Calendar

Results For 2013

Political Epistemics: The Secret Police, the Opposition and the End of East German Socialism

CEES book talk with author Andreas Glaeser, University of Chicago, Sociology. Discussant: Gail Kligman, UCLA, Sociology.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
12:00 PM

Europe in Crisis: Bolt from the Blue?

A book talk with author Ivan Berend, UCLA, History. Discussants: Dr. Bernd Fischer, Consul General of Germany, and Stefan Biedermann, Deputy Consul General of Germany in Los Angeles.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
12:00 PM

Putin's Kiss

Reception at 6:30 pm. Documentary film screening at 7:00 pm followed by discussion with Arch Getty, UCLA, History. Part of the International Institute Human Rights Film Series.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

The Place of Film in the Romanian Secret Police Archives: "Reenactment" (1960) and its Files - CANCELLED

CEES public lecture by Cristina Vatulescu, New York University, Comparative Literature.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
12:00 PM

Reconstituirea - CANCELLED

CEES film screening (in Romanian ONLY) and discussion with Cristina Vatulescu, New York University, Comparative Literature.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
6:30 PM

The Élysée Treaty: Celebrating 50 Years of Franco-German Cooperation

CEES panel discussion marking the fiftieth anniversary of the post-war French-German reconciliation by the signing of the Élysée Treaty on January 22nd, 1963. Speakers: Dr. Bernd Fischer, Consul General of Germany, and Mr. Axel Cruau, Consul General of France. Moderator: Ivan Berend, UCLA History.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

CANCELLED - Taking the Place of Stalin: Everyday Life in Late Communism

CEES public lecture by Paulina Bren, Vassar College, History.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
12:00 PM

Vienna's Jewish Geography: Beyond the Leopoldstadt

Inaugural Seminar on Vienna in Los Angeles. Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies. Cosponsored by the UCLA Department of Germanic Languages, UCLA Department of History, NEH Endowment on Jewish Civilization, and UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies.
Monday, February 04, 2013
12:00 PM

From Enemy to Brother: The Revolution in Catholic Teaching on the Jews, 1933-1965

CEES book talk with author John Connelly, UC Berkeley, History. Discussant: Paul Lerner, USC, History.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
12:00 PM

Discourse and Power in a Postwar European Periphery: the Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina

CEES public lecture by Danijela Majstorovic, UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies Fulbright Fellow and Associate Professor of Linguistics and Cultural Studies, University of Banja Luka, Bosnia.
Thursday, February 21, 2013
12:00 PM

Labor Migration from Bulgaria to Turkey, Ethnic Kinship, and the Politics of Relative Privilege

A CPSC lecture by Ayse Parla, Anthropology, Sabanci University, Turkey.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
12:30 PM

Documentary Film Series -- Mendelsohn's Incessant Visions

A film screening and discussion with Israeli documentary film maker Duki Dror
Tuesday, March 05, 2013
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Dispensing Justice on Screen: Stanley Kramer's "Judgment at Nuremberg"

CEES public lecture by Elisabeth Bronfen (University of Zurich, English and American Studies).
Thursday, March 07, 2013
12:00 PM

Stalin on Stalinism: From His Personal Archive

U.K. historians Sarah Davies and James Harris will speak about their forthcoming monograph, based on research in Stalin’s personal archive. UCLA historian Arch Getty will moderate.
Thursday, April 04, 2013
12:00 PM

Bosnia Remade: Ethnic Cleansing and its Reversal

CEES book talk with author Carl T. Dahlman, Miami University of Ohio, Geography. Discussant: Adam Moore, UCLA, Geography.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
12:00 PM

Islamic History & Identity in Central Asia: Key Issues & Debates

A lecture by Charles Weller, Washington State University
Monday, April 15, 2013
4:00 PM

Europe and the Middle East: What Does It Mean if the EU Turns Inward?

A lecture by Dr. Jeffrey Gedmin, President and CEO of the Legatum Institute in London.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
4:00 PM

Being Danish: Paradoxes of Identity in Everyday Life

CEES book talk with author Richard Jenkins, University of Sheffield, Sociology. Discussant: Rogers Brubaker, UCLA, Sociology.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
12:00 PM

Transnationalism and International Migration in Historical Perspective

Organized by Roger Waldinger (Director, Program on International Migration and Professor of Sociology, UCLA) and Nancy Green (History, L’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris), this two-day conference will bring together an international group of historians and social scientists who focus on the history of international migration.
Friday, April 26, 2013
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Transnationalism and International Migration in Historical Perspective

Organized by Roger Waldinger (Director, Program on International Migration and Professor of Sociology, UCLA) and Nancy Green (History, L’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris), this two-day conference will bring together an international group of historians and social scientists who focus on the history of international migration.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Into the Jungle: Migration and Grammar in the New Europe

CEES faculty lecture by Dominic Thomas, UCLA, French and Francophone Studies.
Thursday, May 02, 2013
12:00 PM

South-East European Film Festival

May 2 - May 6 at the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles. **May 6 closing night: James Bridges Theatre, UCLA campus, Westwood**
Thursday, May 02, 2013

South-East European Film Festival Business Conference 2013

2013 South East European Film Festival Business Conference. Admission to the Conference is free, but RSVP is mandatory. Please RSVP directly to: rsvp@seefilmla.org
Saturday, May 04, 2013
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM

The European External Action Service: European Foreign Policy in the Making

A conversation with Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission. Moderator: Terry McCarthy, President and CEO of the Los Angeles World Affairs Council.
Monday, May 06, 2013
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Mining Countries: Breaking the Deadlock

A public lecture by Dr. Vusal Gasimli, Department of Economic Analysis and Global Affairs, Center for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
12:00 PM

Historical Critique and the Thresholds of Political Voice After the Ottoman Empire

A CPSC lecture by Kabir Tambar, Stanford University, Anthropology.
Thursday, May 09, 2013
12:30 PM

Crisis and Resistance in Greece and the Eurozone

Center for Social Theory and Comparative History Annual Colloquium with Stathis Kouvelakis, King's College London, Political Theory and Costas Lapavitsas, University of London, Economics.
Monday, May 13, 2013
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

The Euro Crisis: A Longer-Term View

A CEES public lecture by Barry Eichengreen, UC Berkeley, Economics and Political Science.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM