Archive
Quick links to all the stories posted at the UCLA International Institute
An Everyday Hiro
In Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control, Masi Oka finally gets to play your average American leading man -- kind of a jerk, but gets the girl.
Posted: 9/5/2008
APA Top Ten: Aasif Mandvi News Reports
On the occasion of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, we recount Aasif Mandvi's best moments as a Daily Show senior political correspondent.
Posted: 9/5/2008
Application Instructions (Deadline: January 31, 2009)
Posted: 9/5/2008
Languages Across the Curriculum - Call for Proposals
GSR Funding for Spring Quarter 2009
Posted: 9/5/2008
Little Girls and their Lullabies
In her debut album A Good Day, Priscilla Ahn blends genres, rocks the harmonica, and takes us to another world.
Posted: 9/5/2008
Other (Non-CEES) Funding Opportunities
Although CEES does not adminster the following funding opportunities, we post them our website to assist graduate students interested in European and Eurasian Studies.
Posted: 9/5/2008
Quiet Nights of Dreams and Stars
Soseki Natsume's Ten Nights of Dreams gets a stirringly (and fittingly) dreamy update by 10 Japanese luminaries including Takashi Shimizu, Kon Ichikawa, and others.
Posted: 9/5/2008
Russian Flagship Courses and Curriculum
Russian Flagship course offerings for 2008-2009.
Posted: 9/5/2008
Seeking 'Spatial Justice' for World's Disabled
Victor Pineda, a doctoral student in urban planning, will return to Dubai on a Fulbright-Hays award in December to monitor the implementation of an ambitious disability rights law. He argues that the built environments we live in largely determine our abilities and who we are.
Posted: 9/5/2008
September 5, 2008: News Bites
Ping Pong Playa hits theaters, new Pang brothers film stars Nic Cage, and a modern-day Amy Tan opera is born. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.
Posted: 9/5/2008
September 5, 2008: News From Abroad
Shah Rukh Khan takes the baton from Harrison Ford, Beijing brings Rain and Wong Lee Hom onto the same stage, and Hari Puttar gets into some trouble. All this and more in the latest edition of News from Abroad.
Posted: 9/5/2008
Students and Types of Instruction
Posted: 9/5/2008
2008-2009 Asia Institute Fellowships and Faculty Grants Awarded
Hiroshi Wagatsuma Memorial Fellowships and Asia Institute Graduate Fellowships
Posted: 9/4/2008
Academic Positions
Listings of employment opportunities related to Japanese Studies
Posted: 9/4/2008
International Relations
Website Links about International Relations and Japan
Posted: 9/4/2008
Japan Travel
Links about traveling to Japan
Posted: 9/4/2008
Japan—Los Angeles-Related Sites
Links to Japan related-sites in the Los Angeles area
Posted: 9/4/2008
Japanese Culture and Daily Life
Links about Japanese culture and daily life
Posted: 9/4/2008
Japanese Government
Links to Japanese Government websites
Posted: 9/4/2008
Japanese Media
Links about media in Japan
Posted: 9/4/2008
Japanese Studies in the U.S.
Links to Japanese Studies programs in the United States
Posted: 9/4/2008
Pre-dissertation Fellowships at East China Normal University, Shanghai
Pre-dissertation fellowships at ECNU for UCLA graduate students
Posted: 9/4/2008
Universities and Research Institutions in Japan
Links to Universities and Research Institutions in Japan
Posted: 9/4/2008
University of California
Links about Japan at the University of California
Posted: 9/4/2008
2008-2009 East Asian FLAS Recipients
For the study of East Asian languge and area studies
Posted: 9/3/2008
Asia Institute Graduate Fellowships, 2009-2010
For UCLA graduate students in any field. Application deadline: April 11, 2008
Posted: 9/3/2008
Hiroshi Wagatsuma Memorial Fund Fellowships, 2009-2010
Graduate Fellowships and Faculty Grants. Deadline: April 3, 2009
Posted: 9/3/2008
Program Representative I
This position serves as a liaison for the Assistant Director, Director and other faculty and staff of the Latin American Institute (LAI) in the UCLA International Institute.
