The Institute and our affiliated centers and programs record selected lectures and make them available to the public.
Commencement Introduction by Nick Entrikin, Acting Vice Provost of International Studies at UCLA
From the 2008 commencement ceremony. Listen to the podcast.
Posted: 6/18/2008
Commencement Address by Burkle Center Senior Fellow Dr. Suphamongkhon
Kantathi Suphamongkhon, a UCLA graduate and former Thai foreign minister, delivered the 2008 International Institute's special commencement address. Listen to the podcast.
Posted: 6/17/2008
A Walk Through Banglatown
Smitha Radhakrishnan contemplates the controversy surrounding Brick Lane's representation of the Bangladeshi community in London.
Posted: 6/13/2008
Collecting Contemporary Chinese Art
A talk by Rebecca Morse (Assistant Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles)
Posted: 6/12/2008
The Politics of Arts in Edo Culture
Japanese historian Katsuya Hirano explains how urban popular culture undermined Japan's Tokugawa regime. Listen to the podcast of Hirano's lecture.
Posted: 6/12/2008
Connected Revolutions: Armenians and the Russian, Ottoman, and Iranian Revolutions in the Early Twentieth Century
A public lecture by Houri Berberian, California State University, Long Beach, delivered on May 28, 2008.
Posted: 6/11/2008
Autobiography and the Great War: Rethinking Arabo-Turkish Identity after Gallipoli
A public lecture by Salim Tamari, Institute of Jerusalem Studies, delivered on May 27, 2008.
Posted: 6/11/2008
Antoin Sevruguin and the Art of Photography in Nineteenth Century Iran
A public lecture by Ali Behdad, University of California, Los Angeles delivered on May 13, 2008.
Posted: 6/10/2008
Weimar on the Pacific: German Exile Culture in Los Angeles and the Crisis of Modernism
A book talk with author EHRHARD BAHR, UCLA Germanic Languages, and discussant PETER LOEWENBERG, UCLA History.
Posted: 6/9/2008
Adorno in America
A public lecture by DETLEV CLAUSSEN, University of Hannover, Sociology
Posted: 6/8/2008
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan: State Ownership and Rentierism in the Former Soviet Union
A public lecture by PAULINE JONES LUONG, Brown University, Political Science
Posted: 6/7/2008
The Demographic Crisis in Russia
A public lecture by MURRAY FESHBACH, Woodrow Wilson Center
Posted: 6/6/2008
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
So What Do You Do, Terry Wiley?
The director of the Division of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Arizona State University discusses his multidisciplinary approach with CWL's Kathryn Paul.
Posted: 6/3/2008
So What Is a Heritage Language, Olga Kagan?
The director of the National Heritage Language Resource Center at UCLA (and of CWL) answers some frequently asked questions.
Posted: 6/3/2008
Lecture by Dr. Suphamongkhon - Globalization: A Blessing or A Curse?
Dr. Suphamongkhon is the 39th Foreign Minister of Thailand, UC Regents Professor, Burkle Center Senior Fellow and this year's presenter of the Annual Harberger Distinguished Lecture on Economic Development. Drawing from his experiences in Thailand and abroad, Dr. Suphamongkhon speaks to the pros and cons of globalization today.
Posted: 5/22/2008
Ever closer Union, ever further borders?The costs of European border policies and the consequences for EU legitimacy
A public lecture by Virginie Guiraudon, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, Lille
Posted: 5/21/2008
How Do I Use the Internet in Teaching Chinese?
Keynote by Tim Xie, CSULB Department of Asian and Asian American Studies
Posted: 5/16/2008
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
Language Learning in Today's World: How Do Universities Fit In?
Orlando Kelm, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Posted: 5/15/2008
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