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Business Conference: Connecting Hollywood and South East Europe (2)

2011 South East European Film Festival Business Conference - Panel 2: New Media, Marketing, and Distribution of Foreign Language Films  read full article »

Business Conference: Connecting Hollywood and South East Europe (1)

2011 South East European Film Festival Business Conference - Panel 1: Development and Financing of International Productions  read full article »

Sexual Harassment in France, U.S.

Canada’s Edmonton Journal on Sunday featured an interview with Abigail Saguy, associate professor and vice chair of the UCLA Department of Sociology, about the Dominique Strauss-Kahn affair and differences in the way issues of sexual harassment are addressed in France and the U.S.  read full article »

Europe's Roma: The Politics and Practices of Migration, Integration, and Human Rights

A panel discussion with José Manuel Fresno (EU Advisor on Roma issues and Chair of the Spanish Government's Race and Ethnic Equality Council), Rita Izsák (Chief of Staff of the Hungarian State Secretary for Social Inclusion, Ministry of Public Administration and Justice), Michelle Kelso (George Washington University, Sociology), and Olivier Legros (University of Tours, Geography)  read full article »

Prof Discusses Next Stop on Pope's Itinerary

Kathryn McDonnell, UCLA assistant professor of classics, was interviewed Thursday on Vatican Radio about the history of Aquileia, an ancient fortress city of the Roman Empire.   read full article »

In Bed with an Elephant: Russian Cultural Dominance in Ukraine and the "Near Abroad"

A lecture by Mykola Riabchuk, National Endowment for Democracy, Reagan-Fascell Fellow  read full article »

10 Questions for Russia Expert Daniel Treisman

Drawing on memoirs, personal interviews and other sources, Professor of Political Science Daniel Treisman, who first traveled to Russia in 1988, has written a sweeping study that covers roughly the period he's spent watching the country. Instead of pondering Russia's dark side or its "soul," Treisman in "The Return: Russia's Journey From Gorbachev to Medvedev" looks at Russia as a typical, though important, country facing everyday 21st-century social, political and economic challenges.  read full article »

Geography of Fear

The Washington Post reported Friday on research by Daniel Treisman, UCLA professor of political science, exploring the fears of residents of various European countries toward a host of issues, including diseases, natural disasters, wars and nuclear accidents.  read full article »

Italian Fascism vs. German Naziism, with Special Attention to Cultural Policy

A public lecture by Sabrina Ramet, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Political Science  read full article »

Forgetting Stalin and Ceausescu: Post-1989 Romania in Books and Films

A public lecture by award-winning writer Andrei Codrescu  read full article »

Civil Society and Dictatorship in Modern German History

A book talk with author Jürgen Kocka (UCLA, History) and discussant Ivan Berend (UCLA, History)  read full article »

A Jewish Orchestra in Nazi Germany: Musical Politics and the Berlin Jewish Culture League

A book talk with author Lily Hirsch (Cleveland State University, Music) and discussant Neal Stulberg (UCLA, Music)  read full article »

The Book that Changed Europe: Picart and Bernard's Religious Ceremonies of the World

A book talk with authors Lynn Hunt (UCLA, History), Margaret Jacob (UCLA, History), and Wijnand Mijnhardt (Utrecht University, Comparative History of the Social Sciences and Humanities), and discussant Paula Findlen (Stanford University, History)  read full article »

Spartak Moscow: The Peoples' Team in the Workers' State

A book talk with author Robert Edelman (UC San Diego, History) and discussant Andrei Markovits (University of Michigan, Political Science)  read full article »

Daniel Treisman

Treisman, UCLA professor of political science, is quoted in a Washington Post article about how Russia has benefited politically and economically from its oil reserves during the current turmoil in the Middle East.  read full article »

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