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Graduate Fellowships of the Center for Chinese Studies, 2012-13
Fellowships for graduate students of Chinese studies in all departments and schools at UCLA

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Visiting Scholar Application Procedures
All applications will be reviewed by the Faculty Advisory Committee of the Center for Korean Studies.

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Lemelson Fellowships on Indonesia
The Indonesian Studies Program of UCLA's Center for Southeast Asian Studies offers fellowships to support graduate student research on Indonesia.

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Korean Culture Lessons Fill Gap for Teachers
Since the teacher education program on Korea got its start in 2004, the UCLA Center for Korean Studies has supported KAFE's model of community engagement, sending renowned faculty members to lead training sessions and helping with programming. By way of a week-long, annual summer institute and other programs, CKS has reached out to roughly 2,000 school administrators and teachers from around the United States in recent years.

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Behind Egypt’s Revolution Is a History of Worker Discontent, Expert Says
Stanford University's Joel Beinin, who directed Middle Eastern studies at the American University in Cairo from 2006 to 2008, tells a UCLA audience that the generals who made Mubarak go took seriously the threat of large labor strikes.

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China and The World Panel 1: China's Role in Regional and Global Security Challenges
The May 24 conference at the James West Alumni Center focused on China's engagement on key international issues. It was sponsored by the Washington, D.C.-based Center for American Progress and, from UCLA, the Burkle Center for International Relations, the Center for Chinese Studies and the International Institute.

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How to Help Japan: a Message from the Terasaki Center Director
Professor Hitoshi Abe, who was born and raised in Sendai, and Terasaki Center staff members have prepared a list of organizations that they believe can be most effective in getting aid from overseas to the people most affected by Japan's unprecedented crisis.

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UCLA Awards 552 International Studies degrees in 2010/2011
The UCLA International Institute expects to award 552 degrees for the 2010/2011 academic year.

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Buddhists, Neuroscientists Come to a Meeting of the Minds
The symposium, originally set to feature the Dalai Lama, brought researchers from UCLA’s Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior together with eminent Buddhist scholars for a two-hour conversation about their distinctive yet complementary understandings of compassion, creativity, mental flexibility and attention, as well as the role mindfulness meditation may play in cultivating these qualities.

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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.

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Burkle Center Grants for Faculty Research Working Groups and Faculty Research Projects - DEADLINE EXTENDED: 4/27/12
The Burkle Center seeks proposals for faculty research working groups and faculty research projects for the academic year 2012-13. DEADLINE EXTENDED: Friday April 27, 2012

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Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz Discusses Economy in Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture
Economists and policy-makers need to rethink the long-term development of the nation's economy rather than design temporary solutions to crises, said the Columbia University economist, reports The Daily Bruin.

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Documentary Tribute to Jorge Prelorán
On Friday, April 8, at 7:30, the UCLA Film & Television Archive will present a documentary honoring the iconic Argentinean filmmaker’s life work, reports the Daily Bruin. Prelorán, a former School of Theater, Film and Television faculty member, passed away in 2009.

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Nobel-Winning Economist Assigns Blame for Financial Crisis
Joseph Stiglitz of Columbia University delivered the Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture, presented annually by the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, on April 21 to a standing-room-only audience at the Anderson School's Korn Convocation Hall.

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Cuts Threaten Fellowships, Foreign Language Tutorials
Fellowships that enable students to learn languages and study overseas are in jeopardy of being cut by 40 percent, along with the budgets of National Resource Centers and other units at UCLA involved in community outreach and teaching about the world.

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UC Haiti Initiative Rebuilds by Letting Haitians Lead
The largely student-based initiative, based out of UCLA's Program in Global Health, has a long-term strategy for empowering Haitians. Officials from Haiti's State University (UEH) will visit with students and faculty members on multiple UC campuses in a five-day symposium.

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10 Questions for Kantathi Suphamongkhon on His Diplomatic Career and Lessons Learned from Nixon
Kantathi Suphamongkhon, senior fellow at the Burkle Center for International Relations and visiting professor of law and diplomacy at UCLA, served as Thailand’s equivalent to U.S. secretary of state from March 11, 2005 to Sept. 19, 2006. He was the 39th minister of foreign affairs for Thailand until a military coup d’état forced him out of office. The Thai national, who graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in political science in 1976, has taught here since 2007.

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Beyond Taiwan, a Writer and Her Readers Discover Each Other
Walls, fences and being overheard beyond walls and fences were the themes of Taiwanese intellectual Lung Ying-tai's May 2 lecture, in which she invited the audience to "sit along with me at the writer's desk." The event, attended by nearly 300 people, was sponsored by the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies.

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UCLA Pediatrician Becomes a Voice for Children in Japan
UCLA pediatric critical care doctor Kozue Shimabukuro flew to Japan and joined a roving government medical team in the first weeks after the quake and tsunami. This week, she spoke to give a voice to the tsunami orphans still in need of help.

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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.

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10 Questions for Russia Expert Daniel Treisman
Drawing on memoirs, personal interviews and other sources, Professor of Political Science Daniel Treisman, who first traveled to Russia in 1988, has written a sweeping study that covers roughly the period he's spent watching the country. Instead of pondering Russia's dark side or its "soul," Treisman in "The Return: Russia's Journey From Gorbachev to Medvedev" looks at Russia as a typical, though important, country facing everyday 21st-century social, political and economic challenges.

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UCLA comes out to support Angelina Jolie’s new film
The UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations and UCLA Center for the Study of Women came together to sponsor the premiere of the famed actress's much-anticipated screenwriting and directorial debut.

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Summer School Enrollment Levels See Increase in International Students and First-Year Admits
Enrollment is flat overall, with lower interest from students at other University of California schools, reports the Daily Bruin.

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Central American migrants experience nightmare in search of “American Dream”
Filmmaker shares documentary that exposes a perilous journey on the "train of death."

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Tibetan-Born Neuroscientist Helps Pave Way for Dalai Lama's Visit
The Dalai Lama will come to campus on May 2, 2011, for two public events sponsored by the UCLA International Insitute and the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies. One of them, a dialogue between His Holiness and UCLA neuroscientists, will in many ways fulfill the journey that a UCLA expert in Tibetan Buddhism, meditation and medicine began half a century ago.

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LA Times Op-Ed by Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala on the US-Pakistan row over diplomatic immunity: It’s Undiplomatic
The U.S.-Pakistan spat over Raymond Davis, an American accused of killing two men in Lahore, reveals the arcane world of diplomatic immunity.

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UCLA Professors Offer Perspective on Libyan Uprising
An audio interview with Professor's James Gelvin and Asli Bali, produced by the Daily Bruin.

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Lessons for the US from Fukushima
UCLA experts agree that the United States must do more to plan for worst-case scenarios when it comes to nuclear power.

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Regarding Iran: No Good Options on the Table
More than a dozen Iran specialists gathered at the James West Alumni Center on Friday, May 13, to discuss that country's politics and global relationships. Fast-moving events in the Middle East and suspicions about Iran's nuclear program dominated discussion before an audience of nearly 250.

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North Korea facing acute food shortages, says expert
Mercy Corps operations director urges prompt action to ease North Korean food crisis.

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Getting to the HIV Test: It Takes a Village
If you want to improve HIV testing rates in remote rural areas, get the community involved, says UCLA's Thomas Coates, who has directed a new study examining HIV testing programs in communities in Africa and Southeast Asia.

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Popular Armenian Studies Professor to Deliver 'My Last Lecture'
On April 18, Richard Hovannisian will continue a campus tradition that began more than 55 years ago. He plans to continue lecturing to different audiences for years to come, even after he retires from UCLA this spring.

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A Model Concept to encourage new Scholars
The new Lemelson Anthropological Scholars Program will link faculty and students in relationships that create opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to conduct original field research.

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Environmental Education Is Failing: New Book
Schools must revamp how they teach about the environment to prevent ecological collapse, conservationist Charles Saylan and UCLA life scientist Daniel T. Blumstein argue in "The Failure of Environmental Education (And How We Can Fix It)."

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The Good Daughter
UCLA alumna Jasmin Darznik spoke about unraveling her family's history at a reading on Friday, Feb. 18 at the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies.

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38 Artworks from Major Bequest in Upcoming Fowler Exhibition
Fowler in Focus exhibition "Radiance and Resilience: Arts of Africa and the Americas from the Goldenberg Collection" opens May 29

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Marcus Garvey movement owes large debt to Caribbean expats, UCLA historian finds
by Meg Sullivan, UCLA Newsroom

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Peace Corps Leaders, Veterans to Celebrate 50 Years of Service
From 1961 until 1969, when training shifted overseas, more than one out of 10 Peace Corps volunteers was trained at UCLA, probably more than at any other college campus. UCLA is also alma mater to more than 1,700 Peace Corps volunteers, including 58 Bruins currently serving in 36 countries. A series of campus events March 2-5 will commemorate this tradition and look ahead to the next 50 years.

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Burkle Center Sr. Fellow Gen. Wesley Clark comments on the decision to eliminate funding for the United States Institute of Peace
The House of Representatives voted recently to eliminate all funding for the US Institute of Peace, which plays a vital role in mediating international conflicts that no other group can. So what's behind this jaw-dropping, backward step?

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Indonesian Ambassador Meets With Campus Leaders
Ambassador Dino Patti Djalal, Jakarta's top envoy to the United States, met with UCLA officials last week on campus and at the Indonesian Consulate to discuss educational collaboration and exchange between the two countries.

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UCLA Professor Jonathan Stewart Researches Japan Devastation
The civil and environmental engineering professor traveled to Japan with a team seeking to understand why structures in the area failed, reports The Daily Bruin.

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Korean Unions Must Embrace Marginalized Workers, Says Key Figure in Movement
Sim Sangjeung, a prominent labor organizer who spent years on the run as South Korea made its democratic transition, addressed an audience of about 55 in UCLA's Moore Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 23, saying that her country's labor movement would have to change dramatically to avoid becoming irrelevant.

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Fowler Museum presents retrospective of Cuban American artist José Bedia
Fowler exhibition "Transcultural Pilgrim: Three Decades of Work by José Bedia" opens September 18. Large-scale figurative paintings and drawings and an installation by José Bedia come together in this major retrospective that explores the artist’s spiritual genealogy as it relates to his Cuban-based religion and its central African source, as well as his explorations of the beliefs of indigenous American peoples.

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No Ordinary Family
Garin Hovannisian's relatives are the subject of his new book, "Family of Shadows," which intertwines the tragic and triumphant recent history of the Armenian people with his remarkable family.

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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.

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Massive Leak of Diplomatic Cables Not a National Disaster, Experts Say
But if the U.S. government returns to old ways of hoarding secrets, it could inflict more damage on itself than the WikiLeaks disclosures have, according to Burkle Center Fellow Amy Zegart. She joined a panel discussion with UCLA's Robert Trager and Dalia Dassa Kaye of the RAND Corporation, with Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala as moderator.

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'Contested Visions' unveils contrasting histories of colonial Latin America
Exhibit examines the significance of indigenous peoples and cultures within the complex social and artistic landscape of colonial Latin America.

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Vietnamese Student Union Marks Anniversary of Saigon’s Fall
The Vietnamese Student Union is hosting the 2011 Black April commemoration this week, reports The Daily Bruin. It continues Wednesday evening from 6:00 at the Fowler Museum on campus.

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Buddhism and Neuroscience: a Discussion on Attention, Mental Flexibility and Compassion
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama was unable to attend this May 2, 2011, symposium as planned, due to ill health. In his stead, Geshe Thupten Jinpa, a principal English translator for His Holiness and Ph.D. in Religious Studies (Cambridge University) and Robert Thurman, Je Tsongkhapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, joined the discussion with four UCLA neuroscientists.

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Japan’s atomic bombing, survival, recovery inspires academic
Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies post-doctoral fellow Chad Diehl will give a public talk about the resurrection of Nagasaki after the 1945 atomic bombing on Oct. 17 in the UCLA Faculty Center Sequoia Room from 4 to 7 p.m.

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Pontiff discusses future of Christianity in the Middle East
Armenian spiritual leader Aram I stops at UCLA as part of 20-day tour of Southern California

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TUSA 2011 Ambassador Summer Scholarship Program
Scholarship program for undergrads and grads to study Mandarin in July and August 2011

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Foreign Policy Op-Ed by Burkle Center Visiting Fellow Dalia Dassa Kaye: Why Bombing Iran is Still a Bad Idea
Despite charges from the U.S. Justice Department of an Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador, military action is dangerous, unpredictable and should be avoided, according to Burkle Center Visiting Fellow Dalia Dassa Kaye.

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Professors Explain How Uprisings in Middle East All Stand Apart
UCLA History Professor James Gelvin and Gabriel Piterberg resist the temptation to view democracy as a wave and Middle Eastern countries as dominoes, the Daily Bruin student newspaper reports.

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UCLA History Professor Awarded 2011 Hourani Book Award
Professor Nile Green was awarded the Albert Hourani Book Award at the 2011 Middle East Studies Association annual meeting in Washington, DC.

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Experts: What's Behind Decision to Intervene in Libya?
Two skeptics of the no-fly zone mission in Libya, Burkle Center Senior Fellow Gen. (ret.) Wesley K. Clark and Acting Professor of Law Asli Bali, identified a range of mixed motives behind the move to intervene and speculated on what will happen next.

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Guardian Op-Ed by Burkle Center Sr. Fellow Gen. Wesley Clark: Anwar al-Awlaki's death shows the US is winning against al-Qaida
Our active defence against terror is now highly effective. But the US must move past Awlaki's death to champion American values.

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Leon Wieseltier Delivers Daniel Pearl Lecture
Wieseltier, literary editor of The New Republic and a prominent observer of the Middle East, said that a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is an idea worth defending, for the sake of the region. The Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture Series is hosted annually at UCLA by the Burkle Center for International Relations.

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10 Questions for Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Elinor Ostrom
Political economist Elinor Ostrom is the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in economics and the only UCLA alumna and former staff member ever to capture the vaunted award. Among other topics in this interview, she touches on research in Nepal in the 1970s.

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Graduate Student Profile: Hannah Reiss
A video interview with Hannah Reiss, PhD candidate in Anthropology

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Visiting Burkle Center Fellow Dalia Dassa Kaye comments on the sale of U.S. bombs to Israel on NPR's All Things Considered
Dalia Dassa Kaye speaks with NPR's Mike Shuster regarding the sale of deep-earth penetrator bombs, or "bunker busters," to Israel in 2009.

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Host of Events Around Dalai Lama's Live-Streamed Visit to UCLA
Beginning with a Thursday talk by Venerable Thubten Wangchen, the director of Tibet House, Barcelona, a series of special events will be held in honor of His Holiness's visit. Both of the May 2 events featuring the Dalai Lama will be made available for live viewing online.

