Events

Nazarian Center Documentary Film Series - Gut Shabbes Vietnam
A young Israeli couple set out to the Far East – emissaries of the Chabad Movement who are sent to Vietnam
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

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The Politics of Humor: A Historical Perspective of the Vessantara Jataka in Thailand
Colloquium with Katherine Bowie, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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Beyond Queering the Chain of Care: Affective Feminizations, Biological Investments
Colloquium with Aren Z. Aizura, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

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Subnational Islamization through Secular Parties: Comparing Shari'a Politics in Two Indonesian Provinces
Colloquium with Prof. Michael Buehler, Department of Political Science, Northern Illinois University
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

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Film Screening: "Enforcing the Silence" (Vietnam)
Screening and Q&A with the filmmaker, Tony Nguyen
3:00 PM - 5:30 PM

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Treacherous Subjects: Gender, Culture and Trans-Vietnamese Feminism
Book talk by Prof. Lan P. Duong, Media and Cultural Studies Department, University of California, Riverside
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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Come On! The Politics of Contemporary Visual Art in Cambodia, Viet Nam and Beyond
A talk by artist, curator and writer Việt Lê, Assistant Professor, Visual Studies | Visual and Critical Studies, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

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Re-Membering the Khmer Rouge: Cambodian American Memory Work
A talk by Cathy Schlund-Vials, Associate Professor, English and Asian American Studies and director of Asian American Studies Institute at the University of Connecticut
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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Puro Arte: Filipinos on the Stages of Empire
Book talk with Lucy Burns, UCLA Department of Asian American Studies
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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Critical Histories of Activism: Indonesia’s New Order and its Legacies
This one-day conference, led by historian Jeffrey Hadler and political ecologist/sociologist Nancy Peluso of UC Berkeley, will examine forms of activism and protest that emerged in Indonesia during the “New Order” of President Soeharto (1967–1998).
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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Workers Speak Out Against Labor Rights Violations (UCLA/Indonesia)
Program with Indonesian garment workers who sewed Adidas college apparel and United Students Against Sweatshops
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

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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
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM

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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
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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The Dance That Makes You Vanish: Cultural Reconstruction in Post-Genocide Indonesia
Book talk with Prof. Rachmi Diyah Larasati, University of Minnesota
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

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‘An Ounce of Prevention…’: U.S. Anti-Communist Operations in Indonesia, 1963-1965
Colloquium with Dahlia Setiyawan, Ph.D. candidate, UCLA Department of History
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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A Symposium on Call Centers in India and the Philippines
The panel will raise questions and share critical insights on the "voice business."
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

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Film Screening: "Alias Ruby Blade: A Story of Love and Revolution"
Documentary screening followed by discussion with Geoffrey Robinson (UCLA History) and Director Alex Meillier. Part of the UCLA International Human Rights Film Series.
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

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