Calendar of Events
Public lectures, symposium, colloquia and workshops about World Affairs at UCLA
Events for Fall Quarter: 9/15/2012 - 12/31/2012
Qara U'y: The Qaraqalpaq Yurt and Its Decoration
David and Sue Richardson, Independent Researchers, Nottingham, UK
Saturday, September 15, 2012
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
314 Royce Hall
In The Name of Iran
A book reading by Parastou Forouhar, Artist and Author
Sunday, September 16, 2012
5:00 PM
121 Dodd Hall
What Happens After Zionism
Editors/authors present two new books on the Israeli/Palestinian conundrum
Thursday, September 20, 2012
7:00 PM
Westwood Hills Congregational Church
An Unforgettable History of World War II: the Tokyo Trials
A talk on the 1946 Tokyo Trials by Professor Xiang Longwan, Director of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Tokyo Trial Research Center, and son of one of the eleven original trial prosecutors.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Charles E. Young Research Library Presentation Room (11348 YRL)
International Institute IDP Open House & Fall Reception-Part of 'Welcome Week'!
As part of the campus-wide 'True Bruin Welcome Week' activities, the International Institute Interdepartmental Programs (IDPs) will be hosting an Open House & Fall Reception, to which you are cordially invited.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Azerbaijan as a Regional Hub in Central Eurasia: A Strategic Assessment of Euro-Asian Trade and Transportation
A book talk with author Taleh Ziyadov, Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy. Discussant: James Coyle, Pepperdine University.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:45 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Hammer Screening: Jai Bhim Comrade
By Director Anand Patwardhan
Thursday, September 27, 2012
7:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Hammer Museum
Cancelled - Investing in Africa's Future
Due to unexpected last minute changes on the United Nations General Assembly program, President Paul Kagame regrets that he is unable to visit UCLA on September 28, 2012, and deliver his planned lecture.
Friday, September 28, 2012
The Obamians - a conversation with best-selling author James Mann about his new book
Please join us for a conversation with James Mann, author of New York Times bestsellers "The Rise of the Vulcans" and "The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan", and Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala about the acclaimed author's new book, "The Obamians." ROOM AND TIME CHANGE: UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW, ROOM 1420 AT 4:30 PM
Monday, October 01, 2012
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
School of Law, room 1420
Vou Rifar Meu Coração ("I Will Raffle Off My Heart") (2011)
A 2011 Brazilian documentary directed by Ana Rieper
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
Silk Fabrics of the Golden Horde: Historical, Cultural and Ideological Aspects
Zvezdana Dode, Stavropol State University, Russia
Thursday, October 04, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
UCLA Cotsen Institute Seminar Room
Nowhere to Turn: Abuse and Exploitation of Migrant Workers in the Arab World
A lecture by Sarah Leah Whitson, Executive Director, Middle East and North Africa Division, Human Rights Watch
Friday, October 05, 2012
12:00 PM
Moore Hall 3027
Young Research Library Asian Studies New Student Reception
The Asia Institute invites new graduate students and visiting scholars to a welcome reception at YRL
Friday, October 05, 2012
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Young Research Library Presentation Room
Dastangoi: The Lost Art of Story-telling
By Mahmood Farooqui
Friday, October 05, 2012
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Auditorium A103B
Artes e manhas da crônica: Fernando Sabino e Clarice Lispector (The Art and Skill of the crônica: Fernando Sabino e Clarice Lispector)
Writing workshop with Fernando Paixão (IEB-USP) in Portuguese
Monday, October 08, 2012
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Rolfe Hall 4302
Political Legitimacy in Afghanistan: 1500-2014
A lecture by Thomas Barfield, Boston University
Monday, October 08, 2012
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Young Research Library Presentation Room
On Ideology and Ideologues: The Issue of "Japanism" in the Study of Wartime Japan
A colloquium with the 2012-2013 UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. John Person, University of Chicago.
Monday, October 08, 2012
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
UCLA Faculty Center, Sequoia Room
UCLA Study Abroad Fair
We invite you to join in the 26th Annual UCLA Study Abroad Fair. Each year, more than 2000 students visit the fair to learn about the wide variety of study abroad programs available.
Tuesday, October 09, 2012
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Ackerman Union Grand Ballroom
Eroticism and the Body in Brazilian Culture: A discussion of the film "Natural Love"
Talk in Engish by Eliane Robert Moraes
Tuesday, October 09, 2012
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Public Affairs 1246
Music & Dance of Zimbabwe
Featuring Martha Thom & Jacob Mafuleni.
Tuesday, October 09, 2012
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Jan Popper Theater
A resenha em questão: jornalistas x acadêmicos (Questioning the Review: Journalists vs. academics)
Writing workshop with Fernando Paixão (IEB-USP) in Portuguese
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Rolfe Hall 4302
Sephardic Philanthropy and the Origins of a Modern Jewish Nation
A public talk by Matthias Lehmann, Associate Professor of History and Teller Family Chair in Jewish History, UC Irvine
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Royce Hall, Rm 306
A 2nd Century BC Shipwreck in the Indian Ocean and the Role of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara as the Protector of Mariners
Professor Osmund Bopearachchi is a Director of Research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (C.N.R.S. Paris), where he oversees the 'Hellenism and Oriental Civilisations' program of the C.N.R.S. UMR 8546/5, and also a visiting professor of Central Asian and South-Asian archaeology and art history at the Paris IV-Sorbonne University.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
243 Royce Hall
Who is Joseph Kony...and does KONY 2012 matter?