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Upcoming conference reflects on 20 years since fall of Soviet Union
To mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union, the UCLA Center for European and Eurasia Studies is bringing together international experts to discuss the political, economic and socio-cultural changes that have taken place in Russia and its successor states over the past two decades.

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Gnawa and Moroccan Mystical Musics
A concert featuring Abdenbi El Fakir, Abdelah El-Yaâkoubi El Kababi, Fattah Abbou, Mohamed Aoualou, performed at UCLA's Schoenberg Hall, March 5th, 2011

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Before and Beyond Divergence: The Politics of Economic Change in China and Europe
A book talk with authors Jean-Laurent Rosenthal (California Institute of Technology, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences) and Bin Wong (UCLA, History). Discussant: William Summerhill (UCLA, History).

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Representations of African descendants in Latin America
The UCLA Latin American Institute and the African Studies Center invite K-12 educators to participate in a 10-day workshop from July 18-29, 2011 to survey the history, popular movements, and artistic expressions of African descendants and scrutinize the many ways in which they have been portrayed.

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Dalai Lama's UCLA Appearances Canceled
His Holiness the Dalai Lama is unable to travel due to ill health. His scheduled appearances at UCLA on Monday, May 2 have been canceled. The 1:30 symposium will go ahead without the Dalai Lama's participation.

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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.

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Religious and Ceremonial Art in the Caribbean
Lecture by Dr. Ysamur Flores-Peña, Otis College

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Project Streams Twitter Updates from Egypt Unrest on Digital Map of Cairo
Subtitled "Voices from Cairo through Social Media," the program displays a new tweet every four seconds over a digital map of Egypt's capital, archiving messages and the precise locations in Cairo from which they were sent.

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Urban Planning Student Lets Egyptians' Voices Be Heard
John Scott-Railton, who has done research and studied in Egypt, decided to begin relaying reports from Egyptians via Twitter and Youtube when the government shut down Internet and cell phone service last Thursday.

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Matthew Alexander on CBS Evening News with Whit Johnson
Burkle Center Fellow, Matthew Alexander, appears on CBS Evening News to discuss the implications of enhanced interrogation and its role in providing critical intelligence necessary to prevent terrorism at home and abroad.

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Immersing in language, culture
The UCLA Confucius Institute celebrates opening of three Mandarin immersion programs in elementary schools.

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Bruins Join Japan Disaster Relief Efforts, Study Abroad Suspended
UCLA professors and campus groups are joining relief efforts, including a pediatrician who is part of a medical team trying to reach the devastated areas, a computer mapping expert who is assembling information to aid U.N. relief workers, and an earthquake engineer who will inspect damaged structures.

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Top U.S. military commander is coming to UCLA
General James Mattis, the top commander of the American military in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, will join award-winning NPR foreign affairs correspondent Mike Shuster for a public conversation on Nov. 18.

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American Institute for Indonesian Studies Established in 2011
The American Institute for Indonesian Studies is a new nonprofit educational organization formed as a consortium of U.S. universities and colleges with an interest in furthering the development of Indonesian studies.

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Fellowships speak to students’ desire to learn foreign languages
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships provide funding to qualified graduate and undergraduate post-secondary and professional students who are interested in learning modern foreign languages or training in a related area.

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Advantage: How American Innovation Can Overcome the Asian Challenge
An in-depth examination of Asia's rapid rise in educational achievement and entrepreneurship, and recommendations for how America can meet and overcome this challenge.

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Gnawa and Moroccan Mystical Musics at UCLA
From a March 5, 2011, concert at UCLA's Schoenberg Hall featuring Abdenbi El Fakir, Abdelah El-Yaâkoubi El Kababi, Fattah Abbou and Mohamed Aoualou. The concert was sponsored by the Moroccan American Cultural Center of Los Angeles and UCLA's G.E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies.

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Famed Chinese film producer among presenters at upcoming UCLA-USC media and culture conference
Acclaimed Chinese film and television director and producer Zhang Jizhong will be joining Hollywood entertainment heavyweights and academic experts at the Media and Culture in Contemporary China conference, which will be held at the University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA) on Oct. 21 and the University of Southern California (USC) on Oct. 22.

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Vietnamese International Film Festival to Provide Close-Up of Culture
The free festival in Ackerman will display a variety of themes in shorts and the feature film 'Clash,' reports The Daily Bruin. The UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies is an event cosponsor.

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Moving Forward: Life After the Great East Japan Earthquake
The UCLA Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies and The Kahoku Shimpo, a local newspaper in Sendai, have come together to present a traveling photo exhibition that documents the disaster and recovery efforts in northeastern Japan. From 2011-2012, this exhibit will travel to multiple American cities including Washington D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles and possibly New York and Boston.

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Creative State: Forty Years of Migration and Development Policy in Morocco and Mexico
A lecture by Natasha Iskander, New York University

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With U.S.- Chinese film co-productions on the rise, new questions emerge
Graduate student examines the bustling world of Chinese-American movie collaborations

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The Egyptian Intifada in Historical Perspective
A lecture by Joel Beinin, Stanford University

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UC Suspends Travel in Japan, Bruin Experts Lend Assistance
Three UCLA experts with family ties to Japan are among the Bruins who have rushed to aid Japan after that country’s devastating March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis.

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Former American ambassador to Iraq to discuss U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and East Asia
Christopher Hill, America’s former ambassador to Iraq, will be on campus on Oct. 13 to talk about “The Urgent vs. The Important: U.S. Policy in the Middle East and in East Asia.”

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Newly Appointed Burkle Center Fellow Matthew Alexander Discusses Harsh Interrogation Techniques on NPR's Fresh Air
Matthew Alexander was a senior military interrogator in Iraq. In 2006 he led an interrogation team that tracked down Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq.

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Activist prof hailed for half century of contributions to scholarship, teaching
Upcoming conference highlights the work, dedication of Professor Sondra Hale, who is set to retire on Dec. 1.

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Panel on Connection Between Neuroscience and Buddhism Proceeds Without Dalai Lama
Two guest scholars agreed to fill in for His Holiness at the last minute. The panel also featured three UCLA neuroscientists, who presented on major findings in their field, reports The Daily Bruin.

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Dance Practices of Latin America: Salsa as Social Resistance
Lecture by Ana Maria Alvarez, UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures

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Chemist helps Vietnamese university launch advanced chemistry research center
Professor Omar Yaghi, a proponent of global mentorship, has opened a research facility in Ho Chi Minh City to inspire young scientists.

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WikiLeaks - Part I: Implications for National Security and US Foreign Policy
This is the first installment of our WikiLeaks mini-series. In this video, a panel of renowned experts, moderated by Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala, discuss the substance of the diplomatic cables, the implications of their release for US national security and foreign policy. They also examine post 9-11 information-sharing policies and practices at the government level that made these leaks possible.

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The study-abroad route less traveled: A year in Russia
Scholarship recipient shares story of her experience in Russia.

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Senior Burkle Center Fellow Gen. Wesley Clark (ret.) discusses what comes next for Libya on CNN
Gen. Wesley Clark discusses the United Nations Security Council's decision to approve a no-fly zone over Libya, and says that the coalition needs to know how military action will impact the ultimate political goal in Libya. Aired on CNN Newsroom on March 18, 2011.

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Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture Video
Leon Wieseltier, Literary Editor of the New Republic, delivers the 2011 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture. The lecture was co-sponsored by the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, the Daniel Pearl Foundation and the Yitzhak Rabin Hillel Center for Jewish Life at UCLA.

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Annual Chinese Studies lecture series moves forward after loss of its namesake
Philanthropist Sammy Lee will be remembered at the 24th annual Sammy Lee Lecture in Chinese Archaeology and Art on Nov. 5.

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New African Studies Center director seeks to dispel stereotypes
As the newest director of UCLA’s James S. Coleman African Studies Center, and the first woman to hold the position in the center’s 52 year history, Professor Françoise Lionnet is eager to build upon the center’s successes and expand in new directions.

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UCLA Receives Third Gift for Thai Studies from Royal Thai Government
Generous support will fund language teaching, student scholarships, and public programming on Thailand.

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Garifuna Identities and Politicas in Contemporary Honduras
Lecture by Dr. Mark Anderson, UCSC

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Senior Fellow Kantathi Suphamongkhon on the Thai-Cambodia Temple Dispute
Kantathi Suphamongkhon wrote about the military clashes over the Hindu temple of Preah Vihear, and the issue of border demarcation in the May 2011 issue of "Business Report Thailand."

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UCLA Students, Faculty Accounted for in Japan; Terasaki Director Abe Discusses Quake Response
Nine UCLA students studying in the Tokyo area with UC’s Education Abroad Program have been located and are safe, while an estimated 20 graduate students affiliated with the UCLA Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies were far from the worst damage.

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UCLA Pediatrician's Email from the Disaster Area
Kozue Shimabukuro is a UCLA pediatric critical care doctor who grew up in Japan and returned to her home country to help children after the March 11 disasters. She has been working north of Tokyo, in and around Yamada. This is her latest email to her UCLA colleagues, edited for context.

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Graduate Student Profile: Tom Narins (Geography)
Research about China’s National "Humiliation Maps"

 7668

 

 2642

105.

Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala Comments on Whether U.S. Actions in Libya are Subject to the War Powers Resolution
PolitiFact.com discusses whether or not dropping bombs on another country should be considered "hostilities." That question is at the heart of a debate about whether the War Powers Resolution requires President Barack Obama to keep Congress informed about U.S. military activities in Libya.

 7666

 

 3456

106.

Patterns of Authoritarianism and Resistance in Iran
A panel discussion with Mehdi Khalaji, Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Majid Mohammadi, Writer, moderated by Nayereh Tohidi

 7666

 

 2765

107.

WikiLeaks Part I - Implications for National Security and US Foreign Policy
A panel discussion with Dalia Dassa Kaye, RAND Corporation, Amy Zegart, UCLA School of Public Affairs, and Robert Trager, UCLA Political Science.

 7600

 

 6112

108.

Senior Burkle Center Fellow Gen. Wesley Clark (ret.) debates when to intervene in Libya on NPR's All Things Considered
Burkle Center Senior Fellow, Gen. Wesley K. Clark (ret.), discusses the debate over when to intervene in Libya with Anne-Marie Slaughter, former Director of Policy Planning, U.S. State Department. Aired on NPR's All Things Considered with Robert Siegel on March 18, 2011.

 7519

 

 3530

109.

Former ambassador is hopeful that U.S. will soon “cover much more of the field”
Christopher Hill predicts that America will soon return to a fuller, more traditional approach to foreign policy.

 7509

 

 3464

110.

Chancellor plants seeds, nurtures strong ties in Asia
Gene Block visits China, Hong Kong and Japan to expand the university's relationship in the region and to share the UCLA story.

 7431

 

 1669

111.

WikiLeaks Part III - What are the Legal Implications of WikiLeaks?
The final installment in our WikiLeaks mini-series, this is a discussion about the legal implications of WikiLeaks with Norman Abrams, Acting Chancellor Emeritus and Professor of Law Emeritus; Prof. David Kaye, Executive Director of the Law School’s International Human Rights Program; and with law professors Jon Michaels and Eugene Volokh.

 7384

 

 5864

112.

Matthew Alexander on MSNBC's Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell on The Legacy of Enhanced Interrogation
Alexander discusses the long-term costs of enhanced interrogation use and its impact on the lives of American service members at home and abroad.

 7366

 

 3095

113.

Burkle Center Fellow Amy Zegart contributes to National Research Council Intelligence report
A new report from the National Research Council recommends that the U.S. intelligence community adopt methods, theories, and findings from the behavioral and social sciences as a way to improve its analyses. To that end, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) should lead a new initiative to make these approaches part of the intelligence community’s analytical work, hiring and training, and collaborations.

 7315

 

 3479

114.

Joseph Stiglitz Delivers the 2011 Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture
Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate and Columbia Economics Professor, delivers the 2011 Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture entitled: "America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy.”

 7292

 

 5264

115.

The Atlantic Slave Trade in Global Context
Lecture by Dr. Emily Musil Church presented on the 2011 Summer K-12 Workshop.

 7247

 

 2632

116.

UCLA News|Week: Iran's Nuclear Threat
Gen. Wesley Clark (Ret.) sternly warns about the danger — in the Middle East and to Iran itself — if the regime in Tehran acquires the ability to produce nuclear weapons.

 7230

 

 5243

117.

Burkle Center Fellow Amy Zegart quoted in CNN story “Is the U.S. safer today than before the 9/11 attacks?”
Experts believe the U.S. is safter today, but they say the nation still faces threats that are very real.

 7223

 

 3163

118.

Senior Burkle Center Fellow Gen. Wesley Clark (ret.) discusses the debate over U.S. intervention in Libya on NPR's Talk of the Nation
Burkle Center Senior Fellow, Gen. Wesley K. Clark (ret.), discusses the debate over U.S. intervention in Libya with George Joffe, Centre of International Studies, Cambridge University and Tom Malinowski, Human Rights Watch. Aired on NPR's Talk of the Nation with Neal Conan on March 14, 2011.

 7215

 

 3465

119.

Burkle Center Fellow Amy Zegart comments on KTLA on the meaning of Osama Bin Laden's death and its impact on the War on Terrorism.
Zegart discusses how Al Qaeda has grown stronger since America began its hunt for Bin Laden.

 7197

 

 3282

120.

UCLA makes big splash at Little Tokyo Design Week in L.A.
The work and expertise of faculty and students from UCLA Architecture and Urban Design will be on prominent display at Los Angeles' first-ever Little Tokyo Design Week, a four-day celebration of leading-edge design and technology trends emerging from Japan and Los Angeles. The event runs from July 14 to 17 in L.A.'s Little Tokyo neighborhood.

 7173

 

 1046

121.

CENTCOM Gen. James Mattis to share experiences from war zone
General James Mattis will be in conversation with NPR's Mike Shuster tomorrow during a public talk at UCLA.

 7169

 

 3109

122.

Rights Group Tracks Deaths, Detainments in Egypt
As the executive deputy director of research and programs for Human Rights Watch, Iain Levine manages the organization’s researchers and reporters, who are currently deployed in more than 40 countries. He spoke to UCLA students and faculty at the law school on Tuesday about the group's work in Egypt, the Daily Bruin student newspaper reports.

 7160

 

 1388

123.

Libya: The First Arab Revolution?
A lecture by James Gelvin, UCLA

 7128

 

 2166

124.

