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Results For Fall Quarter: 9/15/2012 - 12/31/2012

Qara U'y: The Qaraqalpaq Yurt and Its Decoration
David and Sue Richardson, Independent Researchers, Nottingham, UK
Saturday, September 15, 2012
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
314 Royce Hall
Azerbaijan as a Regional Hub in Central Eurasia: A Strategic Assessment of Euro-Asian Trade and Transportation
A book talk with author Taleh Ziyadov, Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy. Discussant: James Coyle, Pepperdine University.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:45 PM
10383 Bunche Hall

Silk Fabrics of the Golden Horde: Historical, Cultural and Ideological Aspects
Zvezdana Dode, Stavropol State University, Russia
Thursday, October 04, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
UCLA Cotsen Institute Seminar Room

Political Legitimacy in Afghanistan: 1500-2014
A lecture by Thomas Barfield, Boston University
Monday, October 08, 2012
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Young Research Library Presentation Room
Do Fair Elections Enhance Perceptions of Government? Experimental Evidence from Afghanistan
Michael Callen, UCSD
Friday, October 12, 2012
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
4357 Bunche Hall
CAW: Borders, Ethnicity & Conflict: The Ferghana Valley Border Closing
Led by Ali Hamdan
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
CAW: Space and Bor(un)d(ari)ers between China, Russia, Mongolia and Tibet: Political and Cultural Barriers in Eastern Eurasia
Led by Andrew Grant
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Exotic Things and Strange Writings - Cultural Exchange in the Light of Artifacts Discovered along the Silk Road
Armin Selbitschka, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (University of Munich), Germany
Friday, November 02, 2012
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Fowler Museum Building, Room A222
CAW: Youth, Community, and Change in Ladakh
Led by Bonnie Dixson
Tuesday, November 06, 2012
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

UCLA: Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World
Day 1 of a two-day program at UCLA and UC Irvine, showcasing the cutting-edge of international research on Afghanistan’s archaeology and history
Thursday, November 08, 2012
1:00 PM - 5:45 PM
UCLA History Conference Room

UCI: Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World
Day 2 two-day program at UCLA and UC Irvine, showcasing the cutting-edge of international research on Afghanistan’s archaeology and history
Friday, November 09, 2012
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Humanities Gateway 1030
CAW: Dangerous Fortunes and Vitalities in Inner Asia
Led by Hannah Reiss
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
From the Arabs to the Mongols: Narratives of Foreign Conquest in Modern Iranian History Writing
Edmund Herzig, University of Oxford
Thursday, November 15, 2012
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Moralism, Fundamentalism, and the Rhetoric of Decline in Eurasia, 1600–1900
Day 1 of a core conference at the Clark Library- organized by Clark Professors Andrea S. Goldman and Gabriel Piterberg, (UCLA)
Friday, November 16, 2012
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library- UCLA
Moralism, Fundamentalism, and the Rhetoric of Decline in Eurasia, 1600–1900
Day 2 of a core conference at the Clark Library- organized by Clark Professors Andrea S. Goldman and Gabriel Piterberg, (UCLA)
Saturday, November 17, 2012
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library- UCLA
CAW: (Re)imagining Kazakh Nationhood Through Cinema
Led by Naomi Caffee
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Watches Without Time: An American Soldier in Afghanistan
Afghan Studies Book Talk by U.S. Army Capt. Matt Zeller
Thursday, December 06, 2012
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
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Identity and Place in Contemporary Central Asia
Thursday, May 16, 2013
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
UCLA Faculty Center, Downstairs Lounge
Performances of Extraordinary Gender in Mahari Dance
Monday, May 20, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
"Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry" UCLA Human Rights Film Series
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
7:00 PM
UCLA James Bridges Theater
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
Time to be announced.
Royce 314