Presentation by Professor Ayesha Nibbe, Hawaii Pacific University.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Night Letters: Art and Ambiguity in the Early Years of Soeharto’s New Order (1968-1976)
Colloquium with Jeffrey Hadler, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Thursday, October 11, 2012
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Onde anda o erotismo na ficção contemporânea? (Where is the eroticism in contemporary Brazilian fiction?)
Talk in Portuguese by Eliane Robert Moraes
Thursday, October 11, 2012
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Rolfe Hall 4302
Fernando Paixão: Poetry Reading and Bilingual Discussion
A reading and bilingual discussion of Fernando Paixão's recent poetry
Thursday, October 11, 2012
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Rolfe Hall 4302
The Crisis in Syria
Please join us for a panel discussion regarding the current crisis in Syria with panelists UCLA Law professor Asli Bali, RAND Political Scientist Dalia Dassa Kaye and UCLA Political Science professor Daniel Treisman. This panel will be moderated by UCLA Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
1347 Law School
The Mexican Political System after the 2012 Elections
A panel combining two of the most well-known and respected analysts of contemporary politics in Mexico
Thursday, October 11, 2012
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
UCLA Faculty Center
New Visions of Japanese Cinema Film Series: The Face of Another screening
The Graduate Student Association Melnitz Movies and the UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies co-sponsor a film screening of Hiroshi Teshigahara's 1966 film, The Face of Another.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
James Bridges Theater, UCLA Melnitz 1409
Razão e emoção na escrita: equilíbrio possível? (Reason and emotion in writing: possible equilibrium?)
Writing workshop with Fernando Paixão (IEB-USP) in Portuguese
Friday, October 12, 2012
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Rolfe Hall 4302
Do Fair Elections Enhance Perceptions of Government? Experimental Evidence from Afghanistan
Michael Callen, UCSD
Friday, October 12, 2012
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
4357 Bunche Hall
The Buddha Sakyamuni and the Courtesan Utpalavarna in Gandhâran Buddhist Art
By Dr. Osmund Bopearachchi, Scholar of Gandharan Art and Sri Lankan Archaeology
Friday, October 12, 2012
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
275 Dodd Hall
“On Behalf of All and For All”: The Place of Liturgy in Russian Cultural History
A two-day conference, October 12 - 13. Organized by the UCLA Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and cosponsored by the UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies and the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Friday, October 12, 2012
9:30 AM
10383 Bunche Hall
China Onscreen Biennial: Shanghai Strangers (非典情人) West Coast Premiere
Part of the UCLA Confucius Institute's inaugural China Onscreen Biennial （银幕中国双年展）project, an unprecedented bicoastal collaboration among seven distinguished American educational and cultural organizations to promote US-China dialogue through the art of film.
October 13-31, Los Angeles | October 26-11, Washington, DC
Saturday, October 13, 2012
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Billy Wilder Theater, The Hammer Museum
China Onscreen Biennial: LACUNA (醉后一夜) North American Premiere
Part of the UCLA Confucius Institute's inaugural China Onscreen Biennial （银幕中国双年展）project, an unprecedented bicoastal collaboration among seven distinguished American educational and cultural organizations to promote US-China dialogue through the art of film.
October 13-31, Los Angeles | October 26-11, Washington, DC
Saturday, October 13, 2012
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Billy Wilder Theater, The Hammer Museum
International Conference on the Iranian Diaspora
2012 IAAB International Conference on the Iranian Diaspora, Day 1
Saturday, October 13, 2012
8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Covel Commons
China Onscreen Biennial: All Apologies (爱的替身) North American Premiere
Part of the UCLA Confucius Institute's inaugural China Onscreen Biennial （银幕中国双年展）project, an unprecedented bicoastal collaboration among seven distinguished American educational and cultural organizations to promote US-China dialogue through the art of film.
October 13-31, Los Angeles | October 26-11, Washington, DC
Sunday, October 14, 2012
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
UCLA Film & Television Archive Billy Wilder Theater, The Hammer Museum
International Conference on the Iranian Diaspora
2012 IAAB International Conference on the Iranian Diaspora, Day 2
Sunday, October 14, 2012
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Covel Commons
"Into the Niger Delta" Film Screening
Acclaimed Nigerian director Jeta Amata brings his documentary film depicting the conditions in the Niger Delta and showing seven diverse Americans as they travel to the to witness firsthand the environmental devastation and social unrest caused by catastrophic oil spills. Amata, participants in the film and Professor Jude Akudinobi, UCSB, will be present for a panel discussion and Q&A.
Monday, October 15, 2012
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
미국 TV드라마 경향과 한국 TV드라마 비교 A Comparative Study on American and Korean TV Drama Trends
By Jae Sang Lee, KBS
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Will the Peace Treaties between Israel, Jordan and Egypt Survive?
A lecture by Ambassador Oded Eran.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Bunche Hall, Room 10383
CAW: Borders, Ethnicity & Conflict: The Ferghana Valley Border Closing
Led by Ali Hamdan
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
China Onscreen Biennial: The Monkey King: Uproar in Heaven 3D (大闹天宫 3D) West Coast Premiere
Part of the UCLA Confucius Institute's inaugural China Onscreen Biennial （银幕中国双年展）project, an unprecedented bicoastal collaboration among seven distinguished American educational and cultural organizations to promote US-China dialogue through the art of film.
October 13-31, Los Angeles | October 26-11, Washington, DC
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Linwood Dunn Theater
Too Much Too Soon: The Euro and the Future of Europe
CEES public lecture by Josef Joffe, Editor, Die Zeit. Discussant: Ronald Rogowski, UCLA, Political Science.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
12:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Commerce with the Universe: Travel, Trade and the Afrasian Imagination
Professor Gaurav Desai, Tulane University, discusses the Asian (Indian) presence in and connections with Africa.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Diasporas on the Internet : The E-Diaspora Atlas
A lecture by Dana Diminescu, Maison des Sciences de l’’Homme [Paris] and Institut Mines-Telecom
Co-sponsored with the Center for European and Eurasian Studies
Friday, October 19, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
China Onscreen Biennial: The Red Detachment of Women (1970)( 红色娘子军)
Part of the UCLA Confucius Institute's inaugural China Onscreen Biennial （银幕中国双年展）project, an unprecedented bicoastal collaboration among seven distinguished American educational and cultural organizations to promote US-China dialogue through the art of film.
October 13-31, Los Angeles | October 26-11, Washington, DC
Friday, October 19, 2012
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Billy Wilder Theater, The Hammer Museum
COB: THE RED DETACHMENT OF WOMEN (1970) (银幕中国双年展: 红色娘子军)
A Film Screening and Post-screening panel discussion moderated by UCLA professor Robert Chi; with Beijing opera master and former yangbanxi performer Qi Shufang; theater director Peter Sellars; and Director of UCLA’s Center for Chinese Studies Yan Yunxiang.
Friday, October 19, 2012
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
UCLA Billy Wilder Theater, 10899 Wilshire Boulevard
Arab Film Festival
16th Annual Arab Film Festival: October 19th - 21st
Friday, October 19, 2012
8:00 PM
Writers Guild of America Theater
China Onscreen Biennial: Beijing Flickers Pop-up Exhibition 《有种》流动展览
Part of the UCLA Confucius Institute's inaugural China Onscreen Biennial （银幕中国双年展）project, an unprecedented bicoastal collaboration among seven distinguished American educational and cultural organizations to promote US-China dialogue through the art of film.
October 13-31, Los Angeles | October 26-11, Washington, DC
Saturday, October 20, 2012
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Mandarin Plaza, Chinatown
China Onscreen Biennial: Sauna On Moon (嫦娥) US Premiere
Part of the UCLA Confucius Institute's inaugural China Onscreen Biennial （银幕中国双年展）project, an unprecedented bicoastal collaboration among seven distinguished American educational and cultural organizations to promote US-China dialogue through the art of film.
October 13-31, Los Angeles | October 26-11, Washington, DC
Saturday, October 20, 2012
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
UCLA Film & Television Archive Billy Wilder Theater, The Hammer Museum
Raga Spirit 2012
The first symposium / festival of Indian Music at UCLA. Prominent scholars, musicologists and musicians of the highest caliber will showcase the splendour of this classical art form.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
9:30 AM
Schoenberg Hall
China Onscreen Biennial: Are We Really So Far From The Madhouse? (我们离疯人院有多远) US Premiere
Part of the UCLA Confucius Institute's inaugural China Onscreen Biennial （银幕中国双年展）project, an unprecedented bicoastal collaboration among seven distinguished American educational and cultural organizations to promote US-China dialogue through the art of film.
October 13-31, Los Angeles | October 26-11, Washington, DC
Sunday, October 21, 2012
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Billy Wilder Theater, The Hammer Museum
Nine Rubies
A book talk by Mahru Ghashghaei and Susan Snyder, Authors
Sunday, October 21, 2012
5:00 PM
121 Dodd Hall
Pakistan in a Volatile Region
By Consul General Riffat Masood from Consulate General of Pakistan, Los Angeles
Monday, October 22, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
Low Carbon Development in China: Fitting Global Climate Norms to National Policymaking Institutions
A talk by Eric Zusman, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), on climate change reform policy efforts in China.
Monday, October 22, 2012
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
10367 Bunche Hall, UCLA
May it Never End: Fantasies & Drama of Fluctuating Temporality in Eastern DRC
Presentation by Professor James Smith, University of California, Davis
Monday, October 22, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Authoritative Traditions and Ritual Power in the Ancient World
The aim of this colloquium is to explore how authoritative texts, culture heroes, and authors were invoked ritually for cursing, protection, and divination in the ancient and late antique Near Eastern and Mediterranean world. The speakers represent a wide range of specializations in ancient ritual practice, including Egyptian, Near Eastern, Greek, Roman, Jewish, and Christian materials.
Monday, October 22, 2012
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
306 Royce Hall
China Onscreen Biennial: Animated, Golden and Restored (International Restoration Premiere)
Part of the UCLA Confucius Institute's inaugural China Onscreen Biennial （银幕中国双年展）project, an unprecedented bicoastal collaboration among seven distinguished American educational and cultural organizations to promote US-China dialogue through the art of film.
October 13-31, Los Angeles | October 26-11, Washington, DC
Monday, October 22, 2012
8:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Walt Disney Concert Hall Complex, 631 West 2nd Street
CAW: Space and Bor(un)d(ari)ers between China, Russia, Mongolia and Tibet: Political and Cultural Barriers in Eastern Eurasia
Led by Andrew Grant
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Los Últimos Cristeros (The Last Cristeros)
A 2011 Mexican film by director Matias Meyer
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
2160 E Broad Art Center
China Onscreen Biennial: Beijing Flickers (有种) US Premiere
Part of the UCLA Confucius Institute's inaugural China Onscreen Biennial （银幕中国双年展）project, an unprecedented bicoastal collaboration among seven distinguished American educational and cultural organizations to promote US-China dialogue through the art of film.
October 13-31, Los Angeles | October 26-11, Washington, DC
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
8:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Walt Disney Concert Hall Complex, 631 West 2nd Street
The Cristero Rebellion in Mexico: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
A lecture by author and CIDE Professor Emeritus Jean Meyer
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
Hasidic Courts: A photographic look inside Israel's ultra-orthodox communities
A public talk by photographer Gil Cohen-Magen
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Royce Hall, Rm 362
2013-14 UC Pacific Rim Research Fellowship (PRRP) Campus Information Session
This session will give faculty and students an opportunity to learn more about the PRRP program and answer any questions.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
10367 Bunche Hall
Global Migrants, Guest Workers and Good Mothers: Gender and (Con)Temporary Labor Migration to Spain
A CEES public lecture by Christy Glass, Utah State University, Sociology. Part of the UCLA Department of Sociology's Irene Flecknoe Ross Lecture Series.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
12:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
The Impact of the I Ching on Merce Cunningham and Deborah Hay
The I Ching, or the Book of Changes, is an ancient Chinese text––perhaps the first written document in human history––and was originally used exclusively as an oracle. Three thousand years old, the I Ching is one of the most revered books in Chinese literature, and it has inspired the most eminent Chinese scholars throughout history.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Presentation Room, UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library
The Relative Chronology of the Passages of the Qur'an: A New Approach to an Old Problem
A lecture by Professor Behnam Sadeghi, Stanford University
Thursday, October 25, 2012
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
TBD
Exit Emperor Kim Jong-il: Notes from His Former Mentor
By John Cha, Writer/Translator
Thursday, October 25, 2012
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me: Poetry by Palestinian Poet Ghassan Zaqtan
Zaqtan will perform his poems in Arabic alongside his translator, Fady Joudah, who will read them in English.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
4:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
詠劇詩歌：明清戲曲接受史的生動記錄 (Poetry in Praise of Drama: A Vivid Record of the History of Reception of Ming and Qing Drama)
A talk in Mandarin by Professor Zhao Shanlin, East China Normal University, on the reception of Ming and Qing drama.
Friday, October 26, 2012
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
11377 Bunche Hall, UCLA
China Onscreen Biennial: Double Exposure (二次曝光) North American Premiere
Part of the UCLA Confucius Institute's inaugural China Onscreen Biennial （银幕中国双年展）project, an unprecedented bicoastal collaboration among seven distinguished American educational and cultural organizations to promote US-China dialogue through the art of film.
October 13-31, Los Angeles | October 26-11, Washington, DC
Friday, October 26, 2012
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
UCLA Film & Television Archive Billy Wilder Theater, The Hammer Museum
Critical Frameworks of Transmission
The UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies hosts the 17th Annual Graduate Symposium on Japanese Studies.
Friday, October 26, 2012
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Royce Hall, Room 306
China Onscreen Biennial: Three Sisters ( 三姊妹) US Premiere
Part of the UCLA Confucius Institute's inaugural China Onscreen Biennial （银幕中国双年展）project, an unprecedented bicoastal collaboration among seven distinguished American educational and cultural organizations to promote US-China dialogue through the art of film.
October 13-31, Los Angeles | October 26-11, Washington, DC
Saturday, October 27, 2012
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
UCLA Film & Television Archive Billy Wilder Theater, The Hammer Museum
China Onscreen Biennial: The Ditch (夹边沟) US Premiere
Part of the UCLA Confucius Institute's inaugural China Onscreen Biennial （银幕中国双年展）project, an unprecedented bicoastal collaboration among seven distinguished American educational and cultural organizations to promote US-China dialogue through the art of film.
October 13-31, Los Angeles | October 26-11, Washington, DC
Saturday, October 27, 2012
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
UCLA Film & Television Archive Billy Wilder Theater, The Hammer Museum
China Onscreen Biennial: The Cremator (焚尸人 ) US Premiere
Part of the UCLA Confucius Institute's inaugural China Onscreen Biennial （银幕中国双年展）project, an unprecedented bicoastal collaboration among seven distinguished American educational and cultural organizations to promote US-China dialogue through the art of film.
October 13-31, Los Angeles | October 26-11, Washington, DC
Sunday, October 28, 2012
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
UCLA Film & Television Archive Billy Wilder Theater, The Hammer Museum
China Onscreen Biennial: Feng Shui (万剑穿心): North American Premiere
Part of the UCLA Confucius Institute's inaugural China Onscreen Biennial （银幕中国双年展）project, an unprecedented bicoastal collaboration among seven distinguished American educational and cultural organizations to promote US-China dialogue through the art of film.