UCLA Hosts Peace Corps’ 50th Anniversary Celebration
Tonight, more than 1,000 attendees are expected to gather in Royce Hall to welcome a panel of former Peace Corps volunteers, including director Aaron Williams, former National Public Radio director Frank Mankiewicz and MSNBC 'Hardball' host Chris Matthews. The Daily Bruin reports.

 7080

 

 1155

125.

Ambassador's Visit Commences Active Quarter for Indonesian Studies
Ambassador Dino Patti Djalal, Indonesia's top representative to the United States, wants to double the number of Indonesians studying in this country, he said at a March 28 presentation to UCLA students and leaders. The visit comes as UCLA's Indonesian Studies Program prepares to host a series of public events grappling with the nation's past.

 7040

 

 2023

126.

Burkle Fellow Matthew Alexander discusses GOP support of torture as an interrogation technique on MSNBC's PoliticsNation
Former Military Interrogator Matthew Alexander: Contenders for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination have indicated that they would use torture for interrogation, but that technique is ineffective and even counterproductive.

 6971

 

 3092

127.

Renowned Turkish Violinist Cihat Aşkın Performs at UCLA: Video
Aşkın, accompanied on the piano by UCLA doctoral student Ayse Taspinar, performed at UCLA's Popper Theater on March 1, 2011.

 6938

 

 2380

128.

Terasaki Foundation offers scholarships for students to visit Japan in December
Participants will spent two weeks touring disaster-ravaged regions in Sendai, Minami Sanriku and Ishinomaki.

 6924

 

 1601

129.

Regime Change by International Law
A lecture by Aslı Bâli, UCLA

 6914

 

 2172

130.

Visiting Fellow Dalia Dassa Kaye discusses Egypt's parliamentary elections with the Pasadena Star News
As Egypt launches their parliamentary elections, Dalia Dassa Kaye comments on the uncertainty over the Egyptian parliament's authority in the post-Mubarak era.

 6860

 

 2764

131.

African Catholics and Christian Subjects
Lecture by Dr. Rachel O'Toole, UCI presented on the 2011 Summer K-12 Workshop.

 6838

 

 2643

132.

UCLA News|Week: Faculty Experts Examine Libya No-Fly Zone
In this webcast by the UCLA Broadcast Studio, faculty members from UCLA centers for Near Eastern Studies and Middle East Development weigh in on the ramifications of a U.S.-backed no-fly zone on the civil war in Libya.

 6802

 

 3826

133.

Fugitive Acts and Fragile Freedoms
Lecture by Dr. Rachel O'Toole, UCI Department of History

 6769

 

 2623

134.

Discussion on Baskara T. Wardaya and Brad Simpson Talks
Moderator – John Roosa

 6750

 

 1792

135.

Discussion On Neles Tebay, Haris Azhar and Kimberly Twarog Talks
Moderator - Mary Zurbuchen

 6731

 

 1719

136.

Chemical Analysis Confirms Oldest Wine-Making Equipment Ever Found
UCLA scientists use new scientific method to verify vintage 4100 B.C. wine.

 6710

 1

 1502

137.

Postdoctoral Fellowships in U.S.-China Relations at USC
USC U.S.-China Institute announces competition for postdoctoral fellowships - Deadline: Feb. 18, 2011

 6702

 

 2282

138.

2012 TUSA Ambassador Summer Study Abroad Scholarship
The TUSA Ambassador Summer Scholarship Program is being offered again this year to U.S. college and university students who are interested in studying the Mandarin Chinese language during the months of July and August.

 6674

 

 1766

139.

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.

 6641

 

 1294

140.

Fresh looks at Cuba in the the Los Angeles Film Festival
The festival (June 16-26) will feature a quartet of Cuban films in this year's International Spotlight: Cuba, co-sponsored by the Latin American Institute. The films depict a country in the midst of political and cultural soul-searching.

 6637

 

 1470

141.

Documenting Mass Violence: History, Truth and Accountability
Brad Simpson (History and International Affairs, Princeton)

 6613

 

 1811

142.

Burkle Center program provides experience, personal development and global education
Burkle Center offers unique chance for interns to learn about international relations and gain global insight.

 6550

 

 3480

143.

Traumatic Memory Discourses in Israel: Holocaust History, Territory and Self-Critique
A lecture by Joseph Rosen, Department of History and Centre for Ethnographic Research and Exhibition in the Aftermath of Violence, Concordia University, Montreal

 6538

 

 2329

144.

Gendering Trauma Recovery in Aceh, 1976-2010
Kimberly Twarog (Women’s Studies, UCLA)

 6537

 

 1803

145.

Europe's Roma: The Politics and Practices of Migration, Integration, and Human Rights
A panel discussion with José Manuel Fresno (EU Advisor on Roma issues and Chair of the Spanish Government's Race and Ethnic Equality Council), Rita Izsák (Chief of Staff of the Hungarian State Secretary for Social Inclusion, Ministry of Public Administration and Justice), Michelle Kelso (George Washington University, Sociology), and Olivier Legros (University of Tours, Geography)

 6531

 

 2336

146.

Japan is well on the road to recovery, ambassador says
Professor Hitoshi Abe served as moderator for the June 16 briefing featuring His Excellency Ichiro Fujisaki, Japanese ambassador to the United States.

 6498

 

 1028

147.

Open Forum for Legacies of Violence in Indonesia and East Timor: A Workshop
Moderators – Geoffrey Robinson (History, UCLA) and David Kaye (Law, UCLA)

 6453

 

 1782

148.

Hunting the 'Out-of-Place Muslim': Sketching the Juridical Architecture of America's 'War on Terror'
A lecture by Darryl Li, Harvard University

 6438

 

 2204

149.

James S. Coleman Memorial Lecture: Oral Tradition, Religious Syncretism and Politics: The Example of Cote d'Ivoire
A discussion with writer, academic, artist and author of books for young people, Véronique Tadjo.

 6427

 

 3185

150.

Strong fight to end labor and organ trafficking
Talk exposes human rights violations in Los Angeles

 6420

 

 1692

151.

LAI Faculty
The Latin American Institute provides an institutional base of support for UCLA's community of faculty Latin Americanists in more than thirty disciplines and professional fields in the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, fine arts, and professions who conduct research and teach on Latin America and its role in the world.

 6409

 

 790

152.

Film & Television Archive Kicks Off Annual 'UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema'
For more than 20 years, the UCLA Film & Television Archive has curated an annual festival in honor of Iranian cinema. It opens on Friday, Feb. 4, at the Billy Wilder Theater with "Pay Back," The Daily Bruin student newspaper reports.

 6401

 

 1284

153.

Burkle Center Fellow Matthew Alexander's Foreign Policy Reflection on the Logic of Torture After Osama bin Laden's Death.
The United States didn't need to waterboard anyone to get Osama bin Laden.

 6362

 

 3121

154.

Whither Syria? Historian Gelvin Looks at Arab Uprisings
UCLA Professor of History James Gelvin told an audience on campus on May 25 that the overthrow of Syria's regime amid unrest is possible but "highly unlikely," because Bashar al-Assad has a hold on power unlike that of Egypt's Mubarak and others. Listen to an audio podcast of the talk.

 6315

 

 1904

155.

Iran Conference Opening Remarks and Panel 1
The May 13 conference at the James West Alumni Center focused on Iran's relations both regionally and on the greater world stage. It was sponsored by the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations and the UCLA International Institute.

 6306

 

 5426

156.

Burkle Fellow Matthew Alexander on The Ed Show Discussing Cooperation with Pakistan and Interrogation in the War on Terror.
Matthew Alexander analyzes possible trends in partnership and intelligence emerging out of the death of Osama bin Laden and comments on the legacy of torture and its effects on the international War on Terror.

 6301

 

 3130

157.

Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala's book now available in paperback: "Does the Constitution Follow the Flag?"
"Raustiala has written a masterful account of the United States' centuries-long legal and political struggle over extraterritoriality...The book follows the many waves of debate over territory and law from the American Revolution to the post-World War II decades...Raustiala wonderfully illuminates the history and politics behind these controversies."--Foreign Affairs

 6285

 

 3310

158.

Iran Conference Panel II: Prospects for Change Inside Iran
The second panel at the 2011 Iran Conference, sponsored by the UCLA Burkle Center and the UCLA International Institute.

 6262

 

 5396

159.

UCLA Cross|Section: Suleiman and Egypt's Future
UCLA history professor James Gelvin, political science professor Leonard Binder, and law professor Khaled Abou el Fadl each weigh in on Egyptian uprisings, Omar Suleiman’s rise to power and its implications. This video was published Feb. 9 by the UCLA Newsroom.

 6260

 

 2388

160.

Transitional Justice in Aceh, Moving Nowhere
Haris Azhar (Commission for the Disappeared and the Victims of Violence - KontraS)

 6210

 

 1812

161.

Iran Conference Opening Remarks and Panel I: Bringing States Back In
The opening remarks and the first panel at the 2011 Iran Conference, sponsored by the UCLA Burkle Center and the UCLA International Institute.

 6175

 

 5313

162.

Leon Wieseltier delivers the 2011 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture
"Peace Process or War Process? The Defeat of Reason in the Middle East:" Leon Wieseltier delivers the 2011 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture

 6167

 

 5204

163.

UCLA Yangguanzhai Archaeological Field School, 2011
An 8-unit summer field school

 6159

 

 2062

164.

Foreign Policy Article by Burkle Center Fellow Matthew Alexander: The Prisoners' Dilemma
Does WikiLeaks' newest document dump tell us anything we don't know about Guantánamo, or is it just another reminder that the United States' least worst place is now its most intractable legal problem?

 6148

 

 3082

165.

First Notehelfer Prize Awarded
The Notehelfer Prize seeks to recognize the best unpublished paper written by a UCLA graduate student in the field of Japan studies. Emi Foulk, second year graduate student in the history department, was awarded the first prize.

 6147

 

 822

166.

Better Dead than Red? Suppression and Reconstruction of Surabaya's PKI Past
Dahlia G. Setiyawan (History, UCLA)

 6104

 

 1711

167.

Iran Conference Panel III: Iran and the International Community
The third panel at the 2011 Iran Conference, sponsored by the UCLA Burkle Center and the UCLA International Institute.

 6090

 

 5286

168.

The Urgent vs. The Important: US Policy in the Middle East and in East Asia
A lecture by Amb. Christopher R. Hill, Dean of the University of Denver's Josef Korbel School of International Studies, and former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq.

 6085

 

 4166

169.

The State Department's Role in U.S. Foreign Economic Policy
A conversation with Robert Hormats, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs, and former Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs. This event was co-sponsored by the Center for International Business Education and Research.

 6055

 

 5291

170.

Iran Conference Panel 2
The May 13 conference at the James West Alumni Center focused on Iran's relations both regionally and on the greater world stage. It was sponsored by the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations and the UCLA International Institute.

 6053

 

 5222

171.

Providing Space for the Voiceless: Transitional Justice and Narratives on the 1965 Tragedy
Baskara T. Wardaya (Universitas Sanata Dharma, Yogyakarta)

 6033

 

 1809

172.

The Arab Worlds Great Unrest of 2011: An Attempt at a Geopolitical Perspective
A talk by Kenneth Surin, Duke University. Part of the conference: Mapping and Remapping the Tunisian Revolution

 6007

 

 2544

173.

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.

 5989

 

 1881

174.

Toward a Social History of Indonesia's 1965 Upheaval
Mary Zurbuchen (Ford Foundation)

 5986

 

 1776

175.

WikiLeaks Part II - Will WikiLeaks Transform American Diplomacy?
The second installment of our WikiLeaks mini-series, this is a discussion of the diplomatic cables release with Prof. Geoffrey Cowan, Dean Emeritus of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and Ambassador Derek Shearer, Occidental College.

 5985

 

 5402

176.

News|Week: Al-Qaeda After bin Laden
Three faculty experts agree the death of Osama bin Laden is significant but should have little effect on Al-Qaeda. The network was in decline before bin Laden was killed, and its loose organization makes the central leader less important.

 5982

 

 2010

177.

Who May Be Killed? Anwar al-Awlaki as a Case Study in the International Legal Regulation of Lethal Force
A lecture by Robert Chesney, Charles I. Francis Professor in Law, University of Texas School of Law. This event was co-sponsored by the International Human Rights Law Program at the UCLA Law School.

 5941

 

 5035

178.

From Dictatorship to Revolution: Women, the Veil and Tunisian Identity
A talk by Douja Mamelouk, Georgetown University. Part of the conference: Mapping and Remapping the Tunisian Revolution.

 5925

 

 2531

179.

Men Who Tiptoe Into Their Marital Bedrooms: A Meditation on the Reality of the Novelist in a Time of Revolution
A lecture by Hisham Matar, Barnard College

 5876

 

 2283

180.

Legacies of Violence: East Timor Ten Years On
Geoffrey Robinson (History, UCLA)

 5851

 

 1759

181.

Why Implementation of CAVR is Critical to the Success of Timor Leste
Fernanda Borges MP (Member of Parliament, Timor-Leste)

 5845

 

 1777

182.

Discussion on David Kaye and John Roosa Talks
Moderator - Asli Bali

 5839

 

 1681

183.

Discussion on David Cohen And David Webster Talks
Moderator - Galuh Wandita

 5829

 

 1686

184.

"Lost Causes" and Non-State Actions against Impunity
David Webster (International Studies, University of Regina)

 5821

 

 1663

185.

The Eastern Mediterranean and the Making of Global Radicalism 1860-1914
A lecture by Ilham Khuri-Makdisi, Northeastern University

 5820

 

 2562

186.

Students Raising Funds for Japan Quake Relief
UCLA’s Nikkei Student Union and Japan Student Association are collecting donations to aid victims of Japan’s catastrophic March 11 earthquake and the devastating tsunami that followed.

 5817

 

 1305

187.

Congratulations to the 2010-11 Alice Belkin Memorial Scholarship Recipients
The UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2010-11 Alice Belkin Memorial Scholarship.

 5813

 

 4035

188.

Iran Conference Panel 3
The May 13 conference at the James West Alumni Center focused on Iran's relations both regionally and on the greater world stage. It was sponsored by the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations and the UCLA International Institute.

 5803

 

 5052

189.

Impunity is Contagious: Transitional Justice in Indonesia and Timor-Leste
Galuh Wandita (International Center for Transitional Justice, Jakarta)

 5803

 

 1679

190.

Discussion On Galuh Wadita and Hilmar Farid Talks
Moderator - Asli Bali

 5792

 

 1689

191.

Transitional Justice in East Timor: Overview and Assessment
David Cohen (War Crimes Studies Center, UC Berkeley)

 5759

 

 1649

192.

