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Rhodes Scholar Sees the Human Face in Poverty in India
Elizavida Fouksman investigated human rights abuses in rural India during her junior year, then returned after graduation to inspire social activism. She is UCLA's 12th Rhodes Scholar.
Posted: 11/30/2009
Islam and the Army in Colonial India
A book talk by Professor Nile Green (UCLA History).
Posted: 10/29/2009
Pakistanis Consult on 'Cultural Preservation'
Ten conservation specialists from museums, universities and government came to UCLA on Oct. 23, 2009, from various Pakistani cities. They met with Charles Stanish, director of UCLA's Costen Institute of Archaelogy; Associate Professor of Archaeology and Program Chair Monica Smith; Associate Professor of Materials Science and Conservation Ioanna Kakoulli; and David Scott, Chair of the UCLA/Getty Program in Archaeological and Ethnographic Conservation.
Posted: 10/26/2009
Former Pakistani PM Urges Open Talks on Afghanistan
Shaukat Aziz, who served Pakistan for eight years as finance minister and prime minister, argues in a talk at UCLA that global and regional powers will need to meet with all Afghan factions, the Taliban included, and offer a Marshall Plan for Afghanistan in order to put the country on the right track.
Posted: 10/2/2009
From Elephants to Tea: The Nilgiris Under Colonial Rule
Podcast of public lecture by Sanjay Subrahmanyam at the Fowler Museum at UCLA as part of the Steeped in History: The Art of Tea exhibit.
Posted: 9/24/2009
10 Questions for Nile Green
In his 2009 book, "Islam and the Army in Colonial India: Sepoy Religion in the Service of Empire," Professor Green follows the development of a "barracks Islam" that was practiced by Indian soldiers and their faqir holy men in 19th- and early 20th-century Hyderabad, a princely state then under de facto British rule.
Posted: 9/2/2009
In Memoriam: Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy: 1927-2009
Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy, an ethnomusicologist with an international reputation as a researcher, teacher, administrator, and an emeritus faculty member of the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology and the Center for India and South Asia, died peacefully on Saturday, June 20 at his home in Van Nuys, California.
Posted: 6/29/2009
Burkle Fellow Amy Zegart on Concerns of Instability in Pakistan
Amy Zegart, associate professor of public policy at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, discusses concerns of instability in Pakistan.
Zegart spoke as part of a foreign affairs panel at UCLA Day on May 9, 2009.
Posted: 5/9/2009
2 at International Institute Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Among the six new fellows on the UCLA faculty are Sanjay Subrahmanyam, a historian who directs the UCLA Center for India and South Asia, and Rogers Brubaker, a sociologist who serves on the Faculty Advisory Committee for the Center for European and Eurasian Studies.
Posted: 4/21/2009
The Buddha as Astute Businessman, Economist, Lawyer
Wall Street bankers would have benefited from being in the Buddha's audience. At the 106th Faculty Research Lecture, Gregory Schopen explains.
Posted: 3/19/2009
Lessons in Buddhism from an Iconoclastic Scholar
In his Faculty Research Lecture on March 10, Gregory Schopen hopes to illuminate a little-known aspect of Buddhism: the fact that it was one of the earliest social organizations in India to develop what might be called a corporation.
Posted: 2/26/2009
UCLA Geographers Urge US to Narrow Search for bin Laden
Logic and principles of geography point to Parachinar, Pakistan, as a likely hideout and particularly to three structures there, according to a new study.
Posted: 2/17/2009
10 Questions for Vinay Lal
Going by the title of a witty and insightful book by Vinay Lal, associate professor of history, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and U.S. Surgeon General-designate Sanjay Gupta are among "The Other Indians," distinct in many ways not just from native Americans but also from India's 1 billion people. Lal's book was recently published by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press and HarperCollins (India). Here, he discusses the Indian community in the U.S. and geopolitical events in South Asia.
Posted: 1/22/2009
'Creating Places'
At the first "Asia in LA" program, architects, urban designers, and faculty members discuss the relationships between cosmopolitanism in a global city and particular locales.
Posted: 11/26/2008
Tibetan Gift to Library
A Tibetan monk and two Americans dedicated to the Bon tradition of Tibet, an ancient religion that influenced Tibetan Buddhism, deliver a digitized copy of canonical Bon texts to the UCLA Library and Center for Buddhist Studies.
Posted: 6/18/2008
Dedicated Graduates Spend Summer Improving Global Public Health
Three graduates will spend their summers, and beyond, working to improve the state of public health in far-flung corners of the globe.
Posted: 6/9/2008
No Colonialism, No Culture: Macaulay, Kipling And The Interpellation Of Indians
Talk by Qadri Ismail, University of Minnesota. 6/2/08.
Posted: 6/6/2008
Domesticating the Harem
A doctoral student in art history reconsiders 'zenana' (female household) imagery in 19th- and early 20th-century India.
Posted: 6/3/2008
Art and AIDS
AIDS/SIDA symposium mixes one part science and one part art to raise awareness about HIV prevention and the treatment of the disease. View a slideshow from the event.
Posted: 5/20/2008
Richie's Fable of Riches
Smitha Radhakrishnan chats with first-time feature film director Richie Mehta about working with family, attracting big stars, and putting 100% into a character named Amal.
Posted: 5/16/2008
CISA Announces 2008 Sardar Patel Award Winner
Congratulations to Dr. Jahnavi Phalkey, recipient of the 2008 Sardar Patel Award for the best dissertation submitted at any American university on the subject of modern India.
Posted: 4/14/2008
The Ruins of Memory: The Writing of Brahmin Self in South India
Talk by Dilip Menon, University of Delhi. 4/11/08.
Posted: 4/11/2008
Remnants Point to an Urban Centre- Excavation Continues, Relics Unearthed at Sishupalgarh
A look at Professor Monica Smith's joint UCLA/Deccan College (Pune) archaeological research project at the ancient site of Sisupalgarh.
Posted: 2/28/2008
Remembering a Journalist
New York Times columnist David Brooks delivered the Sixth Annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture Tuesday to a capacity audience gathered at Korn Convocation Hall to remember the prominent Wall Street Journal reporter.
Posted: 2/27/2008
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