Posted: 9/3/2008
Senior Fellow Dr. Suphamongkhon on BBC Global News on 9/9
On Tuesday, September 9, 2008, at 8PM, Kantathi Suphamongkhon will participate in a discussion to be heard via the BBC Global News, Public Radio International and KPCC (89.3).
Posted: 9/3/2008
UC Pacific Rim Research Program (PRRP) 2009-2010 Call for Proposals
This program offers research grants to faculty, staff and graduate students. Proposals must be submitted online through the program web site. Deadline: December 5, 2008.
Posted: 9/3/2008
Taking Health Care to Rural India
Undergrads travel to India as volunteers for Project RISHI (Rural India Social and Health Improvement), a nonprofit organization committed to developing and transforming the poorest of Indian villages into progressive and modern communities.
Posted: 9/2/2008
Artists Visit Advanced Chinese Class at UCLA
Award winners in paper cutting and folk dance come at the invitation of the Confucius Institute and others.
Posted: 8/28/2008
Burkle Center Annual Report
Read highlights from the Burkle Center's 2007-2008 Annual Report.
Posted: 8/26/2008
Heritage Classes Aim for Preservation
A heritage language is a language spoken fluently at home by someone who has little or no formal schooling in the language and therefore may have trouble reading and writing. The National Heritage Language Resource Center at UCLA has created summer courses to help high school students in Russian and Persian.
Posted: 8/26/2008
Program Representative II
This position serves as an Administrator for the International Institute's Center for India and South Asia, reporting directly to the Center Director.
Posted: 8/26/2008
From Georgia, a Young Mediator Reaches Out for Help
Daily Journal, August 25, 2008
Posted: 8/25/2008
APA Top Ten: Asian films with Olympic Sports
On the occasion of the Beijing games, we recount the best Asian films featuring Olympic sports.
Posted: 8/22/2008
August 22, 2008: News Bites
Cameras enter Cho's life, ImaginAsian goes pop, and Thakoon takes on Target fashion. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.
Posted: 8/22/2008
August 22, 2008: News from Abroad
Gillian Chung is back, Rinko Kikuchi finds her sound, and Taiwan bets on Hou Hsiao-hsien. All this and more in the latest edition of News from Abroad.
Posted: 8/22/2008
Chinatown Cinderella pretty but awkward
David Kaplan's rotoscope drama Year of the Fish wows our senses, but disappoints everything else.
Posted: 8/22/2008
CJ7 on Blu-ray: Alien Tongues
The Blu-ray disc for Stephen Chow's CJ7 offers a generous set of audio options. But which is the original?
Posted: 8/22/2008
Tears in Heaven
Criterion's edition of Keisuke Kinoshita's 1954 masterpiece opens our eyes not only to the traumas of war, but also to one of Japanese cinema's lesser-known classics.
Posted: 8/22/2008
Terra Cotta What?
While The Mummy 3 might not be expected to provide anything of historical value, Aynne Kokas hopes that the growing number of Hollywood films being made in China will lead to a growing responsibility for cultural and political accuracy.
Posted: 8/22/2008
The Ties that Blind and Bind Us
Canary is a great showcase for young actress Tanimura Mitsuki, but the film somehow makes cults and family disintegration seem uncompelling.
Posted: 8/22/2008
World Festival of Sacred Music Showcases 1,000 Artists in 16 Days
From Sept. 13 to Sept. 28, what Judy Mitoma calls the "miracle" of the fourth festival will happen, and, again, the breadth of it is breathtaking.
Posted: 8/22/2008
Fowler Exhibition Explores Human Side of Mexican Migration
Featuring paintings, works on paper, photographs, video and installations, the bilingual exhibition, which runs from Oct. 5 through Dec. 28, examines the struggles and visions of Mexican migrants, as well as the ways in which their spiritual practices are engaged during difficult journeys.
