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Results For May 2013
CAW: Relationship between the State and Multinational Entities with regards to the Art Market
Led by Naomi Caffee
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10367 Bunche Hall
Continuity and Change in the Cultural Legacy of Qajar Era
A lecture by Abbas Amanat, Professor of History & International Studies, Yale University
Sunday, May 05, 2013
5:00 PM
Dodd Hall 121
Gandhi and the Politics of Visual Representation
Prof. Vinay Lal, Department of History, UCLA
Monday, May 06, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
[East Asian Library Event] The Art of Face-Painting in Chinese Opera
Introducing the history of face painting in Chinese opera
Monday, May 06, 2013
12:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Young Research Library - Presentation Room 11348 YRL
Anxious Onlookers: Qajar Iran and resistance to the British Raj
A lecture by Abbas Amanat, Professor of History & International Studies, Yale University
Monday, May 06, 2013
3:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
How to Build a Chinese Typewriter: Reimagining Technology and Script in the 19th and 20th Centuries
A talk by Thomas S. Mullaney as part of the History of Science Spring 2013 Colloquium.
Monday, May 06, 2013
4:00 PM
5288 Bunche
Investigating Culture History and Culture Process: The Archaeology of Ifugao Rice Terraces, Northern Philippines
Colloquium with Prof. Stephen B. Acabado, Department of Anthropology, University of Guam
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Haines 352
ODISSI LECTURE--DEMONSTRATION
BY GURU ARUNA MOHANTY AND ORISSA DANCE ACADEMY
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
UCLA Glorya Kaufman Hall
CAW: "The Art of Not Being Governed"
Led by Andrew Grant
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Ending the Korean War: Films
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Korean Armistice, which temporarily halted the fighting, yet failed to officially end the Korean War. We will show two documentary films on the impact of the unending Korean War and discuss it with the filmmakers. "Memory of Forgotten War" and "The Woman, The Orphan and The Tiger".
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
Remaking Chinese Cinema: Through the Prism of Shanghai, Hong Kong and Hollywood
A book talk by Yiman Wang, Assistant Professor of Film & Digital Media at UC Santa Cruz
Thursday, May 09, 2013
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Bunche Hall 10367
Ending the Korean War: A Conference
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Korean Armistice, which temporarily halted the fighting, yet failed to officially end the Korean War. This conference will examine key issues surrounding the war and the ongoing division of Korea, such as separated families, Korea's militarization, and the humanitarian crisis in North Korea.
Thursday, May 09, 2013
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Main Conference Room, Charles E. Young Research Library
Ending the Korean War: A Day of Action
Organized by United Methodist Women (UMW), this day will include a public forum on the Korean crisis that examines the ongoing cost of militarization of the Korean peninsula and the steps needed to replace the temporary armistice treaty with a permanent peace treaty. The forum will look at how the road to peace in Korea runs through Washington, DC, and how women and the Korean diaspora must steward it along the way.
Friday, May 10, 2013
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
Gatha Odissi
An Indian dance demonstrated by the Orissa Dance Academy
Sunday, May 12, 2013
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
William Bristol Civic Auditorium
한국의 주민참여예산제도, 쟁점과 대안 모색 Participatory Budgeting in Korea, its Controversial Issues and Alternatives
By Jong Ahn Ko, Ministry of Strategy and Finance in Korea
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Activism, Disciplinary Formations and Transnational Southeast Asian Cultural Studies
Colloquium with Mariam B. Lam, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Media & Cultural Studies, and Director of the Southeast Asian Studies Research Program (SEATRiP) at the University of California, Riverside
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Looking Back, Looking Forward: Contemporary Chinese Art, 1976-Present
A talk by Christina Yu Yu, Assistant Curator, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Dodd 161
Competing Cosmologies, Sacred Spaces and Powerful Objects: Enacting Empire among and between Rome, Sasanian Iran, and Sui-Tang China
Matthew Canepa, University of Minnesota
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Identity and Place in Contemporary Central Asia
A panel presentation of new research by UCLA graduate students
Thursday, May 16, 2013
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
UCLA Faculty Center, Downstairs Lounge
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
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
CAW: Migration, Trade, Travel
Led by Marjan Wardaki
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
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
Haines Hall 279
브랜드 위기시 소비자의 행동투자 매몰비용이 브랜드전환행동에 미치는 영향 The Effect of Consumers' Behavioral Investment Sunk Cost on Brand Switching Behavior in Brand Crisis
By Jieun Lee, Chung-Ang University
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Flowers, Fragrance, and Porcelain Wares in the Cultural History of Song China 宋人與花與香與瓷器
A Talk by Yang Zhishui 揚之水
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
West Electronic Classroom (2nd floor of YRL)
Expanding the Urban Horizon: Research in the Hinterlands of the Kalinga Polity, India
By Professor Monica Smith, UCLA Department of Anthropology
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
12:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Fowler Museum Building
A Discussion of Local Customs in Hanafi Sources from the 10th to 16th Centuries
Religions of the Silk Road Lecture by Dr. Zafar Najmiddinov, Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton
Thursday, May 30, 2013
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10367 Bunche Hall
The Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace with Ambassador Ryan Crocker: "The Arab Spring and US Interests"
The UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations proudly presents the 2012-13 Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace featuring Ambassador Ryan Crocker. This event is co-sponsored by the UCLA Program on Central Asia, the UCLA Center for India and South Asia, The UCLA Center for Middle East Development, and the UCLA Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies.
Thursday, May 30, 2013
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UCLA Law School, Room 1357
‘An Ounce of Prevention…’: U.S. Anti-Communist Operations in Indonesia, 1963-1965
Colloquium with Dahlia Setiyawan, Ph.D. candidate, UCLA Department of History
Thursday, May 30, 2013
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
A Symposium on Call Centers in India and the Philippines
The panel will raise questions and share critical insights on the "voice business."
Thursday, May 30, 2013
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
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"Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry" UCLA Human Rights Film Series
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
7:00 PM
UCLA James Bridges Theater
The Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace with Ambassador Ryan Crocker: "The Arab Spring and US Interests"
Thursday, May 30, 2013
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UCLA Law School, Room 1357
Film Screening: "Alias Ruby Blade: A Story of Love and Revolution"
Monday, June 03, 2013
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
STARTALK/NHLRC Heritage Language Teacher Workshop for K-16 Teachers of Less Commonly Taught Languages
Monday, July 22, 2013
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