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Exhibit Touts Jazz Ambassadors' Global Impact
From March 20 through Aug. 14 at the Fowler Museum, "Jam Session: America's Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World” will illustrate how some of our most famous musicians taught the world about the United States while learning about their host nations as well.
Posted: 3/17/2011
Forgetting Stalin and Ceausescu: Post-1989 Romania in Books and Films
A public lecture by award-winning writer Andrei Codrescu
Posted: 3/17/2011
Forgetting Stalin and Ceausescu: Post-1989 Romania in Books and Films
A public lecture by award-winning writer Andrei Codrescu
Posted: 3/17/2011
US Interrogator Who Decried Torture Joins Burkle Center
Matthew Alexander, an 18-year Air Force and Air Force Reserves veteran and author of books about effective, non-coercive interrogation methods, is bringing his on-the-ground perspective about counterterrorism policies to UCLA as a Burkle Center fellow.
Posted: 3/17/2011
Civil Society and Dictatorship in Modern German History
A book talk with author Jürgen Kocka (UCLA, History) and discussant Ivan Berend (UCLA, History)
Posted: 3/16/2011
Civil Society and Dictatorship in Modern German History
A book talk with author Jürgen Kocka (UCLA, History) and discussant Ivan Berend (UCLA, History)
Posted: 3/16/2011
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)
Posted: 3/15/2011
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)
Posted: 3/15/2011
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)
Posted: 3/14/2011
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)
Posted: 3/11/2011
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)
Posted: 3/11/2011
Economic Nationalism in the Interwar Period: The Contrasting Experiences of Finland and Eastern Europe
A public lecture by Thomas David, University of Lausanne, Social and Political Sciences
Posted: 3/10/2011
Economic Nationalism in the Interwar Period: The Contrasting Experiences of Finland and Eastern Europe
A public lecture by Thomas David, University of Lausanne, Social and Political Sciences
Posted: 3/10/2011
Silks and Quilts in Central Asian Cultures
Possibly the best-dressed scholarly meeting of the season, "Textiles as Treasures" looked at the place of fabrics in the lives and the industry of nomadic and urban Central Asian cultures over centuries. The March 5 conference was organized by the Asia Institute's Program on Central Asia; a day-long program on the music of the region is planned for April 1.
Posted: 3/9/2011
Stalin's Romeo Spy: The Remarkable Rise and Fall of the KGB's Most Daring Operative
A book talk with author Emil Draitser (CUNY, Hunter College, Russian Division)
Posted: 3/9/2011
Stalin's Romeo Spy: The Remarkable Rise and Fall of the KGB's Most Daring Operative
A book talk with author Emil Draitser (CUNY, Hunter College, Russian Division)
Posted: 3/9/2011
UCLA African Studies Alumnus on the Peace Corps
Haskell Sears Ward discusses his life, his experiences in Africa and the legacy of the Peace Corps with the UCLA Broadcast Studio.
Posted: 3/9/2011
Europe since 1980
A book talk with author Ivan Berend (UCLA, History) and discussant Ken Jowitt (UC Berkeley, Political Science; Hoover Institution, Senior Fellow)
Posted: 3/8/2011
The Dynamics of Transnational Formations: Albanian Migrants in Europe
A public lecture by Janine Dahinden, Transnational Studies, Center for the Understanding of Social Processes, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland
Posted: 3/7/2011
Food and Survival in Her Books and Her Life
Peek into Judith Carney’s background and you can understand her interests. "In the Shadow of Slavery: Africa's Botanical Legacy in the Atlantic World," co-written with her husband, is one of two winners of the most recent Douglass prize, awarded to the best book written in English on slavery or abolition.
Posted: 3/4/2011
Israeli Minister Discusses Disruptions in the Middle East
Minister of National Infrastructure Uzi Landau speaks on national resources and the unrest in Arab countries, in a talk sponsored by UCLA's Younes & Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies.
Posted: 3/3/2011
Peace Corps' 50th Anniversary Celebration Ranges from Heartfelt to Humorous
Distinguished panelists commemorated the Peace Corps service of more than 1,800 UCLA alumni, including 91 volunteers currently in 46 countries. MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews moderated the discussion.
Posted: 3/3/2011
Solidarity 30 Years Later: Women's Roles in the Movement
A roundtable discussion with filmmaker Jolanta Chojecka, journalist Jane Dobija, and scholars Ewa Kondratowicz and Shana Penn
Posted: 3/3/2011
Solidarity 30 Years Later: Women's Roles in the Movement
A roundtable discussion with filmmaker Jolanta Chojecka, journalist Jane Dobija, and scholars Ewa Kondratowicz and Shana Penn
Posted: 3/3/2011
Drafting a United Germany
A public lecture by Horst Teltschik, Former National Security Adviser to German Chancellor Helmut Kohl
Posted: 3/2/2011
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