee picture. All this and more in the latest edition of News from Abroad.	6381	1	1978
566.	Graduate Student Profile: Minna Haapanen UCLA Graduate Division profiles archaeology graduate student (and now Research Coordinator at the University of Helsinki)	6290	1	3154
567.	April 27, 2007: News from Abroad Tony Leung plays musical chairs, Singapore sharpens its scissors, Wong Kar-wai and Hou Hsiao-hsien open Cannes...in English and French. All this and more on the latest edition of News from Abroad.	6281	2	1961
568.	Yo-Yo Ma Mesmerizes UCLA Tears, horsehairs were shed. Children, adults went home thrilled. Just another day's work for classical music's consummate professional.	6269	1	1325
569.	Testing the Limits of Expression Another season, another reason to bless Criterion for making DVD the most exciting medium for seeing classic Asian cinema. This time it's Ichikawa's The Burmese Harp and Fires on the Plain.	6259	1	1777
570.	October 5, 2007: News from Abroad Lim Jeong Hee meets Big Boi in New York, Jeon Ji-hyun returns to Korea cinema, and Jay Chou makes big plans. All this and more in the latest edition of News from Abroad.	6242		1985
571.	April 13, 2007: News From Abroad YouTube banned in Thailand, first gay series in China, and the dragon returns. All this and more on the latest edition of News from Abroad.	6215		1956
572.	AFI Fest 2007 Preview After years of treading along in the shadow of Hollywood, AFI Fest comes alive with its best lineup in years. Oh, and there are Asian films.	6209	1	1842
573.	The Light of Defiance Dawn's Light: The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi is a one-man show written by Jeanne Sakata and starring Ryun Yu, that reflects on the man who dared to resist the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.	6186		1211
574.	Master's in African Studies The deadline to apply for the Master's in African Studies degree program is December 15, 2008.	6161		4483
575.	The Royal Treatment (Part II) India Splendor hosts a quiet evening with the biggest superstars of Indian cinema.	6146		2067
576.	The First Emperor's New Clothes (part 2) The usual suspects of Asian high culture -- Tan Dun, Zhang Yimou, Ha Jin, Emi Wada -- show up for something a little unusual: one of New York's most talked about operas in recent years.	6145	1	1912
577.	June 8, 2007: News Bites Miss Japan sasses her way to the top, Dawen Wang breaks onto the scene, and In Between Days gets more love. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.	6134		1971
578.	Better Late Than Never Gina Kim follows-up her acclaimed Invisible Light with Never Forever, another exploration of the provocative intersections between Korean and Korean American culture.	6110	1	1894
579.	Curse of the Bloody Genres On paper, Alexi Tan's Blood Brothers may be the biggest Chinese film of summer 2007. But in practice, its overall effect is decidedly smaller than the sum of its parts.	6108		1730
580.	Miike’s Big Bang Theory: Making Human Contact Time, space, linearity, and banal illusions of logic brilliantly fall to the backseat in Miike's stunning new film Big Bang Love, Juvenile A -- which instead focuses on minute, bewildering moments of connection that speak volumes.	6108	2	1968
581.	The Smart Surge: Diplomacy The underlying problems in Iraq are political, not military, writes Gen. Wesley Clark in The Washington Post. Clark is a senior fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center.	6103		8053
582.	1st Korea-America Student Conference Forty students from across the United States and South Korea come together in this uniquely student-led program to discuss topics from politics to culture to education.	6103		2612
583.	Behind the Curtains of the Asian American Film Scene: The Class of 2006 (part 3) For viewers of Asian American film, 2006 was a notable year. It was the year that many first-time feature filmmakers debuted their projects to critical acclaim not only in the Asian American community but also in the greater indie film scenes. However, while quality and quantity were there, acquiring distribution was another hurdle in itself.	6096		1929
584.	Job Search: Field Director, Inter-University Program in Chinese The Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies (IUP), administered by UC Berkeley, is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Field Director in Beijing.	6081		3226
585.	February 16, 2007: News Bites Harold and Kumar at it again, MTV World on unstable ground, and Yellow Handkerchief as a Hollywood remake. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.	6074	2	1860
586.	Yoruba, Zulu and Swahili Instructors -- Summer 2007 Pending sufficient course entrollments, the UCLA James S. Coleman African Studies Center seeks short-term instructors in Yoruba, Zulu and Swahili for the Language Intensives in LA program during Summer Session 2007 (25 June to 17 August).	6074	1	4433
587.	May 25, 2007: News from Abroad Asians light up Cannes, Tony Jaa is back, and Eros joins forces with YouTube. All this and more in the latest edition of News from Abroad.	6061	3	1959
588.	The Missing Link In the first English-language book on celebrated director Ang Lee, Whitney Crothers Dilley provides a crash course on the filmmaker who rose to fame by transcending boundaries.	6048		1673
589.	Drunken Master Meets Yakuza Apprentice The war is over, and that means filth, crime, sickness, prostitution, booze, heroism, sacrifice, Shimura, Mifune, and Kurosawa.	6044		1744
590.	March 30, 2007: News Bites Huge opening for Journey from the Fall, Jet Li's gonna be in the Mummy 3, and Professor Kal Penn? All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.	6044	2	1786
591.	May 25, 2007: News Bites Japanese American go to bat on DVD, David Henry Hwang takes center stage, and lots of new and old Asian faces coming to TV this Fall. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.	6041	2	2075
592.	July 13, 2007: News Bites Yun-jin Kim tells all, Owl and the Sparrow continues to soar, and Patrick Tam meets New York. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.	6005		2161
593.	June 8, 2007: News from Abroad Naomi Kawase is sunshine of Cannes, Britain is target for Bollywood, and hip hop is the envy of Japan. All this and more in the latest edition of News from Abroad.	5988		1975
594.	The Difficult Questions 62 years after bombs fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, documentarian Steven Okazaki tells the stories of survivors in modern cities that are struggling to remember their horrific pasts.	5987	1	1843
595.	Mighty Mariane A Mighty Heart, Michael Winterbottom's theatrical depiction of the search for journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan, captures suspense and pain, but doesn't do justice to the cross-cultural exchanges the tragedy ignited.	5976		1638
596.	The Art of the Tease Through ingenuity and good humor, recent musical films Linda, Linda, Linda and The Heavenly Kings prove that patience has its virtues -- and disappointments.	5972	2	1718
597.	April 27, 2007: News Bites Legendary singer Don Ho passes away, Jin spits truth, and Sanjaya Malakar and James Sun are gone...for now. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.	5967	1	2193
598.	July 27, 2007: News Bites The Weinsteins are feelin' Rebel-lious, Kal Penn plays House, and Oka & Oh are Emmy-nominated. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.	5959		2023
599.	Treasures in the Sand Criterion's latest box set, Three Films by Hiroshi Teshigahara, has viewers sifting through sand, faces, and identities, below which are some of the jewels of 1960s Japanese art.	5956		1814
600.	Todo Sobre Torres: An Interview with Philippine Independent Filmmaker John Torres John Torres made a splash at this year's VC Film Festival with his experimental feature Todo Todo Teros.	5955	2	1787
601.	March 16, 2007: News from Abroad Tsai Ming-liang banned and unbanned, Spiderman premieres in Japan, and Bachchan is Lear. All this and more on the latest edition of News from Abroad.	5954	2	2213
602.	May 11, 2007: News From Abroad Ping Guo wins in the Big Apple, Tran Anh Hung returns, while Johnnie To departs. All this and more on the latest edition of News from Abroad.	5953	1	2005
603.	Backstage Pass The behind-the-scenes genre has been popular recently, from Entourage to Studio 60 and the Sunset Strip to 30 Rock. APA takes a look at how Asian Americans are playing with the format and adding a unique perspective in works such as Justin Lin's Finishing the Game and David Henry Hwang's Yellow Face.	5952		1888
604.	African Studies Minor Student Profiles Profiles of current and former African Studies Minors.	5920		1030
605.	Welcome Message from Kal Raustiala, Director, The Burkle Center for International Relations	5915		7969
606.	Toil and Trouble Outside of Asia, Chinese cinema has been stereotyped as elegant, mysterious, and sensual. Cao Baoping's Trouble Makers will have none of that.	5909		1371
607.	July 13, 2007: News from Abroad Blood Brothers makes Venice, Awarapan crosses borders, and Thailand feels the heat. All this and more in the latest edition of News from Abroad.	5884	1	1885
608.	South Asian Studies Minor Student Profiles Profiles of current and former South Asian minors.	5876		1018
609.	September 7, 2007: News Bites Chow goes virtual, Dragon Wars go America, and Survivor goes to the exotic desert island of China. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.	5859		1874
610.	Lydon in Libya, Yemen Fulbright fellow Ghislaine Lydon delivered a paper on caravan trade in Libya, now conducting research in Yemen	5858		3682
611.	March 2, 2007: News Bites Quick Oscar recapped, Kiriyama Book Award nominees announced, and no more Paul Kim three nights a week on prime time. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.	5840	2	2098
612.	Engineering Success A supportive family, a new DVD, and a mob of fans: the perks of being Vienna Teng, one of American pop-folk's rising stars.	5814		1487
613.	Here’s Johnnie…Johnnie To that is With the release of "PTU" (Police Tactical Unit), Hong Kong director/producer extraordinaire, Johnnie To, reputable for his daring and edgy movies, takes a moment to discuss the vision he sees for his films, the future of the Hong Kong film industry, and if Hollywood’s glitz ‘n’ glamour is enough to lure him away from his director’s chair in the Far East.	5798		1426
614.	Toxic Memories Zero Chou's Spider Lilies explores the relationship between grief and memory -- but poor development and obscure delivery leads to cinematic poison.	5796	1	1691
615.	"The worst of times, can be the best of times" Editor Brian Hu explores the significance of mainstream Taiwanese documentary today on the occasion of the UCLA East Asian Library's screenings of The Rhythm in Wulu Village and Taipei's Bohemians.	5734	4	1732
616.	Behind the Curtains of the Asian American Film Scene: The Class of 2006 (part 4) For viewers of Asian American film, 2006 was a notable year. It was the year that many first-time feature filmmakers debuted their projects to critical acclaim not only in the Asian American community but also in the greater indie film scenes. However, while quality and quantity were there, acquiring distribution was another hurdle in itself.	5731	1	1750
617.	Income and Wealth Concentration in Switzerland over the 20th Century by Fabian Dell, Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez. Reading for Tuesday, 13 February.	5726		3278
618.	Life is a Cereal One of the most practical ways for beginning filmmakers to cut their teeth is to start with the short film format. Cereal Monogamy, a memorable short at this year's VC Film Festival, documented one man's complex relationship with his breakfast food.	5726		1161
619.	Developments in the Measurement of Subjective Well-Being By Daniel Kahneman and Alan B. Krueger. Reading for week of Jan. 16, 2007.	5719	1	3516
620.	Behind the Curtains of the Asian American Film Scene: The Class of 2006 (part 2) For viewers of Asian American film, 2006 was a notable year. It was the year that many first-time feature filmmakers debuted their projects to critical acclaim not only in the Asian American community but also in the greater indie film scenes. However, while quality and quantity were there, acquiring distribution was another hurdle in itself.	5715		2180
621.	Do Poor Children Become Poor Adults? Lessons from a Cross Country Comparison of Generational Earnings Mobility by Miles Corak. Reading for Tuesday, 20 February.	5706		3199
622.	June 29, 2007: News Bites A musical breaks through, an Echo returns, and a secret gets out. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.	5706	2	1897
623.	Crash Landing Izuru Narushima's Midnight Eagle descends upon American theaters and fails to soar above mediocrity.	5677		1877
624.	After This, Our Reviews The inaugural Subtitle Film Festival brought nine big-name Asian films to Los Angeles. APA's covered some of them already, but here are capsule reviews of the films we were finally able to catch, courtesy of the folks at Subtitle Media.	5656	1	2129
625.	Mysterious Objects in Rooms In the summer of 2007, Taiwan’s National Palace Museum finds an/other world to showcase through their new exhibition, "Discovering the Other."	5651	1	1820
626.	May 11, 2007: News Bites Bebot is immortalized, Gilmore Girls say goodbye, and Subway Cinema gives us one more reason to visit New York this summer. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.	5644	1	1917
627.	The Fox News Effect: Media Bias and Voting by Stefano Della Vigna and Ethan Kaplan. Reading for 13 March 2007.	5613		3250
628.	China in Asia Workshop Series The China in Asia Workshop Series is a four-year collaborative project between the UCLA Asia Institute and the University of Washington East Asia Center to examine the economic, political, and cultural relationship of China and its neighbors from both historical and contemporary perspectives. This workshop series is funded by the U.S. Department of Education Title VI program.	5599		1007
629.	Under the Radar at the Shanghai International Film Festival While Pusan, Tokyo, and Hong Kong remain the dominant festivals in Asia, the Shanghai International Film Festival has found a niche specific for China's peculiar cultural and economic circumstances within a global film marketplace.	5597	2	1680
630.	Does Inequality in Skills Explain Inequality in Earnings Across Advanced Countries? by Dan Devroye and Richard Freeman. Reading for 23 January 2007.	5585		3181
631.	Was Weber Wrong? A Human Capital Theory of Protestant Economic History By Sascha O. Becker and Ludger Wößmann. Reading for Tuesday, 10 April 2007.	5566		3184
632.	Sick of Local Government Corruption? Vote Islamic. by J. Vernon Henderson and Ari Kuncoro. Reading for Tuesday, 27 November.	5563		3322
633.	Visuals and Rituals Tuli, Auraeus Solito's much anticipated follow-up to The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros, overwhelms our senses, our notions of tradition, and our tolerance for melodrama.	5554		1689
634.	All the Gorgeous People Jia Zhang-ke's luminous new film Still Life transplants his familiar themes to one of China's most contested cultural, economic, and ecological symbols: the Three Gorges Dam.	5543	3	1745
635.	Taxation and Representation: The consequences of democratization and voter turnout for tax levels and structures from 1970-99 Reading for Tuesday, 27 February, by Jeff Timmons.	5540		3150
636.	In Brief: Shopaholics Cecilia Cheung shops till she drops...into the arms of two pathologically incapable millionaires. And that's just the beginning of Hong Kong's funniest film of 2006.	5531	1	1925
637.	Distributional Effects of Globalization in Developing Countries by Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg and Nina Pavcnik. Reading for 27 March.	5524		3196
638.	Legends of Grand Romantic Gestures A failed attempt at emulating Brad Pitt's smooth moves in order to impress a girl inspired actor Chris Dinh and director Ryan Kim to co-write a short film called Pulling a Legend -- showing us that there can be hope after humiliation.	5522	1	1366
639.	From His Time to Ours APA remembers the late film director Edward Yang, whose eight works masterfully narrated Taiwan's international coming-of-age.	5521	3	1836
640.	Call for Papers: Grad Student Conference on Indentity in East Asia Colorado Univ. East Asian Graduate Assoc. announces 8th annual conference	5520		3135
641.	"Where did the Productivity Growth Go? Inflation Dynamics and the Distribution of Income" By Ian Dew-Becker and Robert Gordon. Reading for 30 January 2007. Please note that given the papers length (86 pages), this week's session will only focus on the inequality sections of the paper (pp 1-14 and pp 31-62 in the original).	5517		3106
642.	The Revolution Returns M.I.A.'s highly-anticipated sophomore album, Kala, switches out pop for adventurous blends of cross-culturalism, gunshots, and political discontent.	5512		1806
643.	June 29, 2007: News from Abroad Qi gains energy, Rushdie takes ground beneath the queen's feet, and fans start to complain that there's no Rain. All this and more in the latest edition of News from Abroad.	5510	1	2049
644.	Expatriate Games Alice Greenway's debut novel -- a story about two sisters living in Hong Kong during the Cultural Revolution -- took home a First Fiction award at the 2007 Los Angeles Festival of Books.	5510		1856
645.	Political Institutions, Partisanship, and Inequality in the Long Run by Kenneth Scheve and David Stasavage. Reading for Tuesday, 6 February.	5507		3130
646.	Has Globalization Deepened Income Inequality in Mexico? By Fernando Borraz and Jose Ernesto Lopez-Cordova. Reading for Tuesday, 3 April.	5507		3285
647.	Can't Live With Them East West Player's guest production of The Best Man disappointed -- over and over again.	5505		1965
648.	When Race Matters and When It Doesn’t: Racial Group Differences in Response to Racial Cues by Ismail K. White. Reading for Tuesday, 19 June 2007.	5487		3057
649.	Call for Abstracts: Graduate Student Conference The Harvard East Asia Society invites graduate students from all fields to present at the 11th Annual Harvard East Asia Society.	5457		3280
650.	Lobbying and Taxes by Brian Kelleher Richtera, Krislert Samphantharak, and Jeffrey F. Timmons. Reading for Tuesday, 30 October.	5452		3353
651.	Aid, Protestant Missionaries, and Growth by William Roberts Clark, John A. Doces, and Robert D. Woodberry. Reading for Tuesday, 1 May.	5430		3035