Posted: 8/21/2008
Carnet de quartier. Change on Zkak Roumane in the early 2000s
Abstract of paper to be presented by Justin McGuinness, American University in Paris, at the conference "Fez, Morocco, Crossroads of Knowledge and Power: Celebrating 1,200 Years of Urban Life"
Posted: 8/18/2008
Conservation and Sustainability: Case study of the Sahrij & Sbaiyin Madrassa Complex
Abstract of paper to be presented by Bonnie Kaplan,
Sahrij & Sbaiyin Madrassa Complex Restoration Project I Fez, at the conference "Fez, Morocco, Crossroads of Knowledge and Power: Celebrating 1,200 Years of Urban Life"
Posted: 8/18/2008
Danza Mora: North Africa in Flamenco, and Flamenco in North Africa
Abstract of paper to be presented by Walter Clark,
University of California, Riverside at the conference "Fez, Morocco, Crossroads of Knowledge and Power: Celebrating 1,200 Years of Urban Life"
Posted: 8/18/2008
From Open Air Sewer to Multi-Performative Infrastructure: River Restoration in the Medina of Fez, Morocco
Abstract of paper to be presented by Aziza Chaouni, University of Toronto, and Takako Tajima, Landscape Architect, at the conference "Fez, Morocco, Crossroads of Knowledge and Power: Celebrating 1,200 Years of Urban Life"
Posted: 8/18/2008
From Rabad to Habitat Social: An Urban-Cultural History of the Suburbs of Fez
Abstract of paper to be presented by Said Ennahid, Al-Akhawayn University at the conference "Fez, Morocco, Crossroads of Knowledge and Power: Celebrating 1,200 Years of Urban Life"
Posted: 8/18/2008
Maison Arabes au Maroc: Fez and French Colonial Architecture
Abstract of paper to be presented by Patricia Morton,
University of California, Riverside at the conference "Fez, Morocco, Crossroads of Knowledge and Power: Celebrating 1,200 Years of Urban Life"
Posted: 8/18/2008
Negotiating European and Local Characters: Preserving Fez during the French Protectorate
Abstract of paper to be presented by Colette Apelian at the conference "Fez, Morocco, Crossroads of Knowledge and Power: Celebrating 1,200 Years of Urban Life"
Posted: 8/18/2008
The Celebration of Aid al-Kabir in the French Protectorate of Morocco, 1912-1937
Abstract of paper to be presented by Stacy Holden, Purdue University at the conference "Fez, Morocco, Crossroads of Knowledge and Power: Celebrating 1,200 Years of Urban Life"
Posted: 8/18/2008
The policy of Morocco in the preservation of architectural heritage of the city of Fez
Abstract of paper to be presented by Amina Aouchar, University Mohammed V at the conference "Fez, Morocco, Crossroads of Knowledge and Power: Celebrating 1,200 Years of Urban Life"
Posted: 8/18/2008
The Ruins of Hierarchy: Shifting Powers of Person and Place in a Fassi Religious Rite
Abstract of paper to be presented by Emilio Spadola,
Colgate University, at the conference "Fez, Morocco, Crossroads of Knowledge and Power: Celebrating 1,200 Years of Urban Life"
Posted: 8/18/2008
Transcribing Jewish Fez: Colonial Linguistics and the Ethnographic Construction of Judeo-Arabic
Abstract of paper to be presented by Oren Kosansky, Lewis & Clark College, at the conference "Fez, Morocco, Crossroads of Knowledge and Power: Celebrating 1,200 Years of Urban Life"
Posted: 8/18/2008
Apply for a Burkle Center Internship!
Applications are due September 15th.
Posted: 8/15/2008
Korean Studies Graduate Student Colloquium
Beginning in the fall of 2008 there will be a student initiated and run Korean Studies Graduate Student Colloquium.
Posted: 8/15/2008
Funding Opportunities
The Burkle Center offers various types of funding opportunities to UCLA students and faculty members and serves as a liasion for other funding sources.
Posted: 8/13/2008
UCLA Center to Present World Festival of Sacred Music
For 16 days in September, the 2008 World Festival of Sacred Music - Los Angeles will present nearly a thousand artists performing in 41 sacred events of music and movement throughout Los Angeles, crossing neighborhoods and cultural, religious and ideological boundaries in the spirit of peace.
Posted: 8/13/2008
Upcoming Programs
In an effort to meet the needs of the UCLA community the Burkle Center is working to develop additional programs and forms of support.
