Events

Center Events, Winter 2008

Public Lectures and Activities hosted by the Center

Mediating Social Critique: Gender and Race in Hmong Diasporic Video

Lecture by Louisa Schein, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University.
Friday, January 18, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
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Pilipino Scholars Night at UCLA

An informal opportunity for the UCLA community to get together to survey, facilitate, and promote Filipino Studies on campus.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Vietnamese Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival

The student Vietnamese Language and Culture club continues its traditional Tet extravaganza.
Sunday, February 03, 2008
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
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The Shwegyin Religious World: Continuity, Rupture, and Political Change in Myanmar

Jason Carbine, Whittier College
Friday, February 08, 2008
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
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JMEWS Research Roundtable

Tracing Our Research Trajectories: The Study of Gender in Muslim Societies
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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The Rise of Asia in the 21st Century: Can America Handle the Challenge?

A lecture by the Hon. Kishore Mahbubani, Singapore's Former UN Ambassador & Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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Modern Diplomacy: What Do Diplomats Actually Do?

Careers in Asia Talk with Professor Kantathi Suphamongkhon, Political Science and Burkle Center Senior Fellow
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
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A Mirror for Thai National Politics: The Curious Case of Pom Mahakan

Colloquium with Prof. Michael Herzfeld, Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University
Friday, February 22, 2008
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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Energy Security: Security for Whom? Hydrocarbons and Human Rights in Military-ruled Burma

Colloquium with Matthew F. Smith and Naing Htoo, EarthRights International, Southeast Asia
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
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