652.	Domestic and International Causes for the Rise of Pay Inequality: Post-Industrialism, Globalization and Labor Market Institutions by Miriam Golden and Michael Wallerstein. Reading for Tuesday, 29 May.	5429		3072
653.	SFIAAFF Capsule Reviews: Narrative competition Between our week in San Francisco and last year's LA International Film Festival, APA's seen about half of SFIAAFF's feature films in the narrative competition. Our thoughts...	5402	1	1938
654.	March 30, 2007: News From Abroad The Host invades The Asian Film Awards, Amir Muhammad banned again, and Yunjin Kim in new Korean film, Seven Days. All this and more on the latest edition of News from Abroad.	5399		2135
655.	Readings for 6 March 2007 Please note there are two readings for this week.	5391		3028
656.	Economic Interests and the Origins of Electoral Systems by Thomas R. Cusack, Torben Iversen, and David Soskice. Reading for Tuesday, 21 August.	5390		3070
657.	Found in Tribeca Since moving from CCTV to filmmaking, Li Yu has developed a reputation at home and abroad for her provocative narrative features about modern China. Her latest, Lost in Beijing, has been gathering steam from Berlin to New York City, and is on its way to becoming Li's international breakthrough.	5381	7	1764
658.	Institutional Determinants of Unemployment in OECD Countries: Does the Deregulatory View Hold Water? by Lucio Baccaro and Diego Rei. Reading for Tuesday, 7 August.	5371		3044
659.	Impacts of Trade on Wage Inequality in Los Angeles: Analysis Using Matched Employer-Employee Data by David Rigby and Sebastien Breau. Reading for Tuesday, 8 May.	5370		3083
660.	Tanzania Blog by Katrina Daly Thompson The coordinator of African language study for the ASC is blogging her summer in Tanzania with students and her young son, Coltrane. Thompson studies hip hop and other verbal arts in Swahili and Shona.	5359		4231
661.	Fear and Loathing in Bombay The writing and conceptualization of Vikram Chandra's latest novel Sacred Games took him into the criminal underworld of Bombay where he discovered a story of epic proportions.	5353	3	1872
662.	An Asset Theory of Social Policy Preferences by Torben Iversen and David Soskice. Reading for Tuesday, 22 May.	5353		3137
663.	The Role of School Improvement in Economic Development by Eric A. Hanushek and Ludger Woessmann. Reading for Tuesday, 20 March.	5351		3073
664.	Alcohol and Russia’s mortality crisis: Policy, prices, and self-destructive drinking by Daniel Treisman. Reading for Tuesday, 25 September.	5345		3065
665.	Study Swahili or Yoruba at UCLA -- 2007-08 UCLA is offering instruction in Swahili and Yoruba during the 2007-08 academic year.	5344		3825
666.	Beyond Gaussian Averages: Redirecting Organization Science Toward Extreme Events and Power Laws by Pierpaolo Andriani and Bill McKelvey. Reading for Tuesday, 28 August.	5338		3021
667.	Detecting Illegal Arms Trade by Stefano DellaVigna and Eliana La Ferrara. Reading for Tuesday, 2 October.	5337		3078
668.	Incumbents and Protectionism: The Political Economy of Foreign Entry Liberalization by Anusha Chari and Nandini Gupta. Reading for Tuesday, 11 September.	5334		3055
669.	From Farmers to Merchants, Voluntary Conversions and Diaspora: A Human Capital Interpretation of Jewish History by Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein. Reading for Tuesday, 26 June.	5330		2976
670.	Law and Finance: Why Does Legal Origin Matter? Reading for Tuesday, 4 September. By Thorsten Beck, Ash Demirgiic-Kunt, and Ross Levine.	5324		3010
671.	Marking Territory Through their first show The Thumping Claw One Act Series, the new production company ART 168 (A Rabbit and Tiger Productions) brings attention to two of their passions -- theater and charity.	5324	1	1242
672.	Skills in the City by Marigee Bacolod, Bernardo S. Blum, and William C. Strange. Reading for Tuesday, 24 April.	5321		3006
673.	Culture and institutions: economic development in the regions of Europe? by Guido Tabellini. Reading for Tuesday, 16 October.	5314	1	3044
674.	Guard Labor by Arjun Jayadev and Samuel Bowles. Reading for Tuesday, 17 July.	5312		3014
675.	Can We Identify the Basic Tools Needed for Policy Analysis in Developing Countries? by Arnold C. Harberger. Reading for Tuesday, 5 June.	5309		2998
676.	Superstar Cities by Joseph Gyourko, Christopher Mayer, and Todd Sinai. Reading for Tuesday, 31 July.	5306		3014
677.	Economic and Political Inequality in Development: The Case of Cundinamarca, Colombia by Daron Acemoglu, Maria Angelica Bautista, Pablo Querubin, and James A. Robinson. Reading for Tuesday, 15 May.	5290		3040
678.	East Asian Student Groups Variety of East Asian Student Groups at UCLA	5289		1027
679.	Long Term Persistence by Luigi Guiso, Paola Sapienza, and Luigi Zingales. Reading for Tuesday, 9 October.	5280		3024
680.	The Politics of Investment: Partisanship and the Sectoral Allocation of Foreign Direct Investment by Pablo M. Pinto and Santiago M. Pinto. Reading for Tuesday, 14 August.	5279		3008
681.	Housing and the Business Cycle by Edward Leamer. Reading for Tuesday, 3 July.	5275		2990
682.	The Persistence of Underdevelopment: Constituencies & Competitive Rent Preservation by Raghuram G. Rajan. Reading for Tuesday, 12 June.	5273		2997
683.	Slavery, Inequality, and Economic Development in the Americas: An Examination of the Engerman-Sokoloff Hypothesis by Nathan Nunn. Reading for Tuesday, 20 November.	5262		3036
684.	The Power of TV: Cable Television and Women's Status in India by Robert Jensen and Emily Oster. Reading for Tuesday, 23 October.	5258		3027
685.	Exchange Rate Fundamentals and Order Flow by Martin D. D. Evans and Richard K. Lyons. Reading for Tuesday, 10 July.	5255		2997
686.	The Sweet Smell of Chinatown Journalism Chinatown 90210 Theatre Company's production of Chinatown Correspondent fascinates with gritty murder mysteries, family tensions and issues of journalistic integrity -- yet authenticity is lost when happiness prevails.	5255	2	1402
687.	Piterberg at Oxford Gabriel Piterberg awarded Leonard Stein Lectureship	5245		2285
688.	Joint Research Fellowships Research fellowships for research projects that analyze economic and social issues in contemporary China	5245		2937