Legacies of the Occupation
Hilmar Farid (Indonesian Institute of Social History - ISSI)

 5734

 

 1655

193.

Opening Remarks at Legacies of Violence in Indonesia and East Timor: A Workshop
Geoffrey Robinson (History, UCLA)

 5709

 

 1630

194.

The Shifting Landscape of International Justice
David Kaye (Law, UCLA)

 5698

 

 1622

195.

Stanley Dashew opens doors for international students
Philanthropist supports global programs and believes the way to peace is though communication and getting to know people from other parts of the world.

 5684

 

 1997

196.

Towards a History of Indonesia's Metapolitics: The Law on Censorship
John Roosa (History, University of British Columbia)

 5677

 

 1618

197.

The Future of Christianity in the Middle East
A lecture by His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia.

 5674

 

 2073

198.

Hidden Histories: Palestine and the Eastern Mediterranean
A lecture by Basem Ra'ad, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem

 5636

 

 2381

199.

Debating the Intervention in Libya
A discussion on the intervention by the U.S .and its allies in Libya, with General Wesley K. Clark (ret.), UCLA Law Professor Asli Bali and UCLA Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala.

 5600

 

 4783

200.

The Euro, the Dollar, and the Future of the International Monetary System
A lecture by Barry Eichengreen, Economics and Political Science, UC Berkeley

 5577

 

 1949

201.

Business Conference: Connecting Hollywood and South East Europe (2)
2011 South East European Film Festival Business Conference - Panel 2: New Media, Marketing, and Distribution of Foreign Language Films

 5573

 

 1864

202.

The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother's Hidden Life
A book reading by Jasmin Darznik, Washington and Lee University

 5557

 

 2465

203.

China scholar recognized for fostering collaborative workplace
Professor David Schaberg, chair of the Department of Asian Languages & Cultures and co-director of the Center for Chinese Studies, has received the Faculty/Staff Partnership Award from UCLA Staff Assembly.

 5541

 

 1663

204.

Winning the War on War: The Decline of Armed Conflict Worldwide
A talk by Prof. Joshua S. Goldstein from the School of International Service at American University, about his new book, "Winning the War on War: The Decline of Armed Conflict Worldwide."

 5538

 

 3731

205.

Coordinated Efforts Bring Bruins Safely Out of Egypt
An archaeological team's request to stay in Amarna, Egypt, where the situation was calm, was denied by the regional security organization. Evacuation of eight students and three faculty members began in earnest when the U.S. State Department recommended that Americans leave.

 5514

 

 1314

206.

Winter International Career Panel
A panel discussion with Prof. Michael Dukakis, Prof. David Kaye, and MA candidate Nicholas Smith, co-sponsored by the Burkle Center and the Undergraduate International Relations Society (UIRS).

 5474

 

 4846

207.

The Broken Promise of U.S.- Arab Relations, 1820-2001
A lecture by Ussama Makdisi, Rice University

 5470

 

 2342

208.

Qur'an and Elocutionary Union in the Alhambra
A lecture by Richard Serrano, Rutgers University

 5466

 

 1845

209.

Iran Conference Panel IV: The US and Iran
The fourth and final panel at the 2011 Iran Conference, sponsored by the UCLA Burkle Center and the UCLA International Institute.

 5462

 

 4943

210.

Global Studies grad earns top program honor for paper on maternal death in developing world
Alumna reflects on importance of international research, international understanding.

 5403

 

 1553

211.

In Bed with an Elephant: Russian Cultural Dominance in Ukraine and the "Near Abroad"
A lecture by Mykola Riabchuk, National Endowment for Democracy, Reagan-Fascell Fellow

 5402

 

 1890

212.

The Behavioral Psychology of Elite Decision Making: Implications for Political Cooperation
A talk by Emilie Hafner-Burton and David Victor, professors at the UC San Diego School of International Relations and Pacific Studies and co-Directors of the School’s new Laboratory on International Law and Regulation.

 5373

 

 3655

213.

Meet 2011 Lemelson Fellowship Recipients
Through a generous gift of Dr. Robert Lemelson, the Indonesian Studies Program, under the auspices of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, has been able to award a third set of fellowships to support research in Indonesian Studies.

 5359

 

 1569

214.

Between States: The Transylvanian Question and the European Idea during WWII
A book talk with author Holly Case (Cornell University, History) and discussant John Connelly (UC Berkeley, History)

 5343

 

 1937

215.

Rape - A Crime Against Humanity and a War Crime: Accountability and the International Criminal Court
A discussion regarding the use of rape as a war crime with Nobel Laureate Jody Williams; Ana Deutsch, Program for Torture Victims; and Shirin Ershadi, International Criminal Court Alliance. This panel was moderated by Prof. Lara Stemple from the UCLA School of Law.

 5324

 

 3640

216.

What History Explains: The Arab World at the Intersection of the National and Transnational.
A talk by James Gelvin (UCLA)

 5320

 

 2027

217.

Pontiff visits UCLA to discuss the future of Christianity in the Middle East
International Institute hosts Armenian spiritual leader Aram I as part of 20-day tour of Southern California

 5320

 

 1602

218.

War Stories of Arab Americans
A talk by Gregory Orfalea, Westmont College

 5311

 

 2020

219.

Outsourcing War and Peace
A talk by Laura Dickinson, Arizona State University, with special remarks by Gen. Wesley K. Clark (ret.). This event was co-sponsored by the International Human Rights Law Program at the UCLA Law School.

 5275

 

 4614

220.

UCLA Alumni Remember Their Mentor, Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher
Drawn to the university honors program by the caliber of its students, Christopher taught a small, student-focused seminar that discussed international hot spots and possible policy solutions.

 5271

 

 1345

221.

Shariah Watch: A View from the Inside
A Public Lecture and Extended Q&A with Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl, UCLA School of Law

 5271

 

 2236

222.

The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives
A lecture by Gilbert Achcar, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London

 5231

 

 1974

223.

Negotiating Identities: Iranian Jews Conversion to Islam and the Baha’i faith
A lecture by Mehrdad Amanat, independent scholar and writer

 5224

 

 1951

224.

Melting Pots and Promised Lands: Early Zionism and the Idea of America
A lecture by Hilton Obenzinger, Stanford University

 5211

 

 2345

225.

AUA President’s Visit to UCLA
American University of Armenia President Bruce Boghosian met with UCLA faculty and colleagues, with the goal of initiating fresh collaborations between the two institutions.

 5134

 

 1741

226.

Mobilization and Collective Action in the Arab Spring.
A talk Juan Cole (University of Michigan)

 5063

 

 1864

227.

Violence's Law
A lecture with George Bisharat, UC Hastings College of the Law

 5057

 

 1898

228.

UC Education Abroad Program working to keep students in Thailand safe from heavy floods
Following severe flooding, UCLA students in Thailand must decide whether to stay in Thailand or return to California.

 5050

 

 1228

229.

Italian Fascism vs. German Naziism, with Special Attention to Cultural Policy
A public lecture by Sabrina Ramet, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Political Science

 5036

 

 1767

230.

The Crisis of the Law in Colonial Egypt: Violence, Ideals of Humanity, Colonial Governance
A lecture by Samera Esmeir, UC Berkeley

 5034

 

 2196

231.

The Tunisian Revolution and Implications for U.S. and Tunisian Relations
A talk by Lotfi Ben Rejeb, University of Ottawa. Part of the conference: Mapping and Remapping the Tunisian Revolution

 5033

 

 2489

232.

Making Biblical Prophets Islamic
A lecture by Andrew Rippin, University of Victoria

 5011

 

 1846

233.

Of Mimicry and Muslim Women: National Identity as Performance in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia
A talk by Lamia Ben Youssef Zayzafoon, University of Alabama Birmingham. Part of the conference: Mapping and Remapping the Tunisian Revolution.

 4998

 

 2399

234.

2011 Scholarships for Doctoral Dissertation Research in Chinese Studies
Scholarships for doctoral candidates offered by the China Times Cultural Foundation

 4971

 

 3193

235.

The Politics of Trafficking: The First International Movement to Combat the Sexual Exploitation of Women
A book talk with author Stephanie Limoncelli (Loyola Marymount University, Sociology) and discussant Kathryn Farr (Portland State University, Sociology)

 4967

 

 1817

236.

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

 4942

 

 1720

237.

Joseph Stiglitz: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy
The 2011 Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture delivered by Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate & Professor of Economics, Columbia University.

 4932

 

 4426

238.

What Does a Jew Want?: On Binationalism and Other Specters
Gil Hochberg In a conversation with Udi Aloni about the practice, art and theory toward binationalism.

 4931

 

 1845

239.

Anyang Archaeology in the 21st Century: New Perspectives in the Search for the Shang Civilization
TANG JIGEN (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) presents the twenty-third Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture in Chinese Archaeology and Art

 4929

 

 2717

240.

Forgetting Stalin and Ceausescu: Post-1989 Romania in Books and Films
A public lecture by award-winning writer Andrei Codrescu

 4927

 

 1744

241.

Iran Conference Participant, NPR correspondent Mike Shuster, reports on Iran in 3-part series
Links to series below:

 4920

 

 3318

242.

Business Conference: Connecting Hollywood and South East Europe (1)
2011 South East European Film Festival Business Conference - Panel 1: Development and Financing of International Productions

 4907

 

 1742

243.

Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala quoted in article on Iran
With Obama administration's approval, 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals panel upholds judgment against US defense contractor in favor of Iran.

 4884

 

 2569

244.

Useful Links
Links related to "Legacies of Violence in Indonesia and East Timor: A Workshop"

 4870

 

 1166

245.

Regime Transition in Tunisia
A talk by Stephen King, Georgetown University. Part of the conference: Mapping and Remapping the Tunisian Revolution

 4868

 

 2460

246.

Hans H. Baerwald Graduate Student Fellowship
Up to $8,000 available for a UCLA graduate student who is in a Japanese studies field.

 4866

 

 2793

247.

Treasures of the UCLA Library: Near Eastern Manuscripts
While in graduate school at UCLA and working in the Center for Primary Research and Training, Ali Anooshahr brought paleographic training and language proficiency in Persian, Arabic, and Ottoman Turkish to the task of describing and processing the UCLA Library's collection of Near Eastern Manuscripts. He is currently Assistant Professor of History at UC Davis.

 4854

 

 1763

248.

VIDEO: Asia in LA 2011: Musical Measures of Asia
Watch a video of the day's program

 4849

 

 1732

249.

Rebuilding Berlin: Urban Design and Planning after the Fall of the Wall
A public lecture by Deike Peters, Technical University Berlin, Center for Metropolitan Studies

 4843

 

 1846

250.

Iran Conference Panel 4
The May 13 conference at the James West Alumni Center focused on Iran's relations both regionally and on the greater world stage. It was sponsored by the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations and the UCLA International Institute.

 4826

 

 4430

251.

Edward Said's Palestine/Israel: Inclusion Without Domination
A lecture by Nubar Hovsepian, Chapman University

 4769

 

 2081

252.

Short-term Research Award (STRA) Program
The Ministry of Education, Republic of China (Taiwan) is now accepting applications for the year 2012. Deadline: June 30, 2011

 4743

 

 3140

253.

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)

 4727

 

 1723

254.

Civil Society and Dictatorship in Modern German History
A book talk with author Jürgen Kocka (UCLA, History) and discussant Ivan Berend (UCLA, History)

 4693

 

 1756

255.

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)

 4686

 

 1813

256.

Washington Post Op-Ed by Senior Burkle Center Fellow Gen. Wesley K. Clark (ret.): Libya doesn't meet the test for U.S. military action
Gen. Wesley Clark says Libya doesn't meet the test for US military action.

 4682

 

 3642

257.

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)

 4657

 

 1784

258.

Multimedia Coverage of Iran Conference from the Pars Times
Pars Times is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news website that provides comprehensive information pertaining to Iran and the Middle East.

 4655

 

 3769

259.

Huffington Post Op-Ed by Burkle Center Fellow Matthew Alexander: Rep. King: Meet Muslim-American Heroes
Matthew Alexander speaks out against the attacks on Muslim Americans by Congress.

 4632

 

 3387

260.

From the Shah to the Ayatollah, Continuities and Ruptures
A lecture by Abbas Milani, Stanford University

 4622

 

 1915

261.

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)

 4597

 

 1689

262.

The Notehelfer Prize
The Notehelfer Prize recognizes the best unpublished research paper written by a UCLA Japanese Studies graduate student in any disciplinary field, among those submitted to the Notehelfer Prize Committee in a given year.

 4594

 

 2759

263.

Europe since 1980
A book talk with author Ivan Berend (UCLA, History) and discussant Ken Jowitt (UC Berkeley, Political Science; Hoover Institution, Senior Fellow)

 4581

 

 1719

264.

Two Premature Rumors of the Mediterraneans Death: Fishing Wars, Maritime Gentrification, and Social Anthropology of Region Formation in the Channel of Sicily Since WWII
A lecture by Naor Ben-Yehoyada, Harvard University

 4560

 

 1973

265.

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

 4511

 

 1726

266.

UCLA Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Peace Corps
UCLA faculty and staff share their Peace Corps experiences, and how those experiences impacted their personal and professional lives. Beginning on March 2, 2011, UCLA will hold a week-long series of events in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps.

 4499

 

 2408

267.

Life Lived in Relief: Humanitarian Effects, Political Claims, and Palestinian Refugee Community
A lecture by Ilana Feldman, George Washington University

 4492

 

 2008

268.

Drafting a United Germany
A public lecture by Horst Teltschik, Former National Security Adviser to German Chancellor Helmut Kohl

 4479

 

 1790

269.

Spring International Career Panel
A panel discussion on international career opportunities with Gary Bagley, Prof. Peter Katona, and Jim Newton, co-sponsored by the Burkle Center and the Undergraduate International Relations Society (UIRS).

 4452

 

 4048

270.

Past Violence and Today's Indonesia, East Timor
An international gathering on campus April 15-16 addressed the legacies of misrule and mass killings, asking whether global initiatives for truth and accountability are having a meaningful impact on Indonesia and East Timor. Follow the proceedings on a blog by the UCLA Indonesian Studies Program.

 4424

 

 1184

271.

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

 4419

 

 1690

272.

Grad Student Interview: Janell Rothenberg
A video interview with Janell Rothenberg, PhD candidate in Anthropology

 4416

 

 1859

273.

Indigenous Papuans' efforts for ending the conflict with Indonesia
Neles Tebay (Fajar Timur Theological School, Jayapura)

 4333

 

 1777

274.

Humanitarian Action in the Middle East and North Africa Under Scrutiny: Criminalizing Humanitarian Engagement
A lecture by Naz Modirzadeh, Harvard University

 4324

 

 1937

275.

