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Changing notions of identity and place in Central Asia
A May 2013 graduate research panel organized by the Asia Institute's Program on Central Asia explored the changing dynamics of identity and place in the region. The interdisciplinary session saw presentations by a linguist, an anthropologist and a geographer, respectively.
Posted: 5/23/2013
Faucett Fellowship students present diverse research on Latin America
UCLA graduate students presented a diverse array of research to donor representative Russell Faucett at an annual luncheon hosted by the Latin American Institute on May 16, 2013.
Posted: 5/22/2013
Professors Lynn Hunt and Anna Kudyma Receive Distinguished Teaching Awards
CEES congratulates Professors Hunt and Kudyma on receiving Distinguished Teaching Awards!
Posted: 5/21/2013
Ending the Korean War
A recent Center for Korean Studies conference brought together a wide range of speakers to reconsider how to end a war that never technically ended.
Posted: 5/17/2013
Sending UCLA students into the world
A recent luncheon brought together UCLA alumnus and donor Terry Kramer with UCLA students who have received a Kramer scholarship in the past calendar year to travel and study abroad for the first time.
Posted: 5/16/2013
Summer 2013 - High School Teacher Workshop: Afghanistan
A three-day summer program for high school teachers, July 29-31, 2013.
Posted: 5/16/2013
In Memoriam: Andrzej Korbonski (1927-2013)
Professor Emeritus of the UCLA Department of Political Science, Andrzej Korbonski was a distinguished Polish-American scholar whose contributions to communist and post-communist studies were internationally recognized.
Posted: 5/15/2013
Senior UN leader to speak at International Institute commencement in June
Posted: 5/7/2013
The China-Taiwan cross-strait relationship: Stable, but fragile
In the past five years, China and Taiwan have succeeded in stabilizing their relationship to the benefit of both. Most progress has been in the economic and cultural spheres, with political issues left aside for the moment. A recent Center for Chinese Studies conference examined how China, Taiwan and the United States view the increasingly complex trilateral relationship.
Posted: 5/7/2013
The European Union in the world: The value of soft power
Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, spoke about EU foreign policy at the UCLA Faculty Center on May 6. The meeting was organized by the Center for European and Eurasian Studies and moderated by Terry McCarthy, president and CEO of the Los Angeles World Affairs Council.
Posted: 5/7/2013
Los Angeles Times highlights Korean documentary
The directors of the documentary film "Memory of Forgotten War" were interviewed in the Los Angeles Times prior to the screening of their film at the UCLA James Bridges Theater on May 8. The film was one of two documentaries that opened the "Ending the Korean War" conference organized by the UCLA Center for Korean Studies, May 8–10.
Posted: 5/6/2013
The “Gaza Doctor” Abuelaish: Feminism Will Deliver Peace to the Middle East
On April 18, 2013, the Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies hosted Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, acclaimed physician, author and humanitarian, in a public talk entitled “Perspectives on Peace, Health & Hope: A Gaza Doctor's Journey from Personal Tragedy to a Search for Peace and Human Dignity”.
Posted: 5/2/2013
Obituary: Stanley Dashew, advocate of international education at UCLA
Stanley A. Dashew, the inventor, entrepreneur and philanthropist who, with his wife, Rita, was instrumental in the founding of the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars at UCLA, died April 25 in Los Angeles. He was 96.
Posted: 4/29/2013
Two UCLA faculty awarded Guggenheim Fellowships
Posted: 4/24/2013
People need a platform of rights that cannot be taken away
Journalist, businesswoman and humanitarian Princess Basmah bint Saud spoke about her proposed "Fourth Way" at lecture sponsored by the UCLA Center for Middle East Development.
Posted: 4/23/2013
Russia: A country too modern for its politics — A conversation with Daniel Treisman
Interviewed about contemporary Russian politics, UCLA Professor of Political Science Daniel Treisman says that economic modernization has already created classes of people impatient with Putin's paternalistic regime. These groups are not just in the big cities; discontent with the state's failure to deliver basic services is also palpable in the provinces.
Posted: 4/23/2013
Community language schools: A rich and diverse resource flying under the radar
The conference brought together teachers and administrators of community language schools with local faculty and graduate student researchers. Some 10,000 community schools exist in the U.S.
Posted: 4/22/2013
Congratulations to the 2012-13 Alice Belkin Memorial Scholarship Recipients
The UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2012-13 Alice Belkin Memorial Scholarship.
Posted: 4/22/2013
Nile Green, director of the Program on Central Asia, wins second book prize
Posted: 4/22/2013
Burkle Center Fellow Tony Camerino quoted in Al Jazeera article on the US and its use of torture
Torment, torture and terror: A report concludes that the US tortured detainees, so how will its findings affect the US counter-terrorism policy?
Posted: 4/19/2013
Introducing young students to Arabic, Persian and Turkish
The UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies is launching the “Listen to Learn” website to introduce American students to critical Middle Eastern languages.
Posted: 4/19/2013
Scholar to bring to life migrants’ perilous crossings
This profile of African Studies Center Director Françoise Lionnet looks at her upcoming presentation on historical and present-day migration and draws attention to the current phenomenon of African "boat people" — individuals from northern and western Africa in search of a better life who try to make the dangerous trip between the two continents in small boats. Lionnet delivers UCLA’s 114th Faculty Research Lecture in Schoenberg Hall on April 15, 2013, at 3 pm.
Posted: 4/15/2013
U.S. drone signature strikes: An often illegal “killing machine”
Legal scholar Kevin Jon Heller examines the legal and evidentiary justifications for U.S. "signature" strikes—drone attacks that target unknown individuals based on a behavioral pattern—and finds that both frequently fail to meet the requirements of international humanitarian law.
Posted: 4/11/2013
Stalin: Meticulous with His Word, Shaper of Faulty Information Systems
Historians Sarah Davies and James Harris spoke about their recent research in Stalin’s personal archive, discussing how the Soviet dictator used words and the way in which he processed incoming information, respectively.
Posted: 4/10/2013
The Complicated Lives of Gay Men in South Korea
According to anthropologist John Cho, single gay men in South Korea retreated from gay life in the wake of the 1997 Asian banking crisis and began to concentrate on making money, while married gay men became much more active in the gay community.
Posted: 4/10/2013
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