689.	Sayonara Saawariya Despite all the talk around Sony and Saawariya, perhaps it was for good reason that Om Shanti Om destroyed it in the box office last weekend. At least Rani Mukherjee was there, gyrating and helping Siddarth Puri dance the bad thoughts away.	5240	2	1705
690.	The Race between Education and Technology: The Evolution of U.S. Educational Wage Differentials, 1890 to 2005 by Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz. Reading for Tuesday, 17 April.	5228		3061
691.	Political Dynasties by Ernesto Dal Bo, Pedro Dal Bo, and Jason Snyder. Reading for Tuesday, 24 July.	5195		3043
692.	COHESION, INSURANCE AND REDISTRIBUTION by Federico Echenique and Jon X. Eguia. Reading for Tuesday, 18 September.	5190		3020
693.	The Price of Political Opposition: Evidence from Venezuelas Maisanta by Chang-Tai Hsieh, Edward Miguel, Daniel Ortega, and Francisco Rodrguez. Reading for Tuesday, 6 November.	5187	1	3035
694.	HATRED AND PROFITS: GETTING UNDER THE HOOD OF THE KU KLUX KLAN by Roland G. Fryer, Jr. and Steven D. Levitt. Reading for Tuesday, 13 November.	5173		3005
695.	RETHINKING DIVIDES IN THE STUDY OF CHINA A Workshop at UC Irvine	5164		3307
696.	Global Scholars 2006-2008 For incoming doctoral students of exceptional promise who propose to work on issues of interest to the International Institute	5116		1544
697.	Patrick Tam's Exile: Before and After Hong Kong's sleeping giant re-awakens after 17 years and finds himself the subject of much acclaim and attention, as well as a major retrospective.	5094	2	1625
698.	Call for Papers, June 3-5, 2008 Hurst Seminar on Higher Education and Equality of Opportunity: Cross-National Perspectives	5087	1	4761
699.	Shanghai International Film Festival 2007: capsule reviews The Shanghai International Film Festival is a nexus for the development of a specific Shanghai-based filmmaking community. To that end, here is a sample of three Shanghai-based films from the festival created with Chinese, Sino-US, and Sino-Japanese capital.	5083		1862
700.	Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: In Brief APA attended some panels of the 2007 Los Angeles Festival of Books and came across new works from several intriguing novelists.	5083		1908
701.	Graduate School of Education & Information Studies Funding Opportunity Part of the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, the UC Accord announces a call for proposals in categories related to access to higher education, particularly for underrepresented students.	5080	1	4840
702.	Empty Calories Nina's Heavenly Delights dazzles with its sensual portrayal of food -- but without any romantic substance to carry the film, the hunger pains eventually take its toll and leave our writer quite cranky.	5063		2003
703.	Blinding Us with Sadness In the documentary Does Your Soul Have a Cold?, Mike Mills proves more cold than soulful in his investigation of antidepressants in Japan.	5051		1641
704.	A Lecture by Former U.S. Ambassador Jack Matlock on Living with Russia Monday, November 19, 2007 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM UCLA Lenart Auditorium Fowler Museum	4983		6516
705.	Opportunities for Scholars, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study Opportunities for Ph.D. Scholars 2008-2009.	4968	1	4910
706.	April 23: Harold James, Princeton Presentation from 12:00 - 1:30pm in 10383 Bunche Hall	4958		2360
707.	Innocent, but Guilty of Not Understanding A slightly less-than-perfect performance of Innocent When You Dream detracts from an otherwise innovative production with strong and meaningful messages to convey.	4896		1303
708.	Death by Drowning Elephant and the Sea's long shots, empty stares, uncomfortable silence is so 1994. For fans of Asian art cinema, Woo Ming-jin's latest feature holds no surprises.	4883	1	1831
709.	In Spite of Partition: Jews, Arabs, and the Limits of Separatist Imagination New book by Gil Hochberg	4860		2586
710.	NEW COURSE: Music from the Roof of the World: Tibet & Her Neighbors A fiat lux class, Ethnomusicology 19, Spring Quarter	4856		3109
711.	February 13: Francoise Lionnet, UCLA Presentation from 12:00 - 1:30pm in 10383 Bunche Hall	4855		2164
712.	April 9: Sophie Meunier, Princeton Presentation from 12:00-1:30pm in 10383 Bunche Hall	4854		2356
713.	Who's Afraid of Weiko Lin? Weiko Lin's latest play The Best Man stars Lin himself opposite his old friend Leonard Wu (Veronica Mars), Lisa Faiman, and Cathy Shim (Reno 911, MADtv) in a tangled web of jealousy and lies.	4850		1152
714.	Turkey The Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti) is a country located on two continents: Europe and Asia. The European part of Turkey is called Thrace, while the Asian part is called Anatolia or (Asia Minor). It has borders with Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Greece and Bulgaria.	4823		1920
715.	The Streets of Orange County APA reflects on Journey from the Fall -- this time from the perspective of its premiere in Orange County, where the Vietnamese American community helped give the film the weekend's biggest per-screen average at the North American box office.	4796		1339
716.	Almost Awakened Milarepa: Magician, Murderer, Saint succeeds in serenity but sacrifices some story and impact... for the sequel?	4796		1177
717.	Newsletter '07-'08 The 2007-2008 newsletter profiles three new Japan faculty who have recently joined UCLA.	4786		1549
718.	Rebirth by Burning If movie reviews are supposed to inform the reader about whether to watch a certain film, then this review is absolutely useless. That's because when APA saw Cheng Yu-chieh's Do Over in San Francisco, the movie burned up about two-third through. Maybe.	4765		1812
719.	Marking Territory: Three in One Three playwrights, three voices, and three stories come together in ART 168's debut production, The Thumping Claw One Act Series.	4713		1199
720.	Two Levels of Murakami Tony Award winner Frank Galati brings two of Haruki Murakami's short stories to life in the production of "after the quake," a story-within-a-story starring Hanson Tse, Keong Sim, Jennifer Shin and Paul H. Juhn.	4699	1	1214
721.	No Room for Subtlety The play Ngger Wetback Chnk has come a long way since originating at UCLA over four years ago. Currently wrapping up a two month run at the Ivar Theatre in Hollywood, NW*C entertains but doesn't seem to drive a clear point home.	4694		1169
