Calendar of Events
Public lectures, symposium, colloquia and workshops about World Affairs at UCLA
Events for May 2013
CAW: Relationship between the State and Multinational Entities with regards to the Art Market
Led by Naomi Caffee
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10367 Bunche Hall
Gender and Creolization on the Gold Coast: Castle Slaves in the Era of the Slave Trade
UCLA Atlantic History Colloquium
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
Gonzaga: de Pai para Filho (Gonzaga: From Father to Son)
A 2012 film by Breno Silveira
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Melnitz 1409
Symposium: Informing Responses to Reduce Poverty and Improve Health in Latin America
UCLA Blum Center's Inaugural Spring Symposium
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
DeNeve Auditorium
Into the Jungle: Migration and Grammar in the New Europe
CEES faculty lecture by Dominic Thomas, UCLA, French and Francophone Studies.
Thursday, May 02, 2013
12:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
South-East European Film Festival
May 2 - May 6 at the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles. **May 6 closing night: James Bridges Theatre, UCLA campus, Westwood**
Thursday, May 02, 2013
Goethe-Institut Los Angeles
Art & Social Movements: Cultural Politics in Mexico and Aztlan
A conversation with book author Edward J. McCaughan, artist Barbara Carrasco and Dr Colin Gunckel
Thursday, May 02, 2013
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Royce Hall 306
New Dimensions in the Study and Practice of Mexican and Chicana/o Social Movements
A binational symposium of scholars and activists
Thursday, May 02, 2013
9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Royce Hall 306
Cinema According to Nelson Pereira dos Santos: Como era gostoso o meu francês & Tenda dos milagres
1972 & 1977 films by director Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Friday, May 03, 2013
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Billy Wilder Theater (Hammer Museum)
South-East European Film Festival Business Conference 2013
2013 South East European Film Festival Business Conference. Admission to the Conference is free, but RSVP is mandatory. Please RSVP directly to: rsvp@seefilmla.org
Saturday, May 04, 2013
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Goethe-Institut Los Angeles
Continuity and Change in the Cultural Legacy of Qajar Era
A lecture by Abbas Amanat, Professor of History & International Studies, Yale University
Sunday, May 05, 2013
5:00 PM
Dodd Hall 121
The European External Action Service: European Foreign Policy in the Making
A conversation with Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission. Moderator: Terry McCarthy, President and CEO of the Los Angeles World Affairs Council.
Monday, May 06, 2013
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
California Room, UCLA Faculty Center
Gandhi and the Politics of Visual Representation
Prof. Vinay Lal, Department of History, UCLA
Monday, May 06, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
[East Asian Library Event] The Art of Face-Painting in Chinese Opera
Introducing the history of face painting in Chinese opera
Monday, May 06, 2013
12:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Young Research Library - Presentation Room 11348 YRL
Anxious Onlookers: Qajar Iran and resistance to the British Raj
A lecture by Abbas Amanat, Professor of History & International Studies, Yale University
Monday, May 06, 2013
3:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
How to Build a Chinese Typewriter: Reimagining Technology and Script in the 19th and 20th Centuries
A talk by Thomas S. Mullaney as part of the History of Science Spring 2013 Colloquium.
Monday, May 06, 2013
4:00 PM
5288 Bunche
Cinema According to Nelson Pereira dos Santos: Vidas Secas & Boca de Ouro
1963 films by director Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Monday, May 06, 2013
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Billy Wilder Theater (Hammer Museum)
The President's Development Policy and four Priorities for Latin America
Conversation with Mark Feierstein, USAID Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean
Tuesday, May 07, 2013
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
Investigating Culture History and Culture Process: The Archaeology of Ifugao Rice Terraces, Northern Philippines
Colloquium with Prof. Stephen B. Acabado, Department of Anthropology, University of Guam
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Haines 352
ODISSI LECTURE--DEMONSTRATION
BY GURU ARUNA MOHANTY AND ORISSA DANCE ACADEMY
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
UCLA Glorya Kaufman Hall
CAW: "The Art of Not Being Governed"
Led by Andrew Grant
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Mining Countries: Breaking the Deadlock
A public lecture by Dr. Vusal Gasimli, Department of Economic Analysis and Global Affairs,
Center for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
12:00 PM
10367 Bunche Hall
Ending the Korean War: Films
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Korean Armistice, which temporarily halted the fighting, yet failed to officially end the Korean War. We will show two documentary films on the impact of the unending Korean War and discuss it with the filmmakers. "Memory of Forgotten War" and "The Woman, The Orphan and The Tiger".
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
Historical Critique and the Thresholds of Political Voice After the Ottoman Empire
A CPSC lecture by Kabir Tambar, Stanford University, Anthropology.
Thursday, May 09, 2013
12:30 PM
352 Haines Hall
Remaking Chinese Cinema: Through the Prism of Shanghai, Hong Kong and Hollywood
A book talk by Yiman Wang, Assistant Professor of Film & Digital Media at UC Santa Cruz
Thursday, May 09, 2013
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Bunche Hall 10367
Ending the Korean War: A Conference
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Korean Armistice, which temporarily halted the fighting, yet failed to officially end the Korean War. This conference will examine key issues surrounding the war and the ongoing division of Korea, such as separated families, Korea's militarization, and the humanitarian crisis in North Korea.
Thursday, May 09, 2013
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Main Conference Room, Charles E. Young Research Library
Barrios to Burbs: Middle Class Mexican Americans' Patterns of Mobility and Incorporation
A talk by Jody Angius Vallejo, Department of Sociology, USC.
Haines Hall 279
Friday, May 10, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
At the Crossroads: Community Wellbeing and Culture in Latin America
A symposium exploring the intersection between community wellbeing and culture among indigenous communities in Latin America
Friday, May 10, 2013
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
11360 YRL Conference Room
Ending the Korean War: A Day of Action
Organized by United Methodist Women (UMW), this day will include a public forum on the Korean crisis that examines the ongoing cost of militarization of the Korean peninsula and the steps needed to replace the temporary armistice treaty with a permanent peace treaty. The forum will look at how the road to peace in Korea runs through Washington, DC, and how women and the Korean diaspora must steward it along the way.
Friday, May 10, 2013
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
Gatha Odissi
An Indian dance demonstrated by the Orissa Dance Academy
Sunday, May 12, 2013
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
William Bristol Civic Auditorium
Cinema According to Nelson Pereira dos Santos: Memórias do cárcere
1984 film by director Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Sunday, May 12, 2013
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Billy Wilder Theater (Hammer Museum)
Crisis and Resistance in Greece and the Eurozone
Center for Social Theory and Comparative History Annual Colloquium with Stathis Kouvelakis, King's College London, Political Theory and Costas Lapavitsas, University of London, Economics.
Monday, May 13, 2013
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
한국의 주민참여예산제도, 쟁점과 대안 모색 Participatory Budgeting in Korea, its Controversial Issues and Alternatives
By Jong Ahn Ko, Ministry of Strategy and Finance in Korea
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Activism, Disciplinary Formations and Transnational Southeast Asian Cultural Studies
Colloquium with Mariam B. Lam, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Media & Cultural Studies, and Director of the Southeast Asian Studies Research Program (SEATRiP) at the University of California, Riverside
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Singing, Chanting, and Chatter: Street Sounds and Songs of the 1919 Egyptian Revolution
A lecture by Ziad Fahmy, Cornell University
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
3:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Looking Back, Looking Forward: Contemporary Chinese Art, 1976-Present
A talk by Christina Yu Yu, Assistant Curator, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Dodd 161
Competing Cosmologies, Sacred Spaces and Powerful Objects: Enacting Empire among and between Rome, Sasanian Iran, and Sui-Tang China
Matthew Canepa, University of Minnesota
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Solidarity Transformed: Labor Responses to Globalization and Crisis in Latin America
Book Talk presented by Mark Anner (Penn State University) and discussed by Mark Sawyer (UC Los Angeles)
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Public Affairs 5391
Encuentro con Alicia Scherson: Una chilena en la república mundial del cine
A lecture by Alicia Scerson, Chilean film director and producer.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Rolfe Hall 4302
2012-2013 Faucett Fellowship Student Panel
The purpose of the Faucett Fellowship Research Panel is to present research findings and promote the exchange of ideas among students and participants working in various disciplines. These research fellowships are made possible by support from the Faucett Catalyst Fund.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Bunche 6275 (History Conference Room)
Identity and Place in Contemporary Central Asia
A panel presentation of new research by UCLA graduate students
Thursday, May 16, 2013
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
UCLA Faculty Center, Downstairs Lounge
The Euro Crisis: A Longer-Term View
A CEES public lecture by Barry Eichengreen, UC Berkeley, Economics and Political Science.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
Ethnicity in the Early Abbasid Period
A lecture by Michael Cooperson, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
4:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Infraestructuras Transfronterizas: Etnografia de itinerarios en el espacio social de Monterrey-San Antonio
A lecture and book presentation by Efren Sandoval Hernandez
Friday, May 17, 2013
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
“A LUTA CONTINUA - THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES”: A CELEBRATION AND A CHALLENGE
“A Luta Continua-The Struggle Continues” is a symposium that will explore the impact of students from Southern Africa on the UCLA campus and the City of Los Angeles, and consider the ways in which their example can be followed in making a difference in Africa.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
UCLA Fowler Museum & Terrace
Mostafa Sho‘aiyan: The Forgotten Revolutionary and the Possibility of Unified Action
A lecture by Peyman Vahabzadeh, University of Victoria
Saturday, May 18, 2013
6:00 PM
121 Dodd Hall
Performances of Extraordinary Gender in Mahari Dance
Prof. Anurima Banerji, UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance
Monday, May 20, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
The Dance That Makes You Vanish: Cultural Reconstruction in Post-Genocide Indonesia
Book talk with Prof. Rachmi Diyah Larasati, University of Minnesota
Monday, May 20, 2013
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
208 Glorya Kaufman Hall
Unfolding the Principle of Color Decoration in Yingzao Fashi, a 12th Century’s Chinese Imperial Building Standard
A talk by Luke Li, Tsinghua University, Beijing
Monday, May 20, 2013
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Bunche Hall 11377
International Career Panel
Please join us for the 2013 International Career Panel with panelists Brooke Christopher, Holly Derheim, and Erroll Southers. This panel will provide insight about various fields and professions in the international arena, and guide students on how to best prepare for international careers. Alexandra Lieben, Deputy Director of the UCLA Burkle Center, will moderate the discussion.
