Calendar of Events
Public lectures, symposium, colloquia and workshops about World Affairs at UCLA
Events for 2009
Burkle Forum with Assistant Secretary Goli Ameri: "The Challenges of U.S. Public Diplomacy in the 21st Century"
A joint collaboration with the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, USAC Presidents Office, Iranian Student Group and the UCLA Burkle Center.
Monday, January 05, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
UCLA Kerckhoff Hall Grand Salon
Nome Proprio (Camila JAM)
Screening of Brazilian film 'Nome Proprio', directed by Murilo Salles.
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theatre
French Suburbs and Social Bonds: Between Inclusion and Exclusion
A public lecture by PIERRE BOUVIER, Universite de Paris X Nanterre, Sociology
Thursday, January 08, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Ideology and Architecture in U.S.-Brazilian Relations, 1945-1960
Lecture by Professor Sonia Marques from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, UFRN, Brazil.
Thursday, January 08, 2009
12:00 PM
Lydeen Library, 4302 Rolfe Hall
Como Nascem os Anjos (How Angels are Born)
Lecture and screening of Brazilian film "Como Nascem os Anjos" (1996), with director Murilo Salles.
Thursday, January 08, 2009
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
"Raw Encounters: Chinese Managers, African Workers, and Social Change in the Zambian Copper Belt"
The UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment presents a discussion by Ching Kwan Lee.
Thursday, January 08, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room 6275 Bunche Hall
Burning Fetishes, Casting Out Demons, and Creating Korean Shamanism: Powerful Encounters between Christianity and Shamanism in Early Modern Korea
By Professor Sung Deuk Oak/Korean Studies Graduate Student Colloquium
Friday, January 09, 2009
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Iraqi Marshlands, Then and Now
A public lecture and discussion with Nik Wheeler, photography and Azzam Alwash, Eden Again/Nature Iraq
Sunday, January 11, 2009
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Fowler Museum at UCLA
Mojadeleh movarkhin dar bareh-ye melliyat ve hovviyat Irani
Lecture by Afshin Matin-Asghari, California State University, Los Angeles
Sunday, January 11, 2009
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Dodd 121
The Western Indian Ocean as a Regional Food Network in the Nineteenth Century
Professor Ned Alpers presents the first Monday Africa Seminar Series (MASS) lecture.
Monday, January 12, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Confucian Thought and Its Impact on My Life's Journey
A talk by Professor Xu Jialu
Monday, January 12, 2009
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
UCLA Humanities A65
Service Encounters: Class, Gender, and the Market for Social Distinction in Urban China
A talk by Amy Hanser (University of British Columbia)
Monday, January 12, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Three Approaches in Contemporary Classical Studies
Kuo-liang Yeh (Dean of National Taiwan University) will deliver three talks on contemporary Classical Studies under the general title "Three Approaches in Contemporary Classical Studies"
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Royce 243
Fighting HIV/AIDS in Africa: Success and Challenges in HIV Treatment in the Rwandan Defense Forces
The Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science Cross-Disciplinary Keynote Lecture will be delivered by two medical practitioners working in Rwanda, Charles Murego and Eugene Zimulinda.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lecture at Charles Drew University, Hawkins 3071
La ciencia que no se ve no existe: REDALYC, Human Networks, and the Adoption of Information and Communication Technologies in Latin America, Spain, and Portugal.
Dr Rosario Rogel Salazar's presentation on open access to Latin American scholarly communication.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
GSE&IS Bldg, Room 121
Canada-U.S. Climate Change
Impacts of U.S. Climate Change Policy for Canada: Exploring the promise of integrating Canadian and U.S. carbon markets
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Iranian Identity and Modern Nation-State Formation: The Historians' Debate
Lecture by Afshin Matin-Asghari, California State University, Los Angeles
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
Three Approaches in Contemporary Classical Studies
Kuo-liang Yeh (Dean of National Taiwan University) will deliver three talks on contemporary Classical Studies under the general title "Three Approaches in Contemporary Classical Studies"
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Bunche 11377
Beyond Anne Frank: Hidden Children and Postwar Families in Holland
A book talk with author DIANE WOLF, UC Davis, Sociology, and discussant SUSAN DERWIN, UCSB, Germanic, Slavic & Semitic Studies.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
12:00 AM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Oil, Gas, and Environment in the Caspian
A panel discussion.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
2:00 PM
1261 Bunche Hall
Three Approaches in Contemporary Classical Studies
Kuo-liang Yeh (Dean of National Taiwan University) will deliver three talks on contemporary Classical Studies under the general title "Three Approaches in Contemporary Classical Studies"
Thursday, January 15, 2009
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Free Film Screening of Trouble the Water
Melnitz Movies presents a free screening of the award-winning documentary, Trouble the Water, followed by discussion with filmmakers.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
UCLA James Bridges Theater
Interpretation of Yogacara Philosophy in Huayan Buddhism
Numata Colloquium Series talk featuring Professor HAMAR Imre of Eotvos Lorand University (Budapest, Hungary), currently Visiting Fulbright Professor at the University of Virginia.
Friday, January 16, 2009
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
243 Royce Hall
Conference on Critical Investigations into Humanitarianism in Africa
The UC Irvine Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies (CGPACS) and The UCLA James S. Coleman African Studies Center present a conference bringing together scholars, technical experts and humanitarian nongovernmental organizations to assess how humanitarianism is imagined and practiced in Africa. The conference will be held at UCI on Friday, January 16 and Saturday, January 17, 2009.
Friday, January 16, 2009
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
UC Irvine Student Center
Conference on Critical Investigations into Humanitarianism in Africa
The UC Irvine Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies (CGPACS) and The UCLA James S. Coleman African Studies Center present a conference bringing together scholars, technical experts and humanitarian nongovernmental organizations to assess how humanitarianism is imagined and practiced in Africa. The conference will be held at UCI on Friday, January 16 and Saturday, January 17, 2009.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
UC Irvine Student Center
Deputy Director Anna Spain to Deliver Closing Ceremony Lecture at UCLA MUN Collegiate Conference
Burkle Center Deputy Director and UCLA Adjunct Professor Anna Spain will deliver this year's Closing Ceremony lecture at the 2009 UCLA MUN Collegiate Conference.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
UCLA Campus
Somewhere Else: Lotte World, Theme Parks and the Logic of Leisure Time
By Professor Timothy Tangherlini, UCLA/Korean Studies Graduate Student Colloquium Series
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
A Traditional Residence in Namsan, Seoul, Built by the Master Carpenter of the Royal Palace
By Sang Oak Lee, Seoul National University/CKS Post Doc and Visiting Scholars Colloquium Series
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Human Rights and Gaza
A Symposium
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Broad Art Building 2160E
Underground History: Splendor and Misery of the Moscow Metro
A public lecture by GABOR RITTERSPORN, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, Centre d'Etudes des Mondes Russe, Caucasien et Centre-Europeen
Thursday, January 22, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
AAA Meeting and Free Film Screening of Bamako
The African Activist Association (AAA) at UCLA presents a free film screening of Abderrahmane Sissako's Bamako. AAA will hold a meeting prior to the screening.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
10383 Bunche Hall
Islam in the New Afghan Public Sphere
A public lecture by Nushin Arbabzadah, UCLA
Thursday, January 22, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
Poto Mitan: Haitian Women Pillars of the Global Economy
Screening of Poto Mitan: Haitian Women Pillars of the Global Economy, directed by Mark Shuller and Renee Bergan.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Rolfe 1200
Immigration to Israel in Comparative Perspective
Please join us for an enlightening and interesting program featuring a panel of professors who will be discussing Israel immigration.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
4:30 PM
UCLA School of Law, Room 1420
Technologies: Caribbean Knowledges, Imperial Critiques 1860-1900s
Dr Jossianna Arroyo's presentation on global connections between Freemasons in the Spanish Caribbean and the United States.
Friday, January 23, 2009
3:00 PM
Rolfe 4302
"Technologies: Caribbean Knowledges, Imperial Critiques 1860-1900s"
The Mellon Seminar on Caribbean Cultural History presents a discussion and reading by Professor Jossianna Arroyo, Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The University of Texas at Austin.
Friday, January 23, 2009
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Rolfe Hall 4302
The Contribution of Inclusive Waste Management in Building Sustainable Communities: Experiences With Organized Recycling Groups in Brazil
Presentation by Professor Jutta Gutberlet from the University of Victoria, Canada.
Friday, January 23, 2009
3:00 PM
1261 Bunche Hall
Chinese New Year's Banquet
The Center for Chinese Studies will host a Chinese New Year Banquet at Hop Li Restaurant on January 23
Friday, January 23, 2009
6:30 PM
Guest Speaker Talk: Designing, Measuring and Controlling Molecular- and Supramolecular-Scale Properties for Molecular Devices
Guest speaker: Professor Paul Weiss, UCLA
Monday, January 26, 2009
Peking University
Pictures in Comic Elegance: Yosa Buson and Haiga (haiku painting)
Colloquium with Cheryl Crowley, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Emory University.
Monday, January 26, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Faculty Center
Xianbei, Fuyu, or Puyo: The Laoheshen Cemetery in Jilin, China, and Its Ethnicity and Women
A talk by Pak Yangjin (Chungnam University), cosponsored by the Center for Korean Studies --
TIME CHANGE: The lecture will be at 4 pm
Monday, January 26, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
The Politics of Quranic Hermeneutics: Royalties on Interpretation
A public lecture by Walid Saleh, University of Toronto
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
Current Challenges in the Middle East Facing the New Administration with Consul General of Israel Jacob Dayan
Come join Consul General Jacob Dayan as he engages the UCLA community in an up-to-date political briefing and discussion regarding the current situation in the Middle East in light of the new administration. This event is open to the public.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
5:00 PM
UCLA School of Law, Room 1357
Killer's Paradise
A film by Giselle Portenier, Guatemala/Canada, 2007.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
History, Memory and Museums: The Immigration History Museum in Paris
A public lecture by NANCY GREEN, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
Thursday, January 29, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Conference on Languages of Southeast Asia, Day 1
A forum for presentations of new research and the exchange of ideas to create fresh conversations between scholars and teachers of Southeast Asian languages.
Friday, January 30, 2009
8:30 AM - 7:00 PM
314 and 306 Royce Hall
Conference on "Two Systems, One World: US-China Relations under the Obama Administration"
Friday, January 30th, 2009 - A one-day conference sponsored by the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations and the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies, with additional support from the UCLA Asia Insitute.
Friday, January 30, 2009
8:30 AM - 2:45 PM
Faculty Center
Conference on Languages of Southeast Asia, Day 2
A forum for presentations of new research and the exchange of ideas to create fresh conversations between scholars and teachers of Southeast Asian languages.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
8:30 AM - 8:30 PM
314 and 306 Royce Hall
Conference on Languages of Southeast Asia, Day 3
A forum for presentations of new research and the exchange of ideas to create fresh conversations between scholars and teachers of Southeast Asian languages.
Sunday, February 01, 2009
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
314 and 306 Royce Hall
Kushanshahr: Where Zoroastrians and Buddhists meet - A Visual Presentation
A CISA and Central Asia Initiative Seminar
Monday, February 02, 2009
12:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Kushanshahr: Where Zoroastrians and Buddhists meet - A Visual Presentation
A CISA and Central Asia Initiative Seminar
Monday, February 02, 2009
12:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Carlos Moore Discussion and Book Signing
The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies presents a talk by scholar Dr. Carlos Moore. Dr. Moore is internationally known for his work on the impact of race and ethnicity on domestic politics and inter-state affairs.
Monday, February 02, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
135 Haines Hall
Religion and the Public Good in Taiwan
A talk by ROBERT P. WELLER, in the series New Directions in Taiwan Studies
Monday, February 02, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Double Exposure: Two Bodies of Work by Photographer Gideon Mendel
Gideon Mendels Art + Activism Lecture
Monday, February 02, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Kaufman Hall: Room 208
Notes on Masculinity in Spanish American and Brazilian Cultures
Presentation by Dr. Idelber Avelar, Professor of Spanish & Portuguese, Tulane University.
Monday, February 02, 2009
4:30 PM
Rolfe 4302
Slingshot Hip Hop
Film screening and discussion with filmmaker Jackie Salloum
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Math Sciences Building 4000A
Buddhist World Heritage Properties in Korea: Thoughts and Significance
By Jongmyung Kim, The Academy of Korean Studies/CKS Post Doc and Visiting Scholar Colloquium Series
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy
Film screening and discussion with the filmmaker, Dr. Robert Lemelson
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:45 PM
3534 Franz Hall
Burkle Talk by Brian Jenkins, Author of 'Will Terrorists Go Nuclear'
Join us for a lunchtime lecture by Brian Jenkins, author of Will Terrorists Go Nuclear, followed by Q&A from members of the UCLA community.
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
UCLA Law School Rm. 1357
8th Annual Korean Music Symposium
February 4-6, 2009, Lecture Series and Performances
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Gamelan Lecture Hall
A Casa de Alice (Alice's House)
Screening of Brazilian film 'A Casa de Alice', directed by Chico Teixeira
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theatre
Yezhov: The Rise of Stalin's "Iron Fist"
A book talk with author ARCH GETTY, UCLA, History, and discussant ROBERT EDELMAN, UC San Diego, History
Thursday, February 05, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
Rio de Janeiro: Two Centuries of Urban Change, 1808-2008
Launching of the Latin American Institute's Center for Brazilian Studies.
Thursday, February 05, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Presentation Roon
Jewish Urban History in the Americas: A Comparative Look at Jewish Buenos Aires and Jewish Los Angeles
Symposium featuring the work of junior scholars working at the exciting borders of Jewish cultural and urban history in the Americas.
Sunday, February 08, 2009
10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
306 Royce Hall
Tyva Kyzy (Daughters of Tuva)
A workshop and performance
Sunday, February 08, 2009
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Popper Theater
Timurid Custom and Chinggisid Law: Continuity and Innovation
A CISA and Central Asia Initiative Seminar
Monday, February 09, 2009
12:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Feb. 9th: A Public Discussion with Professor Michael Mann and Gen. Wesley K. Clark (ret.)
Join us for a lecture by Professor Michael Mann followed by public discussion with Gen. Wesley K. Clark (ret.)
Monday, February 09, 2009
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
6275 Bunche
An Informal Discussion with Louis Mazel, US Department of State
The UCLA African Studies Center presents an informal discussion with Louis Mazel on Regional Security Issues in Africa, US Policy in the Horn of Africa, AFRICOM and Chinese Economic Expansion in Africa. Mr. Mazel is the Director, Office of African Regional and Security Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, US Department of State.
Monday, February 09, 2009
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall (10th floor)
Drama as a Literary Genre in Modern Japan
Colloquium with Cody Poulton, Japanese Literature and Theatre, University of Victoria.
Monday, February 09, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Faculty Center
The Power of the Internet in China: Citizen Activism Online
A talk by GUOBIN YANG (Barnard College)
Monday, February 09, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Jewish Urban History in the Americas: A Comparative Look at Jewish Buenos Aires and Jewish Los Angeles
Symposium featuring the work of junior scholars working at the exciting borders of Jewish cultural and urban history in the Americas.
Monday, February 09, 2009
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
306 Royce Hall
Modifications to and Comments on the Bible by Hong Xiuquan of the Taiping Movement
A talk by CHEN YIYI (Beijing University), sponsored by the Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Humanities Building 389
The Political Obstacles to the Economic Reforms in Algeria
A public lecture by Lahouari Addi, University of Lyon
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
12:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
Dr. C.Z. Wilson discusses Crossing Learning Boundaries By Choice: Black People Must Save Themselves -- A Memoir
The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies presents a talk by Dr. C. Z. Wilson, former Vice Chancellor for Students Affairs at UCLA.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
135 Haines Hall
Mellon Seminar in Black Atlantic Studies: Diaspora Conversions: Black Carib Religion and the Recovery of Africa
The Mellon Seminar in Black Atlantic Studies explores an emerging paradigm shift in African Diaspora scholarship. The Mellon Seminar in Black Atlantic Studies, 2008-2009 is co-organized by Andrew Apter, Departments of History and Anthropology; African Studies Center and Patrick Polk, Department of World Arts and Culture.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
Political-Economic Crisis & Popular Response - Screening of "Argentina: Hope in Hard Times"
Screening and discussion of "Argentina: Hope in Hard Times" a film directed by Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Entrepreneurs Hall C-315
North African Sufism in World Context
A symposium on Sufi movements from North Africa and their influence in a global context.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Kerckhoff Hall Grand Salon
What's Just About International Justice
A public lecture by DAVID KAYE, UCLA Law, International Human Rights Program
Thursday, February 12, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Mellon Seminar in Black Atlantic Studies: Spirit Possession aujourd'hui-with a nod to Levi-Strauss
The Mellon Seminar in Black Atlantic Studies explores an emerging paradigm shift in African Diaspora scholarship. The Mellon Seminar in Black Atlantic Studies, 2008-2009 is co-organized by Andrew Apter, Departments of History and Anthropology; African Studies Center and Patrick Polk, Department of World Arts and Culture.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
Film Screening of The Eastsiders: A Celebration
The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies and the UCLA Library's Center for Oral History Research present a film which depicts an introductory celebration of the generation of African Americans who grew up in the Central Avenue corridor of the eastside of Los Angeles from the 1920s to 1965.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Young Research Library
Israel's Elections and What they Portend for Israel's Foreign Policy
Please join us for an interesting program with Oded Eran, Director of the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel-Aviv University. He will give an expert analysis of Israel's election results which will take place on February 10th.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
UCLA School of Law, Room 1327
What Kind of Liberation?: Women and the Occupation of Iraq
A public lecture by Nadje Al-Ali, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Friday, February 13, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
A Study on the Historical Nature of the National Movement among Korean Residents in Japan during the Period of Japanese Imperialism
By In Duck Kim, Sungkyungkwan University/CKS Post Doc and Visiting Scholar Colloquium Series
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Film Screening of Leimert Park: The Story of a Village in South Central Los Angeles
The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies and the UCLA Library's Center for Oral History Research present a film which focuses on the Leimert Park village area in Los Angeles.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Young Research Library
Hidden Sorrows: The Persecution of Romanian Gypsies During WWII
A film by Michelle Kelso. USA/Romania, 2005.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
Access to Chinese Electronic Resources
Presented by The East Asian Library
Thursday, February 19, 2009
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
East Asian Library
Terror from Within: Brotherhood and Betrayal in the NKVD
A public lecture by CYNTHIA HOOPER, College of the Holy Cross, History
Thursday, February 19, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Denise Nicholas Discusses Freshwater Road
The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies presents a discussion and book signing by author and actress Denise Nicholas.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
135 Haines Hall
Paths to a Foreign Affairs Career with the U.S. Government for Asia Specialists
A Careers in Asia Talk with Kapil Gupta, US Dept. of State
Thursday, February 19, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Access to Korean Electronic Resources
Presented by The East Asian Library
Thursday, February 19, 2009
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
East Asian Library
The War in Gaza and Southern Israel: Ramifications for Israel, the Palestinians and the Middle East
Asher Susser is Professor of Middle East Studies at Tel Aviv University and the Former Director of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
UCLA School of Law
Roma Economic Strategies in Postsocialist Romania
A public lecture by GABRIEL TROC, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
352 Haines Hall
Flying Down to Rio (1933)
Screening of Flying Down to Rio (1933) directed by Thornton Freeland.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Presentation Room
Cuban Slave Society and the Haitian Revolution
The Mellon Seminar on Caribbean Cultural History is proud to present a talk by Ada Ferrer, Associate Professor of History at New York University.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
24 City
Film screening of 24 City
Thursday, February 19, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
Getting Published
By Namhee Lee, Professor, UCLA/Korean Studies Graduate Student Colloquium Series
Friday, February 20, 2009
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Access to Japanese Electronic Resources
Presented by The East Asian Library
Friday, February 20, 2009
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
East Asian Library
Theravada, But Not as We Know It: Forgotten Tantra in Theravada Buddhism
A talk on Theravada Buddhism by Professor Henrietta Kate Crosby of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), UK. Part of the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies Numata Colloquium Series.
Friday, February 20, 2009
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Royce Hall 243
Seventh Annual Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies
International Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies
Friday, February 20, 2009
9:30 AM - 7:00 PM
314 Royce Hall
Workshop on East Asian Langauges
15th Weal Workshop
Saturday, February 21, 2009
8:00 PM - 5:30 PM
314 Royce Hall
Filming the Eichmann Trial (Day 1)
An international conference exploring the impact of film and radio and TV broadcasts of the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem
Sunday, February 22, 2009
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
Tahavolat Ejtemaei der Aliabad: Az Roosta der 1978/79 ta Shahrestan der 2003-2008
A public lecture by Mary Hegland, Santa Clara University
Sunday, February 22, 2009
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Dodd 121
Filming the Eichmann Trial (Day 2)
An international conference exploring the impact of film and radio and TV broadcasts of the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem
Monday, February 23, 2009
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Royce Hall 314
The Soldier and the Medium: Two sixteenth century authors on the Mughal Empire
A CISA and Central Asia Initiative Seminar
Monday, February 23, 2009
12:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Fiddling in West Africa: Touching the Spirit in Fulbe, Hausa and Dagbamba Cultures
Jacqueline Djedje
Professor and Chair, Department of Ethnomusicology
Monday, February 23, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
10367 Bunche Hall (10th floor)
"Technologies of Asian Development" : Japanese Engineers in Wartime China and Manchuria (1937-1945)
Colloquium with Aaron Moore, History, UCLA Terasaki Postdoctoral Fellow.
Monday, February 23, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Faculty Center
Buddhism and Science: A Guide for the Perplexed
A talk on Buddhism and science by Professor Donald Lopez of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Part of the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies Numata Colloquium Series.
Monday, February 23, 2009
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Royce Hall 243
Overcoming Capitalism: Protestant Christianity and Cooperative Living in Colonial Korea
By Albert L. Park, Assistant Professor of History, Claremont McKenna College/Im Colloquium of Korean Christianity
Monday, February 23, 2009
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Divergences and Convergences between Literati and Popular Drama in China
A talk by LU YINGKUN (Communications University of China)
Monday, February 23, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Minorities in Israel: Perspective from the Druze Community
Please join us for an informative program with Zeidan Atashi.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383, 10th floor
God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre
Journalist and author Richard Grant shares his research, insight and stories on his travels into the Sierra Madre.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
YRL Presentation Room
Education Abroad Program (EAP) Studying in Jerusalem Information Session
Please join us for an informational event if you'd like to find out more about studying in Jerusalem.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
12:45 PM - 3:00 PM
11377 Bunche Hall (11th floor)
Women and Power in 'Aliabad: Climbing out of Gender, Sexual, and Generational Hierarchies
A public lecture by Mary Hegland, Santa Clara University
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
3:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
Jewish Law in the State of Israel
Dr. Yehiel Kaplan, Senior Lecturer at Haifa University, Faculty of Law
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
UCLA School of Law, Room 1327
"The Shared Responsibility Initiative" by H. E. Francisco Santos Calderon, Vice President of Colombia
Join us for a lecture by His Excellency Francisco Santos Calderon, the current Vice President of Colombia, as he discusses "The Shared Responsibility Initiative: Cocaine's Ecocide in Columbia" - an international campaign led by the Vice President to create awareness about the social and environmental damages caused by the cultivation of coca and production of cocaine in Colombia.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Charles E. Young Grand Salon
Early Pastoral-Nomadic Societies in the Eastern Eurasian steppes and Their Historical Significance
A talk by GUO WU (Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Science), cosponsored by the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Religion and (Mis)understanding in the Early Zionist-Arab Encounter
Jonathan Gribetz, Columbia University
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Bunche Hall
Film Screening of Black on Black
The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies and the UCLA Film and Television Archive's Research and Study Center present a screening of the historic documentary, Black on Black, followed by a panel discussion.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
UCLA James Bridges Theater
Globalization and Less-Developed Regions: The EU Cohesion Program as a Model
A public lecture by MICHAEL STORPER, UCLA, Urban Planning
Thursday, February 26, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Race Law Stories
The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies presents Dr. Devon Carbado discussing Race Law Series.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
135 Haines Hall
The Book of Royal Degrees and Russian Historical Consciousness
International Conference. Thursday, February 26, through Saturday, February 28, 2009.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Royce 314
Christmas in Gaza: An Adventitious War
A lecture by Leonard Binder, distinguished Professor of Political Science and past President of the Middle East Studies Association.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
UCLA School of Law
Changing Images of the Global
A talk by WANG GUNGWU, the inaugural lecture in the series Beyond the Headlines
Thursday, February 26, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
California Room
CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURAL TRAJECTORIES IN EAST ASIA
Contemporary and Modern Architecture in East Asia
Friday, February 27, 2009
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Hacienda Room
MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN EAST ASIA: REGIONALISM/TRANSLATIONALISM
Contemporary and Modern Architecture in East Asia
Saturday, February 28, 2009
9:30 PM - 12:00 PM
West Hall Meeting Room 503
"Transnational Feminisms in Africa"
The UCLA African Studies Center and the Center for the Study of Women present a talk by Professor Takyiwaa Manuh of the University of Ghana, Legon.
Monday, March 02, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
America's North Africa Exhibit
An exhibit in the Powell Library Rotunda
March 2 - September 18, 2009
Monday, March 02, 2009
Powell Library Rotunda
Burkle Talk with Tim Weiner, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter for The New York Times
Join us for a lecture by Tim Weiner on his most recent book "Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA". Copies of his book will be available for purchase and signing after the event. Mr. Weiner has reported on American intelligence from around the world for more than 20 years. He is the author of three books, and has traveled extensively to investigate CIA covert operations firsthand.
Monday, March 02, 2009
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Dodd Hall Room 121
Modern Chinese Science
Visiting Chinese Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Tsinghua University will speak on modern Chinese science.
Monday, March 02, 2009
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Bunche 10383
The Making of the Chinese Intellectual: Theory, Findings, and Hypotheses
A talk by EDDY U (UC Davis)
Monday, March 02, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
The Politics of Uneven Development in Thailand: An Analytical Framework
Colloquium with Richard F. Doner, Emory University
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Contemplating Contemplation: Another Look at Meditation in Indian Buddhism
UCLA Department of Asian Languages and Cultures' Graduate Colloquium Series, in partnership with the Center for Buddhist Studies, presents a talk by J. Wayne Bass.
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Royce Hall 243
Road to Morocco, starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope
Film and Discussion in conjunction with America's North Africa, an exhibition of Pop Culture Literature and Artifacts opening March 2 in the Powell Library Rotunda.
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Bunche Hall 6275
SIN NOMBRE
Screening of SIN NOMBRE(2009), directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga.
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theatre
Phonological Analysis on Spelling Errors Made by Korean Language Users: Focusing on the Hyper-analytic Spelling
By Shin Ae So, Sogang University/CKS Post Doc and Visiting Scholars Colloquium Series
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
The Collapse of Communism in Europe 1989 - Causes and Consequences
A public lecture by JURGEN KOCKA, Free University Berlin; Visiting Professor, UCLA, History
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
314 Royce Hall
Dynamics of Stratification in Israel: Ethnicity, Class, and Education
Meir Yaish, Professor of the University of Haifa
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Haines Hall, Room 279
Ainda Orangotangos (Still Orangutans)
Screening of Still Orangutans (2008), directed by Gustavo Spolidoro
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theatre
Ikebana Exhibit
Kyoko Kassarjian and the members of the Sogetsu San Fernando Valley Branch will stage an exhibit and demonstration of Ikebana. The Japanese art of Ikebana is a highly refined and respected art form with over five centuries of history and development. The Sogetsu School of Ikebana, Japans most progressive avant-garde school, embraces todays modern aesthetic while at the same time respecting and reflecting the traditional Japanese sensitivity to the beauty of nature.
Thursday, March 05, 2009
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Ackerman Union
Adam Mickiewicz: The Life of a Romantic
A book talk with author ROMAN KOROPECKYJ, UCLA, Slavic Languages and Literatures, and discussant BETH HOLMGREN, Duke University, Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Thursday, March 05, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Burkle Talk with Anthony Pagden, Author of "Worlds at War"
Join us as UCLA Political Science and History Professor Anthony Pagden discusses his most recent publication titled "Worlds at War: The 2,500 year Struggle between East and West." His research is focused on the prolonged relationship between Europe and its foreign settlements and between Europe and the world from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Thursday, March 05, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Bunche Hall Room 4357
Russian Winter Festival
March 5-7
Thursday, March 05, 2009
NORTH AFRICAN MIGRATION IN GLOBAL CONTEXT
A workshop organized by Professor Nouri Gana, UCLA.
Thursday, March 05, 2009
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
314 Royce Hall
Books, Writers, and Editors in Nineteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro
Lecture by Fernando Paixo, visiting professor in the Spanish and Portuguese Department.
Thursday, March 05, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Presentation Room
Fowler Screening and Lecture: Macario
Screening of Macario (1960), directed by Roberto Galvadon. Screening followed by a discussion of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.
Thursday, March 05, 2009
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
UCLA Fowler Museum
Mellon Seminar in Black Atlantic Studies: Microhistory Set in Motion: An Itinerary from Senegambia to Saint-Domingue to Santiago de Cuba
The Mellon Seminar in Black Atlantic Studies, the UCLA Mellon Seminar on Caribbean Cultural History, and the Latin American Institute present a seminar presentation by Rebecca Scott, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. The Mellon Seminar in Black Atlantic Studies, 2008-2009 is co-organized by Andrew Apter, Departments of History and Anthropology; African Studies Center and Patrick Polk, Department of World Arts and Culture.
Friday, March 06, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
Microhistory Set in Motion: An Itinerary from Senegambia to Saint-Domingue to Santiago de Cuba
A Lecture by Rebecca J. Scott, Charles Gibson Distinguished University Professor of History and Law at the University of Michigan.
Friday, March 06, 2009
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Bunche 6275
Iska's Journey
A film by Csaba Bollok. Hungary, 2007.