722.	Gateway for Asia at UCLA This web site is not the only new thing at the UCLA Asia Institute.	4635	3	1013
723.	Wolf Leslau and Stanford J. Shaw CNES mourns the passing of Professors Leslau and Shaw	4622		2568
724.	Traces of Soap With Traces of Love, Korean director Kim Dae-sung once again transforms the romantic tearjerker into a provocative treatise on the human and moral limits of young love.	4450		1869
725.	Look, Taste, Smell: a conversation with Shigemi Matsumoto (Part 2) Acclaimed soprano and distinguished teacher Shigemi Matsumoto relates her life story as a singer and artist.	4421		1339
726.	Burkle Talk: Gary Knell, President and CEO of Sesame Workshop, on Muppet Diplomacy Gary Knell will discuss how Sesame Street is working to change our world.	4419		6261
727.	Study Abroad in Vietnam: Globalized Vietnam UCLA Southeast Asian Studies invites you to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to study Globalized Vietnam	4416		1471
728.	Summer Student Conferences in Beijing & Hong Kong Sponsored by the Harvard Project for Asian & International Relations	4408		3255
729.	Achieving the Singaporean Dream One family’s tragicomic tale of chasing after the status quo is shown in a uniquely Singaporean way.	4348		1109
730.	David Del Testa Visiting Professor from California Lutheran University under the UCLA Southeast Asian Studies Interdepartmental Program	4333		2061
731.	Wesley Clark to Host Conference on National Security in March BlueSunbelt.com, December 15, 2006 (feat. Burkle Senior Fellow Gen. Clark)	4306		5982
732.	Look, Taste, Smell: a conversation with Shigemi Matsumoto (Part 3) Acclaimed soprano and distinguished teacher Shigemi Matsumoto relates her life story as a singer and artist.	4302		1395
733.	Intersections of Identity In her new documentary Motherland, director Dai Sil Kim-Gibson tries her hand at examining the dynamics of identity -- through a Korean Cuban perspective.	4202		1300
734.	Winner's Run Khaleej Times Online, October 28, 2007 (feat. Burkle Faculty Advisor Tom Plate)	4189		5760
735.	test change test	4165		2202
736.	Spying Blind: The CIA, the FBI, and the Origins of 9/11 C-SPAN, September 27, 2007 (feat. Burkle Fellow Amy Zegart)	4141		5820
737.	The Larry Mantle Show: Discussion of Gen. Clark's Autobiography KPCC 89.3 Radio, November 11, 2007 (feat. Burkle Center Senior Fellow Gen. Clark)	4133		5886
738.	Blackwater Founder to Testify on Hill NPR, October 2, 2007 (feat. Burkle Faculty Advisor Deborah Avant)	4069		5582
739.	Associate Fellows Program As it did last year, the Global Fellows Program of the International Institute will select 6-8 advanced graduate students at UCLA to serve as Associate Fellows.	4061		3051
740.	Americas Dysfunctional Intelligence Agencies Podcast on Truthdig.com, October 16, 2007 (feat. Burkle Fellow Amy Zegart)	4017		5596
741.	Associate Fellows 2006-2007 Associate Fellows are completing their doctoral dissertations.	4003		1258
742.	Wesley Clark in N.H. to Talk About Clinton's Record on Veterans' Issues Campaigns and Elections Online, October 30, 2007 (feat. Burkle Senior Fellow Gen. Clark)	3993		5686
743.	Enlightenment in the Colony: The Jewish Question and the Crisis of Postcolonial Culture New book by Aamir Mufti	3992		2003
744.	The Silly Summit That Produced Serious Results Khaleej Times Online, October 13, 2007 (feat. Burkle Faculty Advisor Tom Plate)	3983		5686
745.	Global Scholars, 2007-2009 For incoming doctoral students of exceptional promise who propose to work on issues of interest to the International Institute.	3983		1319
746.	When East Meets Rock and Jazz On Ensemble's innovative, post-modern approach towards taiko blends an array of eclectic and contemporary techniques to create a union that is both rich in history and fresh in approach.	3982		1277
747.	First Person: Amy Zegart California Connected, September 7, 2007 (feat. Burkle Fellow Amy Zegart)	3969		5692
748.	Gen. Wesley Clark: Clinton's Approach Deters a Rush to War UnionLeader.com, October 14, 2007 (feat. Burkle Senior Fellow Gen. Clark)	3960		5584
749.	Culture as Text: Hazards and Possibilities of Geertz’s Literacy Metaphor Abstract of paper to be presented by Katherine E. Hoffman, Northwestern University, at the conference "Islam Re-Observed: Clifford Geertz in Morocco"	3951		1782
750.	Japans Revolving Door of Power Khaleej Times Online, September 22, 2007 (feat. Burkle Faculty Advisor Tom Plate)	3920		5681
751.	Associate Fellows, 2007-2008 Associate Fellows are completing their doctoral dissertations.	3912		1332
752.	Former NATO Commander, Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, Joining UCLA as Senior Fellow International Herald Tribune, September 18, 2006 (feat. Burkle Senior Fellow Gen. Clark)	3911		5674
753.	March 1 Seminar: Smitha Radhakrishnan Presentation from 12 - 1:30 pm	3892		1743
754.	Nuclear Weapons Symposium to Feature UCLA Emeritus UCLA School of Public Affairs, March 2, 2007 (feat. the Burkle Center)	3883		5637
755.	Legal Scholar Kal Raustiala Appointed Director of the UCLA Ronald W. Burkle Center for International Relations UCLA Newsroom, December 15, 2006 (feat. Burkle Director Kal Raustiala)	3865		5456
756.	The Potency of Persuasion Fortune Magazine, November 8, 2007 (feat. Burkle Center Senior Fellow Gen. Clark)	3861		5434
757.	General Marches Through Town LA Times, November 16, 2007 (feat. Burkle Senior Fellow Gen. Clark)	3856		5564
758.	Is the Democracy Image Losing its Glow? The Japan Times Online, November 17, 2007 (feat. Burkle Faculty Advisor Tom Plate)	3849		5563
759.	The Next War The Washington Post, September 16, 2007 (feat. Burkle Senior Fellow Gen. Clark)	3841		5543
760.	Making a Killing: How Private Armies Became A $120bn Global Industry The Independent, September 21, 2007 (feat. Burkle Faculty Advisor Deborah Avant)	3839		5559
761.	Amy Zegart Response Blog on Spying Blind The Coffee House on TPM.com, November 5, 2007 (feat. Burkle Fellow Amy Zegart)	3839		5586
762.	Why Terrorists Aren't Soldiers New York Times, August 8, 2007 (feat. Burkle Director Kal Raustiala and Burkle Senior Fellow Gen. Clark)	3834		5455
763.	Intelligence Post Seen as a Thankless Job NPR, June 30, 2007 (feat. Burkle Fellow Amy Zegart)	3834		5521
764.	Negroponte's Departure Shows Pressure of the Post NPR, January 7, 2007 (feat. Burkle Fellow Amy Zegart)	3787		5404
765.	The Smart Surge: Diplomacy The Washington Post, January 8, 2007 (feat. Burkle Senior Fellow Gen. Clark)	3781		5512
766.	Call for Papers: Columbia University East Asia Graduate Student Conference Seventeenth Annual Graduate Student Conference on East Asia at Columbia University	3773		2674
767.	A Bill of Rights Without Borders LA Times, June 9, 2007 (feat. Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala)	3751		5464
768.	NEW COURSE: Chinese Society & Culture in Transition Sociology 180A, Spring Quarter	3709		2899
769.	March 15 Seminar: Nina Sylvanus Presentation from 12 - 1:30 pm in room 10383 Bunche Hall	3639		1620
770.	February 1 Seminar: Jared Diamond Presentation from 12 - 1:30 pm in room 10383 Bunche Hall	3603		1340
771.	May 7: Michael Hiscox, Harvard Presentation from 12:00 - 1:30pm in 10383 Bunche Hall	3601		1359
772.	January 30: Michael Burawoy, UC Berkeley Presentation to be held 12:00 - 1:30pm in 10383 Bunche Hall	3595		1362
773.	October 10: Kris Mitchener Presentation from 12 - 1:30pm in 10383 Bunche Hall	3594		1413
774.	Deadline Extension - Sweden Summer Joint UC-Lund program The deadline has been extended for this program. Please see the counselor as soon as possible if you are interested in this program.	3593		1881
775.	January 18 Seminar: Rob Boyd Presentation from 12 - 1:30 pm in room 10383 Bunche Hall	3563		1370
776.	November 21: Nader Hashemi Presentation from 12 - 1:30pm in 10383 Bunche Hall	3546		1398
777.	June 4: Peter Gourvitch, UCSD Presentation from 12:00 - 1:30pm in 10383 Bunche Hall	3491		1333
778.	November 14: Elizabeth DeLoughrey Presentation from 12 - 1:30pm in 10383 Bunche Hall	3485		1076
779.	February 15 Seminar: Helen Milner Presenation from 12 - 1:30 pm in room 10383 Bunche Hall	3474		1586
780.	Between Modernity and Empire: The Multilingual Arab Novel New course in Winter 2008 taught by Nouri Gana	3464		2104
781.	April 12: Geoffrey Garrett Presentation from 12 - 1:30 pm in room 10383 Bunche Hall	3445		1650
782.	May 10: Jeffrey Timmons Presentation from 12 - 1:30 pm in room 10383 Bunche Hall	3431		1559
783.	May 14: Nina Sylvanus, Global Fellow Presentation from 12 - 1:30pm in 10383 Bunche Hall	3426	1	1403
784.	October 31: Michael Ross Presentation from 12 - 1:30pm in 10383 Bunche Hall	3414		1326
785.	June 7: Eric Hayot Presentation from 12 - 1:30 pm in room 10383 Bunche Hall	3409		1241
786.	April 5 Seminar: Brian Edwards Presentation from 12 - 1:30 pm in room 10383 Bunche Hall	3409		1551
787.	April 26: Naomi Lamoreaux Presentation from 12 - 1:30 pm in room 10383 Bunche Hall	3399		1628
788.	November 7: Cheris Chan Presentation from 12 - 1:30pm in 10383 Bunche Hall	3385		1178
789.	January 16: Norton Wise Presentation from 12:00 - 1:30pm in 10383 Bunche Hall	3384		1267
790.	October 17: Jeffrey Timmons Presentation from 12 - 1:30pm in 11377 Bunche Hall	3351		1151
791.	May 31: Paul Silverstein Presentation from 12 - 1:30 pm in room 10383 Bunche Hall	3274		1068
792.	February 27: Juan Vargas, Global Fellow Presentation from 12:00-1:30pm in Room 10383 Bunche Hall	3245		1168
793.	May 24: Kirslert Samphantharak Presentation from 12 - 1:30 pm in room 10383 Bunche Hall	3223		1047
794.	May 3: Associate Fellows Presentation from 6 - 8:00 pm in room 10383 Bunche Hall	3182		1018
795.	Go Global! Study Abroad Fair Want to study abroad? Go Global!	3132		1647
796.	March 12: Michael Hechter, Arizona State Presentation from 12:00-1:30pm in Room 10383 Bunche Hall	3131		1155
797.	Andalusia Encore Travel-study course explores the Muslim heritage of the Iberian Peninsula.	3127		1734
798.	Double Edge: Atelier Bow-Wow and Kivi Sotamaa UCLA Architecture & Urban Design Exhibit October 12-November 16, 2007	3088		1906
799.	test dsaf dsafdasf	3040		1885
800.	Digital Innovations Six new media projects with Middle East themes were showcased by the UCLA Institute for Digital Research and Education.	2972		1696
801.	Psychology Majors Information for Psychology Majors interested in studying abroad.	2859		1002
802.	Asian Languages & Cultures Department Course and contact information	2752		1227
803.	Psychobiology Majors Information for Psychobiology Majors interested in studying abroad.	2704		1012
804.	Perceptions, Not Illustrations of Sefrou, Morocco: Paul Hyman’s Images and the Work of Ethnographic Photography Abstract of paper to be presented by Susan Slyomovics, UCLA, at the conference "Islam Re-Observed: Clifford Geertz in Morocco"	2663		1707
805.	Accounting Minors Information for accounting students interested in EAP.	2662		1003
806.	On Geertz and the Definition of Religion: The Politics of Rituals and the Economy of Symbols in an Asian Context Abstract of paper to be presented by Lionel Obadia, University of Lyon, at the conference "Islam Re-Observed: Clifford Geertz in Morocco"	2625		1423
807.	Islamic Veil and Public Space: Notes on Some Geertzian Concepts Abstract of paper presented by Mondher Kilani, University of Lausanne, at the conference "Islam Re-Observed: Clifford Geertz in Morocco"	2607		1677
808.	CEES Faculty The Center for European and Eurasian Studies has affiliated faculty in fields ranging from history to business, law to literature. Affiliated faculty teach courses and do research related to various aspects of Europe and/or Eurasia.	2607		722
809.	Are We There Yet? Geertz, Morocco, and Modernization Abstract of paper to be presented by Thomas Dichter, international development consultant, at the conference "Islam Re-Observed: Clifford Geertz in Morocco"	2568		1773
810.	Idea Type and Thick Description: From Morocco to Indonesia Abstract of paper to be presented by Abdellah Hammoudi, Princeton University, at the conference "Islam Re-Observed: Clifford Geertz in Morocco"	2554		1721
811.	Some Reflections on "Nisba" Or "What’s in a Name"? Abstract of paper to be presented by Ken Brown, Mediterraneans/Méditerranéennes, at the conference "Islam Re-Observed: Clifford Geertz in Morocco"	2540		1646
