Action Cinema from Hong Kong to Hollywood: Andy Cheng in Person

Guest talk by Cheng Kai-Chung, also known as Andy Cheng, Hong Kong actor, stuntman, choreographer, martial artist, and director.

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[Roundtable Discussion] Gen Z Protests in Pacific Rim Cities, 2019 to 2024

Prof. Jeffrey Wasserstrom (University of California, Irvine) joined by Prof. Judy Tzu-Chun Wu (University of California, Irvine) and Prof. Ju Hui Judy Han (UCLA)

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Coexistence and Other Fighting Words

Join us on February 12 for a webinar with world-renowned computer scientist and philosopher Professor Judea Pearl, who will discuss his new book on Israel, antisemitism, campus unrest, and other related subjects.

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Understanding Food Literacy: Navigating Nutrition in Modern Society

Ju Han, Associate Professor, Department of Home Economics Education, Kangwon National University

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A Brief History of Violence in Mexico (UNC Press, 2025)

Book talk by Pablo Piccato

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Bibliotactics: Libraries and the Colonial Public in Vietnam

Book celebration with Cindy Anh Nguyen (UCLA) with reception to follow

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[Book Talk] Noise and Redundancy: Nonsense Literature as World Literature During the Cold War

This lecture by Evelyn Shih (University of Minnesota) proposes a particular kind of nonsense literature as a countermeasure to regimes of authoritarian cultural control and the drive towards “oneworldedness” that characterized the communications crisis during the Cold War, linking examples from European surrealism, the négritude movement, and Latin American magical realism with what was happening in Taiwan and South Korea,...

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The 2025-26 Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture on Economic Development

Kenneth Rogoff, Maurits C. Boas Professor at Harvard University and former chief economist, IMF

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The Homosexual and the Oligarch: Perverse Figurations and Social Reproduction

Hybrid book talk by Tamar R. Shirinian.

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UCLA Learn Through Play Cantonese Opera Workshop

Dr. Esther Tang (San Francisco Environment Department) will discuss the dissemination and celebration of Cantonese Opera in the San Francisco Bay Area. This event will feature vibrant performances from the UCLA "Learn Through Play" Fiat Lux Seminars, Perfect Harmony Cultural Exchange Association, Yeung Ming Cantonese Opera Troupe, and Jing Ying Cantonese Opera Institute.

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