Academic Year Event Archive, 2003-2004

China After Jiang: A Book Talk

Gang Lin and Xiaobo Hu discuss the new book they have co-edited
Wednesday, October 01, 2003
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Visiblizing the Invisible Hand: China & Non-Regulatory Constitutionalism

A talk by Michael W. Dowdle
Monday, October 13, 2003
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Daring to Imagine: Women's Voices in Drama & Politics in Imperial China

A day-long conference
Saturday, October 18, 2003
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Cloud Gate - Dance Theatre of Taiwan

Performance of "Moon Water" at UCLA's Royce Hall
Friday, October 24, 2003
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Radical Change or Conservative Setback? China's New Marriage Law (2001)

A talk by Jianfu Chen (Law, La Trobe Univ.)
Wednesday, October 29, 2003
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

The 16th Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture: Long-haired Monks? A Portrait of Two Chinese Buddhist Masters and its Many Contexts

Raoul Birnbaum, Professor and Rebele Chair in History of Art and Visual Culture at UC Santa Cruz, will be the featured speaker at the 16th Annual Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art.
Saturday, November 01, 2003
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Transmigration littéraire: la Chine éternelle dans le miroir de l'Occident (Literary Transmigration: Eternal China in the Mirror of the West)

A roundtable with Shan Sa
Tuesday, November 04, 2003
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Zhouli & the Codification of Rites in Early China

A day-long workshop
Saturday, November 08, 2003
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Dream & Sickness in the Shang Dynasty (BC 1600–1046): Evidence from the Oracle Bone Inscriptions

A talk by Song Zhenhao (Institute of History, Chinese Academy of Social Science)
Wednesday, November 12, 2003
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Inter-University Program (IUP) For Chinese Language Studies at Tsinghua

Introduction & Orientation to the IUP Program in Beijing
Wednesday, November 12, 2003
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Ritual in Ancient China: Remains of the Mid-Shang Dynasty

A talk by Song Guoding (Henan Provincial Institute of Archaeology, & Visiting Scholar at the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies)
Thursday, November 13, 2003
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Sneak Preview: PTU

LA premier of a new Hong Kong thriller, at UCLA
Saturday, November 15, 2003
7:30 PM - 10:30 PM

Health & Education in Northeastern Tibet

A talk by Kunchok Gyaltsen
Thursday, November 20, 2003
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Screening: The Secret of My Success

U.S. premier of a documentary about electoral politics & contraception in China
Saturday, November 22, 2003
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

State Terrorism in China

A talk by Sheng Xue
Monday, November 24, 2003
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

A Conversation with Yu Hua

A conversation with the noted Chinese writer Yu Hua
Monday, November 24, 2003
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

From One Root Many Flowers

A book talk and signing, with the author Virginia C. Li
Tuesday, November 25, 2003
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Fellowship Information Fair / Open House

Come find out about graduate and undergraduate funding for study opportunities in International Studies!
Tuesday, December 02, 2003
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM

Film Retrospective: Rediscovering Anna May Wong

Screenings & Lectures from January 9 to 25
Friday, January 30, 2004
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

The Ancient State of Chu

A talk on the history & culture of Chu, by Xu Shaohua (Wuhan Univ.), followed by comments on Chu musical archaeology by Fang Jianjun (Xi'an Academy of Music)
Friday, February 27, 2004
12:00 PM - 2:30 PM

The Discovery of China's Prehistory & the Birth of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities

A talk by Magnus Fiskesjö, director of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm
Tuesday, March 02, 2004
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

China's Democratic Future: How It Will Happen and Where It Will Lead

Bruce Gilley discusses his new book, China's Democratic Future
Thursday, March 04, 2004
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Catholics vs. Communists in Rural China: The Tunliu Rebellion & Faction Warfare in Shanxi, 1946-47

Minh-Hoang Ngo challenges the conventional interpretation of peasant resistance
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
12:00 PM - 1:45 PM

The Election in Taiwan: What happened? Why? and What does it matter?

A roundtable forum
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

The Music of Xinjiang: The Twelve Muqam of Uyghur Music

Mao Jizeng (Central University for Nationalities, Beijing) discusses the music of Northwest China
Thursday, March 25, 2004
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

The Music of Xinjiang: The Twelve Muqam of Uyghur Music

Mao Jizeng (Central University for Nationalities, Beijing) discusses the music of Northwest China
Thursday, March 25, 2004
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

The Music of Xinjiang: The Twelve Muqam of Uyghur Music

Mao Jizeng (Central University for Nationalities, Beijing) discusses the music of Northwest China
Thursday, March 25, 2004
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Zheng He's Seven Voyages: Historical Fact and Contemporary Significance

Jin Wu, distinguished oceanic scientist and former Minister of Education of the Republic of China, discusses Zheng He’s voyages of discovery, and upcoming celebrations of the 600th anniversary of his first voyage.
Monday, April 12, 2004
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

The New Chinese Empire

Will the PRC encounter the fate of the Soviet Union, or will be become a superpower? Ross Terrill discusses China's future.
Friday, April 23, 2004
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

The Xinjiang Economy & Some Thoughts on 'Developing the West'

Calla Wiemer explores the potential -- and problems -- faced by China's far western province of Xinjiang
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Buddhism in the Xiyouji (Journey to the West)

Chen Hong discusses Buddhist themes in the classical novel Xiyouji
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Regional Cooperation and Non-traditional Security: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China

A colloquium with Prof. Xinsheng Wang, Department of International Relations, Zhongshan University
Thursday, May 13, 2004
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Hypotheses on Taiwanese Nationalism

A talk by Perry Anderson
Thursday, May 13, 2004
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Early Salt Production in China in Comparative Perspective: An International Symposium

A day-long symposium analyzing & contextualizing the first stage of the the UCLA-Peking University joint project on Landscape Archaeology and Ancient Salt Production in the Sichuan Basin
Saturday, May 15, 2004
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Topics in Chinese Culture

A special program, featuring three lectures
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

The Art and Culture of Yixing Ware

A talk by Lai Suk-yee (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Friday, May 21, 2004
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

The Music of Xinjiang: The Twelve Muqam of Uyghur Music

Mao Jizeng (Central University for Nationalities, Beijing) discusses the music of Northwest China
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Tiananmen Then & Now: Looking Back, Thinking Ahead

A retrospective on the Tiananmen democracy movement of June 1989
Wednesday, June 02, 2004
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Politicized Bureaucracy & Mass Movements: The Origins of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, 1949-1966

A talk by Professor Yang Su (UC Irvine)
Friday, June 04, 2004
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Culture, Identity, and Political Reform: Painting in the People's Republic of China, 1979-1997

A talk by Emmanuel Lincot
Monday, June 07, 2004
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Yu the Great and the Division of the Nine Regions

A talk by Zhu Yuanqing (Shanghai University)
Thursday, June 10, 2004
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM