Events

Movements and Madness: The Entanglements of Culture and Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Bali
Film screening and discussion with anthropologist and executive producer Robert Lemelson and film maker Dag Yngvesson
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Between Sex, Race, and Ethnicity: The "New Woman" and the Formation of Colonial Modernity and National Identity in Burma
Lecture by Chie Ikeya, Visiting Assistant Professor, College of the Holy Cross
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

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On the Cusp of Phoenix Rising: Cambodian American Spoken Word
Anida Yoeu Esguerra will perform excerpts from "On the Cusp of Phoenix Rising" and will speak about her collaborative work with Southeast Asian artists.
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

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UCLA Vietnamese Tet New Year Festival
The title of Vietnamese Language and Culture's 12th annual Vietnamese Tet Festival is Hanh Huong Don Xuan, or Spring's Blessings.
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM

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Under the Shades of the Bodhi Tree: The Transformations of Thai Buddhism at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century
A lecture by Pattana Kitiarsa, National University of Singapore
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Arts, Violence, and the State
Symposium on Southeast Asia and beyond
11:00 AM - 5:30 PM

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Teaching About World Religions in Public Schools
A Two-Day Symposium for Educators February 27-28, 2007 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM

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Indonesia's Presidential Democracy: The First Two Years
Colloquium with Professor R. William Liddle, Department of Political Science, Ohio State University
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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The King with Hansen's Disease: Tales of the Leper in Colonial Cambodia
Lecture by Sokhieng Au, Northwestern University
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

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The Ebb and Flow of the Armenian Communities of the Indian Ocean
International Conference, March 17-18, 2007. UCLA International Conference Series on Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces. Sponsored by the Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM

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Why Civilizations Can't Climb Hills: State and Non-state Spaces in Southeast Asian History
Colloquium with Professor James C. Scott, Yale University Departments of Political Science and Anthropology
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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The Strange Termination of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Indonesia
Colloquium with I Gusti Agung Putri Astrid Kartika, Director of the Indonesian human rights organization ELSAM
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

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Language History in Light of Population Genetics and Archeology: The Case of Southeast Asia and South China
Colloquium with Professor Jerold A. Edmondson, Department of Linguistics and TESOL, University of Texas at Arlington
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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Vietnamese International Film Festival Day at UCLA, Part 1
Eight short films about Vietnam and the Vietnamese diaspora.
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Vietnamese International Film Festival Day at UCLA, Part 2
Feature film JOURNEY FROM THE FALL (VUOT SÓNG)
7:00 PM - 9:15 PM

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Aniconism Versus Iconism in Thai Buddhism
A colloquium with Professor Donald K. Swearer, Harvard Divinity School.
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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The Anti-Marcos Movement and the Unfinished Philippine Revolution
Colloquium with Prof. Augusto Espiritu, associate professor of history and Asian American studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

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Current 'Healthy Cities and Communities' Movements in Thailand
Colloquium with Prof. Adisak Sattam, School of Health Science, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

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Straddling Cultures: The Writings of Linh Dinh
A colloquium with Vietnamese American poet and translator Linh Dinh
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

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Digitization, Popular Culture, and Societies on the Margins: Thoughts on New Directions in Southeast Asia Collections
Lecture and discussion with Christopher Miller, Southeast Asian Bibliographer, Arizona State University
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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Eastern Asia and the 'Permanent Crisis' of Political History
Alexander Woodside, University of British Columbia
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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Bureaucracy and the Arts of Rulership in Historical Asia and the Modern World
Commentaries on Alexander Woodside's "Lost Modernities: China, Vietnam, Korea, and the Hazards of World History," in Conversation with the Author
9:15 AM - 5:30 PM

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Southeast Asian Studies and Academic Libraries
Lecture by Hoang Tuyet Anh, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

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"Ga-Sibud Dai a!": Music, Dance, and Society in Highland Panay, Philippines
Documentary film and discussion with Prof. Maria Christine Muyco, College of Music, University of the Philippines
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

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What Islam, Whose Islam? The Struggle for Women's Rights Within a Religious Framework: The Experience of Sisters in Islam
Lecture by Zainah Anwar, Executive Director of "Sisters in Islam" in Malaysia
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Reception for Regents' Professor Kantathi Suphamongkhon
Join us in welcoming UC Regents' Professor and Burkle Center Senior Fellow Dr. Kantathi Suphamongkhon, the former Foreign Minister of Thailand.
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

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Globalizing the Urban Transition in Southeast Asia: Edge Cities as Private Utopia Unbound by Local Governance
Colloquium with Prof. Mike Douglass, Globalization Research Center and Department of Urban & Regional Planning, University of Hawaii
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

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International Institute Open House
in association with Go Global and the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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Modernity and Nationality in Vietnamese Cinema: A Symposium
Distinguished scholars and filmmakers show clips of Vietnamese films, and discuss its history and practice.
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Nang Pramo Thai: The Exuberant Shadow Theater of Northeast Thailand
Film and lecture by shadow theater scholar Bonnie Brereton.
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

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Islam Re-Observed: Clifford Geertz in Morocco (Day 2)
A conference considering the work in Morocco of eminent anthropologist Clifford Geertz (1926-2006). Organized by Susan Slyomovics, UCLA, and Lahouari Addi, University of Lyon.
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

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Islam Re-Observed: Clifford Geertz in Morocco (Day 3)
A conference considering the work in Morocco of eminent anthropologist Clifford Geertz (1926-2006). Organized by Susan Slyomovics, UCLA, and Lahouari Addi, University of Lyon.
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

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Islam Re-Observed: Clifford Geertz in Morocco (Day 4)
A conference considering the work in Morocco of eminent anthropologist Clifford Geertz (1926-2006). Organized by Susan Slyomovics, UCLA, and Lahouari Addi, University of Lyon.
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM

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