October 13-31, Los Angeles | October 26-11, Washington, DC
Sunday, October 28, 2012
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
UCLA Film & Television Archive Billy Wilder Theater, The Hammer Museum
Kishinev’s Pogrom in Mythology and History: The Transmutation of the 1903 Riot in Hebrew Poetry, Jewish Politics, and the Protocols of the Elders in Zion
A talk by Steven Zipperstein (Stanford University, History) in the Faculty/Student Seminar Series sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies. Cosponsored by UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies, UCLA Department of History, UCLA Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
12:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
킬러 컨텐츠의 발생과 진화 과정: ‘한반도의 공룡 점박이’ 사례연구 The origin and evolution of 'killer content': A case study of 'Speckles the Tarbosaurus'
By Sangho Han, EBS
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
CAW: Paper Presentation Workshop
TBD
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
UCLA Spanish Film Festival: También la LLuvia (Even The Rain)
A 2011 Spanish film by director Icíar Bollaín
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Royce Hall 314
Documentary Film Series - "I Had A Dream"
The story of Yona Bugale, the "Herzl" of Ethiopian Jewry, and his struggle to bring his people to Israel.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Humanities Building, Rm 135
520 Years of Dictatorship: Survival, Struggle and Militancy of the Mapuche People
A talk by poet and political activist Graciela Huinao
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
China Onscreen Biennial: Painted Skin:The Resurrection (画皮 II)
Part of the UCLA Confucius Institute's inaugural China Onscreen Biennial （银幕中国双年展）project, an unprecedented bicoastal collaboration among seven distinguished American educational and cultural organizations to promote US-China dialogue through the art of film.
October 13-31, Los Angeles | October 26-11, Washington, DC
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
UCLA Film & Television Archive Billy Wilder Theater, The Hammer Museum
Painted Skin: The Resurrection (画皮II) Halloween Screening
Los Angeles Premiere / Halloween Screening!
PAINTED SKIN: THE RESURRECTION 2012
(画皮II)
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
UCLA Billy Wilder Theater, 10899 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Cultures of the Erotic in Spain, 1898-1939
A book talk with author Maite Zubiaurre (UCLA, Spanish and Portuguese), and discussant Roberta Johnson (University of Kansas, Spanish and Portuguese)
Thursday, November 01, 2012
12:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Reassessing the Recent History of Political Islam in Light of the Arab Uprisings
A lecture by Professor James Gelvin, History Department, UCLA
Thursday, November 01, 2012
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
UCLA Spanish Film Festival: La Isla Interior (The Island Inside)
A 2010 Spanish film by directors Dunia Ayaso and Félix Sabroso
Thursday, November 01, 2012
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Royce Hall 314
Israel/Palestine in Eyal Sivan’s Cinematography - Izkor: Slaves of Memory (1990)
Film Screening followed by discussion with Gabriel Piterberg, UCLA
Thursday, November 01, 2012
6:00 PM
A51 Humanities
AFI Fest 2012: Todo El Mundo Tiene A Alguien Menos Yo (Everybody's Got Somebody... Not Me)
A 2012 Mexican film by director Raul Fuentes- Screenings on November 3rd & 6th
Friday, November 02, 2012
10:00 PM - 11:45 PM
Level 3 of Hollywood & Highland Center
Author Meets Critics session on Asian American Political Participation (Russell Sage Foundation, 2012)
Jane Junn (Political Science, USC); Critics: Louis DiSipio (Political Science, UCI): Loan Le (Political Science, UCLA). Co-Sponsored with the Institute for American Cultures.
Friday, November 02, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Exotic Things and Strange Writings - Cultural Exchange in the Light of Artifacts Discovered along the Silk Road
Armin Selbitschka, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (University of Munich), Germany
Friday, November 02, 2012
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Fowler Museum Building, Room A222
AFI Fest 2012: The International Sign For Choking
A 2012 Argentine and American film by director Zach Weintraub- Screenings on November 2nd & 4th
Friday, November 02, 2012
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Level 3 of Hollywood & Highland Center
AFI Fest 2012: Here and There (Aquí y Allá)
A 2012 Mexican film by director Antonio Mendez Esparza- Screenings on November 2nd & 7th
Friday, November 02, 2012
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Level 3 of Hollywood & Highland Center
AFI Fest 2012: Post Tenebras Lux
A 2012 Mexican, French, German, and Dutch film by director Carlos Reygadas-
Screenings on November 2nd & 5th
Friday, November 02, 2012
7:15 PM - 9:15 PM
Level 3 of Hollywood & Highland Center
AFI Fest 2012: Después de Lucia (After Lucia)
A 2012 Mexican film by director Michael Franco- Screenings on November 3rd & 4th
Saturday, November 03, 2012
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Level 3 of Hollywood & Highland Center
AFI Fest 2012: Come Out and Play
A 2011 Mexican film by director Makinov- Screenings on November 3rd & 4th
Saturday, November 03, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Level 3 of Hollywood & Highland Center
AFI Fest 2012: White Elephant
A 2012 Argentine, Spanish, and French film by director Pablo Trapero- Screenings on November 3rd & 4th
Saturday, November 03, 2012
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
American Cinematheque
2012 Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art
Robert D. Mowry, the Alan J. Dworsky Curator of Chinese Art and Head of the Department of Asian Art at the Harvard Art Museums, and a Senior Lecturer on Chinese and Korean Art in Harvard’s Department of the History of Art and Architecture, will give the 25th Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art.