From Oxus to Euphrates: Approaching the History of Late Antique Iran
A lecture by Touraj Daryaee, UC Irvine

 4321

 

 1920

276.

Scholarships totalling $130,000 awarded to UCLA students to study abroad
Thirty-five UCLA students receive scholarship funding to study abroad during the 2011-2012 school year.

 4319

 

 1211

277.

Mapping and Remapping the Tunisian Revolution: Opening Remarks
An introduction by Nouri Gana, UCLA. Part of the conference: Mapping and Remapping the Tunisian Revolution.

 4251

 

 1792

278.

Fading Friendships: Alliances, Affinities and the Activation of International Identities
In international politics "friends'' co-ally. But friendship is relational and contextual. Countries are more likely to act on common interests on a given dimension if few other actors share that identity. In contrast, new cleavages are likely to emerge as an identity becomes ubiquitous.

 4221

 

 3639

279.

Huffington Post Op-Ed by Burkle Center Fellow Matthew Alexander: Known and Forgotten: Rumsfeld's Memoir
What's most striking about Donald Rumsfeld's recently released memoir is the blatant hypocrisy.

 4195

 

 3152

280.

Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala Comments on Dispute with Spain over World War II Era Art
The Daily Journal discusses how a Holocaust survivor's six-year legal battle to recover a family painting stolen by the Nazis during World War II received a major boost after the Justice Department told the U.S. Supreme Court that his lawsuit should proceed in federal courts.

 4174

 

 3120

281.

Shariah Watch
A lecture by Khaled Abou El Fadl, UCLA School of Law

 4126

 

 1844

282.

2011-12 Burkle Center Faculty Research Grants awarded
The UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2011-12 Grants for Faculty Research Working Groups and Faculty Research Projects.

 4091

 

 3080

283.

UCLA remains one of the best U.S. universities for promoting, fostering international education
As our world becomes more and more globalized, students are increasingly understanding the benefits of international education. This is good news for employers, who are increasingly seeking to hire people who have global experience. It’s also good news for UCLA students, who have an excellent array of opportunities and resources available to them regardless of budget or time.

 3973

 

 1739

284.

Media and Culture in Contemporary China: Highlights Video
Highlight video from the October 21 conference held at UCLA.

 3921

 

 1471

285.

Media and Culture in Contemporary China: Recreating Chinese History & Literature in Film & TV
Videocast of Session 3 from October 21, 2011 conference held at UCLA

 3897

 

 1577

286.

header tag test
This article is a test to see how header tags would be displayed in various templates used at the UCLA International Institute and its member center sites.

 3834

 

 3536

287.

Slave Routes: A Global Vision
This film presents the diverse histories and heritages stemming from the global tragedy of the slave trade and slavery.

 3765

 

 2348

288.

Few Hallmarks of an Historical Event
A talk by Tarek Kahlaoui, Rutgers University. Part of the conference: Mapping and remapping the Tunisian Revolution

 3723

 

 1688

289.

Surprise: Non Sequitur: Revolution
A talk by Sabra Webber, Ohio State University. Part of the conference: Mapping and Remapping the Tunisian Revolution

 3706

 

 1693

290.

Visiting Scholars, 2010-11
List of 2010-11 CSEAS Visiting Scholars

 3703

 

 1075

291.

Graduate Workshop in Scholarly Translation-Chinese & English
"Workshop in Scholarly Translation" offered by the UCLA Confucius Institute August 1 - 19, 2011 Fudan University, Shanghai, China

 3608

 

 1205

292.

Addressing the Legacies of Human Rights Abuse and Mass Violence: Critical Perspectives on 'Transitional Justice' from Indonesia and East Timor
A Workshop Co-sponsored by the Indonesian Studies Program of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the International Human Rights Program at UCLA School of Law, the International Institute, and the Department of History, UCLA, April 15-16, 2011

 3514

 

 1005

293.

Fellow Matthew Alexander Appears on Democracy Now! Commenting on the Efficacy of Bush-Era Interrogation.
Former Military Interrogator Matthew Alexander: Despite GOP Claims, "Immoral" Torture "Slowed Down" Effort to Find Osama bin Laden.

 3498

 

 2738

294.

UCLA program allows students to dive into international education
The Diversity Project aims to increase the participation of underrepresented minority students in the biological sciences using research and field work on the diverse coral reefs of the Coral Triangle with cutting-edge molecular genetic research.

 3448

 

 432

295.

Weekend of Middle Eastern Music
On Saturday night, master musicians from Morocco play a free concert showcasing the culture and sounds of the Gnawa people, on campus in Schoenberg Hall. On Sunday afternoon in the same venue, the Yuval Ron Ensemble caps off a UCLA lecture series with a performance of Middle Eastern music that is free for students.

 3439

 

 1183

296.

2011-2012 Pacific Rim Research Program Recipients Announced
UCLA faculty and graduate students receive research grants

 3435

 

 1689

297.

History 201A: After Alexander: The Hellenistic Middle East and Central Asia (NEW COURSE)
History 201A: After Alexander: The Hellenistic Middle East and Central Asia, taught by Rolf Strootman, Utrecht University

 3401

 

 1195

298.

Thailand Travel Grants 2012
Travel grants for UCLA graduate students and undergraduates attending the University of California Education Abroad Program at Thammasat University in Thailand in Summer 2012 or academic year 2012-13.

 3400

 

 2041

299.

Killing Memory: Ethnicity, Religion and the Destruction of Culture in the Balkan Wars of the 1990s
A public lecture by Andras Riedlmayer, Harvard University delivered on April 15, 2008.

 3370

 

 1588

300.

About LAI Outreach
Outreach

 3342

 

 2193

301.

Summer Advanced Indonesian Abroad Program 2012
For U.S. Students, Teachers, Educational Administrators, and Independent Scholars

 3285

 

 867

302.

Chinese Business & Economic History, Annual Conference and Graduate Student Professional Development Workshop
The USC-UCLA Joint East Asian Studies Center presents Chinese & Economic History, an annual conference and graduate student professional development workshop.

 3284

 

 1227

303.

USC Session 4: Globalization of Theme Parks: the view from the Industry
"A panel discussion on the globalization of theme parks featuring scholars and members of the industry."

 3249

 

 1333

304.

USC An Audience Conversation with Zhang Jizhong
"A question-and-answer session with Zhang Jizhong, Chinese TV and film producer and Monkey King theme park creator."

 3236

 

 1332

305.

USC Session 5: Theme Parks in China: the view from the Academy
"Presentations and a panel discussion on theme parks in China featuring scholars from the U.S. and China."

 3211

 

 1316

306.

Indonesian Studies Conference 2012: Indonesia in Global and Transnational Perspective
UCLA Indonesian Studies Conference, April 27-28, 2012

 3202

 

 768

307.

Call for Papers: 2011 Im Conference of Korean Christianity
The Dongsoon Im and Mija Im Korean Christianity Program of UCLA, announces the 2011 Im Conference of Korean Christianity.

 3163

 

 1516

308.

REGISTER NOW: International Studies K-12 Workshop Summer 2011
The UCLA International Institute will host a 3-day professional development workshop August 16-18 for teachers of South Gate ISLC, ISSN network schools, and UCLA partner schools on the International Studies Advisory curriculum framework, developed and piloted by UCLA and ISLC staff during the 2010-11 school year. The curriculum consists of an overview of world geography, resource guides to the world regions covered in each grade-level Advisory, and model lessons and pedagogical strategies.

 3151

 

 1611

309.

Conference Schedule
"Can Iran Come In From the Cold? Iran & the Intl. Community in the 21st Century"

 3056

 

 3523

310.

2011-2012 FLAS Recipients
The following are the recipients of the 2011-2012 Southeast Asian Studies Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowships.

 3049

 

 979

311.

Visiting Scholars, 2009-10
List of 2009-10 CSEAS Visiting Scholars

 3028

 

 1063

312.

Workshop Program
Legacies of Violence in Indonesia and East Timor: A Workshop

 2926

 

 741

313.

Spring 2011 Course List
UCLA courses in Middle East and North African Studies.

 2868

 

 775

314.

Video: Nile Green Discusses "Afghan History Through Afghan Eyes"
Taymor Kamrany interviews Green for "New Generation of Afghans TV"

 2830

 

 913

315.

UCLA School of Education: Mandarin Methodology Course (July 6-15)
New graduate-level course: “Principles and Methods for Teaching Mandarin Effectively”

 2819

 

 1352

316.

Internships with the Congressional-Executive Commission on China
Summer, fall, & spring paid internships for qualified undergraduates, graduate students, and recent graduates

 2759

 

 1527

317.

King-Kok Cheung
Cheung, UCLA professor of English, was quoted Wednesday in a Washington Post obituary of Japanese author Hisaye Yamamoto.

 2707

 

 896

318.

View the Burkle Center's 2010-11 Annual Report
This report offers highlights from the Burkle Center's 2010-11 academic year.

 2703

 

 2465

319.

2010-11 CEES Graduate Student Funding Award Recipients
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships for AY 2010-11, Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships for Summer 2011, Dissertation/Pre-Dissertation Fellowships, and Language Study Grants.

 2679

 

 588

320.

Media and Culture in Contemporary China: Zhang Jizhong Keynote
Videocast of keynote address by Zhang Jizong at October 21, 2011 conference at UCLA

 2671

 

 1174

321.

Los Angeles Film Fest includes program on Cuba
L.A. Downtown News reports that the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival (June 16-26), will showcase films representing 30 countries. This year's International Spotlight, co-sponsored by the Latin American Institute, focuses on films from Cuba. The program includes Latin American Institute host film Operation Peter Pan: Flying Back to Cuba, a documentary about 14,000 Cuban children who in 1961 and ’62 were sent by their parents to the United States.

 2644

 

 1452

322.

Fall 2011 Course List
UCLA courses in Middle East and North African Studies.

 2636

 

 774

323.

In Memoriam: Christopher Hitchens, 2010 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecturer
The New York Times relates the life and work of Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011.

 2613

 

 1901

324.

Terry and Suzan Kramer Global Leadership Scholars
The UCLA International Institute is pleased to announce the new Terry and Suzan Kramer Global Leadership Scholars program.

 2580

 

 2369

325.

Turned Away
Denied by local officials, MEMO is unable to carry out its plans to set up clinics in Vietnam

 2544

 

 474

326.

Conference Logistics
Registration, driving directions, and parking instructions

 2490

 

 2956

327.

Prof Discusses Next Stop on Pope's Itinerary
Kathryn McDonnell, UCLA assistant professor of classics, was interviewed Thursday on Vatican Radio about the history of Aquileia, an ancient fortress city of the Roman Empire.

 2484

 

 877

328.

Sebastian Edwards
Edwards, the Henry Ford II Professor of International Management at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, was quoted Tuesday in a Reuters column about Asia not putting forth a candidate to head the International Monetary Fund following Dominique Strass-Kahn's departure.

 2479

 

 908

329.

Visiting Scholars, 1999-2000
Visitors and Post-Doctoral Fellows, 1999-2000

 2463

 

 725

330.

Daniel Treisman
Treisman, UCLA professor of political science, is quoted in a Washington Post article about how Russia has benefited politically and economically from its oil reserves during the current turmoil in the Middle East.

 2425

 

 975

331.

Media and Culture in Contemporary China: The View from the Academy
Videocast of Session 1 from the October 21 conference held at UCLA.

 2421

 

 1034

332.

Kal Raustiala
Raustiala, professor of law and director of the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, was quoted Sunday in a San Francisco Chronicle article about a battle between Chevron Corp. and a group of lawyers fighting the company over oil field pollution in Ecuador.

 2401

 

 2532

333.

Decoding Russia's U.S. Policy
The January–February issue of Foreign Affairs features an essay co-authored by Daniel Treisman, UCLA professor of political science, on policy relations between the United States and Russia over recent decades.

 2393

 

 864

334.

C. Cindy Fan
Fan, UCLA professor of geography and Asian American studies, was quoted Feb. 10 in an Atlantic magazine article about Beijing’s suburbs.

 2345

 

 1028

335.

Sexual Harassment in France, U.S.
France's Politis on Thursday featured an interview with Abigail Saguy, associate professor and vice chair of the UCLA Department of Sociology, about the Dominique Strauss-Kahn affair and differences in the way issues of sexual harassment are addressed in France and the U.S.

 2344

 

 801

336.

Media and Culture in Contemporary China: The View from the Industry
Videocast of Session 2 from the October 21 conference held at UCLA.

 2338

 

 999

337.

Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute
SEASSI is an eight-week intensive language training program for undergraduates, graduate students and professionals.

 2321

 

 1012

338.

Exploring Russia's Recent History
The Boston Globe reports today on “The Return: Russia’s Journey from Gorbachev to Medvedev,” a new book by UCLA professor of political science Daniel Treisman examining recent Russian leaders and their domestic and foreign policies.

 2304

 

 860

339.

Visiting Scholars, 2000-01
Visitors and Post-Doctoral Fellows, 2000-01

 2290

 

 729

340.

Did Torture Slow Search for Bin Laden?
Matthew Alexander, a fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, was interviewed today on the nationally syndicated radio and TV program “Democracy Now” about the intelligence that led to Osama bin Laden and whether torture and enhanced interrogation techniques should be used against terrorism suspects.

 2284

 

 2403

341.

Geography of Fear
The Washington Post reported Friday on research by Daniel Treisman, UCLA professor of political science, exploring the fears of residents of various European countries toward a host of issues, including diseases, natural disasters, wars and nuclear accidents.

 2283

 

 843

342.

Pakistan Dispute Reveals History of Diplomatic Immunity
The Los Angeles Times features an editorial today written by Kal Raustiala, professor of law and director of the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, about how the American diplomat who has been accused of killing two men in Pakistan has brought to light issues surrounding diplomatic immunity.

 2264

 

 2338

343.

Hitoshi Abe
Abe, professor and chair of the UCLA Department of Architecture of Urban Design, was quoted Tuesday in a Rafu Shimpo article about efforts by Japanese and Japanese Americans in Los Angeles to contact family members affected by the recent earthquake and tsunami.

 2255

 

 973

344.

Visiting Scholars, 2002-03
Visitors and Post-Doctoral Fellows, 2002-03

 2230

 

 723

345.

New Ambassador to Russia
An article in Tuesday's Moscow Times about President Obama's plans to appoint a new ambassador to Russia cited Daniel Treisman, UCLA professor of political science, as one of the foremost experts on Russia since the Cold War.

 2224

 

 774

346.

USC Slide-Show Introduction to Theme Parks in China
"China's Theme Parks Today, the Themed Space(s), Marketing Models and the Imagineering/Copying Power"

 2224

 

 932

347.