Posted: 8/13/2008
Diplomat Concludes K-12 Training With Talk on Caspian Region
The world history teachers in a two-week training workshop at UCLA learned about Azerbaijan and its neighbors from the country's representative in Los Angeles. Consul General Elin Suleymanov also expressed concern about Russian military action in the Caucasus at the lunchtime talk.
Posted: 8/12/2008
A Regretful Archetype
In this week's edition of dueling reviews, Siddarth Puri argues that No Regret is predictable, ineffective and worst of all, typical of the "queer film" genre that is lacking in originality these days.
Posted: 8/8/2008
Age of Annoyance
Uninteresting characters and too-obvious symbolism of Hindu mythology reduces The Age of Shiva to another unfortunate portrayal of India as a foreign, exotic land.
Posted: 8/8/2008
August 8, 2008: News Bites
Snoop Dogg takes Bollywood to Chuuuch, Dark Knight buries mummies, and Ryuhei Kitamura suffers a Hollywood hello. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.
Posted: 8/8/2008
August 8, 2008: News from Abroad
Tony Jaa flirts with disaster, Tan Dun strikes the right chords, and Tran Anh Hung takes on Haruki Murakami. All this and more in the latest edition of News from Abroad.
Posted: 8/8/2008
Bishonen and Gay -- in Technicolor!
Kanara Ty wonders what Yaoi is all about -- and gets more than she bargained for.
Posted: 8/8/2008
Muslim Pride
Gay and lesbian Muslims struggle to reconcile their homosexuality with their faith in Parvez Sharma's documentary A Jihad for Love.
Posted: 8/8/2008
No regrets for No Regret
In this week's edition of dueling reviews, Justin Jimenez admires Leesong Hee-Il's feature debut No Regret for its quiet sense of dignity and drama.
Posted: 8/8/2008
Outfest 2008: capsule reviews
Asia Pacific Arts reviews narrative features at this year's Outfest film festival: Drifting Flowers, The Ode, The World Unseen, and Ciao.
Posted: 8/8/2008
The Cosplayer Psyche
An appearance by Tite Kubo at 2008's Comic Con prompts writer William Hong to analyze the concept of fandom, through his own illogical loyalty to the Bleach manga.
Posted: 8/8/2008
The Other Closet
Most Asian American parents panic when their kids choose a life in the arts. Writer/performer Prince Gomolvilas shows you how a healthy dose of secrets and lies has helped him deal with his family.
Posted: 8/8/2008
UCLA Summer Program Strengthens Writing Skills for Korean Students
A group of 86 Korean students are enhancing their English reading and writing skills for four weeks through the UCLA Writing Project, housed at the university's Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.
Posted: 8/6/2008
Bruins in Beijing: UCLA at the 2008 Olympic Games
The UCLA Newsroom has invited UCLA athletes, coaches, students and alumni to produce a weblog from the Beijing Olympics.
Posted: 8/5/2008
Center for World Languages Launches Website Redesign
Posted: 8/5/2008
East and West Divided by Long, Bitter History
UCLA Professor Anthony Pagden's "Worlds at War" lays the historical groundwork for the political thinking that many feel is badly needed in our globalized post-9/11 world. In a wide-ranging interview, Pagden talked to Today Staff Writer Ajay Singh about what separates the West from the non-West and how the East-West divide might be bridged.
Posted: 8/5/2008
UCLA Helps High School Students to Master the Languages of Home
Two summer courses on campus for the high school set, Persian for Persian Speakers and Russian for Russian Speakers, are about acquiring the skills to impress in languages that L.A.-area students have used since they were small children. The UCLA Center for World Languages created the courses with federal funding.
Posted: 8/4/2008
Courses on South Asia 2008-2009
A list of courses on India and South Asia offered this year across UCLA departments.
Posted: 8/1/2008
Course Saves Debate for the Chat Room
Although the international crowd in Dr. Sami Chetrit's "Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in Film" shares opinions in class, the students open up more in the password-protected space of an online chat board.
Posted: 7/31/2008
Professor Timothy Rice Receives Award from the Bulgarian President
Photo: Timothy Rice and UCLA guests in the foyer of the Bulgarian Presidency; from left to right: Radka Varimezova, Angela Rodel, Ivan Varimezov, Timothy Rice, Tzvetanka Varimezova, Tanya Varimezova, and Russell Schuh.