Saturday, November 03, 2012
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Lenart Auditorium, UCLA Fowler Museum
AFI Fest 2012: Los Mejores Temas (Greatest Hits)
A 2012 Mexican, Canadian, and Dutch film by director Nicolás Pereda- Screenings on November 3rd & 4th
Saturday, November 03, 2012
6:15 PM - 8:00 PM
Level 3 of Hollywood & Highland Center
AFI Fest 2012: Ahi Va El Diablo (Here Comes The Devil)
A 2012 Mexican film by director Adrían Garcia Bogliano- Screenings on November 4th & 7th
Sunday, November 04, 2012
12:00 AM - 1:30 AM
Level 3 of Hollywood & Highland Center
The Particularities of Our Culture [Ekhtesasat-e Farhangie ma]
A lecture by Morteza Mardiha, Visiting Scholar, Harvard University
Sunday, November 04, 2012
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
161 Dodd
Do Catholics See Things Differently? On Photographs & Museum Objects in Missionary Representations of Africa
Presentation by Professor Peter Pels, Leiden University.
Monday, November 05, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Film Screening of "Tey"
UCLA African Studies Center will host two screenings of the film "Tey" at the American Film Institute Fest (AFI Fest). AFI Fest runs November 1-8, 2012.
Monday, November 05, 2012
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Cambodia-Thailand Relations: The Questions of the Preah Vihear Temple and a Clash of Two Nationalisms
Colloquium with Professor Charnvit Kasetsiri, Department of History, Thammasat University
Tuesday, November 06, 2012
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
CAW: Youth, Community, and Change in Ladakh
Led by Bonnie Dixson
Tuesday, November 06, 2012
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
UCLA Spanish Film Festival: El Hombre de al Lado (The Man Next Door)
A 2010 Argentine film by directors Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat
Tuesday, November 06, 2012
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Royce Hall 314
A Talk by the Venerable Subul Sunim
Zen Meditation for Today: A New Approach by a Modern Korean Master
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Charles E Young Grand Salon, Kerckhoff Hall
Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program Intro,Q&A
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
1301 Rolfe Hall
A Brown Bag Lunch Book Talk with journalist Jennifer Cockrall-King
Food and the City: Case Studies in Urban Agriculture from Five Countries
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, Large Conference Room
Careers in International Development, Foreign Policy, and Diplomacy with Alfred Nakatsuma
Alfred Nakatsuma has just completed his assignment as the Director of the Office of Environment for USAID in Indonesia where he supervised programs in clean energy, climate change, forestry, marine management, clean water and sanitation, disaster response and risk reduction.
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Film Screening of "Tey"
UCLA African Studies Center will host two screenings of the film "Tey" at the American Film Institute Fest (AFI Fest). AFI Fest runs November 1-8, 2012.
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Perish the Thought: Israel and the Search for Peace in the Aftermath of the June 1967 War
A lecture by Dr. Avi Raz, Oxford University
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
4:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
To Know or Not to Know?: Genetics, Community and Public Health - An Israeli Perspective
A public talk by Professor Aviad Raz, Ben Gurion University, on the pros, cons and questions surrounding genetic testing for Jewish Israeli communities
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Royce Hall, Rm 306
Canadian Studies at UCLA Inaugural Reception & Lecture
"Global Warming: A Canadian Perspective" presented by Andrew Weaver, Lansdowne Professor and Canada Research Chair in Climate Modeling and Analysis in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
À Beira do Caminho (Roadside)
A 2012 Brazilian film directed by Breno Silveira
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Melnitz Hall 1409
UCLA: Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World
Day 1 of a two-day program at UCLA and UC Irvine, showcasing the cutting-edge of international research on Afghanistan’s archaeology and history
Thursday, November 08, 2012
1:00 PM - 5:45 PM
UCLA History Conference Room
Public Support for Global Climate Cooperation
A talk by Michael Bechtel, Professor of Political Science at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Thursday, November 08, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
UCLA Bunche Hall, room 4357
Bulgaria and the Holocaust: The Fragility of Goodness
Symposium, exhibition, and cultural events sponsored by the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies, the "1939" Club, and the Dortort Center for Creativity in the Arts at UCLA Hillel. Cosponsored by the Bulgarian Jewish Heritage Alliance of America, UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies, UCLA Department of History, and UCLA Mickey Katz Chair in Jewish Music.
November 8 opening night reception with keynote speaker Steven F. Sage, U.S. Holocaust Museum and film screening of "The Optimists."
Thursday, November 08, 2012
4:00 PM
UCLA Hillel
UCLA Spanish Film Festival: Asalto al Cine (The Cinema Hold Up)
A 2011 Mexican film by director Irina Gómez Concheiro
Thursday, November 08, 2012
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Royce Hall 314
UCI: Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World
Day 2 two-day program at UCLA and UC Irvine, showcasing the cutting-edge of international research on Afghanistan’s archaeology and history
Friday, November 09, 2012
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Humanities Gateway 1030
US Policy in the Middle East: A View from the Pentagon
A talk by Matthew Spence, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Policy at the U.S. Department of Defense.
Friday, November 09, 2012
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Luskin School of Public Affairs, Room 2343
The Young Artist Association in the Republic of Vietnam and After
Colloquium with Trinh Cung, Artist/Essayist
Friday, November 09, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Port Cities and Printers: Five Centuries of Global Armenian Print, 1512-2012
A Conference in Honor of Professor Richard Hovannisian | An international conference organized by the Richard Hovannisian Endowed Chair of Modern Armenian History [established by the Armenian Educational Foundation]
Friday, November 09, 2012
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
314 Royce Hall
SYMPOSIUM: Strangers in a Strange Land: Art, Aesthetics and Displacement
Organized by UCLA faculty, Saloni Mathur and Aamir Mufti
Friday, November 09, 2012
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Hammer Museum
Port Cities and Printers: Five Centuries of Global Armenian Print, 1512-2012
A Conference in Honor of Professor Richard Hovannisian | An international conference organized by the Richard Hovannisian Endowed Chair of Modern Armenian History [established by the Armenian Educational Foundation]
Saturday, November 10, 2012
9:15 AM - 6:00 PM
Rolfe 1200
Port Cities and Printers: Five Centuries of Global Armenian Print, 1512-2012
A Conference in Honor of Professor Richard Hovannisian | An international conference organized by the Richard Hovannisian Endowed Chair of Modern Armenian History [established by the Armenian Educational Foundation]
Sunday, November 11, 2012
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Rolfe 1200
Labour Agency in Refashioning the Discourse of Modernity and Social Developments in Iran [Forudastan va Bazkhani-ye Goftman Tajadod dar Iran]
A lecture by Touraj Atabaki, International Institute of Social History.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
5:00 PM
121 Dodd Hall
CAW: Dangerous Fortunes and Vitalities in Inner Asia
Led by Hannah Reiss
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Captive Consumers? Shopping, Urban Space, and the Colonial Politics of Middle East Consumption
A lecture by Nancy Reynolds, Washington University in St. Louis
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Urbanization in Between: Theorizing Urbanization in Rapidly Industrializing China
Presented by Dr. Andrew Kipnis, Australian National University
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall, UCLA
“Start Up Nation”: Israel’s Innovation Economy and the Global Marketplace
Eli Groner, Israeli Minister of Economic Affairs to the United States, will discuss the Israeli experience in cultivating innovation and why this will be more important than ever in the coming decades.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
NEW LOCATION: Korn Convocation Hall, UCLA Anderson School of Management
"Unmasking the State: Making Guinea Modern"
The talk attempts to understand the relations between iconoclasm (the attempt to destroy objectionable objects,) and ethnogenesis (the coming into being of qualitatively new ethnic identities).
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
10367 Bunche Hall
UCLA Spanish Film Festival: Chico & Rita
A 2012 Spanish film by directors Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal and Tono Errando
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Royce Hall 314
New Findings on the Monochord and Non-mathematical Methods of Constructing the 12-Lülü Chromatic Scale in Ancient China
Lecture by Guangming Li
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Schoenberg Music Building (B544)
2013-2014 FLAS Fellowship Information Session
Learn about opportunities for language and area studies fellowships for the summer and academic year. Graduate and undergraduate students in all disciplines are invited.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Young Research Library
Tales of Masked Men
2012 documentary by Director/Producer Carlos Avila
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
144 Haines Hall
Bonds of the Dead: Temples, Burial, and the Transformation of Contemporary Japanese Buddhism, A talk by Mark Rowe
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
243 Royce Hall, UCLA
Talks on Jewish Studies in China (Session 1)
Presented by Professor Song Lihong (宋立宏), Nanjing University, China
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
UCLA Faculty Center, Sequoia Room
Algeria's Cultural Identity: Fanon, Yacine & Mammeri
A lecture by Kenneth Brown, Founding Editor Mediterraneans, Maison des sciences de l'homme, Paris, France
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
4:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Japanese Kabuki Music
The Yamato Gaku ensemble presents a lecture and demonstration of kabuki music, featuring guest artist Osho Yamato on the shamisen (plucked lute).
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Schoenberg Music Building (1325)
Talks on Jewish Studies in China (Session 2)
Presented by Professor Song Lihong (宋立宏), Nanjing University, China
Thursday, November 15, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
314 Royce Hall
Hecho en México ("Made in Mexico")
CANCELED
Thursday, November 15, 2012
CANCELED
From the Arabs to the Mongols: Narratives of Foreign Conquest in Modern Iranian History Writing
Edmund Herzig, University of Oxford
Thursday, November 15, 2012
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Language and Culture of Ikema from Miyako Island of Okinawa
Workshop hosted by Professor Shoichi Iwasaki from UCLA Department of Asian Languages and Cultures.
Friday, November 16, 2012
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Young Research Library, Room 11360
Immigration Policy after the 2012 Elections
A lecture by Tom K. Wong, Political Science, UCSD. Co-Sponsored with the Institute for American Cultures.
Friday, November 16, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
"Tokyo Boogie Woogie" in California: The 1950 Sacramento Recordings in Japanese and Japanese-American Cultural History
UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies invites Professor Michael K. Bourdaghs from the University of Chicago.
Friday, November 16, 2012
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Young Research Library, Room 11360
Moralism, Fundamentalism, and the Rhetoric of Decline in Eurasia, 1600–1900
Day 1 of a core conference at the Clark Library- organized by Clark Professors Andrea S. Goldman and Gabriel Piterberg, (UCLA)
Friday, November 16, 2012
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library- UCLA
Moralism, Fundamentalism, and the Rhetoric of Decline in Eurasia, 1600–1900
A two-day core conference at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library organized by Clark Professors Andrea S. Goldman and Gabriel Piterberg, (UCLA)
Friday, November 16, 2012
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Moralism, Fundamentalism, and the Rhetoric of Decline in Eurasia, 1600–1900
Day 2 of a core conference at the Clark Library- organized by Clark Professors Andrea S. Goldman and Gabriel Piterberg, (UCLA)
Saturday, November 17, 2012
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library- UCLA
Moralism, Fundamentalism, and the Rhetoric of Decline in Eurasia, 1600–1900
A core program conference at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library organized by Clark Professors Andrea S. Goldman and Gabriel Piterberg, (UCLA)
Saturday, November 17, 2012
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community, Culture, and Politics in the Diaspora
Book talk by Kieu-Linh Caroline Valverde, Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies, University of California, Davis
Monday, November 19, 2012
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Young 4216
CAW: CANCELLED
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Ending the HIV/AIDS Pandemic: Are International Institutions Succeeding or Failing?
A talk by Amb. Stephen Lewis, the previous UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa & Co-Director of AIDS-Free World.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
UCLA Law, Room 1447
CAW: (Re)imagining Kazakh Nationhood Through Cinema
Led by Naomi Caffee
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Creating a New Museum for Thailand: The Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles
Colloquium with Dale Carolyn Gluckman, Former curator and department head, Costume and Textiles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Recent Trends in Mexican Migration to the US: Evidences from EMIF-Norte
A seminar with Professor Marie-Laure Coubes, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
4240 Public Affairs Bldg
The Burden of History: Foreign Policy Challenges in the New Global Era
By SHIN Yeon-sung, Consul General, Korean Consulate General, Los Angeles, CA
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
4357 Bunche Hall
O Palhaço (The Clown)- Brazilian entry for "Best Foreign Language Film" at the 85th Academy Awards
A 2011 Brazilian film by director and star Selton Mello.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Melnitz Hall 1409
Reading and Q&A with Granta’s best young Brazilian novelists
A reading and discussion with 5 of Brazil's best young novelists
Thursday, November 29, 2012
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Royce Hall 314
The Eurozone Crisis and Lessons from Latin America
CEES faculty lecture by Aaron Tornell, UCLA, Economics.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Separate and Different: Religious Rights and the Palestinian-Arab Minority in Israel
Professor Michael Karayanni, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Thursday, November 29, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
UCLA School of Law
Author Meets Critics session on Aftermath: Deportation Law and the New American Diaspora
Dan Kanstroom (Law, Boston College); Commentators: TBA. Co-sponsored with the Institute for American Cultures.
Friday, November 30, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Elizabeth Bishop's Brazilian Pastoral
A presentation and workshop by Katrina Dodson, Department of Comparative Literature, UC Berkeley
Friday, November 30, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Lydeen Library - Rolfe 4302
Regional Logic vs. Global Humanities: Where To from Here?
Ping-chen Hsiung, Director of the Research Institute for the Humanities and Professor of History, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Friday, November 30, 2012
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
UCLA Faculty Center
Morelos
A 2012 Mexican film by Director Antonio Serrano
Friday, November 30, 2012
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Melnitz Hall 1409
Old Society, New Faith: Religious Encounter and Cultural Identity in Early Medieval China and Europe
Workshop in Comparative History
Saturday, December 01, 2012
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall, UCLA
Myths in Bahram Beyzaie's Works [اسطورهها در آثار بهرام بیضایی]
A lecture by Bahram Beyzaie, film/theater Director, screen/play writer, researcher
Sunday, December 02, 2012
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
147 Dodd Hall
Decolonizing Literacies: Paulo Freire, "Theory" and Rural Women's Antiviolence Organizing in Eastern India
By Piya Chatterjee, Dorothy Cruickshand Backstrand Chair in Gender and Women's Studies, Scripps College, California
Monday, December 03, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Taiwan Since Martial Law
Book talk by David Blundell, National Chengchi University
Monday, December 03, 2012
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Rebirth: Recent Work by Mariko Mori
To take place on Monday, December 3, 2012 from 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. at UCLA, Dodd Hall 275.
Monday, December 03, 2012
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Monseñor: The Last Journey of Óscar Romero
A 2012 documentary about Archbishop Óscar Romero, the brave soul who dared to defend the disenfranchised people of El Salvador in the late 1970s, and paid the ultimate price for standing up to a repressive government.
Monday, December 03, 2012
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Melnitz 1409
CAW: Tulpan
A Kazakh film discussion
Tuesday, December 04, 2012
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2012 한국 대통령 선거 따라잡기 Understanding of the 2012 South Korea Presidential Election
By Kim Sung Tak, Joong-Ang Ilbo
Wednesday, December 05, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Watches Without Time: An American Soldier in Afghanistan
Afghan Studies Book Talk by U.S. Army Capt. Matt Zeller
Thursday, December 06, 2012
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Package Tour
Documentary film screening and discussion with director Gyula Gazdag, UCLA, Film and Television.
Thursday, December 06, 2012
6:30 PM
A51 Humanities Building
A Night of Poetry with Renowned Iranian Poet: Houshang Ebtehaj (Sayeh)
Sunday, December 09, 2012
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Dodd Hall 147
Heroes of Antiquity: French Historical Re-enactment, Sparticus and the Roman Legion
Histor'Event : between Archeology and Entertainment
Saturday, December 15, 2012
3:00 PM
Equestrian Center of Los Angeles
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 12:45 AM
Bunche Hall
