News
Lotus Steps 2005: A New Chapter
UCLA Chinese Cultural Dance Club presents its sixth annual dance performance
Posted: 4/27/2005
Islam in China -- a workshop for teachers
May 14 workshop looks at the history of Islam in China, at Muslim societies in China, and the lives of Chinese Muslims. Enrollment space is limited.
Posted: 4/21/2005
Vietnamese Diaspora on Film
The Vietnamese International Film Festival comes to UCLA.
Posted: 4/20/2005
Contemporary Ethiopia: Revolution and Transformation?
What is the status of Ethiopia, 20 years after famine relief? Why hasn't Ethiopia progressed as predicted? Former Clinton advisor for Africa, Gayle Smith, along with leading Ethiopian scholar, Edmond Keller, lead a panel discussion focusing on the state of Ethiopia. Where were you when "We Are the World" dominated the radio waves? Marcia Thomas of USA for Africa discusses the 1984 famine relief effort and pop culture.
Posted: 3/10/2005
Last Professional Performer in the United States Demonstrates Vietnamese Classical Opera
Mrs. Ngoc Bay gives exhibition of techniques of Hat Boi at UCLA.
Posted: 2/28/2005
UCLA Asian Studies Faculty in the News -- January 2006
Performers influenced by the APPEX experience, gift to create a chair for the study of Korean Christianity
Posted: 1/2/2005
The African Studies Center Screens Hotel Rwanda
UCLA AFC screens major motion picture "Hotel Rwanda" and hosts actor Don Cheadle, director Terry George and Paul Rusesabagina, whose heroism during the Rwanda genocide is the basis of the film.
Posted: 12/1/2004
Mismatched Concepts of Early Medieval Chinese Religious History
A talk by Victor H. Mair
Posted: 11/21/2004
Lothar von Falkenhausen delivers Washington University's Nelson Wu Lecture
UCLA Art Historian speaks on "The Musical Archaeology of Ancient China: A Presentation of Art and Music"
Posted: 11/16/2004
Large Turnout for Sammy Lee Lecture on Chinese Imperial Garden
Che Bing Chiu recalls the history of the Yuanmingyuan, the 857 acre "Garden of Perfect Brightness" from which China's Manchu emperors ruled an empire for a century and a half.
Posted: 11/8/2004
17th Annual Sammy Lee Lecture -- Yuanmingyuan: The Garden of Perfect Brightness - a Mirror for the Last Dynasty of China
CHE BING CHIU, Professor at the Centre de recherche sur l'Extrême-Orient de Paris-Sorbonne, speaks about China's most famous garden on November 6, 2004.
Posted: 10/4/2004
UCLA and Getty Museum Hold Summer Institute in Turkey
Scholars from nine countries spend four weeks visiting ancient sites, studying preservation of the Middle East's historic past.
Posted: 9/23/2004
Asia Pacific Performance Exchange 2004 Completes Successful Session in Bali
Sixteen performance artists, eight from Asia and eight from the United States, spend six weeks in Indonesia.
Posted: 9/13/2004
2004 California NCTA Study Tour of China
Nineteen California teachers spend three weeks exploring China's rich cultural legacy and its complicated present.
Posted: 9/1/2004
The Art of Rice: Symbol and Meaning in Southeast Asian Village Tradition
Ancient traditions surround growing and storage of essential food grain.
Posted: 7/15/2004
Spirit Possession Religions and Popular Rituals Flourish in Vietnam
Mother Goddess religion as well as local gods and shamans have strong following despite official disapproval.
Posted: 6/8/2004
The Near Extinction of Cambodian Classical Dance
Cambodian classical dancer and teacher Sophiline Cheam Shapiro speaks about the dance's political and cultural roles, how it was almost destroyed by Pol Pot, its politicization under the Vietnamese communists, and its revival today.
Posted: 5/7/2004
Lawrence Lessig Sees Public Domain Sinking in a Sea of Overregulation
Stanford law professor says digital age should usher in creative use of digital materials, not prosecution of 12 year olds for downloading music.
Posted: 5/3/2004
Genji in Graphic Detail: Manga Versions of the Tale of Genji
Lynne Miyake (Pomona College) dissects comic-book adaptations of the classical novel Genji monogatari
Posted: 4/27/2004
Zheng He's Voyages of Discovery
Noted oceanic scientist Jin Wu discusses the 15th century expeditions of the Chinese mariner Zheng He & the celebration of the 600th anniversary of his first voyage
Posted: 4/20/2004
Vietnamese Artist Tran Trong Vu -- Torn between Two Worlds
Looking back at his homeland from Paris his cartoonlike images explore bureaucracy and entrepreneurial conformity in a burlesque of socialist realist style.
Posted: 3/4/2004
Judy Mitoma Receives 2003 Rockefeller 3rd Award
Center for Intercultural Performance Director and professor recognized for contributions to Asian performing arts
Posted: 2/25/2004
The Machinery of Vietnamese Art and Literature in the Post-Renovation, Post-Communist, and Post-Modern Period
Pham Thi Hoài, one of contemporary Vietnam's most influential writers, analyzes literature in Vietnam today
Posted: 2/11/2004
Eric Hobsbawm Speaks on His New Memoir
Noted historian discusses "Interesting Times: A Twentieth Century Life" with UCLA audience.
Posted: 2/5/2004
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