Visiting Scholars, 2001-02
Visitors and Post-Doctoral Fellows, 2001-02

 2220

 

 727

348.

Coalition Intervenes in Libya
CNN.com on Sunday featured an op-ed by Gen. Wesley Clark (Ret.), a senior fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, about the current fighting in Libya.

 2219

 

 2307

349.

Libya: To Intervene or Not
Friday's Washington Post featured an op-ed by Gen. Wesley Clark (Ret.), a senior fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, on the current rebellion in Libya and U.S. intervention policy since Vietnam.

 2215

 

 2389

350.

Korea shows how to keep identity in global age
UCLA prof. John Duncan says globalizing Korean Studies is key task for scholars outside peninsula

 2211

 

 884

351.

Nuclear Safety in Japan
Ivan Catton, UCLA professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, was interviewed Friday on KNBC-Channel 4 about Japan's damaged nuclear reactors and the threat to the public of radiation exposure.

 2180

 

 1015

352.

U.S. Sending Pumps to Aid Japanese Plants
Ivan Catton, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, was featured Wednesday in a video and article on the Voice of America website about America sending large construction pumps to Japan to help pump cooling water into Japan's damaged nuclear reactors.

 2178

 

 963

353.

China's Declining Birth Rate
C. Cindy Fan, UCLA professor of geography and Asian American studies, was interviewed today on China Radio International's “Today” show about new data from China's census showing that the country now has as many senior citizens as children.

 2162

 

 951

354.

Summer Study Abroad in Laos
Participants will get an opportunity to study at the Lao-American College in Vientiane, the capital of the Lao PDR.

 2161

 

 1017

355.

Musical Measures of Asia 2011: Grad Student CFP
UCLA Grad Students are invited to submit proposals on the Music of Asia for Asia in LA 2011

 2159

 

 839

356.

Building in Jersey, Eating in China
A column in Sunday's Press of Atlantic City about economic problems in southern New Jersey cited research by Robert Jensen, professor of public policy at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, examining eating habits and undernourishment among people in China.

 2145

 

 1000

357.

Spring Quarter 2003
UCLA Southeast Asian Studies Courses

 2131

 

 556

358.

Amy Zegart
Zegart, associate professor of public policy at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs, was quoted Saturday in a Christian Science Monitor article about the long-term impact of Osama bin Laden and the attacks of 9/11 on America.

 2129

 

 2299

359.

Summer Session 2002
UCLA Southeast Asian Studies Courses

 2097

 

 553

360.

Fall Quarter 2002
UCLA Southeast Asian Studies Courses

 2095

 

 545

361.

US / China-US China gaining clout in film industry
From an industry perspective, Janet Yang, president of Manifest Films, and former president of production of Oliver Stone's Ixtlan Productions, said it's a whole shift of power toward China. The move is deeply rooted in China's increasing "capital earning and spending power."

 2089

 

 492

362.

New chair in Iranian studies
Hossein Ziai, professor of Islamic and Iranian Studies since 1988 and currently the director of the Program in Iranian Studies, has been named the Jahangir and Eleanor Amuzegar Chair in Iranian Studies. The chair, established in 2000, promotes innovative teaching and research on the traditions of Iran throughout the ages. Ziai has devoted his time to conducting research that encompasses Iranian intellectual and literary traditions with a focus on Illuminationist philosophy.

 2087

 

 731

363.

Fears of Radiation Grip Japan
William McBride, a professor in the department of radiation oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was interviewed Monday on Telemundo and China Central Television and Tuesday on the Christian Broadcasting Network and Seoul Broadcasting System Radio about the current problems with Japan’s nuclear reactors and the potential impact on human health in both Japan in California. McBride was also quoted Tuesday in a Los Angeles Times article about the effects of radiation.

 2076

 

 939

364.

Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture at UCLA
An Examiner blog reported Friday on the 2011 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture at UCLA, which was delivered Thursday by Leon Wieseltier, author and literary editor of the New Republic magazine.

 2074

 

 2315

365.

Winter Quarter 2003
UCLA Southeast Asian Studies Courses

 2074

 

 554

366.

Visiting Scholars and Associates, 2011-2012
Names, Institution and Research Topic of Visiting Scholars and Associates at the UCLA Center for Korean Studies, 2011-2012.

 2060

 

 525

367.

Prof Discusses Sudan's North-South Split
Sondra Hale, UCLA professor of anthropology and women’s studies, was interviewed Tuesday on KPFK-90.7 FM about Southern Sudan's referendum on independence (broadcast dated Jan. 11, 2011).

 2054

 

 1564

368.

UCLA Doctor Helps Japan
USA Today features a profile of Dr. Kozue Shimabukuro, a pediatric critical care doctor at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, who spent three weeks working with a pediatric disaster relief team in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami. Shimabukuro is quoted.

 2036

 

 924

369.

Bruin Experts Helping Japan
Maryland's Savage-Guilford Patch reported Sunday on Yoh Kawano, a lecturer in urban planning at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs, who helped develop an interactive web map at UCLA that offers geographic information to help in Japanese recovery efforts. Kawano was quoted.

 2028

 

 913

370.

The Origins of Cinco de Mayo
An article in today's Stockton Record about Cinco de Mayo cites research by David Hayes-Bautista, professor of general internal medicine and health services research and director of the UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture, on the origin of Cinco de Mayo celebrations.

 2024

 

 1434

371.

Bruin Experts Helping Japan
The Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday on Dr. Kozue Shimabukuro, a pediatric critical care doctor at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, who has joined a pediatric disaster relief team in Japan. Shimabukuro was quoted.

 2017

 

 908

372.

Stamping Out Cigarettes in China
A Forbes blog reported Wednesday on the efforts of Dr. Linda Sarna, a professor at the UCLA School of Nursing, to reduce and deter smoking among women in China by engaging Chinese nurses in a program to identify and treat smokers. Sarna was quoted.

 2012

 

 905

373.

Trio of events focus on US-China
Film Business Asia

 2010

 

 470

374.

Summer 2011 - Course List
UCLA courses in Middle East and North African Studies.

 2008

 

 740

375.

Little Tokyo Design Week Set for July
A story posted Thursday to a Los Angeles Times blog about the upcoming Little Tokyo Design Week cites the planning of festival leader Hitoshi Abe, chair of the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design and director of UCLA's Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies. Abe was quoted.

 2006

 

 881

376.

Sean Hecht
Hecht, executive director of the UCLA Environmental Law Center, is quoted today in a San Francisco Chronicle article about a battle between Chevron Corp. and a group of lawyers fighting the company over oil field pollution in Ecuador.

 2006

 

 1479

377.

UCLA Doctor Helps Japan
Diverse Issues in Higher Education on Tuesday profiled Dr. Kozue Shimabukuro, a pediatric critical care doctor at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, who spent three weeks working with a pediatric disaster relief team in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami. Shimabukuro was quoted.

 1986

 

 934

378.

Chile's Coup Through a Watchful Eye
The Los Angeles Times reports on the UCLA Film & Television Archive's series “Patricio Guzman: The Watchful Eye,” which runs from April 29 through May 11 and features Guzman's documentaries dealing with the 1973 coup that overthrew Chile’s democratically elected President Salvador Allende. Paul Malcolm, an archive programmer, is quoted.

 1957

 

 1411

379.

Tracking Disease in the Congo
UCLA researchers study the spread of human monkeypox in the African country

 1955

 

 977

380.

Prof Speaks About Nobel Winner Vargas Llosa
Efraín Kristal, UCLA professor of comparative literature and of Spanish and Portuguese, was a featured commentator Sunday on the Univision program "Aqui y Ahora" in a segment about Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, who was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature.

 1896

 

 1380

381.

Aftermath of Japan Disaster
Hitoshi Abe, chair of the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design and director of UCLA's Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, was interviewed Tuesday on the "Tavis Smiley" show about the earthquake and tsunami in Sendai, Japan, his hometown.

 1896

 

 878

382.

H'w'd focus on China's changes
Variety

 1882

 

 424

383.

Korea-related Courses
Course List compiled by CKS.

 1880

 2

 1009

384.

Bruin Experts Helping Japan
Rafu Shimpo reported Wednesday on UCLA staff and faculty members with ties to Japan who are working to aid the country in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami. Dr. Kozue Shimabukuro, a pediatric critical care doctor at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA; Hitoshi Abe, chair of the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design and director of UCLA's Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies; and Yoh Kawano, a lecturer in urban planning at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, were highlighted.

 1879

 

 877

385.

Zhang Jizhong to speak at first UCLA-USC joint Media and Culture in Contemporary China conference
The Daily Bruin

 1878

 

 422

386.

Bruin Experts Helping Japan
Sunday's Chronicle of Higher Education reported on Yoh Kawano, a lecturer in urban planning at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs, who has helped develop UCLA web projects that stream and archive Twitter updates from individuals in Japan and Libya and offer geographic information relevant to Japanese relief efforts. Kawano was quoted.

 1877

 

 870

387.

Conference Participant Biographies
"Can Iran Come In From the Cold? Iran & the Intl. Community in the 21st Century"

 1843

 

 2319

388.

Disasters Test Japan's Spirit
An article in Thursday's Rafu Shimpo about Japan recovering from the effects of the recent earthquake and tsunami cites UCLA's Nikkei Student Union, which has raised $1,500 for relief efforts.

 1841

 

 853

389.

Melissa Brymer
Brymer, director of terrorism and disaster programs at the UCLA–Duke National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, was quoted Saturday in a Los Angeles Times blog article about post-traumatic stress disorder in the wake of Japan's earthquake and tsunami.

 1839

 

 1163

390.

What Makes a Good Mother?
Friday's New York Times featured an op-ed by C. Cindy Fan, UCLA professor of geography and Asian American studies, on parenting skills and child-rearing strategies.

 1834

 

 845

391.

José Bedia's spiritual and physical journeys
"Transcultural Pilgrim: Three Decades of Work by José Bedia," a comprehensive retrospective of work by the famed Cuban American artist is highlighted in a Los Angeles Times article. The exhibition is on display at the Fowler Museum at UCLA September 18, 2011 - January 8, 2012.

 1832

 

 1085

392.

Sammy Yukuan Lee (1902 - 2011)
Mr. Sammy Yukuan Lee, a beloved friend of the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies and esteemed businessman, collector and scholar of Chinese antiquities, passed away on Sept. 9, 2011, at the age of 109. We express our deepest condolences to his family and loved ones.

 1802

 

 1086

393.

Exploring the Buzz Around Brazil
An article in Sunday’s Jamaica Gleaner about Brazil’s growing political and economic clout cited “Left Behind: Latin America and the False Promise of Populism,” a 2010 book by Sebastian Edwards, the Henry Ford II Professor of International Management at the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

 1796

 

 1344

394.

Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture Registration Opens December 14 at Noon on the Burkle Center Website
The UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, the Daniel Pearl Foundation and the Yitzhak Rabin Hillel Center for Jewish Life at UCLA proudly present the 2012 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture featuring David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker. Visit the Burkle Center website on Wednesday, December 14 to register for this event!

 1789

 

 1640

395.

Albright, Hagel: Language cuts endanger U.S.
The modest funding for International Education and Foreign Language Studies is vital to maintaining and enhancing our critical workforce needs. The institutional capacity on university campuses across the nation that exists today has taken decades to build and would be impossible to easily recapture once these programs are slashed. These cuts threaten that capacity.

 1785

 

 812

396.

Peter Bird
Bird, UCLA professor of Earth and space sciences, is quoted today in a New York Times article about the study of seismic faults throughout the world.

 1779

 

 1119

397.

Khaled Abou El Fadl
El Fadl, UCLA professor of law, was quoted Tuesday in a Los Angeles Times article about a popular Egyptian televangelist.

 1757

 

 1030

398.

Sexual Harassment in France, U.S.
Canada’s Edmonton Journal on Sunday featured an interview with Abigail Saguy, associate professor and vice chair of the UCLA Department of Sociology, about the Dominique Strauss-Kahn affair and differences in the way issues of sexual harassment are addressed in France and the U.S.

 1755

 

 539

399.

Fears of Radiation in Japan
William McBride, a professor in the department of radiation oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA was interviewed multiple times since Saturday on KCBS-Channel 2 | KCAL-Channel 9, KNBC-Channel 4, KTLA-Channel 5, KABC-Channel 7 and KTTV-Channel 11 about problems with Japan's nuclear reactors and the potential impact on human health, both in Japan and California. He is quoted today in an LA Weekly blog on the subject.

 1740

 

 1003

400.

Museum Settles for 'Dummy' Mummies
Lothar Von Falkenhausen, UCLA professor of art history, was interviewed Monday on National Public Radio's “All Things Considered” about a Philadelphia museum's unusual solution to a bureaucratic snafu that prevented them from displaying a collection of mummies and artifacts from China.

 1737

 

 807

401.

Braceros Get Paid 50 Years Later
Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda, UCLA associate professor of Chicano studies, was interviewed Tuesday on KPCC-89.3 FM's "Madeleine Brand Show" about the news that participants in the Bracero program, which temporarily brought laborers from Mexico to the U.S. between the 1940s and '60s, would finally receive money due to them.

 1699

 

 1304

402.

Newsletter '11-'12
The 2011-2012 newsletter features profiles of Chad Diehl, Terasaki Postdoctoral Fellow, new faculty and visiting scholars.

 1657

 

 459

403.

Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda
Hinojosa-Ojeda, UCLA associate professor of Chicano studies, was quoted Sunday in a Los Angeles Times article about various states' approaches to the issue of college tuition for undocumented immigrants.

 1636

 

 965

404.

Coalition Attack on Libya
James Gelvin, UCLA professor of history, was interviewed Monday on KTTV-Channel 11 about American, British and French coalition forces attacking government fighters in Libya.

 1636

 

 1017

405.

Gabriel Danovitch
Danovitch, medical director of the kidney and pancreas transplant program at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was quoted Wednesday in a Bloomberg article about the illicit global market for organ transplants.

 1635

 

 959

406.

Thirty Japanese cloths from recent gift to be displayed at Fowler Museum
'Japanese Pictorial Ikats From the Krauss Collection' opens Jan. 8 by Stacey Abarbanel

 1628

 

 523

407.

Fear Thy Neighbor
Sunday's Chronicle of Higher Education featured an essay by Russell Jacoby, UCLA professor-in-residence of history, about how the world's most severe and violent conflicts arise within nations rather than between nations.

 1618

 

 972

408.