Sunday, March 08, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
Gang Violence in Brazil's Northeast: Notes for a Debate
A lecture by Jose Luiz Ratton,Professor of Sociology at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE)
Monday, March 09, 2009
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
1301 Rolfe Hall
Mercantile connections between India and Central Asia in the early modern era
A CISA and Central Asia Initiative Seminar
Monday, March 09, 2009
12:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Economic Meltdown: Causes and Consequences
A talk by Robert Brenner, UCLA, History, and Gary Dymski, UC Riverside, Economics
Monday, March 09, 2009
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
Explaining Gender Inequality in Japan, Europe, and North America
Colloquium with Margarita Esteves-Abe, Political Science, Maxwell School, Syracuse University.
Monday, March 09, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
4357 Bunche Hall
Mellon Seminar in Black Atlantic Studies: Silences in the Museum: Reflections on Paris's Muse du Quai Branly
The Mellon Seminar in Black Atlantic Studies explores an emerging paradigm shift in African Diaspora scholarship. The Mellon Seminar in Black Atlantic Studies, 2008-2009 is co-organized by Andrew Apter, Departments of History and Anthropology; African Studies Center and Patrick Polk, Department of World Arts and Culture.
Monday, March 09, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Silences in the Museum: Reflections on Paris's Musee du Quai Branly
A Lecture by Sally Price, from William and Mary College
Monday, March 09, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Bunche 10383
The Buddha as a Businessman: Economics and Law in an Old Indian Religion
106th UCLA FACULTY RESEARCH LECTURE to be given by Gregory Schopen, Professor of Buddhism and Chair of the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Freud PlayHouse
Talk of Darkness: Human Rights in Morocco
A public reading and lecture by author and human rights activist Fatna El Bouih
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
UCLA Faculty Center, Downstairs Lounge
Mellon Seminar in Black Atlantic Studies: Travels with Tooy: History, Memory, and the African-American Imagination
The Mellon Seminar in Black Atlantic Studies presents a seminar limited to UCLA faculty and graduate students that explores an emerging paradigm shift in African Diaspora scholarship. The Mellon Seminar in Black Atlantic Studies, 2008-2009 is co-organized by Andrew Apter, Departments of History and Anthropology; African Studies Center and Patrick Polk, Department of World Arts and Culture.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
Travels with Tooy: History, Memory, and the African-American Imagination
A Lecture by Richard Price, from William and Mary College
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Bunche 6275
The Peace Process in the Middle East: What is Going On?
Ayman Abdel Nour is a leading reformist and the editor-in-chief of the All4Syria Bulletin (www.all4syria.org), the leading independent media news and opinion source in Syria.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
4357 Bunche Hall
Burkle Talk with Kenneth Cloke, President & Co-Founder of Mediators Beyond Borders
Join us as Kenneth Cloke discusses his most recent publication titled "Conflict Revolution: Mediating Evil, War, Injustice and Terrorism."
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Public Affairs Room 2355
Wailing Walls and Iron Walls: Recasting the Sacred and the Making of a Zionist National Symbol
Arieh Saposnik, Jess Schwartz Assistant Professor of Hebrew Culture, School of International Letters and Cultures & Jewish Studies Program at Arizona State University
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Bunche Hall
Global Perspectives on Youth & Violence
Young people make up almost a fifth of the worlds population. Close to 85% of the 1.1 billion young men and women between the ages of 15 and 24 live in developing countries.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Covel Commons
The Last Soviet Dreamer: Conversations with Leonid Potemkin
A public lecture by JOCHEN HELLBECK, Rutgers University, History
Thursday, March 12, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Dealing with Responsibility for the Great Leap Famine in the Peoples Republic of China
A talk by FELIX WEMHEUER (University of Vienna)
Thursday, March 12, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Black Orpheus (1959)
Screening of Black Orpheus (1959) directed by Marcel Camus.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Presentation Room
Language Contact and Conflict in the Andes: Spanish and the Indigenous Languages
Lecture by Rodolfo Cerron-Palomino from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
4302 Rolfe Hall
Preventing Mass Atrocities: A Criminological Perspective
Lecture by Argentine Justice Eugenio Raul Zaffaroni
Thursday, March 12, 2009
9:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Room 1430
The Americas at the Age of Exploration
LAI Winter Workshop 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
8:00 PM - 5:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
A Conference to Discuss "Political Economy and Growth in China and Europe since Tamerlane" by Jean Laurent-Rosenthal and R. Bin Wong
By Invitation Only
Saturday, March 14, 2009
8:30 AM - 5:15 PM
"The Politics of Human Rights in the United Nations" by The Honorable Louise Arbour
The Honorable Louise Arbour is former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and this year's Regents Lecturer at the UCLA School of Law. The lecture is co-sponsored by the UCLA Law School International Human Rights Law Program and the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations.
Monday, March 16, 2009
4:15 PM
UCLA School of Law
Love by the Sea: Rio de Janeiro and Bossa Nova
Lecture by Eliane R. Moraes, visiting professor in the Spanish and Portuguese Department.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Presentation Room
Urbanization and Rural-Urban Migration in China
A talk (in Chinese) by BAI NANSHENG (Renmin University)
Friday, March 20, 2009
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Armenian Studies at a Threshold (Day 1)
35th Anniversary Conference of the Society for Armenian Studies
Thursday, March 26, 2009
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
314 Royce Hall
Armenian Studies at a Threshold (Day 2)
35th Anniversary Conference of the Society for Armenian Studies
Friday, March 27, 2009
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
1200 Rolfe Hall
Armenian Studies at a Threshold (Day 3)
35th Anniversary Conference of the Society for Armenian Studies
Saturday, March 28, 2009
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
1200 Rolfe Hall
The Work of the TRCK: Uncovering the Hidden Stories of the Korean War
By Dong-choon Kim, Associate Professor, Sung Kong Hoe University/Korea Colloquium Series
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
민족화해와 통일을 위한 역사청산
Truth Verification for Bringing Reconciliation in the Korean Peninsula
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Garden Suite Hotel
Free Sneak Preview Film Screening of "Goodbye Solo"
Melnitz Movies and the Graduate Students Association present a film about a Senegalese cab driver in North Carolina and the life-changing journey he embarks on after picking up a tough old Southern man. 91 minutes. Beautiful cinematography;excellent acting by Souleymane Sy Savane and Red West.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
O Misterio do Samba (The Mystery of Samba)
Screening of O Misterio do Samba (2008), directed by Lula Buarque de Hollanda and Carolina Jabor.
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theatre
Mass Privatization and the Postcommunist Mortality Crisis
A public lecture by LARRY KING, Cambridge University, Sociology
Thursday, April 02, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Launching Event UCLA Center for Mexican Studies
Opening event for the UCLA Center for Mexican Studies with a special address by Jorge Durand, Professor of Anthropology, University of Guadalajara and Music by zocaloZe.
Thursday, April 02, 2009
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Fowler Museum Terrace
A Half Century of U.S. - Africa Relations
Haskell Ward discusses the last 50 years of US policy in Africa.
Thursday, April 02, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
A Conversation and Performance with Israeli Theatre Artist Motti Lerner - Playwriting in Wartime
Motti Lerner, lecturer at Tel-Aviv University
Thursday, April 02, 2009
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
UCLA Hillel
SUGAR
Screening of Dominican film Sugar, by Ruan Fleck and Anna Boden
Thursday, April 02, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
Patrones y procesos migratorios en America Latina
A bilingual seminar presented by The Migration Study Group, the Center for Mexican Studies and the International Institute.
Thursday, April 02, 2009
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
279 Haines Hall
Mexicanos en Chicago: Diario de Campo de Robert Redfield. 1924-1925
Mexicans in Chicago: the Working Diary of Robert Redfield 1924-1925.
Friday, April 03, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Haines Hall 279
Mellon Seminar in Black Atlantic Studies: Excavating the Past: Archaeological Perspectives on Black Atlantic Regional Networks a conference in honor of Merrick Posnansky
The Mellon Seminar in Black Atlantic Studies explores an emerging paradigm shift in African Diaspora scholarship. The Mellon Seminar in Black Atlantic Studies, 2008-2009 is co-organized by Andrew Apter, Departments of History and Anthropology; African Studies Center and Patrick Polk, Department of World Arts and Culture.
Friday, April 03, 2009
UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Ibrary
The Aṭṭhakavagga Reconsidered: Between Wisdom and Dispassion
A CBS Colloquium Series Lecture by Professor Luis O. Gmez (Prof. Emeritus, University of Michigan and Profesor Investigador, El Colegio de Mxico).
Friday, April 03, 2009
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
243 Royce Hall, UCLA
The Korean Community in Brazil: Challenges, Achievement and Prospects
By Lytton L. Guimaraes, Ph.D., Coordinator, Asian Studies Group, University of Brasilia
Friday, April 03, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
USC Korean Studies Institute
In Treatment / Be-Tipul Conference
A full-day conference on "In Treatment," the award winning HBO television drama about a psychotherapist and his patients, and "Be-Tipul," the critically acclaimed Israeli show on which "In Treatment" is based and winner of the Israeli Television Academy Award for best drama series.
Friday, April 03, 2009
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
James Bridges Theater, Melnitz Hall, UCLA
Cartographies of Islam in the Americas: Migrants, Converts and Devotion
Symposium about the growing presence of Islam in Latin American Societies.
Friday, April 03, 2009
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Royce 362
Cartographies of Islam in the Americas: Migrants, Converts and Devotion
A Conference organize by Camila Pastor de Maria y Campos, UCLA
Friday, April 03, 2009
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
362 Royce Hall
Mellon Seminar in Black Atlantic Studies: Excavating the Past: Archaeological Perspectives on Black Atlantic Regional Networks a conference in honor of Merrick Posnansky
The Mellon Seminar in Black Atlantic Studies explores an emerging paradigm shift in African Diaspora scholarship. The Mellon Seminar in Black Atlantic Studies, 2008-2009 is co-organized by Andrew Apter, Departments of History and Anthropology; African Studies Center and Patrick Polk, Department of World Arts and Culture.
Saturday, April 04, 2009
UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Ibrary
"Declarations of Dependence: Labor, Personhood, and Welfare in South Africa and Beyond"
The African Studies Center presents a talk by James Ferguson, Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology, Stanford University.
Monday, April 06, 2009
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
The Life and Legacy of an Afghan Leader: Ahmed Shah Massoud
Central Asia Initiative Book Talk with Marcela Grad, author of "Massoud: An Intimate Portrait of the Legendary Afghan Leader"
Monday, April 06, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
The Seoul 1988 Olympic Games and Urban Renewal: a longer view
By Professor Lisa Kim Davis/Korean Studies Graduate Student Colloquium Series
Monday, April 06, 2009
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Isotope Research on Ancient Chinese Diets
A talk by ZHANG XUELIAN
Monday, April 06, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Israel's Quest for Collective Identity
Yoram Peri, Visiting Professor at American University Washington, D.C.
Monday, April 06, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
4357 Bunche Hall (4th floor)
Our Disappeared
A film screening and discussion with Juan Mandelbaum, the film's director
Monday, April 06, 2009
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
First Meeting CACSC Interdisciplinary Workshop.
The UCLA Center for Argentina, Chile and the Southern cone (CACSC) presents "Caftens, Kurvehs, and Stille Chuppahs:Jewish Sex Workers and their Opponents in Buenos Aires, 1890-1930. by Mir Yarfitz, PhD candidate from the History department.
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10367 Bunche Hall
Sri Lanka Mask Dance and Southeast Asia
Colloquium with David Blundell, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Between Jew and Arab: The Lost Voice of Simon Rawidowicz
Book Talk by David Myers, UCLA, with comments by Amir Eshel, Stanford University and Gabriel Piterberg, UCLA, Reception and Signing to Follow
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
306 Royce Hall
Rebels with a Cause?: Examining the lives of the Ethiopian Revolution participants
Special presentation by
Abye Tasse, PHD
Vice President Vice-President for Strategic Planning and International Affairs
Addis Ababa University
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
4:00 PM
TBA
The Changing Pattern of Burial Construction in Early Imperial China
A talk by YANG ZHEFENG (Peking University)
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Political-Economic Crisis & Popular Response - Screening of "Argentina: Turning Around"
Screening and discussion of "Argentina: Turning Around" a film directed by Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin.
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
5:30 PM
Cornell Hall D-313
Vietnamese International Film Festival at UCLA, Part 1
Seven short films about Vietnam and the Vietnamese in Diaspora
Thursday, April 09, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Ackerman 2nd Floor Lounge
Vietnamese International Film Festival at UCLA, Part 2
Feature film "When Autumn Sunlight Comes (KHI NANG THU VE)"
Thursday, April 09, 2009
7:30 PM - 9:45 PM
Moore Hall 100
A Symposium on Women in Conflict Zones
This Symposium will feature a keynote/public lecture by Shahrazad Mojab of the University of Toronto, followed by a panel and a workshop designed to explore various conflict zones (e.g., Palestine, Iran (Kurds), Algeria, Sudan, Mexico, Lebanon, Cuba, Eritrea, Tunisia, Philippines, Rwanda/Congo, South Africa, and the United States, where individuals may be actors, warriors, victims, perpetrators, survivors, collaborators, icons or symbols and may be ambivalent, complicit, and have complicated relationships to their adversaries.
Friday, April 10, 2009
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
UCLA Faculty Center, Sequoia Room
A Symposium on Women in Conflict Zones
Conference organized by Sondra Hale, UCLA
Friday, April 10, 2009
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sequoia Room, Faculty Center
Persian Poetry in Diaspora
Panel Discussion & Poetry Reading
Sunday, April 12, 2009
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
121 Dodd Hall
Beyond "Shinto": Justifications for Rulership around the Tenmu Dynasty, 650-750
Colloquium with UCLA Professor Herman Ooms, Department of History
Monday, April 13, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Faculty Center
Preserving Local Heritage: A Case Study from Cavite, Philippines
Colloquium with Dr. Emmanuel Franco Calairo, Professor of History and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, De La Salle University-Dasmarinas
Monday, April 13, 2009
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
China and Global Imbalances: It's Not the Exchange Rate
A talk by CALLA WIEMER (Visiting Scholar, UCLA)
Monday, April 13, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Korean Pop Culture: The Border Crossing Heroines of Hallyu
By CedarBough T. Saeji/Chew on This: A Series of Artist, Academic, and Choreographic Presentations by World Arts & Cultures Graduate Students and Faculty
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
160 Kaufman Hall
The Hispanic as Crypto-Moor
A lecture by Anouar Majid, University of New England
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
Global Economic Crisis and the HIV Response: A Potentially Devastating Impact
As part of UCLA Center for International Business Education Research's Key Regions/Critical Issues Lecture Series, Dr. Debrework Zewdie, Director of Global HIV/AIDS Program World Bank will discuss the global economic Crisis and the HIV response.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
UCLA School of Management
2009 UCLA Burkle Center Conference
This conference will assess the prospects and pitfalls of the Responsibility to Protect, and of humanitarian intervention more generally. It will feature keynote speaker Gareth Evans, former Foreign Minister of Australia, Co-Chair of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, and President/CEO of International Crisis Group. Among our 21 participants are Gen. Wesley K. Clark (ret.), LA Times Columnist Doyle McManus, Senior Adisover on R2P to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Edward Luck, and numerous experts from around the country.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
UCLA Covel Commons
First Different Western Views on Ancient Korean History
By Baek Lan Moon, Yonsei University/CKS Post Doc and Visiting Scholar Colloquium Series
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Sex, Drugs, and Rock n Roll in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Spatial and Temporal Framings of Sexuality and Sociality in Post-Revolution Iran
Lecture by Pardis Mahdavi, Pomona College
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
2125 Rolfe Hall
Cambodian Human Rights Film: Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers
A film by Rithy Panh, Cambodia/France, 2007.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
Performing Jewish "Home" and "Homeland" in East-Central Europe and Eurasia's Jewish Autonomous Republic
A public lecture by SHELLEY SALAMENSKY, UCLA, Theater
Thursday, April 16, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
20th Thurgood Marshall Lecture by Dr. Manning Marable
The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA presents a lecture by Dr. Manning Marable, Columbia University.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Cotsen Archaeology Field Program in Israel this Summer 2009
Please join us for an informational program about the Cotsen Archaeology Field Program in Israel.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Fowler A222
Justice Hassan Jallow, Chief Prosecutor for the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda at UCLA
The UCLA School of Law International Human Rights Program presents a special lecture by Justice Hassan Jallow, Chief Prosecutor, UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Room 1447
20th Thurgood Marshall Lecture by Dr. Manning Marable
The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA presents a lecture by Dr. Manning Marable, Columbia University.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Korean Christianity in Korea-U.S. and Korea-Canada Relations
2009 Im Conference of Korean Christianity
Friday, April 17, 2009
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
4357 Bunche Hall
Amazonian Concert: A Roundtable Discussion with Brazilian Writer Alvaro Cardoso Gomes
A roundtable discussion on Brazilian Writer Alvaro Cardoso Gomes' latest novel Concerto Amazonico(Amazonian Concert)
Friday, April 17, 2009
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
4302 Rolfe Hall
Globalization Southern Style: Low-Wage Labor, Race, and Migration in the Nuevo South
Lecture by Angela C. Stuesse, IRLE, UCLA.
