http://www.international.ucla.edu Educating Global Citizens en-us http://www.international.ucla.edu/images/ucla_intl_instit.gif http://www.international.ucla.edu Gen. Wesley K. Clark, former supreme allied commander of NATO and a current fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, discusses whether an Iraq-style surge would work in Afghanistan, how best to fight al-Qaeda in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region and the use of diplomacy in dealing with Iran. http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=98560 Fri, 3 Oct 2008 16:10:12 PDT Shigeru Nakayama, a historian of science, joins UCLA as the fifth Terasaki Chair in U.S.-Japan Relations. http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=98312 Fri, 3 Oct 2008 10:36:20 PDT Adrian Favell, UCLA professor of sociology, speaks in Yokohama, Japan at the opening of The ECHO: JAPAN NEXT, a contemporary art exhibit held at ZAIM as part of the third Yokohama Triennale. http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=98535 Fri, 3 Oct 2008 16:18:57 PDT Now a professor of anthropology and co-director of Chinese studies at UCLA, Yan Yunxiang has returned many times to northeastern China to conduct fieldwork in Xiajia, where he lived for seven years as an ordinary farmer. http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=98316 Wed, 1 Oct 2008 20:08:04 PDT The Institute is hosting its second annual open house on Oct. 7, noon to 2 p.m. at Bunche Hall, 10th and 11th floors. http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=98269 Wed, 1 Oct 2008 10:20:40 PDT The company is named for the late Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star, who gained worldwide fame portraying female characters on stage and introduced the form known as Beijing (or Peking) opera to the West. http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=98293 Wed, 1 Oct 2008 12:44:19 PDT Thirteen Korean historical, religious, and philosophical classics will be introduced to English readers under a translation project coordinated by the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies. http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=97919 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:56:06 PDT On leave from Arizona State University, Aaron Moore will conduct research and teach about the relationships between technology, modernity, and empire. http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=98008 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:29:52 PDT Researchers argue that its time to see beyond the myth of the pristine forest to gain a truer understanding of humankinds interactions with the natural landscape. http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=98031 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:45:10 PDT The School of Law has received a $4 million endowment to establish a program on international justice and human rights, the first such program at any law school on the West Coast. The donation was made by Sanela Diana Jenkins, a survivor of the war in Bosnia who now lives and works in California and London. http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=97853 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:09:20 PDT Night light in neighborhoods populated primarily by embattled Sunni residents declined dramatically just before the February 2007 surge and never returned, suggesting that ethnic cleansing by rival Shiites may have been largely responsible for the decrease in violence for which the U.S. military has claimed credit. http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=97597 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:36:55 PDT September 17, 2008 http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=97445 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:43:35 PDT Alain Mabanckou left behind a legal career to achieve acclaim as a poet, a biographer, and an award-winning novelist. http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=97349 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:51:30 PDT A year-long film screening/speaker series exploring the local permutations of Hip Hop Culture in the Middle East and North Africa within the widely varying configurations of language, culture, politics, and religion in the region. http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=97305 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:32:15 PDT William Summerhill is Professor of History at UCLA. His research focuses on the determinants of long-run political and economic change in Latin America. http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=97104 Tue, 9 Sep 2008 15:28:09 PDT