Global Warming's Effect on Arctic Transport
The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported on a UCLA study showing that global warming over the next 40 years will likely open up Arctic shipping routes while severely limiting transportation along inland trucking routes. Study author Scott Stephenson, a UCLA graduate student in geography, was quoted.

 1602

 

 973

409.

Revolution in Egypt
James Gelvin, UCLA professor of history, was interviewed Sunday on BBC5 Radio about the shift in political power in Egypt.

 1593

 

 944

410.

Profesor traduce un códice clave para decodificar los jeroglíficos mesoamericanos
Professor Kevin Terraciano was interviewed by Agencia EFE about his latest research project: translating the Codex Sierra.

 1572

 

 928

411.

Bin Laden's Death and the Millennial Generation
Articles in today's Los Angeles Times and Tuesday's New York Times about how the death of Osama bin Laden has affected young-adult Americans cited data from the annual nationwide Freshman Survey, conducted by UCLA's Higher Education Research Institute (HERI), on freshman students' support for military spending and their willingness to study abroad. Linda DeAngelo, assistant director of research at HERI, was quoted in the LA Times.

 1568

 

 972

412.

History of Tetanus in U.S., Abroad
Saturday’s Los Angeles Daily News featured a column by Dr. Claire Panosian Dunavan, clinical professor of infectious diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, about the low incidence of tetanus in the U.S., due mainly to routine health care and vaccinations not always available in other countries.

 1567

 

 978

413.

Coalition Attacks Continue in Libya
Asli Bali, UCLA professor of law, was interviewed Thursday on KPFK 90.7 FM's "Background Briefing" about the U.S.–led military intervention in Libya and international law.

 1565

 

 969

414.

Girl With The Dragon Tattoo at UCLA
A column in Sunday's New York Magazine on Scandinavian crime fiction cited an upcoming UCLA symposium focused on the genre and the work of the late author Stieg Larsson. Claus Elholm Andersen, a professor in UCLA's Scandinavian Section, was quoted.

 1559

 

 1024

415.

Cross-cultural comparison of factors influencing accounting student's career and public perceptions in Brazil, South Korea and Japan
Renato Azevedo, University of São Paulo

 1559

 

 640

416.

Kei Iwamoto
Iwamoto, UCLA associate professor of radiation oncology, was cited Thursday in a Los Angeles Times Q&A about possible radiation exposure from Japan's nuclear reactors.

 1558

 

 729

417.

James Gelvin
Gelvin, UCLA professor of history, was quoted Wednesday in an Epoch Times article about efforts to negotiate an end to the current political unrest in Egypt.

 1556

 

 976

418.

New Developments in Mideast
James Gelvin, UCLA professor of history, was interviewed Tuesday on KCRW-89.9 FM's “To the Point” about current developments in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

 1552

 

 926

419.

Evaluating the performance of national innovation system: a comparative study between South Korea and Mexico
Marco Rojo, UAM Iztapalapa

 1545

 

 635

420.

Azerbaijan and the Threat of Radical Islam
Today's Washington Times features an op-ed by Xandra Kayden, a senior fellow at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs, about the United States’ political relationship with Azerbaijan and the threat of radical Islamist terrorism in that country and other parts of Central Asia and the Middle East.

 1537

 

 993

421.

Global Warming May Result in Yearly Arctic Ice Melt
On Sunday, China’s Xinhua News Agency reported on a UCLA study led by Aradhna Tripati, UCLA assistant professor in the department of Earth and space sciences and the department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, finding that each summer global warming will raise Earth’s temperatures by melting all the ice in the Arctic Ocean. Tripati was quoted.

 1536

 

 965

422.

Looting of Ancient Egyptian Artifacts
Kara Cooney, assistant professor of Egyptian art and architecture in the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, was interviewed Tuesday on the “Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” about the recent looting of antiquities in Egypt.

 1535

 

 987

423.

Revolts Sweep Through Middle East
UCLA professor of history James Gelvin was interviewed Tuesday on San Francisco station KQED-88.5 FM's “Forum” about the current uprising in Libya and civil unrest in other parts of North Africa and the Middle East.

 1532

 

 970

424.

Tweets From Egypt's Revolution
The April issue of Geospatial Today reports on "HyperCities Egypt," a UCLA web project that streamed and the archived Twitter updates from protesters in Cairo, logging their location on a digital map of Egypt's capital. Project leaders Yoh Kawano, a member of the UCLA Center for Digital Humanities; Todd Presner, UCLA professor of Germanic languages and literature, digital humanities, and comparative literature; and David Shepard, a UCLA doctoral candidate in English, were cited.

 1528

 

 964

425.

Islamic Studies Program Reinstated
A Los Angeles Times blog reported Wednesday on a UCLA Academic Senate panel reinstating admissions to the Islamic Studies program at UCLA. Ann Karagozian, chair of the Academic Senate, and Khaled Abou El Fadl, chair of Islamic Studies, were quoted.

 1528

 

 950

426.

James Gelvin
Gelvin, UCLA professor of history, was quoted Wednesday in a CNN online article about an agreement by rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah to form a unity government in the West Bank and Gaza.

 1526

 

 944

427.

Gary Rhodes
Rhodes, director of the Center for Global Education at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, was quoted Monday in a Chronicle of Higher Education article about how the turmoil in Egypt has affected American students studying there.

 1513

 

 816

428.

David Rapoport
Rapoport, UCLA professor emeritus of political science, was quoted Monday in a Whittier Daily News article on how the killing of Osama bin Laden might affect President Obama’s reelection chances in 2012.

 1508

 

 930

429.

Global Shift to the North
Monday's London Times today featured an interview with UCLA professor of geography Laurence C. Smith about his research on climate change and his book “The New North: The World in 2050," which argues that climate change and other global pressures will make Canada, Scandinavia, Russia and the northern United States formidable economic powers and migration magnets in the coming decades.

 1502

 

 947

430.

Global Shift to the North
Britain's Financial Times on Friday featured a review of “The New North: The World in 2050” by UCLA professor of geography Laurence C. Smith, which argues that climate change and other global pressures will make Canada, Scandinavia, Russia and the northern United States formidable economic powers and migration magnets in the coming decades.

 1494

 

 951

431.

El rol de la Comunidad Empresarial en la evolución de la relación economica bilateral entre Mexico y Corea Del Sur: una perspectiva desde las relaciones internacionales
Karla Padilla, University of Guadalajara

 1489

 

 630

432.

Dr. Thomas Brod
Brod, UCLA associate clinical professor of psychiatry, was quoted Sunday in a Hollywood Reporter article about a series of upcoming events at which the films of famed Spanish director Pedro Almodovar will be screened and psychoanalyzed.

 1484

 

 934

433.

Location of Bin Laden's Hideout
USA Today, a National Public Radio blog and Asian News International report today, and the Associated Press, the BBC, the Los Angeles Times, Forbes, the Huffington Post, the Chronicle of Higher Education and the websites of ABC News, FOX News and KTLA-Channel 5 reported Tuesday, on a 2009 study led by UCLA associate professor of geography Thomas Gillespie and UCLA professor of geography John Agnew that utilized satellite imagery and geographic analysis to narrow the search for Osama bin Laden.

 1469

 

 884

434.

UCLA Celebrates 50 Years of the Peace Corps
Today's Los Angeles Times features an op-ed by journalist and UCLA alumna Maureen Orth about her experiences in the Peace Corps. The piece references her role on a March 2 panel at UCLA, part of a series of campus events celebrating the Peace Corps’ 50th anniversary.

 1465

 

 970

435.

Location of Bin Laden's Hideout
A 2009 study led by UCLA associate professor of geography Thomas Gillespie and UCLA professor of geography John Agnew that utilized satellite imagery and geographic analysis in an effort to narrow the search for Osama bin Laden was highlighted Friday by FOX News and Monday by the Korea Times.

 1463

 

 921

436.

Location of Bin Laden's Hideout
A 2009 study led by UCLA geographers Thomas Gillespie and John Agnew that attempted to narrow the search for Osama bin Laden was highlighted Tuesday by the Huffington Post and KTTV-Channel 11; Wednesday by Inside Higher Ed, India's Telegraph, BBC Mundo, two National Public Radio blogs (1 | 2), Public Radio International's "The World," City News Service, ABC's "World News Now,” KCBS-Channel 2, KNBC-Channel 4, KABC-Channel 7 and KCAL-Channel 9; and today by a Washington Post blog.

 1449

 

 913

437.

Cristina Tirado
Tirado, adjunct assistant professor of community health sciences at the UCLA School of Public Health, was quoted Monday in an Agence France-Presse article about the potential of climate change to create millions of "environmental refugees" over the next decade.

 1449

 

 852

438.

African Arts, Autumn 2011
Volume 44, Number 3

 1446

 

 1241

439.

Richard Hovannisian
Hovannisian, UCLA professor emeritus of Armenian and Near Eastern history, was quoted Monday in a Voice of America article about the mass killings in Rwanda in 1994 and the Armenian Genocide of 1915–16.

 1435

 

 950

440.

Chinese Language and Contemporary Pop Culture
Travel Study- Summer 2012; Shanghai, China

 1434

 

 440

441.

African Arts, Autumn 2010
Volume 43, Number 3

 1433

 

 1237

442.

Location of Bin Laden's Hideout
A 2009 study led by UCLA associate professor of geography Thomas Gillespie and UCLA professor of geography John Agnew that utilized satellite imagery and geographic analysis in an effort to determine where Osama bin Laden was hiding was highlighted today by Wired. Gillespie was quoted.

 1430

 

 878

443.

Book Profiles Easter Island Archaeologist
Britain's Northern Echo reported April 14 on “Among Stone Giants: The Life of Katherine Routledge and Her Remarkable Expedition to Eastern Island,” a book by Jo Anne Van Tilburg, a research associate at UCLA's Cotsen Institute of Archaeology and director of the institute's Rock Art Archive, that charts the life and career of one of the first archaeologists to study the stone statues of Easter Island and the folklore of their people.

 1427

 

 924

444.

Film Archive Highlights Iranian Cinema
Today's Los Angeles Times highlights the UCLA Film & Television Archive's annual "Celebration of Iranian Cinema" series, which begins Friday at UCLA's Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum and runs through Feb. 27. Archive director Jan-Christopher Horak is quoted.

 1425

 

 916

445.

Leaks Give New View of Middle East Peace Process
Today's Los Angeles Times features an op-ed by Saree Makdisi, UCLA professor of English and comparative literature, about recently leaked documents related to peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.

 1424

 

 930

446.

Matthew Alexander
Alexander, a fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, was quoted Saturday in an Agence-France Presse article about whether torture and enhanced interrogation techniques should be used against terrorism suspects.

 1413

 

 1980

447.

UCLA Celebrates 50 Years of Peace Corps
KFWB-980 AM on Wednesday featured an interview with journalist Maureen Orth about her participation in a panel discussion at UCLA with MSNBC "Hardball" host Chris Matthews and Peace Corps director Aaron S. Williams, part of a series of UCLA events celebrating the Peace Corps' 50th anniversary.

 1412

 

 936

448.

Coalition Attacks on Kaddafi
Asli Bali, UCLA professor of law, was interviewed Wednesday on the syndicated news program "Democracy Now" about the U.S.–led military intervention in Libya.

 1409

 

 921

449.

Egyptologist Explores Ancient, Modern Society
Washington state's Columbian on Monday highlighted the work and research of Kara Cooney, assistant professor of Egyptian art and architecture in the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. Cooney was quoted.

 1402

 

 970

450.

How China's Green Tech Helps U.S.
CNN Money reports today on a presentation by UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability professor Matthew Kahn at Fortune's Brainstorm Green Conference in which he addressed how the United States can benefit from China’s investments and advances in green technology. Kahn is quoted.

 1401

 

 933

451.

Business Language and Culture in China
Travel Study-Summer 2012; China

 1393

 

 434

452.

Globalization and 21st Century China
Travel Study- Summer 2012; Beijing and Hong Kong

 1393

 

 435

453.

Are Winds of Change Passing Palestinians?
Wednesday's Daily News Egypt featured an op-ed by Saree Makdisi, UCLA professor of English and comparative literature, on President Obama's recent speech about U.S. policy in the Middle East and how it applies to Palestinians.

 1384

 

 881

454.

African Arts, Spring 2011
Volume 44, Number 1

 1377

 

 1198

455.

Global Warming's Effect on Arctic Transport
A UCLA study showing that global warming over the next 40 years will likely open up Arctic shipping routes while limiting inland trucking was highlighted Sunday by Reuters; Monday by Agence France-Presse, the Toronto Globe & Mail, Canada's Postmedia News, the London Times, a Nature blog and the Alaska Dispatch; and today by the Wall Street Journal's MarketWatch. Study author Scott Stephenson, a UCLA graduate student, and co-author Laurence C. Smith, UCLA professor of geography, were quoted.

 1373

 

 870

456.

Dalai Lama Cancels UCLA Visit
The Associated Press reported Sunday, and KCRW-89.9 FM reported today, that due to illness, the Dalai Lama was canceling his scheduled May 2 visit to UCLA, where he planned to deliver a lecture and participate in a symposium.

 1371

 

 891

457.

Transfer of Power in Egypt
James Gelvin, UCLA professor of history, was interviewed Thursday on KABC-Channel 7 about the political unrest in Egypt. He is quoted today in a CNN online article about Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's speech Thursday night.

 1362

 

 933

458.

Visiting professor helps UCLA bolster its expertise on contemporary Iran
Dalia Dassa Kaye's winding journey has brought her to UCLA until March 2012.

 1359

 

 399

459.

Civil Unrest Flares in Syria
James Gelvin, UCLA professor of history, was interviewed Wednesday on KPFK-90.7 FM's “Daily Briefing" about confrontations between anti-government protesters and government security forces in Syria's southern city of Daraa.

 1355

 

 855

460.

Graduate School Info
Graduate School Information for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

 1346

 

 450

461.

Worse Tensions Are Between U.S. Whites
An op-ed in today's Los Angeles Times about the increasing divide between white "traditionalists" and white "progressives" in the U.S. highlighted research and a new book by Russell Jacoby, UCLA professor-in-residence of history, that argue that the world's most severe and violent conflicts arise within nations rather than between nations. Jacoby is quoted.

 1343

 

 884

462.

Global Shift to the North
Sunday's Foreign Policy featured a web video in which UCLA professor of geography Laurence C. Smith discussed his book “The New North: The World in 2050,” which argues that climate change and other global pressures will make Canada, Scandinavia, Russia and the northern United States formidable economic powers and migration magnets in the coming decades.

 1340

 

 868

463.

Location of Bin Laden's Hideout
A 2009 study led by UCLA associate professor of geography Thomas Gillespie and UCLA professor of geography John Agnew that utilized satellite imagery and geographic analysis in an effort to determine where Osama bin Laden was hiding was highlighted Saturday by CNN.