Friday, April 17, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
279 Haines Hall
Tsuchimoto Noriaki Tribute Screening
A tribute screening of "Minamata: The Victims and Their World(1971)" followed by "On the Road: A Document(1964)."
Friday, April 17, 2009
7:00 PM - 10:30 PM
UCLA Melnitz Hall
First UCLA Indonesian Studies Graduate Student Conference, Day 1
Theme: "Community, Identity, Change"
Friday, April 17, 2009
8:45 AM - 6:00 PM
Downstairs Lounge
Iranian-American Writers in Dialogue
Organized by Nasrin Rahimieh, UC-Irvine and Persis Karim, San Jose State University
A discussion with Authors: Salar Abdoh, Farnoosh Moshiri, and Nahid Rachlin
Saturday, April 18, 2009
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
UCLA Faculty Center, Sequoia Room
Cup of Java: Javanese Dance Voices
In a rare American appearance, seven master Javanese artists from Indonesia offer an extraordinary evening of gamelan music, dance, theater and spiritual traditions.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater
First UCLA Indonesian Studies Graduate Student Conference, Day 2
Theme: "Community, Identity, Change"
Saturday, April 18, 2009
8:45 AM - 5:00 PM
Downstairs Lounge
XXXII Symposium on Portuguese Traditions- Day 1
A Symposium on Portuguese Traditions (Europe, America, Africa, Asia).
Saturday, April 18, 2009
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
UCLA Sunset Recreation Center
Korean Christianity in Korea-U.S. and Korea-Canada Relations
2009 Im Conference of Korean Christianity
Saturday, April 18, 2009
9:30 AM - 1:30 PM
4357 Bunche Hall
Cup of Java: Javanese Dance Voices
In a rare American appearance, seven master Javanese artists from Indonesia offer an extraordinary evening of gamelan music, dance, theater and spiritual traditions.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater
XXXII Symposium on Portuguese Traditions- Day 2
A Symposium on Portuguese Traditions (Europe, America, Africa, Asia).
Sunday, April 19, 2009
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
UCLA Sunset Recreation Center
Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian Studies in Japan
Lecture by Professor Akira Kono, from Osaka University,Japan.
Monday, April 20, 2009
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
4302 Rolfe Hall
Jews, Arabs, and Government Officials: Power Relations Inside Israel
A lecture by David Wesley
Monday, April 20, 2009
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
The Cultural Foundations of the East Asian Classical World: A Program for Graduate Study
A Workshop organized by Torquil Duthie (UCLA Asian Languages & Cultures)
Monday, April 20, 2009
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Royce Hall 306
Territorialization and Deterritorialization of Peasants in China's Urban Transformation
A talk by YOU-TIEN HSING (UC Berkeley)
Monday, April 20, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
4357 Bunche Hall
Lecture by Dr. Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Join us for a lecture by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement, author of "The Challenge for Africa" and longtime environmental and democracy advocate. Dr. Maathai will offer her unique vision of Africa, and of why Africans need a moral revolution if they are to save their continent.
Monday, April 20, 2009
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
UCLA Fowler Museum Auditorium
Azerbaijan's Regional Outlook and Expectations from the Obama Administration
A lunchtime discussion with Fariz Ismailzade, Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
UCLA Faculty Center
What America Needs to Know about Africa
The UCLA Fulbright Visiting Scholar Enrichment Program and the UCLA African Studies Center present a panel discussion by Fulbright teaching assistants and a Fulbright Scholar discussing Africa and what people should know about the continent, featuring Erustus Ouko, Saheed Raheem, and Abdulsalam Sikiru.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
"The Clash of Interpretation"
Lecture by author Abdelwahab Meddeb
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
314 Royce Hall
Rudo y Cursi
Screening of Mexican film Rudo y Cursi, directed by Carlos Cuaron
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
Thailand: What is Going On?: An Informal Discussion on the Current Situation in Thailand
Discussion with Dr. Kantathi Suphamongkhon, Senior Fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Of Creole Pigs and Other Vanishing Species: The Environmental Costs of Colonialism in the Caribbean
Lecture by Professor Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert from Vassar College.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
4:00 PM
Humanities 193
EUSA Conference Teaching Workshops: European Studies and European Union
Teaching Workshops at the European Studies Union Association Annual Conference, April 23 and 25
Thursday, April 23, 2009
10:30 AM
Marriott Hotel
For Prophet and Tsar: Islam and Empire in Russia and Central Asia
A book talk with author ROBERT CREWS, Stanford University, History, and discussant ADRIENNE EDGAR, UC Santa Barbara, History
Thursday, April 23, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Journalism and New Media in Africa
Presentation on the future of journalism in Africa by Salim Amin -
CEO, Camerapix, Chairman, The Mohamed Amin Foundation, and Chairman, A24 Media
Thursday, April 23, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
UCLA Campus
Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation
Book Talk by Saree Makdisi, UCLA, with comments by David Myers, UCLA, and Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
Thursday, April 23, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Royce Hall 314
Chilean Poet Raul Zurita
Poetry reading by Chilean poet Raul Zurita followed by a round table discussion.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
306 Royce Hall
Dislocated Writing: Luso-Hispanic Literature Beyond Borders- Day 1
The Sixth Annual UCLA Department of Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Student Conference.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
306 Royce hall
Torture, TV and US Interrogation Policy: What Works, What Doesn't Work and How It Is Shown on TV
Two interrogators who are responsible for capturing Saddam Hussein and finding Al Zarqawi the chief of Al Qaeda in Iraq will speak about their experiences in the field at UCLA. The interrogators will be joined by David Danzig, a Director at Human Rights First.
Friday, April 24, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1422 Melnitz Hall
Establishing a Culture of Human Rights through Education, Training, Practices and Networking
Colloquium with Dr. Suthin Nophaket, Commissioner of the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand
Friday, April 24, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
U.S. Policy in Africa in the 21st Century
Special presentation by Daphne Michelle Titus and Claudia E. Anyaso of the US State Department Bureau of African Affairs
Friday, April 24, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Latin American Economies: History and Globalization
Sponsored by the UCLA Latin American Institute, the UCLA Center for Economic History, and the Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (Mexico City).
April 24 and 25.
Friday, April 24, 2009
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
6275 Bunche
Dislocated Writing: Luso-Hispanic Literature Beyond Borders- Day 2
The Sixth Annual UCLA Department of Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Student Conference.
Friday, April 24, 2009
9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
306 Royce hall
Land of Morning Calm: Korean Culture Then and Now Book Signing
Author John Stickler and his wife, fine artist Soma Han, will be signing and chopping their book, Land of Morning Calm: Korean Culture Then and Now, during the L.A. Times Festival of Books.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Booth 845, L.A. Times Festival of Books
The Alley-Level State: Residents and Neighborhood Organizations in Beijing and Taipei
A talk by BENJAMIN L. READ (UC Santa Cruz)
Monday, April 27, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Screening of Big Man Japan
Melnitz Movies, in co-sponsorship with the Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, presents a free screening of BIG MAN JAPAN.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
Foucault and Middle East Studies
A conference organized by James Gelvin, UCLA
Featuring: Timothy Mitchell, New York University, Afsaneh Najmabadi, Harvard University, Khaled Fahmy, New York University, and Janet Afary, UCLA
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
8:45 AM - 5:00 PM
314 Royce Hall
Imaginary Power of Korean Folk Painting: Chaekkori
Professor Pyongmo Chong, Department of Cultural Assets, Gyeongju University
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
11:00 AM
146 Dodd Hall
Burkle Talk with Jon Pevehouse, Associate Prof., University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
Join us for a lunchtime lecture by Jon Pevehouse, Associate Professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. He will lecture on "International Institutions, Democracy, and Human Rights" and present his recent paper titled, "Human Rights Institutions, Membership, and Compliance."
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
Israel Independence Day Celebration
Sponsored by Bruins of Israel
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Bruin Plaza
New Romanian Films 2009
An introduction to the most anticipated Romanian features and documentaries of 2009.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Humanities Building
2009 South-East European Film Festival
April 30 - May 4
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Goethe Institut Los Angeles
Cosmopolitan Anxieties: Turkish Challenges to Citizenship and Belonging in Germany
A book talk with author RUTH MANDEL, University College London, Anthropology, and discussant SUSAN OSSMAN, UC Riverside, Anthropology
Thursday, April 30, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
352 Haines Hall
Narratives of Now: Visual & Performance Art in Africa
The African Activist Association at UCLA presents a conference featuring music, spoken word (in Arabic, English, Swahili, and Yoruba), African food, a film screening, and excellent panel presentations on May 1 - 2, 2009.
Friday, May 01, 2009
5:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Neuroscience Research Bldg Auditorium
From Casablanca to Sahara: Hollywood's North Africa
Morocco (1930)
The Garden of Allah (1936)
Friday, May 01, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
The Billy Wilder Theater, UCLA Hammer Museum
Performances and Performatives of the Holocaust: French and North African Acts of Resistance, Collaboration, and Testimony
Conference, May 1, 2009
Friday, May 01, 2009
9:00 AM
314 Royce Hall
A/cute Tokyo Symposium
A/cute Tokyo explores the dynamics of Tokyo, highlighting ongoing urban and design research conducted by UCLA and Tokyo Institute of Technology faculty and students. A/cute Tokyo is organized by UCLA Architecture and Urban Design.
Saturday, May 02, 2009
12:30 PM - 4:30 PM
UCLA Hammer Museum
12th Annual UC Undergraduate Research Conference on Slavic and East/Central European Studies
UCLA, May 2, 2009
Saturday, May 02, 2009
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Humanities Building
Narratives of Now: Visual & Performance Art in Africa
The African Activist Association at UCLA presents a conference featuring music, spoken word (in Arabic, English, Swahili, and Yoruba), African food, a film screening, and excellent panel presentations on May 1 - 2, 2009.
Saturday, May 02, 2009
9:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Neuroscience Research Bldg Auditorium
Sex-in-Change: Configurations of Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Iran
jens va jensiyat dar taghyir: Sheklgiry-e jens va jensiyat dar Iran-e mo`aser
Lecture in Persian by Afsaneh Najmabadi, Harvard University
Sunday, May 03, 2009
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Dodd Hall 175
From Casablanca to Sahara: Hollywood's North Africa
The Woman I Stole (1933)
Casbah (1948)
Sunday, May 03, 2009
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
The Billy Wilder Theater, UCLA Hammer Museum
They Can Decide What They Want in the Morning, I'll Sing the Way I Want in the Evening: Debating the Standardization of Raga in South India, 1930-1952
A CISA Seminar.
Monday, May 04, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Hearing the Future: Twenty Years of Listening to Popular Music in Taiwan
A talk by NANCY GUY (UC San Diego), in the series New Directions in Taiwan Studies
Monday, May 04, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Grand Salon
Unlocking the Byzantine Film Model
A conference on film industry business opportunities in South-East Europe
Monday, May 04, 2009
9:30 AM
UCLA Faculty Center
The Peace in Aceh: The Role of Democracy for Conflict Resolution
Colloquium with Gyda Sindre, UCLA and University of Oslo Departments of Political Science
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Sleep Dealer (2008)
Screening of Sleep Dealer, directed by Alex Rivera.
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
7:30 PM
UCLA James Bridges Theater
옥소 권섭과 문집 옥소고 (Okso Gwŏnsŏp and His Book-Oksogo)
By Chang Hui Lee, Professor, Korea University/CKS Post Doc and Visiting Scholar Colloquium Series
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Lavoura Arcaica (To the Left of the Father)
Screening of Lavoura Arcaica (To the Left of the Father) directed by Luiz Fernando Carvalho
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
Muscular Judaism: The Jewish Body and the Politics of Regeneration
A book talk with author TODD PRESNER, UCLA, Germanic Languages, and discussant PAUL LERNER, USC, History
Thursday, May 07, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
The Aesthetics of the Heart: Lavoura Arcaica
A Discussion with Luiz Fernando Carvalho.
Thursday, May 07, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Young Research Library (YRL)
When Human Rights Meet the Market: Prosecuting Human Trafficking from Colombia to East Asia
Presented by Center for Study of Women
Thursday, May 07, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
352 Haines Hall
Methods of Calligraphy: Chinese Calligraphy Demonstration by Dr. Xue Longchun
Co-sponsored by the Center for Chinese Studies
& UCLA Confucius Institute
Thursday, May 07, 2009
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Authoritarian Pathways: Trajectories of State Building in the Arab World
Lecture by Steven Heydemann, US Institute of Peace
Friday, May 08, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
Machado de Assis, Capitu and Luiz Fernando Carvalho
A Symposium with Luiz Fernando Carvalho.
Friday, May 08, 2009
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Rolfe 3126
Capitu (2008)
Screening of Capitu(2008)directed by Luiz Fernando Carvalho
Friday, May 08, 2009
6:00 PM - 10:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
Transnational Space and the Politics of Place
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities "Cultures in Transnational Perspective" Third Annual Conference, held May 8-9, 2009.