Monday, May 20, 2013
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
UCLA Bunche Hall
A Public Lecture by Leading Scholar of Ancient Chinese Culture, Professor Li Ling (李零)
International Animals: Images of Lion and Tiger in Chinese Archaeological Findings
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Bunche Hall 10367
Carioca Orientalism: Morocco in the Imaginary of a Brazilian Telenovela
A lecture by Waïl S. Hassan, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
4:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
African Muslim Women and the Global Feminist Movement: Rethinking the Empowerment Paradigm
Professor Pearl T. Robinson, Tufts University, will deliver the Annual James S. Coleman Memorial Lecture.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
University of California, Los Angeles
CAW: Migration, Trade, Travel
Led by Marjan Wardaki
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Saramamalla (Mother Corn)- Climate Change and the Andean Corn Culture
An academic and cultural event by the UCLA Kichwa/Quechua class
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Royce Hall 314
"Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry" UCLA Human Rights Film Series
Please join us for a documentary screening and panel discussion of "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry," as part of the UCLA International Human Rights Film Series.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
7:00 PM
UCLA James Bridges Theater
Historia Indígena de México Michoacán Durante la Época Colonial y el Siglo XIX
First International Symposium on Michoacán during colonial era and the XIX century
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
YRL Conference Room 11360
Reflections on Ismaili Studies: Standing on Poonawala's Shoulders
A conference to honor the career of Professor Ismail Poonawala.
Thursday, May 23, 2013
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
UCLA Faculty Center
Affective investments in the Manila region: Filipina migrants in rural Japan and transnational urban development in the Philippines
A talk by Lieba Faier, Department of Geography, UCLA.
Haines Hall 279
Friday, May 24, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The Jazz Reggae Festival at UCLA
2013 Jazz Reggae Festival at UCLA
Sunday, May 26, 2013
UCLA Intramural Field
The Jazz Reggae Festival at UCLA
2013 Jazz Reggae Festival at UCLA
Monday, May 27, 2013
UCLA Intramural Field
브랜드 위기시 소비자의 행동투자 매몰비용이 브랜드전환행동에 미치는 영향 The Effect of Consumers' Behavioral Investment Sunk Cost on Brand Switching Behavior in Brand Crisis
By Jieun Lee, Chung-Ang University
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
Flowers, Fragrance, and Porcelain Wares in the Cultural History of Song China 宋人與花與香與瓷器
A Talk by Yang Zhi Shui 揚之水
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
West Electronic Classroom (2nd floor of YRL)
UFAHAMU Journal of African Studies Digitization Launch Party
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
UCLA Fowler Museum Terrace
CAW: TBD
Led by Catherine Formusa
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10367 Bunche Hall
A Discussion of Local Customs in Hanafi Sources from the 10th to 16th Centuries
Religions of the Silk Road Lecture by Dr. Zafar Najmiddinov, Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton
Thursday, May 30, 2013
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10367 Bunche Hall
The Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace with Ambassador Ryan Crocker: "The Arab Spring and US Interests"
The UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations proudly presents the 2012-13 Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace featuring Ambassador Ryan Crocker. This event is co-sponsored by the UCLA Program on Central Asia, the UCLA Center for India and South Asia, The UCLA Center for Middle East Development, and the UCLA Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies.
Thursday, May 30, 2013
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UCLA Law School, Room 1357
‘An Ounce of Prevention…’: U.S. Anti-Communist Operations in Indonesia, 1963-1965
Colloquium with Dahlia Setiyawan, Ph.D. candidate, UCLA Department of History
Thursday, May 30, 2013
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
A Symposium on Call Centers in India and the Philippines
The panel will raise questions and share critical insights on the "voice business."
Thursday, May 30, 2013
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Lexilalia: On Translating a Dictionary of Untranslatable Philosophical Terms
The UCLA Department of French and Francophone Studies presents a lecture by Professor Emily Apter
Thursday, May 30, 2013
4:30 PM
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