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Majority World Finds Voice in Photos
Photographer from Bangladesh delivers lectures at UCLA about human rights, images, and new takes on citizen journalism.
Posted: 7/23/2007
Middle Eastern Americans On The Move
A groundbreaking exhibition of the literary, cinematic and scholarly output of this diverse community, and UCLAs impact on the field of Middle Eastern American Studies, is on display from September 17 through December 21, 2007 in the Powell Library Rotunda.
Posted: 7/18/2007
A Stroll in Beirut
"Symbols of the intractable problems of the Middle East stood in striking contrast to the pleasures of life pursued by the resilient Lebanese as I took a walk downtown from the American University with a friend earlier this month," writes UCLA Fulbright coordinator Ann Kerr in the Palisadian-Post.
Posted: 7/2/2007
Rapping About War
MIT anthropologist Ian Condry discusses the history of Japanese hip hop and Japanese rappers' commentary on the Iraq war and 9/11.
Posted: 7/2/2007
Virtual Qumran Sheds New Light on Dead Sea Scrolls Discovery Site
The mysterious archaeological ruins located paces from where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered 60 years ago served first as a fortress before being adopted by Jewish religious sect, two UCLA researchers contend.
Posted: 6/25/2007
AIDS Fight Needs Course Correction, Say Panelists
Prescriptions for combating the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe include increased funding, focus on local disease drivers, and reassertion of public health goals over political concerns.
Posted: 6/12/2007
Schoolgirl as Femme Fatale
Stanford's Indra Levy discusses the development of the schoolgirl figure as a femme fatale in modern Japanese literature.
Posted: 6/11/2007
Entry to the World
"Fowler in Focus: Doors in Global Perspective" Opens June 24 at the Fowler Museum at UCLA
Posted: 5/31/2007
Network-Builder Describes Role in Brazil's TV Globo
The American pioneer of a powerhouse Brazilian television network tells his story at UCLA.
Posted: 5/15/2007
Joseph Wallach on the Beginnings of TV Globo
The American pioneer of a powerhouse Brazilian television network tells his story at UCLA.
Posted: 5/14/2007
Beyond 'The Crocodile'
UCLA literary translator Michael Heim and distinguished panelists revisit the life and the diary of Kornei Chukovsky, the Russian man of letters best remembered as a children's author. UCLA's Vyacheslav Ivanov recalls details of his lifelong friendship with Chukovsky.
Posted: 5/8/2007
Portrait of a Painter as a Patriot
Columbia Japanologist Donald Keene examines the life of painter Watanabe Kazan.
Posted: 5/8/2007
The Origin of Language Families
U of Texas-Arlington linguist Jerold A. Edmondson, whose doctorate is from UCLA, explains what the field of linguistic history might stand to gain from advances in population genetics and archaeology.
Posted: 5/3/2007
Online Conflict Reporting Hits the Big Screen
Pioneering solo journalist Kevin Sites screens his film about the civilian cost of war.
Posted: 5/1/2007
Leading Buddhist Studies Program Eyes Tibetan Gap
Center events on Tibetan Buddhism are part of an effort to create a UCLA chair in the field. On May 23, a high-ranking Buddhist abbot and a U of Michigan professor will read the poetry of a modern Tibetan monk in the original language and in English translation.
Posted: 4/30/2007
Q&A: Nina Sylvanus
A UCLA Global Fellow discusses West African women's longstanding influence on a global market in textiles, and the emerging role of Chinese manufacturers. Sylvanus is organizing an April workshop at UCLA on China's role in Africa.
Posted: 4/24/2007
Web Journalists Keep Discerning Eye on Asia
AsiaMedia's focus on global dimensions will be evident on April 27 when it will screen a documentary film by Yahoo! News reporter Kevin Sites about his solo journeys across 22 war zones over a year.
Posted: 4/24/2007
Kirino Discusses Novel, Women's Rights
Wrapping up a U.S. book tour, Japanese writer Natsuo Kirino reads from her novel 'Grotesque' and considers women's plight in Japanese society.
Posted: 4/23/2007
Author Kirino to Speak
Best-selling Japanese mystery writer Natsuo Kirino will discuss her work and read from her latest novel, 'Grotesque.'
Posted: 4/9/2007
Lebanon War Coverage Dissected at Conference
A discussion among two Los Angeles Times editors, one historian, and a UCLA audience exposes gaps in expectations about how violence gets reported.
Posted: 4/5/2007
Pickled Kabuki
U of Hawaii's James Brandon remembers kabuki plays from Japan's Fifteen-Year War.
Posted: 4/5/2007
News Accuracy in Israel-Lebanon Conflict Questioned
Because so many sources recording the war differed on reported facts, the war left international media and historians arguing over who started it and who the true victors of the war were, several speakers said. The UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies was a co-sponsor of this event, organized by the Comparative Literature Graduate Student Group.
Posted: 4/4/2007
'To Study It, I Had to Perform'
UNC-Chapel Hill anthropologist Christopher T. Nelson reflects on his research into and participation in the traditional Okinawan dance eisaa.
Posted: 3/28/2007
Ikebana Flowering
An ikebana exhibit at UCLA plants seeds for the next generation of students interested in the ancient Japanese art of flower arrangement.
Posted: 3/20/2007
Talk of Darkness: Human Rights in Morocco
A public reading and lecture by author and human rights activist Fatna El Bouih
Posted: 3/10/2007
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