Friday, May 08, 2009
9:15 AM - 6:00 PM
Royce Hall 306
Indonesian Culture Night at UCLA
Theme: The Legend of "Bawang Merah and Bawang Putih"
Saturday, May 09, 2009
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Ackerman Grand Ballroom
Burkle Center Affiliates at UCLA Day: "Current Events in Foreign Policy"
As part of UCLA Day on Saturday, May 9, 2009, join Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala, Burkle Senior Fellow Gen. Wesley K. Clark (ret.) and Burkle Fellow Amy Zegart for a stimulating analysis of the future of American foreign policy. For more information visit the UCLA Day homepage: http://www.ucladay.ucla.edu/2009/Home.aspx
Saturday, May 09, 2009
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
UCLA
From Casablanca to Sahara: Hollywood's North Africa
Beau Geste (1939)
Saturday, May 09, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
The Billy Wilder Theater, UCLA Hammer Museum
Transnational Space and the Politics of Place
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities "Cultures in Transnational Perspective" Third Annual Conference, held May 8-9, 2009.
Saturday, May 09, 2009
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Royce Hall 306
Northeast Asia and America in the Age of Obama
A lecture with Junichi Ihara, Consul General of Japan in Los Angeles, and Kim Jae Soo, Consul General of the Republic of Korea.
Monday, May 11, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
School of Public Affairs
Science And Technology Conflict Between US And Japan in the Late 1980s
Colloquium with Shigeru Nakayama, History, UCLA Terasaki Chair in U.S.-Japan Relations.
Monday, May 11, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Faculty Center
Ancient Chinese Checkpoints and How They Possibly Worked
A talk by ENNO GIELE (University of Arizona)
Monday, May 11, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Second Meeting CACSC Interdisciplinary Workshop.
The UCLA Center for Argentina, Chile and the Southern cone (CACSC) presents "The Impact of Funding on Research Collaboration. Evidence from a Developing Country" by Diego Ubfal, PhD candidate from the UCLA Department of Economics.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Al-Andalus and the Maghreb: Cultural Hybridity and Post-Colonial Identities
Lecture by Mourad Yelles, Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), Paris.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
The Sino-Soviet Alliance and China's Entry into the Korean War
A talk by SHEN ZHIHUA (East China Normal University)
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
243 Royce Hall
Re-imaging International Law for a New Politics of Human Rights
Lecture by Abdullahi An-Na'im, School of Law, Emory University
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
Far Horizon: Society, Scale and Complexity in first millennium BCE South India
A CISA Seminar
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
4:00 PM
352 Haines Hall
New Muslim Cool - A Sneak Preview
A screening of the documentary with H. Samy Alim, UCLA and director Jennifer Maytorena Taylor
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Dodd Hall 147
Folklore and the Politics of Belief in the Caribbean
Workshop hosted by The Mellon Seminar on Caribbean Cultural History.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Bunche 6275
Shush! Growing Up Jewish under Stalin: A Memoir
A book talk with author EMIL DRAITSER, CUNY Hunter College, Russian Division, and discussant DAVID MYERS, UCLA, History
Thursday, May 14, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
"The Monolithic Media Myth: Struggle Over Representations of 'Blackness' in Television News"
The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies presents Dr. Libby Lewis speaking about representations of "Blackness" in TV news.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room 135, Haines Hall
The Favela Genre and the Transnational Other: Street Kids in the 21st Century
Lecture by Professor Joao Luiz Vieira, Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF, Brazil.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
3:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Oblivion (2008)
Screening of Oblivion (El olvido), directed by Heddy Honigmann.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
7:30 PM
UCLA James Bridges Theater
Migration, Work and Health in Times of Economic Crisis
Preliminary findings of a study of migrant women in Hermosillo and Los Angeles. Presentation by Jane R. Rubin-Kurtzman, CCPR, UCLA
Friday, May 15, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
279 Haines Hall
POSTPONED: Genealogy and Lineage in Early Japan
Workshop organized by UCLA Professor Torquil Duthie, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures. THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO FALL 2009.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Time to be announced.
Royce Hall
Changing Religious Landscapes: Why Some Muslims Convert to Christianity-The Case of Central Asia
A Central Asia Initiative Lecture by Olivier Roy
Friday, May 15, 2009
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
History Conference Room
Life Writing as Literary Relic: Image, Inscription, and Consecration in Tibetan Biography
A CBS Colloquium Series Lecture by Andrew Quintman, PhD (Cotsen-Mellon Fellow, Princeton University).
Friday, May 15, 2009
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
243 Royce Hall, UCLA
From Casablanca to Sahara: Hollywood's North Africa
Road To Morocco (1942)
Preceded by Beau Hunks, a short (1931)
Friday, May 15, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
The Billy Wilder Theater, UCLA Hammer Museum
UCLA's Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Open House, Fowler Museum
UCLA's Cotsen Institute of Archaeology opens its doors for the 13th annual Open House. Enjoy lectures by faculty, view short films of archaeological sites, visit the childrens activity corner, and explore laboratories and archives.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Fowler Museum
POSTPONED: Genealogy and Lineage in Early Japan
Workshop organized by UCLA Professor Torquil Duthie, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO FALL 2009.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Time to be announced.
Royce Hall
Kids in the Courtyard: Moving Pictures, Watch and Whirl, Fowler Museum
The Fowler Museum at UCLA presents a workshop for the family, especially kids, focusing on learning how artists bring still images to life.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Fowler Museum
Doran Ross on 'Conspicuous Consumption: Cloth and Liquor in the Art of El Anatsui'
The Fowler Museum at UCLA presents a talk by former director Doran Ross on the art of El Anatsui.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Fowler Museum
Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture feat. CNN's Anderson Cooper
On Sunday, May 17, 2009, at 5:00 pm in the UCLA Ackerman Union Grand Ballroom, the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, the Daniel Pearl Foundation and the Yitzhak Rabin Hillel Center for Jewish Life at UCLA in cooperation with the Hillel Jewish Student Association, will co-sponsor the 2009 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture featuring CNN's Anderson Cooper.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
AMPLE STANDBY SEATING WILL BE AVAILABLE ON A FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVE BASIS.
African American Music Ensemble and Afro-Cuban Music Ensemble
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Department of Ethnomusicology presents Spring Festival of World Music and Jazz 2009, a series of concerts from May 16 through June 2, 2009.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Schoenberg Hall
Eminent Monks' Views on Buddhism in Silla Korea
By Professor Jongmyung Kim, Academy of Korean Studies/Korean Studies Graduate Student Colloquium Series
Monday, May 18, 2009
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
The Erosion of Paternalistic Democracy in Chinese Factories
A talk by J0EL ANDREAS (Johns Hopkins University)
Monday, May 18, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
The Transition and Adaptation of Knowledge by Illiterate Ethiopian Immigrants to Israel
Dr. Yarden Fanta-Vagenshtein, Harvard University's Graduate School of Education
Monday, May 18, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Bunche Hall, Room 11377 (11th floor)
NARRATIVA LATINOAMERICANA DEL SIGLO XXI - ELENA PONIATOWSKA
A discussion with Elena Poniatowska, Mexican journalist, novelist, essayist, and short-story writer.
Monday, May 18, 2009
7:00 PM
Rolfe 1200
Presentation by Dr. Gilbert Maoundonodji from Chad
The African Activist Association and the Graduate Student lecture series present a talk by Dr. Gilbert Maoundonodji, discussing his work in Chad.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Sexual Politics in Modern Iran
Book Talk by Janet Afary, Purdue University with comments by Nikki Keddie, UCLA and Thomas M. Ricks, University of Pennsylvania
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Bunche Hall 6275
Spectral Fathers: Antonio Lopes Ribeiro's O Pai Tirano
Lecture and discussion of film comedy "O Pai Tirano"(1941)with Professor Paulo de Medeiros from the Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Bunche 10383
Observing the World from Africa: Italy and Japan in two Ethiopian Travelogues
A presentation by Hailu Habtu, Senior Research Scholar at the
Institute for Ethiopian Studies in Addis Ababa University
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Can Kim Jong Il Be a Good Man? Two North Korean Defectors, Whang Jang Yop and Kim Duk Hong's Answer to the Question
By Jae Jung Lee, Producer of Korean Broadcasting System/CKS Post Doc and Visiting Scholar Colloquium Series
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Unbroken Will
A presentation by Leopold Engleitner, the oldest known male concentration camp survivor, and his biographer, Bernhard Rammerstorfer
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Royce Hall
Standard Operating Procedure
A film by Errol Morris, Germany, 2008.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
James Bridges Theater, Melnitz Hall
Rebuilding Rome Bit by Bit
A public lecture by DIANE FAVRO, UCLA, Architecture & Urban Design
Thursday, May 21, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Popular Millenarianism in the People's Republic of China during the Mao Era: Rumors and Narratives
A talk by Stephen A. Smith
Thursday, May 21, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
Self and Solitude in Machado de Assis's Late Novels, 1904-1908
Lecture by Professor Dain Borges from the University of Chicago.
Friday, May 22, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Bunche 10367
China Undisciplined: Transformations
A two-day graduate student conference
Friday, May 22, 2009
Ethnic and Religious Minorities in Iran: Realities and Policy Issues, Past and Present
Seminar on: Iran's Ethnic and Religious Minorities:
Analyzing Realities and Policy Issues, Past and Present
Friday, May 22, 2009
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Bunche Hall 6275
China Undisciplined: Transformations
A two-day graduate student conference
Saturday, May 23, 2009
AZA
A night of Moroccan Berber music featuring AZA a musical ensemble combining traditional Tamazight (Berber) music and culture,indigenous to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, with the global influences of its diverse members.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Lenart Auditorium
Bam 6.6: Humanity Has No Borders
A screening of the film and discussion withthe director and producer Jahangir Golestan-Parast
Sunday, May 24, 2009
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Dodd Hall 147
Prof. Reza Aslan, UC Riverside: "How to Win a Cosmic War: God, Globalization, & the End of the War on Terror"
Join us for a lecture by Dr. Reza Aslan, an internationally acclaimed writer and scholar of religions, as he discusses his latest book titled "How to Win a Cosmic War: God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror."
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Public Affairs 1234
2009 Graduate Student Research Panel
The Latin American Institute is hosting a Graduate Student Research Panel to present research findings and promote exchange of ideas among students and participants working in various disciplines.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
6275 Bunche
Rethinking the emergence of the colonial countryside. Or, Marx and India once again presented by Jon Wilson
CISA Seminar
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
Nosso grao mais fino
Book presentation of Professor Jose Luiz Passos' latest book Nosso grao mais fino.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
4:15 PM
Rolfe 4302
Secularism in Europe as Refracted through the Prism of the European Court of Human Rights
A public lecture by HALDUN GULALP, Political Science and International Relations, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul; Visiting Professor, Political Science, UCLA
Thursday, May 28, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Music of West Africa Ensemble and Music of Mexico Ensemble
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Department of Ethnomusicology presents Spring Festival of World Music and Jazz 2009, a series of concerts from May 16 through June 2, 2009.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Schoenberg Hall
Sudden Death and Plantation Life in Colonial Cuba
Lecture by Adrian Lopez Denis from Brown University. Lecture
hosted by The Mellon Seminar on Caribbean Cultural History.
Friday, May 29, 2009
3:00 PM
Bunche 6275
Music of Korea
2009 Spring Festival of World Music and Jazz
Friday, May 29, 2009
7:00 PM
Schoenberg Hall
Dis/continuities: Nation-State Formation in Japan with Science, Technology, and Medicine during Imperialism, War, Occupation, and Peace, 1932-62
A Workshop organized by Sharon Traweek, UCLA History and Women's Studies, Shigeru Nakayama, UCLA Terasaki Chair in U.S.-Japan Relations, Aaron Moore, UCLA Terasaki Post-doctoral Fellow, and Michiko Takeuchi, UCLA Doctoral Candidate, history.
Friday, May 29, 2009
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
2355 Public Policy
Music of Brazil Ensemble and Music of the Balkans Ensemble
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Department of Ethnomusicology presents Spring Festival of World Music and Jazz 2009, a series of concerts from May 16 through June 2, 2009.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Schoenberg Hall
Teach Africa-Youth Forum
Special program for middle school and high school students
Saturday, May 30, 2009
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
UCLA Campus
Dis/continuities: Nation-State Formation in Japan with Science, Technology, and Medicine during Imperialism, War, Occupation, and Peace, 1932-62
A Workshop organized by Sharon Traweek, UCLA History and Women's Studies, Shigeru Nakayama, UCLA Terasaki Chair in U.S.-Japan Relations, Aaron Moore, UCLA Terasaki Post-doctoral Fellow, and Michiko Takeuchi, UCLA Doctoral Candidate, history.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
2355 Public Policy
From Casablanca to Sahara: Hollywood's North Africa
Under Two Flags (1936)
Sunday, May 31, 2009
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
The Billy Wilder Theater, UCLA Hammer Museum
The Abode of a Naga King: Questions of Art, Audience, and Popular Deities at the Ajanta Caves presented by Robert DeCaroli
A CISA Seminar
Monday, June 01, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Changes to Traditional Music in North Korea
By Professor Dongsuk (Don) Kim, Department of Ethnomusicology/Korean Studies Graduate Student Colloquium Series
Monday, June 01, 2009
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Peak Oil and The Future of Energy
A talk by David Goodstein, Caltech University, Department of Physics, and Vaclav Smil, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Environment
Monday, June 01, 2009
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
History Conference Room
Global soft power and the adaptive state: China's differing pathways of adaptation to international norms
A talk by Titus Chen
Monday, June 01, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
UCLA Jazz Combos in Concert
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Department of Ethnomusicology presents Spring Festival of World Music and Jazz 2009, a series of concerts from May 16 through June 2, 2009.
Monday, June 01, 2009
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Schoenberg Hall
3rd Meeting CACSC Interdisciplinary Workshop: "Where Memory Dwells: Culture and State Violence in Chile"
The UCLA Center for Argentina, Chile and the Southern cone (CACSC) presents "Where Memory Dwells: Culture and State Violence in Chile" by Dr. Macarena Gomes-Barris from the Department of Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California.
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Big Band Jazz Concert, UCLA Latin Jazz Ensemble, and UCLA Contemporary Jazz Ensemble
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Department of Ethnomusicology presents Spring Festival of World Music and Jazz 2009, a series of concerts from May 16 through June 2, 2009.
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Schoenberg Hall
Free Screening of Treeless Mountain
WRITER-DIRECTOR: So Yong Kim / CAST: Hee Yeon Kim, Song Hee Kim, Soo Ah Lee, Mi Hyang Kim, Boon Tak Park / An Oscilloscope Laboratories release (In Korean with English subtitles) / 89 min.
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
7:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
Modernism and Architecture in Brazil: The Transnational Career of Gregori Warchavchik, 1896-1972
A Talk by Professor Jose Lira, University of Sao Paulo (USP, Brazil)
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Bunche 6275
The Future of the South African Dream: Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma & the April 2009 Elections
A conversation with author and journalist Mark Gevisser and Los Angeles Times reporter Scott Kraft. Featuring special guest actor Blair Underwood.
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
UCLA Fowler Museum
Podecrer! (Right on!)
Screening of Podecrer!(Right on!)by Arthur Fontes
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
China, UNESCO, and Intangible Cultural Heritage
Ethnomusicology Colloquium Series lecture by Helen Rees
Friday, June 05, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
B544 Schoenberg Music Building
From Casablanca to Sahara: Hollywood's North Africa
Casablanca (1942)
Sahara (1943)
Preceded by The Cats Bah, a short (1954)
Saturday, June 06, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
The Billy Wilder Theater, UCLA Hammer Museum
Rationality and Opinions About Democracy in Iran (Persian Lecture)
Lecture by Mohsen Kadivar, University of Virginia and Hossein Ziai, UCLA
Sunday, June 07, 2009
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
Rationality and Opinions About Democracy in Iran (English Lecture)
Lecture by Mohsen Kadivar, University of Virginia and Hossein Ziai, UCLA
Monday, June 08, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
RUMBLE
UCLA Architecture and Urban Design Exposition Opening
June 9-13, 2009
Monday, June 08, 2009
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Perloff Hall
Claire Chiu DMA Final Degree Piano Recital 趙瑾 鋼琴博士音樂會
Featuring Traditional and Post-1980s Chinese Piano Music
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
UCLA Schoenberg Hall
Who Was Lu Xun's First Love?
A talk by ZHANG ENHE
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Zimbabwe
A film by Darrell Roodt, Zimbabwe 2008.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
Islam in Soviet and Post Soviet Azerbaijan
A public lecture by ALTAY GOYUSHOV, Baku State University, History
Thursday, June 11, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Wang Qingsong
Hammer Project
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Hammer Museum
Los Angeles Film Festival Screening of "Soul Power"
African Studies Center in association with Los Angeles Film Festival is proud to host this special screening of SOUL POWER.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
8:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Ford Amphitheatre
Rehje
UCLA Latin American Institute Partners with the Los Angeles Film Festival
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
10850 W Pico Blvd
Crude Oil Part 1
Part of the Los Angeles Film Festival
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
11:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Gallery 6 at the Hammer Museum
Rehje
UCLA Latin American Institute Partners with the Los Angeles Film Festival
Thursday, June 25, 2009
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
1045 Broxton Ave
Autumn (Sonbahar)
LA Film Festival Screenings June 25 and 27
Thursday, June 25, 2009
9:30 PM
The Landmark Theater
Crude Oil Part 2
Part of the Los Angeles Film Festival
Friday, June 26, 2009
11:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Asia Society Southern California Annual Gala Dinner
Asia Society Southern California honoring Kobe Bryant, Liu Peng, and Timothy J. Leiweke
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Beverly Hills Hilton
Hammer Lecture: Hitoshi Abe
Public Program presented by Hammer Museum
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Hammer Museum
Online and Mobile Video: Content, Distribution & Monetization Strategies in North America & Europe
Register now at:
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
UCLA Faculty Center
Urban China: Jiang Jun & Benjamin Godsil
Urban China exhibition related program
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Hammer Museum
Se Eu Fosse Você 2 (If I Were You 2)
Directed by Daniel Filho.
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
The International Conference on Peace & Reconciliation
Embracing the Displaced: Shaping Theories and Practices for a Sustainable Peace
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Displacement/Emplacement: Korea, Latin America, and Beyond
The Center for Korean Studies at UCLA and the Centro de Estudios Corea Argentina at University of Buenos Aires will hold a conference on Joint Research Project titled Displacement/Emplacement: Korea, Latin America, and Beyond. This conference will be at UBA on 7/14/09. The purpose of this conference is to bring scholars in various disciplines from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and the USA to explore transnational Korean communities in the Americas.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Buenos Aires, Argentina
La mujer sin cabeza (the Headless Woman)
Directed by Lucrecia Martel.
Friday, July 17, 2009
7:30 PM
Billy Wilder Theater
2501 Migrants: A Journey
A film by Yolanda Cruz.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
2:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
La ciénaga (the Swamp)/ La niña santa (the Holy Girl)
Directed by Lucrecia Martel.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
7:30 PM
Billy Wilder Theater
El Regalo de la Pachamama
A film by Toshifumi Matsushita.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
9:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
Free Screening - Come Mother 8/2
Documentary, Israel, 77 minutes. Written and directed by Sami Shalom Chetrit. Produced by Haim Buzaglo.
Sunday, August 02, 2009
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
WG Young Hall, CS76
Steeped in History: The Art of Tea
Exhibition at the UCLA Fowler Museum, August 16-November 29, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
UCLA Fowler Museum
Inspiration House Poetry Choir
Grand Performances presents Inspiration House PoetryChoir: VoiceMusic for Whole Living with Inspiration House Poetry Choir.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
8:00 PM - 9:15 PM
Grand Performances
Adaawe
Grand Performances presents Adaawe
Sunday, August 23, 2009
8:00 PM - 9:15 PM
Grand Performances
Film Night
Grand Performances presents Film Night: Nomadak Tx with Nmadak Tx
Sunday, August 23, 2009
8:00 PM - 9:15 PM
Grand Performances
Prof. Kal Raustiala, UCLA Law School: "Does the Constitution Follow the Flag?"
Please join us in congratulating Professor Kal Raustiala on the publication of his acclaimed new book, "Does the Constitution Follow the Flag? The Evolution of Territoriality in American Law"
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
UCLA Law School, Room 1430
Steeped in History: The Art of Tea
Exhibit at the UCLA Fowler Museum from August 16 to November 29
Friday, August 28, 2009
El Colegio del Cuerpo
Grand Performances presents El Colegio del Cuerpo
Friday, August 28, 2009
8:00 PM - 9:15 PM
Grand Performances
Discussion about Son Jarocho with Gilberto Gutierrez Silva
A conversation with Master Laudero Gilberto Gutierrez Silva.
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Haines Hall 144
Prof. Larry Helfer, Duke University: "Redesigning the European Court of Human Rights"
Join us for a lunchtime lecture by Larry Helfer, Co-Director of the Duke Center for International and Comparative Law at Duke University, titled "Redesigning the European Court of Human Rights." His talk will be followed by discussion with members of the UCLA community.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
UCLA Law School, Room 3467
Japan's Post-Bubble Political Economy
A workshop organized my Michael Thies, UCLA Department of Political Science (thies@polisci.ucla.edu).
Friday, September 11, 2009
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
4357 Bunche Hall
Curator Lecture: Steeped in History: The Art of Tea
Beatrice Hohenegger, exhibition curator and author of "Liquid Jade: The Story of Tea from East to West"
Saturday, September 12, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Lenart Auditorium
Japan's Post-Bubble Political Economy
A workshop organized my Michael Thies, UCLA Department of Political Science (thies@polisci.ucla.edu).
Saturday, September 12, 2009
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
4357 Bunche Hall
The Khmer Rouge Tribunal: A Failed Experiment in Hybrid Justice?
Colloquium with Dr. John Hall, Associate Professor, Chapman University School of Law
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Room 1327
A Limited Engagement: Mexico and 'its' Diaspora
Hosted by the Migration Study Group. Lecture by Professor Roger Waldinger.
Friday, September 18, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
279 Haines Hall
From Elephants to Tea: The Nilgiris under Colonial Rule
Sanjay Subrahmanyam, UCLA Professor of History
Thursday, September 24, 2009
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Lenart Auditorium
NGO and Immigrant Organizations Binational Panel on Alternatives to Emigration
Lecture hosted by the Migration Study Group.
Friday, September 25, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
279 Haines Hall
Prof. David Kinley, University of Sydney's Law School: "Civilizing Globalization: Human Rights and the Global Economy"
Join us for a brown bag discussion on "Civilizing Globalization: Human Rights and the Global Economy" by Professor David Kinley, Chair in Human Rights Law at the University of Sydney's Law School.
Friday, September 25, 2009
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Room 1327, UCLA Law School
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Symphony Orchestra Visits UCLA
Please join on campus for an evening of music performed by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Cao Peng, former Shanghai Symphonic Orchestra conductor.
Friday, September 25, 2009
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Schoenberg Hall
Graduate Student Conference of the All-UC Economic History Group
Conference for graduate students preparing for the job market.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
9383 Bunche Hall
Mawangdui and Its Place in the History of Chinese Funerary Customs
Lecture sponsored by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art featuring Lothar von Falkenhausen (Professor of Art History and Archaeology)
Sunday, September 27, 2009
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Mary Craig Auditorium
The Right to Peace in Korea: Moving from Truth to Reconciliation
by Eric Sirotkin, NLG Human Rights Attorney and Korea Peace Activist, Korea Colloquium Series
Monday, September 28, 2009
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
China and Taiwan: The Prospects for Cross-Straits Relations
A talk by HUNG-MAO TIEN, former Foreign Minister of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Escape Routes: Experiencing the Opening of the Wall and the End of an Era
Public Forum
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Hammer Museum
H. E. Mr. Shaukat Aziz, Former Prime Minister of Pakistan: Burkle Forum on "Pakistan & Afghanistan"
Burkle Forums serve the UCLA community by presenting lectures, panels, and other events featuring internationally renowned scholars, practitioners, and leaders who share their views on the most important international relations issues confronting the U.S. and the world today.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
James West Alumni Center
Politics and Violence in Israel/Palestine: Past, Present and Future
A lecture by Professor Lev Luis Grinberg
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
International Human Rights Forum with Somaly Mam
Join us for a special one-time only event in which Somaly Mam shares her experiences and her passion for fighting back against human trafficking. Mam will be introduced by Somaly Mam Foundation Board Member, actress and UCLA alumna Laurie Holden.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
UCLA School of Law
Somaly Mam, Somaly Mam Foundation: "My Fight Against Human Trafficking"
Present by the UCLA Human Rights Law Program, join us for a special one-time only event in which Somaly Mam shares her experiences and her passion for fighting back against human trafficking. Mam will be introduced by Somaly Mam Foundation Board Member, actress and UCLA alumna Laurie Holden. A reception will follow the event.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
UCLA School of Law, Room 1357
Germans' Things: Material Culture and Daily Life in East and West 1949-2009
International Conference, October 1-3, UCLA and Villa Aurora
Thursday, October 01, 2009
An Arab American Grows Up in L.A
A talk and reading by author, Gregory Orfalea
Thursday, October 01, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Bunche Hall 6275
Reconstructing the History of a Monastery: The Kaiyuansi of Ji'nan
A talk by GAO JIXI (Ji'nan Municipal Institute of Archaeology)
Thursday, October 01, 2009
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Artist Talk: Chen Qiulin
Hammer Museum Lecture
Thursday, October 01, 2009
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Hammer Museum
Graduate Student - Faculty Mixer
Mixer for graduate students and faculty in Chinese Studies
Friday, October 02, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
243 Royce Hall
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
UCLA Live presents Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis .
Friday, October 02, 2009
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Royce Hall
K-12 Teacher Training Workshop: Food for Thought
An ARTalk Multi-Part Teachers Workshop at the Fowler Museum
Saturday, October 03, 2009
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UCLA Fowler Museum
South African performance artist Pieter-Dirk Uys to perform his one-man show at UCLA
"National Treasure" Pieter-Dirk Uys to perform ELECTIONS & ERECTIONS at UCLA, October 3rd and 4th at 7 pm in the Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater (Glorya Kaufman Hall).
Saturday, October 03, 2009
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Glorya Kaufman Hall, UCLA campus
South African performance artist Pieter-Dirk Uys to perform his one-man show at UCLA
"National Treasure" Pieter-Dirk Uys to perform ELECTIONS & ERECTIONS at UCLA, October 3rd and 4th at 7 pm in the Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater (Glorya Kaufman Hall).
Sunday, October 04, 2009
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Glorya Kaufman Hall, UCLA campus
Dreamers in Paradise: The Rise and Fall of a New Holy Site in Israel
A lecture by Professor Yoram Bilu, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Monday, October 05, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
352 Haines Hall
UCLA Study Abroad Fair
The UCLA International Education Office (IEO) is pleased to be hosting UCLA's 23rd annual study abroad fair for UCLA students.
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Grand Ballroom
The Messianic Self: Guidelines for a Comparative Analysis of Habad and Bratslav Hasidic Groups
A lecture by Professor Yoram Bilu, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
The Body, Solar Terms,and Lyrics: The Relationship Between Han and Wei Dynasty Literature, The Songs of Chu and Yue-ling
A talk by CHENG YU-YU (Professor of Chinese Literature, National Taiwan University)
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Ufahamu Fall Editorial Meeting
The editors of Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies invite UCLA graduate students interested in the working on the Journal to attend an organizational meeting.
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room 10389F
Perspectives on the Dramatic Change in Korean TV Drama
By Hae Ryong Jung, Producer and Director, Korean Broadcasting System/CKS Post Doc and Visiting Scholars Colloquium Series
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Olhar Estrangeiro (The Foreign Eye)
Directed by Lúcia Murat.
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
The State of US-Venezuela Relations
Remarks by his Excellency Bernardo Alvarez Herrera, Ambassador of Venezuela to the United States.
Thursday, October 08, 2009
2:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
Ottoman Legacies Then and Now
Donald Quataert, State University of New York
Thursday, October 08, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
An Interpretation of Wu (external things) in the Chinese Classical Literary Tradition
A talk by CHENG YU-YU (Professor of Chinese Literature, National Taiwan University
Thursday, October 08, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Jamaica for Sale
A documentary about tourism and unsustainable development.
Film screening and a conversation with director Esther Figueroa
Thursday, October 08, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
BROAD Art Center 2160E
Archaeology in Sri Lanka: Challenges and Prospects for the Future
A presentation on the archaeological challenges and future prospects in Sri Lanka.
Thursday, October 08, 2009
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Lenart Auditorum
Paco Pena A Comps!
UCLA Live presents Paco Pena A Comps!.
Thursday, October 08, 2009
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Royce Hall
A Roundtable on the Chinese Literary Tradition
A roundtable with CHANG SU-CHING and CHENG YU-YU, of National Taiwan University
Friday, October 09, 2009
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Alumnos Transnacionales: Escuelas Mexicanas Frente a la Globalización
Authors meet critics panel on the book, "Alumnos Transnacionales: Escuelas Mexicanas Frente a la Globalización".
Lecture hosted by the Migration Study Group.
Friday, October 09, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
3340 Moore Hall
Todd Shimoda on his novel "Oh! A Mystery of 'Mono no Aware'"
An Afternoon with the Author
Friday, October 09, 2009
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
243 Royce Hall
Korean Buddhism Betrayed? The Korean Wonjong's Attempted Alliance with the Japanese Sotoshu in 1910
A Center for Buddhist Studies Numata Colloquium Series lecture by Professor Hwansoo Kim of Duke University.
Friday, October 09, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Up Close and Personal: Iranian Filmmakers in their Own Words
In conjunction with the visit of a group of prominent Iranian filmmakers to Los Angeles, the Academy and the UCLA Film & Television Archive will present a series of recent Iranian films, each followed by a discussion with one or more of the films principal creators.
