Calendar of Events
Public lectures, symposium, colloquia and workshops about World Affairs at UCLA
Events for 5/20/2013 - 5/26/2013
Performances of Extraordinary Gender in Mahari Dance
Prof. Anurima Banerji, UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance
Monday, May 20, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
The Dance That Makes You Vanish: Cultural Reconstruction in Post-Genocide Indonesia
Book talk with Prof. Rachmi Diyah Larasati, University of Minnesota
Monday, May 20, 2013
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
208 Glorya Kaufman Hall
Unfolding the Principle of Color Decoration in Yingzao Fashi, a 12th Century’s Chinese Imperial Building Standard
A talk by Luke Li, Tsinghua University, Beijing
Monday, May 20, 2013
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Bunche Hall 11377
International Career Panel
Please join us for the 2013 International Career Panel with panelists Brooke Christopher, Holly Derheim, and Erroll Southers. This panel will provide insight about various fields and professions in the international arena, and guide students on how to best prepare for international careers. Alexandra Lieben, Deputy Director of the UCLA Burkle Center, will moderate the discussion.
Monday, May 20, 2013
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
UCLA Bunche Hall
A Public Lecture by Leading Scholar of Ancient Chinese Culture, Professor Li Ling (李零)
International Animals: Images of Lion and Tiger in Chinese Archaeological Findings
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Bunche Hall 10367
Carioca Orientalism: Morocco in the Imaginary of a Brazilian Telenovela
A lecture by Waïl S. Hassan, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
4:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
African Muslim Women and the Global Feminist Movement: Rethinking the Empowerment Paradigm
Professor Pearl T. Robinson, Tufts University, will deliver the Annual James S. Coleman Memorial Lecture.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
University of California, Los Angeles
CAW: Migration, Trade, Travel
Led by Marjan Wardaki
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
The politics and emotions of change in South African Universities
UCLA's Graduate School of Education, the James S. Coleman African Studies Center, and the Institute of American Cultures cordially invite you to Chancellor Jonathan Jansen's presentation.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Dodd 175
Saramamalla (Mother Corn)- Climate Change and the Andean Corn Culture
An academic and cultural event by the UCLA Kichwa/Quechua class
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Royce Hall 314
"Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry" UCLA Human Rights Film Series
Please join us for a documentary screening and panel discussion of "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry," as part of the UCLA International Human Rights Film Series.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
7:00 PM
UCLA James Bridges Theater
Historia Indígena de México Michoacán Durante la Época Colonial y el Siglo XIX
First International Symposium on Michoacán during colonial era and the XIX century
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
YRL Conference Room 11360
Reflections on Ismaili Studies: Standing on Poonawala's Shoulders
A conference to honor the career of Professor Ismail Poonawala.
Thursday, May 23, 2013
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
UCLA Faculty Center
Affective investments in the Manila region: Filipina migrants in rural Japan and transnational urban development in the Philippines
A talk by Lieba Faier, Department of Geography, UCLA.
Haines Hall 279
Friday, May 24, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The Jazz Reggae Festival at UCLA
2013 Jazz Reggae Festival at UCLA
Sunday, May 26, 2013
UCLA Intramural Field
