http://www.international.ucla.edu/asia The Asia Institute is a consortium of Asia-focused research centers and programs at UCLA en-us ℗ & © 2013 UCLA Asia Institute. UCLA International Institute. University of California Regents. Higher Education http://www.international.ucla.edu/asia/images/asia-institute-logo-sm.gif http://www.international.ucla.edu/asia/ 52 200 A three-day summer program for high school teachers, July 29-31, 2013.http://www.international.ucla.edu/asia/article.asp?parentid=130641Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:42:50 PDTIn the past five years, China and Taiwan have succeeded in stabilizing their relationship to the benefit of both. Most progress has been in the economic and cultural spheres, with political issues left aside for the moment. A recent Center for Chinese Studies conference examined how China, Taiwan and the United States view the increasingly complex trilateral relationship.http://www.international.ucla.edu/asia/article.asp?parentid=131770Tue, 7 May 2013 14:17:07 PDTThe directors of the documentary film "Memory of Forgotten War" were interviewed in the Los Angeles Times prior to the screening of their film at the UCLA James Bridges Theater on May 8. The film was one of two documentaries that opened the "Ending the Korean War" conference organized by the UCLA Center for Korean Studies, May 8–10. http://www.international.ucla.edu/asia/article.asp?parentid=131746Mon, 6 May 2013 13:07:51 PDThttp://www.international.ucla.edu/asia/article.asp?parentid=131597Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:42:03 PDThttp://www.international.ucla.edu/asia/article.asp?parentid=131540Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:15:42 PDTAccording to anthropologist John Cho, single gay men in South Korea retreated from gay life in the wake of the 1997 Asian banking crisis and began to concentrate on making money, while married gay men became much more active in the gay community. http://www.international.ucla.edu/asia/article.asp?parentid=131293Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:57:32 PDThttp://www.international.ucla.edu/asia/article.asp?parentid=131086Mon, 1 Apr 2013 12:54:17 PDTDr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa, former Chairman of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission (2011–2012), and Professor Hitoshi Abe, Director of the UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, addressed different aspects of the post-Fukushima world in a symposium on March 22, 2013. http://www.international.ucla.edu/asia/article.asp?parentid=130980Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:44:42 PDTAccording to scholar Cathy J. Schlund-Vials, Cambodian American artists are providing new interpretations of the Khmer Rouge period that go beyond the previous frame established by the movie,“The Killing Fields.” Their works critique the strategic amnesia of the United States regarding twentieth-century Cambodian history and are re-scripting the Cambodian experience so that it is not exclusively about trauma.http://www.international.ucla.edu/asia/article.asp?parentid=130614Fri, 8 Mar 2013 17:29:35 PDThttp://www.international.ucla.edu/asia/article.asp?parentid=130350Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:29:21 PDT"Fukushima Nuclear Accident awakened us." -- Come listen to Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa on March 22 as he gives his thought and experiences while acting as the Chair of the Independent Investigation Commission by the National Diet of Japan. Immediately following is a colloquium about the numerous reconstruction efforts of Japanese architects during the past two years. http://www.international.ucla.edu/asia/article.asp?parentid=130240Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:33:35 PDTDocumentary about the nuclear situation in the U.S. and Japanhttp://www.international.ucla.edu/asia/article.asp?parentid=130238Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:16:30 PDTOn December 26th, Shinzo Abe of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party assumed the post of Prime Minister for the second time. Consul General of Japan in Los Angeles, Jun Niimi, comes to UCLA to give a presentation detailing the results and implications of the recent national poll.http://www.international.ucla.edu/asia/article.asp?parentid=130236Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:06:15 PDTThe Jogye Order’s “The Collected Works of Korean Buddhism” series has appeared on a list of “The Best Buddhist Books of 2012” published by The Buddhadharma magazine. Robert Buswell (Irving and Jean Stone Endowed Chair in Humanities, Distinguished Professor of Buddhist Studies, and Director of the Center for Buddhist Studies) served as chair of the English Editorial Board for the series as well as a translator and editor. http://www.international.ucla.edu/asia/article.asp?parentid=129837Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:30:30 PDThttp://www.international.ucla.edu/asia/article.asp?parentid=129986Mon, 4 Feb 2013 16:11:06 PDT