Friday, October 09, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
Up Close and Personal: Iranian Filmmakers in their Own Words
In conjunction with the visit of a group of prominent Iranian filmmakers to Los Angeles, the Academy and the UCLA Film & Television Archive will present a series of recent Iranian films, each followed by a discussion with one or more of the films principal creators.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
Up Close and Personal: Iranian Filmmakers in their Own Words
In conjunction with the visit of a group of prominent Iranian filmmakers to Los Angeles, the Academy and the UCLA Film & Television Archive will present a series of recent Iranian films, each followed by a discussion with one or more of the films principal creators.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
The Invention of the Jewish People
Shlomo Sand, Tel Aviv University
Monday, October 12, 2009
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Kerckhoff Grand Salon
Open House with the Burkle Center and the International Institute
In collaboration with the International Institute Open House, the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars and the International Education Office, the Burkle Center will open its doors to welcome the UCLA community.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Bunche Hall, Room 11353
UCLA International Institute Open House
In association with the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars and the International Education Office
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10th and 11th Floors, Bunche Hall
What Price the Islamic Republic? The Meanings and Implications of the 6/12 Election
Amuzegar Chair In Iranian Studies Presents a lecture by Gholam-Reza Afkhami
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
389 Humanities Building
La Nana (The Maid)
Directed by Sebastian Silva
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
7:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
Cheap labor? How the minimum wage affects Mexican immigrants settlement patterns, 1988-2000.
Colloquium with Ivan Light and Elsa von Sheven, UCLA
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Haines 279
Brahmans, Society and the State in Colonial and Post-colonial Tamilnadu by Professor Chris Fuller, London School of Economics
A CISA seminar.
Brahmans, the traditional caste elite of Tamilnadu, who make up no more than 2.5 per cent of its population, are very well-represented in the IT industry...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Islam and the Army in Colonial India
A book talk by Professor Nile Green (UCLA History)
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
UCLA Faculty Center, California Room
La Ciudad de los Fotógrafos (The City of Photographers)
Directed by Sebastiáan Moreno.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
7:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
Mami te amo (I Love You Mom)
Directed by Elisa Eliash.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
8:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
Uncivil Society: 1989 and the Implosion of the Communist Establishment
Book discussion with author Stephen Kotkin (Princeton University, History)
Thursday, October 15, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Forgotten Voices
A free screening with director Jennifer Rawlings and photographer Ron Haviv.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
352 Haines Hall
Excéntricos y astutos: El cine chileno actual
"Eccentric and Astute: the current state of Chilean Cinema" A talk by Chilean Filmaker Carlos Flores.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Rolfe 4302
Navidad (Christmas)
Directed by Sebastián Lelio.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
6:00 PM
Dodd 167
Up Close and Personal: Iranian Filmmakers in their Own Words
In conjunction with the visit of a group of prominent Iranian filmmakers to Los Angeles, the Academy and the UCLA Film & Television Archive will present a series of recent Iranian films, each followed by a discussion with one or more of the films principal creators.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
1313 North Vine Street
La Ville Marquee - Branded City
14th Annual Graduate Student Conference, French and Francophone Studies, October 15-16
Thursday, October 15, 2009
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Royce 306
Calligraffiti: Writing in Contemporary Chinese and Latino Art
An exhibition at the Pacific Asia Museum, through January 17, 2010
Friday, October 16, 2009
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
HIV/AIDS NGOs in China and Their Relationship with the Government
A talk by WAN YANHAI (founding director of the Beijing Aizhi Action Project)
Friday, October 16, 2009
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Up Close and Personal: Iranian Filmmakers in their Own Words
In conjunction with the visit of a group of prominent Iranian filmmakers to Los Angeles, the Academy and the UCLA Film & Television Archive will present a series of recent Iranian films, each followed by a discussion with one or more of the films principal creators.
Friday, October 16, 2009
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
1313 North Vine Street
Movie Screening: GLENN & LINUS MICHAEL ATTEND THE MILLION MAN MARCH
Celebrate the 14th Anniversary of the Million Man March with a documentary ! Fresh from its screenings in Houston, Texas. "It Will Make You Feel as Though You Were There!"
Friday, October 16, 2009
7:30 PM - 9:15 PM
KAOS CINEMA THEATER
Mapping of Japanese Space
The 15th Annual Graduate Student symposium in Japanese Studies on Mapping of Japanese Space: Place and Geography in the Study of Japan. Organized by UCLA graduate students, Caleb Carter (calebcarter@yahoo.com) and Jessica Woo (ipjinnie@gmail.com).
Saturday, October 17, 2009
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
306 Royce Hall
Obama, Africom, & U.S. Security Policy Toward Africa
Daniel Volman will examine the creation of the new U.S. combatant command for Africa (the U.S.Africa Command, or Africom), its principal missions, and its current operations.
Monday, October 19, 2009
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall (10th floor)
The Sky Below documentary screening
Sarah Singh recently completed The Sky Below, an award-winning documentary in which she explores the creation of Pakistan and the India-Pakistan relationship.
Monday, October 19, 2009
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Haines Hall A25
An Evening with Dereck and Beverly Joubert
The Botswana Tourism Board and the UCLA African Studies Center Cordially Invite You to Attend "An Evening with Dereck and Beverly Joubert"
Monday, October 19, 2009
6:45 PM - 8:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
AIDS Research Symposium
The UCLA AIDS INSTITUTE & UCLA CFAR PRESENTS The 2nd Annual AIDS Research Symposium!
Monday, October 19, 2009
9:00 PM - 1:30 PM
B Level, Room B130
Garbage Dreams, a selection from the Arab Film Festival
Mai Iskander US, Egypt, UK | 2009 | 83 min | Documentary
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
2160E Broad Hall
한국과 미국의 노인용 IT 용품 비교연구 (A Comparative Study between Korean and American Information Technology Products for the Elderly)
By Won-Seok Chang, Konyang University/CKS Post Doc and Visiting Scholar Colloquium Series
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Human Rights in the Philippines: Is U.S. Involvement Helping the Cause?
Colloquium with Rep. Neri Javier Colmenares, a human rights lawyer, academic, and representative of the Bayan Muna party in the Philippine Congress.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Room 1430 UCLA School of Law
Symposium on UCLA in South America: HIV Treatment and Prevention Research
Symposium on the global health and HIV/STI research alliance between Peru, UCLA, and Brazil.
Hosted by the LAI working group on HIV/AIDS in Latin America.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Covel Commons
Prof. Robert Keohane, Princeton University: "Social Norms & International Relations"
Join us for a lecture by Robert O. Keohane on his recent paper titled "Social Norms and Agency in World Politics." Professor Keohane teaches International Affairs at Princeton University and is the author of <i>After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy (1984)</i> and <i>Power and Governance in a Partially Globalized World (2002)</i>.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
The Reckoning: The Epic Story of the Battle for the International Criminal Court
Reception at 6:00pm. Screening at 6:30pm followed by a discussion with special guest panelists John Prendergast, co-founder of the Enough Project, Maximo Langer, UCLA School of Law, and Cesare Romano, Loyola Law School.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Bridges Theater in Melnitz Hall
Illiberal Politics in Neoliberal Times: Culture, Security and Populism in the New Europe
A book talk with author Mabel Berezin (Cornell University, Sociology) and discussant John Agnew (UCLA, Geography)
Thursday, October 22, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
The Drama of Politics: The Theaters and the Peaceful Revolution in 1989 in East Germany
A public lecture by Uta Schorlemmer (Occidental College, German)
Thursday, October 22, 2009
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Dialogue in Music Project: Africa Meets North America; Day 1
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Department of Ethnomusicology presents Africa Meets North America, the 3rd International Symposium and Festival. A series of Scholarly Sessions, Special Discussion Sessions on Composers and Performers, Workshops, Original Compositions, Live Concerts
Thursday, October 22, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Jan Popper Theater
Conference: "Greening the North American Energy Relationship"
Greening the North American Energy Relationship: Building a Stronger US-Canada Environmental Partnership.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
8:30 AM - 1:30 PM
UCLA Covel Commons
The Politics of Marriage in Contemporary Iran
Organized by Janet Afary (UCSB) and Nayereh Tohidi (CSUN)
Conference in English
Friday, October 23, 2009
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Ackermann Second Floor Lounge
Workshop on Ryukyu Languages and Linguistic Research
The workshop consists of presentations by established Ryukyuanists, young specialists as well as those who have recently started to engage in the study. As part of the workshop a native speaker of Ikema has been invited. Mr. Hiroyuki Nakama, a former Principal of Miyako High School, will give a language lesson to UCLA undergraduate students enrolled in Shoichi Iwasaki's field methods class.
Friday, October 23, 2009
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Royce Hall 314
On to the Empty Table: Althusser's 'materialism of the encounter' and the case of Korean day workers in interwar Japan
By Ken Kawashima, University of Toronto/Korea Colloquium Series
Friday, October 23, 2009
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Russian Flagship Game Hour
How to be intellectual AND festive.
Friday, October 23, 2009
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
343 Humanities (the Russian Room)
Dialogue in Music Project: Africa Meets North America; Day 2
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Department of Ethnomusicology presents Africa Meets North America, the 3rd International Symposium and Festival. A series of Scholarly Sessions, Special Discussion Sessions on Composers and Performers, Workshops, Original Compositions, Live Concerts
Friday, October 23, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Jan Popper Theater
Omara Portuondo
UCLA Live presents Omara Portuondo.
Friday, October 23, 2009
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Royce Hall
Labor Markets and Workplace Dynamics in New Destinations of Mexican and Latino Immigration
An all day workshop hosted by the UCLA Migration Study Group.
Friday, October 23, 2009
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
Workshop on Ryukyu Languages and Linguistic Research
Second Day of a 3-Day workshop with 18 speakers from the U.S., Japan and France. The workshop consists of presentations by established Ryukyuanists, young specialists as well as those who have recently started to engage in the study.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Royce Hall 314
Tea and Chinese Cultural Aesthetics
Pei-kai Cheng, Chinese Civilisation Centre, City University of Hong Kong
Saturday, October 24, 2009
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Lenart Auditorium
UCLA Institute of the Environment: Support India's Sustainable Development @ Grassroots
Association for Indias Development (Los Angeles Chapter) Invites you to the seminar event of 2009.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Kerckhoff State Room 131
Workshop on Ryukyu Languages and Linguistic Research
Last Day of a 3-Day workshop with 18 speakers from the U.S., Japan and France. The workshop consists of presentations by established Ryukyuanists and young specialists as well as those who have recently started to engage in the study.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Royce Hall 314
The Politics of Marriage in Contemporary Iran
Organized by Janet Afary (UCSB) and Nayereh Tohidi (CSUN)
Sunday, October 25, 2009
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
121 Dodd Hall
Caminos del cine Mexicano
Presentations by Professors Cecilia Navarro and Carmen Gomez from the University of Guadalajara, Mexico.
Monday, October 26, 2009
2:30 PM
Dodd 170
Where Did the Ryukyuans Come from?
Colloquium with Leon Serafim, East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Hawaii
Monday, October 26, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
UCLA Faculty Center
My Prison, My Home: One Woman's Story of Captivity in Iran
Haleh Esfandiari, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Monday, October 26, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Kerckhoff Grand Salon
A Roundtable Conversation with Mark Edward Lewis
A roundtable discussion with MARK EDWARD LEWIS (Stanford University) at the USC Doheny Library
Monday, October 26, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
East Asian Library Seminar Room
2010-2011 UC Pacific Rim Research Fellowship (PRRP) Campus Information Session
This session will give faculty and students an opportunity to learn more about the PRRP program and answer any questions.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Cambodian Stone Sculptures
Pizza Talk - Institute of Archeology
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A222 Fowler Building
Esther Brimmer, US Asst. Secretary of State for International Organizations: Burkle Forum on "A Perspective on US Diplomatic Strategy"
Lecture and Q&A with one of the top diplomats of the Obama Administration, Esther Brimmer, United States Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
UCLA Law School, Room 1430
Blue Helmets and Black Markets: The Business of Survival in the Siege of Sarajevo
A book talk with author Peter Andreas (Brown University, Political Science) and discussant Sasha Milicevic (University of North Florida, Sociology)
Thursday, October 29, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Invasion is a Structure not an Event: Settler Colonialism Past and Present
A two-day event organized by Gabriel Piterberg, UCLA
Thursday, October 29, 2009
2:30 PM - 6:15 PM
Kerckhoff Grand Salon
Religious Minorities in a Liberal Society: Israeli and American Perspectives
Please join us for an enlightening program on Israeli and American perspectives regarding religious minorities.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
UCLA School of Law, Room 1357
The Power of the Living over the Dead
Lecture by Professor Sibylle Fischer from New York University.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
4:00 PM
Rolfe 4302 (Lydeen Library)
Cinematheque 108
THe USC School of Cinematic Arts presents the Chinese Female Filmmakers Screening Series
Thursday, October 29, 2009
7:00 PM
Russian Flagship Game Hour
Astound your friends with your knowledge of Russian vocab and numbers!
Friday, October 30, 2009
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Humanities 434 (the Russian Room)
Invasion is a Structure not an Event: Settler Colonialism Past and Present
A two-day event organized by Gabriel Piterberg, UCLA
Friday, October 30, 2009
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Bunche Hall 6275
La teta asustada (The Milk of Sorrow)
A film by Peruvian director Claudia Llosa. Sponsored by AFI Fest 2009 and the Latin American Institute.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
4:00 PM
Mann Chinese Theater 1
Fowler Museum Food Workshop
"Sweet Tea and Sticky Rice"
Sunday, November 01, 2009
11:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Fowler Museum
The Israeli Winter Onslaught on Gaza
Amira Hass, journalist, Haaretz, Israel
Monday, November 02, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
Shoji Yamada on his book "Shots in the Dark: Japan, Zen, and the West"
An Informal Lecture
Monday, November 02, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Faculty Center
The Tunnel
A film screening
Monday, November 02, 2009
7:00 PM
Goethe-Institut Los Angeles
"About Elly" (Darbarye Elly)
Free screening of the acclaimed Iranian film at the 2009 AFI Film Festival in Hollywood.
Monday, November 02, 2009
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Mann Chinese 6 Theater
The Lost Worlds of Hanna Levy Hass
A reflection on the Diary of Bergen-Belsen, 1944-1945
Amira Hass, journalist, Haaretz, Israel
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
UCLA Faculty Center, Downstairs Lounge
African Philanthropy
What do Africans think about philanthropy? Ms. Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi will discuss how Africans actually give and support philanthropic efforts and she will provide concrete examples of what philanthropy looks like from an African perspective.
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall (10th floor)
Diverse Perspectives on Zionism and Israel in 2010 - Part 1: Yariv Oppenheimer, General Director of Peace Now, Is Israel-Palestinian Peace Possible?
Yariv Oppenheimer, General Director of Peace Now (Shalom Achshav) in Israel, will speak on "Is Israel-Palestinian Peace Possible?" This is the 1st event of a 4-part lecture series titled, "Diverse Perspectives on Zionism and Israel in 2010".
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
UCLA School of Law, Room 1357
Jack Healey, former Director of Amnesty International: "Burma and a Lifetime of Human Rights Advocacy"
Join us for a lecture by world-renowned human rights activist and pioneer, Jack Healey, followed by discussion with members of the UCLA community.
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
UCLA Law School Room 1327
Architecture & Confucian Ritual in the Chosŏn Dynasty (조선시대 건축과 유교 예제(禮制))
By Seung Jai Hong, Wonkwang University/CKS Post Doc and Visiting Scholars Colloquium Series
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Teacher, sailor, call center operator: Race and the making of Filipino labor niches in emerging global markets
Colloquium with Prof. Steve McKay, Department of Sociology, U.C. Santa Cruz
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Haines 279
Estômago- A Gastronomic Story
Directed by Marcos Jorge.