812.	Model for Reality, Model of Reality: Revisiting a Geertzian Conceptual Framework Abstract of paper to be presented by Lahouari Addi, University of Lyon at the conference "Islam Re-Observed: Clifford Geertz in Morocco"	2525		1402
813.	How Life is Hard: Marginal Notes on Meaning and Order Abstract of paper to be presented by David Crawford, Fairfield University, at the conference "Islam Re-Observed: Clifford Geertz in Morocco"	2489		1728
814.	Workshop Schedule for Programs in Italy Fall 2005 workshops for prospective Italy applicants.	2470		1677
815.	Marine Biology Majors Information for Marine Biology students interested in EAP.	2427		1005
816.	Confucius Institute Chinese language and culture for K-12 teachers and the wider campus community	2330		1376
817.	Biology Majors Information for Biology students interested in EAP.	2329		997
818.	Middle Eastern Women Course in Fall 2007 taught by Keddie-Balzan Fellow Houri Berberian	2289		1707
819.	Quick Reference Guide Enjoy this quick reference guide which includes room numbers and phone extensions for Institute and Center faculty and staff.	2261		1508
820.	Islam Re-Observed Abstract of paper to be presented by Lawrence Rosen, Princeton University, at the conference "Islam Re-Observed: Clifford Geertz in Morocco"	2251		1413
821.	UCLA History-Geography Project Graduate School of Education and Information Science Teacher Education programs	2248		1307
822.	American Orientalism New course in Fall 2007 taught by Keddie-Balzan Fellow Houri Berberian	2235		1849
823.	How Religion Turns into Ideology? Abstract of paper to be presented by Hassan Rachik, Hassan II University, at the conference "Islam Re-Observed: Clifford Geertz in Morocco"	2201		1417
824.	Interpretation and the Limits of Interpretability: On Clifford Geertz’ Semiotics of Religious Experience Abstract of paper to be presented by Jason Throop, UCLA, at the conference "Islam Re-Observed: Clifford Geertz in Morocco"	2194		1357
825.	Summer Study in Shanghai Global Learning Institute 2008	2191		1722
826.	Women's Studies Majors/Minors Information for Women's Studies students interested in EAP.	2189		1011
827.	The Myth of Citadinité Abstract of paper to be presented by Susan Gilson Miller, Harvard University, at the conference "Islam Re-Observed: Clifford Geertz in Morocco"	2118		1371
828.	Geertz, Morocco, and Humor Abstract of paper to be presented by Kevin Dwyer, American University in Cairo, at the conference "Islam Re-Observed: Clifford Geertz in Morocco"	2109		1377
829.	The way we can no longer think (now): Anthropology, Islam, and the question of difference Abstract of paper to be presented by Stefania Pandolfo, UC Berkeley, at the conference "Islam Re-Observed: Clifford Geertz in Morocco"	2108		1383
830.	Not Lost in Translation: The Influence of Clifford Geertz's Work and Life on Moroccan Anthropology from the 1960s to the Present Abstract of paper to be presented by Dale Eickelman, Dartmouth College, at the conference "Islam Re-Observed: Clifford Geertz in Morocco"	2079		1393
831.	Environmental Science Majors Information for Environmental Science students interested in EAP.	2071		1009
832.	Geography Majors/Minors Information for Geography students interested in EAP.	2056		1006
833.	Summer Study in Vietnam Global Learning Institute 2008	2033		1617
834.	Cognitive Science Majors Information for Cognitive Science Majors considering EAP.	2026		1016
835.	Japanese Majors Information for Japanese majors interested in EAP.	2006		997
836.	Middle Eastern - European Intersections Summer Workshop for Teachers, July 21 - August 2, 2007	1996		1525
837.	Comparative Literature Major/Minor Information fo Comparative Literature students interested in EAP.	1992		998
838.	this is a link to an external website test	1973		692
839.	Philosophy Majors/Minors Information for Philosophy students interested in EAP.	1969		998
840.	Geology Majors/Minors Information for Geology students interested in EAP.	1967		1007
841.	Korean Majors Information for Korean majors interested in EAP	1962		998
842.	Mathematics Majors/Minors Information for mathematics students interested in EAP.	1945		998
843.	University of Washington East Asia Center UCLA's partner in the China in Asia Workshop Series	1928		1339
844.	Physics Majors Information for Physics students interested in EAP.	1914		1003
845.	Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars Resources for international visitors	1884		1208
846.	Constitution Day at UC On Sept. 17, the United States pauses to commemorate the drafting of its Constitution.	1831		1687
847.	Memorable moments of USC-UCLA rivalry test dsa fdsa	1799		727
848.	UCLA-USC friction goes beyond football People who think that USC-UCLA matters only in football are out of their cardinal-and-gold or powder-blue minds.	1670		693
849.	UCLA Chinese Students and Scholars Association Resources for Chinese visiting students and scholars	1660		1220
850.	East China Normal University Shanghai campus	1534		1199
851.	USC Takes on UCLA in GPSTS Team Poker sdafdasf	1521		689
852.	Graduate & Postdoctoral Extramural Support (GRAPES) database A comprehensive database of grants and fellowships maintained by the Graduate Division	1520		1210
853.	Associate Fellows Program Intro about the Associate Fellows Programs	1477		695
854.	Outreach World Free online curriculum resources from Title VI National Resource Centers	1458		1207
855.	National Center for History in the Schools UCLA History Department K-12 curriculum and training resources	1432		1212
856.	October 15: Speakers Name description of the event Presentation from 12 - 1:30 pm in room 10383 Bunche Hall	1423		1240
857.	Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library UCLA's collection of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Language materials	1383		1185
858.	UCLA Center for East West Medicine Part of the Collaborative Centers for Integrative Medicine (CCIM), a campus-wide, interdepartmental effort dedicated to the practice, teaching, and science of complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine.	1320		1187
859.	May 10: Jeffrey Timmons Presentation from 12 - 1:30 pm in room 10383 Bunche Hall	1223		1084
860.	Latin American Studies Minor Worksheet	1218		1038

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