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The Lasting Legacy of the Great Game: ‘Pashtunistan’ Through Afghan Lenses

A talk by Amin Tarzi, Marine Corps University, Quantico. Part of the conference: Great Games? Afghan History through Afghan Eyes

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Great Games? Afghan History through Afghan Eyes: Opening Remarks

An introduction by Nile Green, UCLA. Part of the conference: Great Games? Afghan History through Afghan Eyes

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Afghan Historiography in the Twentieth Century

A talk by Senzil Nawid, University of Arizona. Part of the conference: Great Games? Afghan History through Afghan Eyes

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Reclaiming the Past: The Tawarikh-i Hafiz Rahmat Khani and Pashtun Historiography

A talk by Robert Nichols, Richard Stockton College, NJ. Part of the conference: Great Games? Afghan History through Afghan Eyes

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Before and Beyond Divergence: The Politics of Economic Change in China and Europe

A book talk with authors Jean-Laurent Rosenthal (California Institute of Technology, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences) and Bin Wong (UCLA, History). Discussant: William Summerhill (UCLA, History).

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South Asian Entrepreneurs in Uzbekistan: The Silk Road Reborn?

Podcast of a talk with Karen Leonard, UC Irvine

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Podcast: Entwinements of Islam and Modernity in Central Asia

John Schoeberlein, Harvard University

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Podcast: Archaeological Excavations in Mongolia: Current Research

A Program on Central Asia panel presentation featuring lectures by Jan Bemmann and Ursula Brosseder of Bonn University

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Advantage: How American Innovation Can Overcome the Asian Challenge

An in-depth examination of Asia's rapid rise in educational achievement and entrepreneurship, and recommendations for how America can meet and overcome this challenge.

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China-Central Asia Relations and the Role of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

In this talk, Pan Guang will give an overview of 18 years of China-Central Asia relations (1992-2010) and discuss the role of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization over ten years. He will conclude with some perspectives on what China can do in Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan-Pakistan (AF/PAK).

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Material Culture and Maritime Asia: New International Perspectives

Podcast now available for "Material Culture and Maritime Asia: New International Perspectives"

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The Roads to Oxiana: The Writing of Travel at the Crossroads of Asia (Panel I)

Central Asia Initiative International Conference (Panel I)

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The Roads to Oxiana: The Writing of Travel at the Crossroads of Asia (Panel II)

Central Asia Initiative International Conference (Panel II)

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China's Role in Regional and Global Security Challenges

Podcast of the first panel at the China in the World 2010 conference.

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What Could End Cooperation with China?

Opening Remarks: Stephen Krasner, Stanford University

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A Conversation with John Podesta on China

Keynote: John Podesta, Center for American Progress, interviewed by Terry McCarthy, CBS News

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ASIA IN LA 2010 - Afternoon Discussion: Asian Cuisine from Market to Table

Podcast from ASIA IN LA 2010, held on May 2, 2010 at the James West Alumni Center, UCLA

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Crossing the Roof of the World, Panel 1

Podcast from Panel One of the Conference held February 19, 2010

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Crossing the Roof of the World, Panel 2

Podcast of "Crossing the Roof of the World" Conference, Panel 2

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Does 'Fair Trade' Help Those Who Harvest Tea?

As part of the International Human Rights Film Series, the Asia Institute put on a screening and discussion of an award-winning 2008 documentary, "The Bitter Taste of Tea," that takes a skeptical view of the fair trade movement's ability to protect laborers within this global industry. Listen to scholars, fair trade advocates and audience members delve into the issues in this audio podcast.

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Prehistoric Civilizations Around the Silk Road: The Evidence from the Tocharian Languages

A Central Asia Initiative lecture by Melanie Malzahn, University of Vienna and Visiting Professor, UCLA Program in Indo-European Studies

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Tea and Chinese Cultural Aesthetics

Podcast of public lecture by Pei-kai Cheng, Chinese Civilisation Centre, City University of Hong Kong

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Somaly Mam: We Have to Save Them

Cambodian activist and author Somaly Mam has rescued more than 6,000 girls in Southeast Asia from sexual slavery and helped many to rebuild their lives. She spoke last month at UCLA's law school on how to go beyond mere talk in the fight against predators and organized criminals.

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Through Food, Teachers Take Lessons in World Cultures at UCLA

Celebrating 30 years of teacher training programs on campus, the UCLA International Institute this summer dedicated a 10-day workshop to the theme of food in world history and world cultures.

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From Elephants to Tea: The Nilgiris Under Colonial Rule

Podcast of public lecture by Sanjay Subrahmanyam at the Fowler Museum at UCLA as part of the Steeped in History: The Art of Tea exhibit.

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Changing Religious Landscapes: Why Some Muslims Convert to Christianity-The Case of Central Asia

A Central Asia Initiative Lecture by Olivier Roy

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Islam in the New Afghan Public Sphere

Podcast of a public lecture by Nushin Arbabzadah, UCLA held on Thursday, January 22, 2009.

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Afghanistan after the Taliban: Podcast

Podcast of November 17, 2008 Central Asia Initiative Panel Presentation

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The Politics of Arts in Edo Culture

Japanese historian Katsuya Hirano explains how urban popular culture undermined Japan's Tokugawa regime. Listen to the podcast of Hirano's lecture.

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Japan's Activist Courts

NYU legal scholar Frank Upham, this semester a visiting professor at UCLA, explains why judicial activism is more prevalent in Japan than in the United States. Listen to a podcast of his lecture.

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Bombing as the American Way of War

Mark Selden explains how U.S. bombing raids of Japanese cities in World War II would determine military tactics decades after 'the Good War.' Listen to a podcast of Selden's lecture.

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Journalism: Asia in the Media

Tom Plate, syndicated Asia columnist, and James F. Paradise, former United Press International and Dow Jones reporter.

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Biwa and the Tale of Heike

Yoko Hiraoka recites portions of the Tale of Heike, accompanying herself on the biwa, and discusses the history of the poem and the instrument alike. Listen to a podcast of her performance and talk.

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Journalism and Asia: Career Reflections

Syndicated Asia columnist Tom Plate and former United Press International and Dow Jones reporter James F. Paradise discuss coverage of Asia in the media

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The Gifts of the Tibetans: Sparking New Directions in the Arts and Sciences

In the last of three events aimed at establishing a UCLA endowed chair in Tibetan Buddhist studies, Columbia University's Robert Thurman says that Tibetan perspectives are, or at least ought to be, very much at home in the university. Listen to a podcast of his talk.

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A World of Conflict

Listen to a UCLAradio story about a documentary screening by Kevin Sites, a pioneering solo journalist for Yahoo! News, on war zones around the world. The event was presented by AsiaMedia, sponsored by the UCLA International Institute, Latin American Center, African Studies Center and Asia Institute.

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Lecture Podcast of Thomas Gold, Sociology, UC Berkeley

From a presentation given June 1, 2006 titled, Twenty Years after "State and Society in the Taiwan Miracle": Author's Retrospective.