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
7:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
The Legacy of Mahmoud Darwish: A Conference
A conference that will bring together international writers and scholars to honor the life and creative work of Palestinian poet and author Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008).
Thursday, November 05, 2009
10:30 AM - 6:00 PM
314 Royce Hall
A.R.F. Webber and the Caribbean Intellectual Tradition
A lecture by Professor Selwyn R. Cudjoe from Wellesley College.
Thursday, November 05, 2009
4:00 PM
Rolfe 4302 (Lydeen Library)
The Legacy of Mahmoud Darwish: A Concert
An evening of music by the Turath Ensemble honoring the Palestinian poet and author Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008). The program will feature poetry by Mahmoud Darwish, songs by Marcel Khalife, and the music of Sayyid Darwish.
Thursday, November 05, 2009
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Schoenberg Hall
Prosecuting Immigration
Presentation by Professor Ingrid V. Eagly, School of Law. Hosted by the Migration Study Group.
Friday, November 06, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
279 Haines Hall
1989: Assessing the Collapse of Communism Twenty Years Later
A symposium
Friday, November 06, 2009
8:00 AM - 6:30 PM
UCLA Faculty Center
The Buddhist Arts of Tea in Medieval China
James A. Benn delivers the 22nd Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art
Saturday, November 07, 2009
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Lenart Auditorium
Sholem Aleichem at 150 - Celebrating the Yiddish Comic Master
A symposium on the 150th anniversary of Sholem Aleichem - presented by the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies
Sunday, November 08, 2009
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
314 Royce Hall
Dr. Ian Bremmer, President of Eurasia Group: "Global Political Risk: Managing Through Economic Catastrophe"
Join us for a lunchtime lecture by Ian Bremmer followed by discussion with members of the UCLA community.
Monday, November 09, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
UCLA Anderson School of Management, Collins Center A-202
Exorcising the Demon Within: Xenophobia, Violence and Statecraft in Contemporary South Africa
The UCLA African Studies Center presents a talk by Loren B. Landau, Director of the Forced Migration Studies Programme at Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Monday, November 09, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall (10th Floor)
The State of the European Union: Towards a New World Actor
A public lecture by Laurent Cohen-Tanugi
Monday, November 09, 2009
12:00 PM
314 Royce Hall
Gender Issues in Malaysian Computer Science Over the Last Three Decades
Colloquium with Prof. Ulf Mellstrom, Director, Program on Gender and Technology, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden; Professor, Gender Studies, Linkoping University; Editor, Nordic Journal for Masculinity Studies; and Chair, Swedish National Secretariat for Gender Research
Monday, November 09, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
5288 Bunche Hall
Celebrating Ethnicity: Finding Common Ground
A one-day conference devoted to an exploration of Arab, Armenian, Iranian, Israeli, and Turkish public festivals in Los Angeles.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sequoia Room
Chew on This! Noontime Lecture
"From Purani Dilli to Gurgaon: Mapping the Ends in India's Capital City"
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Glorya Kaufman Hall - Phoenix Conference Room 160
From Purani Dilli to Gurgaon: Mapping the Ends in India's Capital City
An artistic presentation examining the contemporary urban experience by Professor Aparna Sharma, Department of World Arts & Cultures.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
UCLA Kaufman Hall
Arabs, Turks, and Europeans in the Early Modern Mediterranean
A lecture by Professor Nabil Matar, University of Minnesota.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Red-Headed Mummies and Indo-European Languages: The Archaeology and Linguistics of Migration in 'Chinese' Eurasia
Panel Presentation with Elizabeth Barber and Melanie Malzahn, with Discussant Lothar Von Falkenhausen
Thursday, November 12, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
UCLA Faculty Center
China's Urban Poorest and their Program: Anti-Emblem of Municipal Modernization
A talk by DOROTHY SOLINGER at the University of Southern California
Thursday, November 12, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
USC University Club
O Rei do Carimã(The King of Carimã)
A documentary by Brazilian Director Tata Amaral.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
4:00 PM
Haines 220
Taiwan Culture in the New Millennium: A Conversation with Two Cultural Figures
A roundtable with screenwriter and novelist CHU TIEN-WEN, and novelist, poet, and naturalist LIU KE-SHIANG
Thursday, November 12, 2009
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
UCLA Korean Music and Dance Ensemble
Fowler Out Loud Concert
Thursday, November 12, 2009
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Fowler Museum
UCLA Korean Music and Dance Ensemble
A Fowler Out Loud Concert
Thursday, November 12, 2009
6:00 PM
Fowler Museum
Red Cliff Screening
Movie Screening presented by the Graduate Student Association and the Asia Institute
Thursday, November 12, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
Tocharian 100 Years after its Decipherment
A Center for Buddhist Studies Numata Colloquium Series lecture by Professor Melanie Malzahn (University of Vienna)
Friday, November 13, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
243 Royce Hall
Turkish Piano Music: A Concert
An evening of piano music from Turkey, performed by Ayşegül Kuş Durakoğlu
Friday, November 13, 2009
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Jan Popper Theater
Fowler Museum Tea Ceremony Demonstration
A Japanese Chanoyu ceremony
Saturday, November 14, 2009
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Fowler Museum
Fowler On the Town: Kulov's Tea Tour
"The Big Chill": second of two tours focuses on teas of the east
Sunday, November 15, 2009
11:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Fowler Museum
Transforming Americas Israel Lobby by Dan Fleshler
Book talk with Dan Fleshler regarding his new book "Transforming Americas Israel Lobby: the Limits of Its Power and the Potential for Change."
Monday, November 16, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
UCLA Public Affairs Building
The World of Yugen: a lecture and presentation
Colloquium with Kyoko Ibe, Special Advisor for Cultural Exchange, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan and Professor, Kyoto Institute of Technology.
Monday, November 16, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
UCLA Faculty Center
The Goldstone Report & Int'l Law - Part 1: Sarah Whitson, Human Rights Watch
Sarah Leah Whitson, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Division of Human Rights Watch, will speak on "The Goldstone Report Controversy: Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in the Gaza Conflict". <i>This is the 1st event of a 3-part lecture series titled, "The Goldstone Report and International Law - Three Perspectives".</i>
Monday, November 16, 2009
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
UCLA School of Law, Room 1447
The Goldstone Report Controversy: Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in the Gaza Conflict
A presentation by Sarah Leah Whitson (Director, Middle East and North Africa Division Human Rights Watch).
Monday, November 16, 2009
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
UCLA Law School
Exhibition: Asian American Studies at UCLA
Monday, November 16, 2009
7:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Powell Building Rotunda
The Mexican Revolution at 100: Historical and Literary Perspectives
An inaugural symposium commemorating the centennial of the revolution.
Monday, November 16, 2009
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
The Quintessential Oneness of Amar, Akbar and Anthony: The Portrayal of Religious Minorities in Bollywood Masalas
A conversation with Madhu Kishwar: Portrayals of religious minorities in Bollywood films.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
IEW 2009: International Opportunities Fair
Information tables and panel sessions on international opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Kerckhoff State Rooms
International Opportunities Fair
Find out about various study abroad options - and ways to pay for them!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Kerckhoff State Rooms
Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship Info Session
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Strathmore Building Room 200
International Film Night: Kolya (1996) on the Czech Republic
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
7:00 PM
UCLA Dashew Center
Study Abroad Fair
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Pauley Pavilion North Concourse
Fowler Museum Guided Tour
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
UCLA Fowler Museum
고려시대 국왕과 혼인한 자매들 Sharing Spouses in Royal Families in the Koryŏ Dynasty
By Soo Jung Shin, Sungshin Women's University/CKS Post Doc and Visiting Scholars Colloquium Series
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Establishing Formal Rules such as Property Rights is a Promising Road to Sustainable Economic Growth and Peace
Elena Panaritis, author of Prosperity Unbound: Building Property Markets with Trust (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007), speaks at UCLA.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
UCLA Public Affairs Building
Information Session, Boren Program Scholarships
Learn about how Boren's program can support Russian Flagship-related language study abroad.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10367 (tenth floor)
Reconstructing Indian Population History
A roundtable discussion of the recently published paper: Reconstructing Indian Population History (Reich et al. 2009).
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
2125 Rolfe Hall
Hammer Readings: Yiyun Li
Hammer Museum Readings,
Some Favorite Writers: Yiyun Li
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Hammer Museum
International Film Nights: L'enfant (The Child) (2005) on Belgium
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
7:00 PM
Dashew Center Lobby
Los que se quedan (Those who Remain)
A documentary directed by Carlos Hagerman and Juan Carlos Rulfo.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
7:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
East Asian Library Instruction 2009
Event sponsored by the East Asian Library on November 19, 2009.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Prof. Kal Raustiala, UCLA School of Law: "Is Bagram the New Guantanamo? War and the Courts After 9/11"
A public lecture sponsored by the SMC Associates (www.smc.edu/associates) and SMC Office of Public Programs.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
11:15 AM
Santa Monica College
Preventive Coalitions: Rethinking the Role of the Military in NATO and Beyond
A roundtable discussion with Lieutenant General (Ret) Christian Delanghe and Major General (Ret) Geoffrey Lambert
Thursday, November 19, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Exploring Visual Types of Gandharan Buddha Images: Its Ramifications
A talk on Gandharan Buddhist art by Professor Rhi Juhyung of Seoul National University
Thursday, November 19, 2009
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Dodd 221A
Israel Opportunities Fair
You're invited to an Israel Opportunities Fair in Los Angeles!
Thursday, November 19, 2009
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
UCLA Hillel
The Power of the Powerless
A documentary film on Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution. 6:00 pm reception; 6:30 screening; discussion to follow.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
6:00 PM
A51 Humanities Building
International Film Nights: Water (2006) on India
Thursday, November 19, 2009
7:00 PM
Dashew Center Lobby
Buddhist Cave Temples of the Kucha Kingdom
An Afternoon of Presentations and Discussion
Friday, November 20, 2009
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Seminar Room, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Contemporary Chinese America
A book talk by MIN ZHOU
Friday, November 20, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Presentation Room
The Transformation of China during the 1990s
Talks by BAIZHU CHEN (USC) and R. BIN WONG (UCLA)
Friday, November 20, 2009
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
10367 Bunche Hall
When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Rise of a New Global Order
A talk by MARTIN JACQUES
Friday, November 20, 2009
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
"Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country" Film Screening
Armed with video cameras, a tenacious band of Burmese reporters [VJ=Video Journalist] face down death to expose the repressive regime controlling their country.
Friday, November 20, 2009
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group
UCLA Live presents Reggie Wilson.
Friday, November 20, 2009
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Royce Hall
Beyond the Surface: Bronze Mirrors from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection
Two-day symposium hosted by the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Saturday, November 21, 2009
10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
314 Royce Hall
Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group
UCLA Live presents Reggie Wilson.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Royce Hall
Beyond the Surface: Bronze Mirrors from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection
Two-day symposium hosted by the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Sunday, November 22, 2009
10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
314 Royce Hall
Tea of the Samurai in Times of War and Peace
Morgan Pitelka, Occidental College
Sunday, November 22, 2009
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Lenart Auditorium
Civil Society with Chinese Characteristics
A talk by SONG QINGHUA
Monday, November 23, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Screening of The Sun
Melnitz Movies, in co-sponsorship with the Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, presents a free screening of THE SUN.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
UCLA Center for Intercultural Performance: Giving Thanks
Music and Dance from India, Brazil and Hawaii
Saturday, November 28, 2009
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
244 S. San Pedro St.
When God Took Sides. Religion and Identity in Ireland - Unfinished History
A public lecture by Marianne Elliott (University of Liverpool, Institute of Irish Studies)
Monday, November 30, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Jews from Libya: Cross-currents and Concretizations of Identity in Israel Today
A lecture by Professor Harvey E. Goldberg, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Beyond the Global Financial Crisis : The Case of Korea
By DoSung Choi, Monetary Policy Committe of the Bank of Korea/SNU-UCLA Joint Colloquium Series
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
UCLA Faculty Center
Envisioning America: New Chinese Americans and the Politics of Belonging
A book talk and signing by TRITIA TOYOTA
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Presentation Room
북한의 위협과 환경변화에 따른 사이버전 North Korea's Cyber Threats and Cyber Warfare in a Changing Environment
By Sang Min Park, Korean Ministry of National Defense/CKS Post Doc Visiting Scholars Colloquium Series
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
The Goldstone Report & Int'l Law - Part 2: David Kaye, UCLA Law School
David Kaye, UCLA Law School Professor and Executive Director of the International Human Rights Program, will speak on "International Justice & the Goldstone Report." <i>This is the 2nd event of a 3-part lecture series titled, "The Goldstone Report and International Law" Three Perspectives"</i>
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Bunche Hall, Room 10383
International Justice and the Goldstone Report
Part two of our co-sponsored speaker series: "THE GOLDSTONE REPORT AND INTERNATIONAL LAW: THREE PERSPECTIVES"
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Bunche Hall, Room 10383
Linha de passe
A film by Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
7:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
Socio-Economic Models and Development in Transition Economies in the Twenty Years Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall
A public lecture by Pasquale Tridico (University of Rome 3, Economics)
Thursday, December 03, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Amb. Wolff, Deputy Permanent US Representative to the UN: Burkle Forum on "The Obama Administration's New Approach to the United Nations"
Join us for a lecture by Ambassador Alejandro Wolff, Deputy Permanent US Representative to the UN, on "The Obama Administration and the United Nations". This event is co-sponsored by the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations and the UCLA School of Law International Human Rights Program.
Thursday, December 03, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Bunche Hall Room 6275
Sources for studying the colonial free-coloured peasantry of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic
A workshop hosted by the LAI Working Group on Caribeean Studies.
Thursday, December 03, 2009
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Rolfe 4302 (Lydeen Library)
Funeral and Sacrifice in 186 BC: The Luozhuang Mausoleum, Shandong
A talk by GAO JIXI
Thursday, December 03, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Negahi be qavanin-e mojazat-e Eslami dar Iran
A lecture in Persian by Professor Arzoo Osanloo, University of Washington.
Part of the CNES Bilingual Lecture Series.
Sunday, December 06, 2009
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Reflections on Sanctioning in Islamic Criminal Law in Iran
A lecture in English by Professor Arzoo Osanloo, University of Washington.
Part of the CNES Bilingual Lecture Series.
Monday, December 07, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Los herederos (The Inheritors)
A documentary by Eugenio Polgovsky.
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
7:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
The State of Chinese America: A Community Forum
A public forum examining issues facing Chinese Americans today
Saturday, December 12, 2009
12:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Guest Speaker Talk: Wireless Health - Professor Majid Sarrafzadeh, UCLA
We welcome PKU/UCLA JRI's first guest speaker, Professor Majid Sarrafzadeh from UCLA to give us a talk on Wireless health.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room 2, Ying Jie Overseas Exchange Center
Kwanzaa Celebration
The African Cultural Arts Council (An affiliate of the Bowers Museum) presents a celebration for family, friends and community!
Saturday, December 26, 2009
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Bowers Museum