Posted: 7/30/2008
'Children of the Atomic Bomb' Website Honors Hiroshima, Nagasaki Victims
Commemorating victims of the blasts and presenting scientific findings about long-term effects of the atomic bomb, the website argues poignantly for non-nuclear proliferation.
Posted: 7/28/2008
Internship Program Alumni Page
Learn more about the internship program and international opportunities by contacting our program alumns.
Posted: 7/28/2008
2008-09 FLAS Fellows
CNES awards 19 FLAS fellowships in Middle East language and area studies
Posted: 7/27/2008
Middle East FLAS Fellowships
Interactive FLAS Fellowship Application
Posted: 7/27/2008
AAIFF 2008: From Princess to Ping Pong
Writer Anne Lee reports on this year's Asian American International Film Festival in New York, covering Wayne Wang's Princess of Nebraska, Jessica Yu's Ping Pong Playa and more.
Posted: 7/25/2008
Almost a Classic
Masahiro Ando's Sword of the Stranger mixes samurai, top-notch animation and a dash of Johnnys Entertainment but leaves plot on the backburner.
Posted: 7/25/2008
Anime Expo 2008: Anime and the North American Downfall
Although Anime Expo has made vast improvements to fix the issues of the past, it still doesn't save it from being APA's Kanara Ty's most boring AX ever.
Posted: 7/25/2008
Anime Expo 2008: Panels and Games
There's more to Anime Expo than just anime. APA keeps busy with the academics, the journalists, and of course the hentai gamers.
Posted: 7/25/2008
APA Top Ten: Best Anime Music Videos
Sometimes joyfully uplifting, sometimes darkly disturbing, and sometimes just a little bit dirty. On the occasion of 2008's Anime Expo, we recount the best Anime Music Videos.
Posted: 7/25/2008
Area Teachers Get Their History, Social Studies at Institute's Workshops
In all, more than 70 K-12 teachers will attend three summer workshops hosted within the International Institute, paying modest fees and earning salary points from their districts or continuing education credits from UCLA Extension. The first 2008 worshop looked at labor in Latin America from every angle.
Posted: 7/25/2008
Giza Giza Kawaii! (or Why Shoko Nakagawa is the Otaku's Perfect Girlfriend)
The world's most famous Otaku makes an appearance at Anime Expo and dominates in typical Shokotan fashion, stealing hearts across America. Kanara Ty fangirls over the ultimate fangirl.
Posted: 7/25/2008
Interview with Akemi Takada
Veteran anime character designer makes an appearance at 2008's Anime Expo.
Posted: 7/25/2008
July 25, 2008: News Bites
Korean gay men show no regrets, Disney takes a chance on dyslexic Indian youth, and Arnel Pineda won't stop believin'. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.
Posted: 7/25/2008
July 25, 2008: News from Abroad
Korean cowboys dominate at the box office, Pakistani film industry decides to share, and Arnold and Sly continue to make us laugh. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.
Posted: 7/25/2008
Kurosawa's Cinematic High
The Criterion Collection re-issues Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece of style and suspense, High and Low.
Posted: 7/25/2008
Year of the Snake
In addition to his acting (both voiceover and live-action) and screenwriting (X-Men), David Hayter will forever be celebrated by anime fans for his portrayal of Solid Snake in the Metal Gear Solid series.
Posted: 7/25/2008
Around the World on Solar Power
Louis Palmer, who launched his journey last July from his hometown of Lucerne, Switzerland, talked with students, faculty, media and others who gathered to take a look at, and take a ride in, the unique vehicle. His visit was hosted by engineering Ph.D. candidate Tony Pereira and the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
Posted: 7/23/2008
Von Gremp Workshop in Economic and Entrepreneurial History
View events from this series
Posted: 7/22/2008
AASC Launches Website to Commemorate Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Dr. James N. Yamazaki, who created the resource, "Children of the Atomic Bomb," urges humankind to act upon new medical and scientific knowledge about the long-term effects of nuclear bombing.
Posted: 7/21/2008
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