 1338

 

 881

464.

Bin Laden Killed in U.S. Strike
UCLA faculty members interviewed about the assassination of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan on Sunday: Steven Spiegel, director of UCLA’s Center for Middle East Development, was featured Sunday on KTLA-Channel 5 and is quoted today in a CNN blog article; James Gelvin, UCLA professor of history, was featured Sunday on KTTV-Channel 11 and today on KTLA-Channel 5; and Amy Zegart, associate professor of public policy at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs, was featured Sunday on KTLA-Channel 5.

 1331

 

 869

465.

Distinguishing Scandalous From Criminal
National Public Radio's "Talk of the Nation" on Monday referenced a Washington Post op-ed by Juliet Williams, UCLA associate professor of women's studies, criticizing the way in which the media has referred to both former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s adulterous affair and former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn's alleged sexual assault as "sex scandals."

 1321

 

 852

466.

Korea before the "Treaty of Kanghwa" and the trouble of the Modernity
Luciano Martín Lanare, National University of La Plata

 1317

 

 534

467.

Hiroshi Motomura
Motomura, UCLA professor of law, was quoted Thursday in an ABC News online article about a court ruling blocking certain key provisions of Arizona's controversial immigration law.

 1309

 

 869

468.

Graduate School Info
Graduate School Information for European Studies

 1306

 

 448

469.

Bin Laden Killed in U.S. Strike
Steven Spiegel, professor of political science and director of UCLA’s Center for Middle East Development, was interviewed Monday on KTTV-Channel 11, and James Gelvin, UCLA professor of history, was interviewed Sunday on KCOP-Channel 13 about the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

 1305

 

 865

470.

Distinguishing Scandalous From Criminal
The Washington Post featured an op-ed by Juliet Williams, UCLA associate professor of women’s studies, criticizing the way in which the media has referred to both former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s adulterous affair and former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn's alleged sexual assault as "sex scandals."

 1284

 

 841

471.

Searching for a Solution in Egypt
James Gelvin, UCLA professor of history, was interviewed Monday on Bloomberg Television's "Midday Surveillance" about the political unrest in Egypt and efforts to negotiate a solution.

 1281

 

 826

472.

Unrest Continues in Egypt
Steven Spiegel, professor of political science and director of the UCLA Center for Middle East Development, was interviewed Wednesday on KNX-1070 AM about the political unrest in Egypt. Leonard Binder, UCLA professor of political science, was interviewed on the subject Wednesday by Canada’s CFAX-1070 AM.

 1279

 

 863

473.

Energy security: the diplomacy of South Korea in Latin America
Rita Barbieri, Yonsei University

 1274

 

 550

474.

Mapping Egypt's Tweets
The website of KNBC-Channel 4 reported Saturday, and Directions Magazine reported Thursday, on “HyperCities Egypt,” a new UCLA web project that streams and the archives Twitter updates from protesters in Cairo, logging their location on a digital map of Egypt's capital. Yoh Kawano, a member of the UCLA Center for Digital Humanities, was quoted in the KNBC article.

 1273

 

 854

475.

Perceptions of South Korean Foreign Policy towards Latin America: the cases of Brazil and Mexico
Alejandra Chacon, University of Chile

 1252

 

 534

476.

How China's Green Tech Helps U.S.
Today's New York Times features a blog op-ed by Matthew Kahn, a professor at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability with joint appointments in the departments of economics and public policy, on how the United States can benefit from China’s investments and advances in green technology.

 1247

 

 824

477.

Hidden Victims of Wartime
The New York Times features an op-ed by Lara Stemple, director of the UCLA School of Law's graduate studies program and Health and Human Rights Law Project, about the sexual abuse and rape of men and boys during wartime.

 1239

 

 835

478.

Winter 2012 Course List
Course list for Winter 2012

 1234

 

 361

479.

Taking down Anwar al-Awlaki shows the US is winning against al-Qaida
With the takedown of Anwar al-Alwaki, one more leadership piece of al-Qaida has been smashed. But even more importantly, this demonstrates the effectiveness of the US's adaptation to strike directly and covertly at terrorists, anywhere in the world, says Wesley Clark, senior fellow, Burkle Center for International Relations.

 1233

 

 560

480.

The global crisis of 2008 in South Korea and Mexico: the role of internal market and regional trade
José Luis León-Manríquez, Metropolitan Autonomous University-Xochimilco

 1220

 

 533

481.

Profs Talk About Revolution in Egypt
Khaled Abou el Fadl, UCLA professor of law, was interviewed Friday on KPCC-89.3 FM's “AirTalk”; Steven Spiegel, professor of political science and director of UCLA’s Center for Middle East Development, was interviewed Saturday on KABC-Channel 7; and James Gelvin, UCLA professor of history, was interviewed Friday and Sunday on KTTV-Channel 11 about the shift of power in Egypt.

 1201

 

 813

482.

Joyce Appleby
Appleby, UCLA professor emerita of history, was quoted Wednesday in an Inside Higher Ed article about a new initiative to get academic historians to teach about and campaign against modern-day slavery and human trafficking.

 1200

 

 841

483.

Fowler Exhibition Features Nigerian Art
The Los Angeles Times reported Sunday on “Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley,” an exhibition opening Feb. 13 at the Fowler Museum at UCLA. Fowler director Marla C. Berns was quoted.

 1195

 

 801

484.

Graduate School Info
Graduate School Information for Southeast Asian Studies

 1193

 

 447

485.

African Arts, Summer 2011: South Africa After the Ball: Art and the World Cup 2010
Volume 44, Number 2

 1189

 

 1085

486.

Is Globalization Good for Forests?
The December 2010 issue of Conservation Magazine highlights the research of Susanna Hecht, professor of urban planning at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, and Sassan Saatchi, adjunct professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, which suggests that economic globalization may actually be aiding reforestation and the environment in many areas. Hecht is quoted.

 1174

 

 830

487.

UCLA Scholars Discover Earliest-Known Winery
CNN reports today, and the Financial Mirror, United Press International, Science 2.0, Deutsche Welle, Gizmodo, Newser, Red Orbit, NBC's "Today" show, KNX-1070 AM and Nano Patents and Innovations reported Tuesday, that scholars from UCLA's Cotsen Institute of Archaeology and colleagues excavating a cave complex in southern Armenia have unearthed a 6,100-year-old wine-making facility. Excavation leaders Hans Barnard and Gregory Areshian were referenced in the coverage.

 1165

 

 834

488.

Mark Kleiman
Kleiman, professor of public policy at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, was quoted Sunday in a San Francisco Chronicle article about California medical marijuana dispensaries and the Mexican drug trade.

 1161

 

 804

489.

Prof Speaks About Dead Sea Scrolls
Robert Cargill, adjunct assistant professor of Near Eastern languages and cultures and instructional technology coordinator for UCLA's Center for Digital Humanities, was interviewed Friday on Fresno's KMJ-580 AM about ancient Hebrew texts and his research on the Dead Sea Scrolls.

 1158

 

 788

490.

International Organ Donors Hit Roadblocks
An article in Thursday’s New York Times about potential organ donors being denied visas to enter the U.S. highlights the experiences of Dr. Gabriel Danovitch, professor of nephrology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and medical director of UCLA's kidney and pancreas transplantation program, and one of his transplant patients at UCLA.

 1156

 

 787

491.

Bilingual and struggling
A bilingual parent tries to keep a native tongue alive at home, a problem faced by many immigrants.

 1141

 

 509

492.

Legacies of Violence in Indonesia and East Timor: A Workshop
A Workshop co-sponsored by the Indonesian Studies Program of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the International Human Rights Program at UCLA School of Law, the International Institute, and the Department of History, UCLA.

 1123

 

 412

493.

Improving Health Care in China
A New York Times op-ed by C. Cindy Fan, professor of geography and Asian American studies, about the challenges facing China's health care system and its aging population.

 1120

 

 491

494.

UCLA Students Evacuated From Egypt
An article in today's Los Angeles Times about the evacuation of American college students studying in Egypt highlighted the experiences of UC study-abroad students and a team of students and researchers affiliated with UCLA’s Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. Gary Rhodes, director of the Center for Global Education at UCLA's Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, is quoted.

 1119

 

 776

495.

'New North' to Benefit From Global Warming
The Economist reported Thursday on "The World in 2050," a new book by UCLA professor of geography Laurence Smith that argues that climate change and other global pressures will make Canada, Scandinavia, Russia and the northern United States formidable economic powers and migration magnets in the coming decades.

 1112

 

 771

496.

Student Tweets Egyptians' Reports
A column in Monday's PC World on the Internet and wireless communication referenced the efforts of John Scott-Railton, a doctoral student in urban planning at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, who, following Egypt's shutdown of cell phone and Internet access, recorded audio reports on the recent unrest from Egyptians using landlines and posted their updates on Twitter.

 1111

 

 794

497.

UCLA Celebrates 50 Years of the Peace Corps
KPCC-89.3 FM reported Wednesday on UCLA's celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps, a series of events that began Wednesday evening with a panel discussion featuring MSNBC "Hardball" host Chris Matthews and Peace Corps director Aaron S. Williams and runs through Saturday, March 5. CNN.com posted a video Wednesday highlighting the Peace Corps experiences of three individuals, including Robert Spich, senior lecturer at UCLA Anderson School, and Adrianna Publico, UCLA MBA student.

 1099

 

 753

498.

UCLA Scholars Discover Earliest-Known Winery
The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, AP, Reuters, Agence-France Presse, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Time, BBC News, Britain's Telegraph, AOL News, Gawker, and Neatorama report today, and National Geographic reported Monday, that scholars from UCLA's Cotsen Institute of Archaeology and colleagues excavating a cave complex in southern Armenia have unearthed a 6,100-year-old wine-making facility, complete with a fermentation vat, a press, jars, vessels, and grape remnants.

 1079

 

 814

499.

Kara Cooney
Cooney, assistant professor of Egyptian art and architecture in the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, was quoted Sunday in a CNN online article about efforts to restore artifacts damaged by looters at Cairo's Egyptian Museum and elsewhere.

 1057

 

 783

500.

Visit to Kuwait expands horizons for nine UCLA students
Nine UCLA political science students travelled to Kuwait to learn first-hand lessons about issues facing its citizens.

 1029

 

 406

501.

Looting Threatens Ancient Egyptian Artifacts
An LA Weekly blog on Monday featured an interview with Willemina (Willeke) Wendrich, professor of Egyptian archaeology in the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, about the looting of ancient Egyptian artifacts at Cairo's Egyptian Museum and elsewhere. Wendrich was also quoted Monday in a National Geographic article on the subject.

 1010

 

 790

502.

UCLA Celebrates 50 Years of the Peace Corps
The Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Daily Breeze report today on UCLA's celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps, a series of events that begins tonight with a panel discussion featuring MSNBC "Hardball" host Chris Matthews and Peace Corps director Aaron S. Williams and runs through Saturday, March 5. UCLA Chancellor Gene Block is quoted in the Daily Breeze.

 1007

 

 756

503.

Betrayal, Morality, and Transnationalism: Identity Construction Processes of the 'South Lebanese Army' (SLA) in Israel since May 2000
A lecture by Orit Gazit, Visiting Scholar, UCLA Anthropology Department

 965

 

 420

504.

Mideast Instability and Alternative Fuel
A column in The Los Angeles Times on how Middle East unrest highlights the need for the U.S. to develop clean fuel sources and reduce its dependence on foreign oil cites research on clean fusion energy by UCLA graduate student David Auerbach and quotes Glen MacDonald, director of the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, on the subject of Mideast politics and alternative power sources.

 963

 

 747

505.

‘Korean language scientifically superior’
Korean language and culture have become popular subjects of interest for post-graduate students.

 936

 

 397

506.

Treasures of the UCLA Library: Near Eastern Manuscripts
While in graduate school at UCLA and working in the Center for Primary Research and Training, Ali Anooshahr brought paleographic training and language proficiency in Persian, Arabic, and Ottoman Turkish to the task of describing and processing the UCLA Library's collection of Near Eastern Manuscripts. He is currently Assistant Professor of History at UC Davis.

 885

 

 411

507.

'New North' to Benefit From Global Warming
The London Evening Standard features a review of “The New North: The World in 2050," a book by UCLA professor of geography Laurence Smith that argues that climate change and other global pressures will make Canada, Scandinavia, Russia and the northern United States formidable economic powers and migration magnets in the coming decades.

 852

 

 705

508.

Men Who Tiptoe Into Their Marital Bedrooms: A Meditation on the Reality of the Novelist in a Time of Revolution
A lecture by Hisham Matar, Barnard College

 815

 

 358

509.

Thu-Huong Nguyen-vo
Nguyen-vo, UCLA associate professor of Asian languages and cultures, is quoted today in a Philadelphia Inquirer article about the cultural gap between Vietnamese immigrants and their American-raised children.

 733

 

 528

510.

Unrest Continues in Egypt
Leonard Binder, UCLA professor of political science, was interviewed Friday on KABC-Channel 7 and KTTV-Channel 11 about the growing political unrest in Egypt.

 713

 

 601

511.

Oil and Democracy in the Middle East
A blog column in Monday's New York Times exploring how oil revenues affect North African and Middle Eastern nations' political systems cited research by UCLA professor of political science Michael Ross suggesting that democratic transitions are more likely in oil-poor states than oil-rich ones.

 709

 

 605

512.

Student's Tweets Bring Egyptians' Reports to the World
Time reports, and KNBC-Channel 4, KTTV-Channel 11 and Public Radio International's "The World" reported Monday, that in the wake of the Egyptian government's shutdown of Internet and cell-phone access, John Scott-Railton, a doctoral student in urban planning at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, has been recording audio reports from Egyptians using landlines and posting their updates on Twitter. His links and audio clips have received nearly 300,000 hits.

 689

 

 600

513.

Tunisia's Revolt Influenced Region
Britain's Guardian on Friday featured an op-ed by Nouri Gana, UCLA assistant professor of comparative literature and Near Eastern languages and cultures, about the recent overthrow of Tunisia's government and the ripple effect it has had on other countries in North Africa and the Middle East.

 686

 

 603

514.

Leonard Binder
Binder, UCLA professor of political science, was quoted Monday in a Whittier Daily News article on how the killing of Osama bin Laden might affect President Obama’s reelection chances in 2012.

 661

 

 533

515.

Location of Bin Laden's Hideout
Science Insider and LA Weekly and Foreign Policy blogs reported Monday, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Los Angeles Times blogs report today, on a 2009 study led by UCLA associate professor of geography Thomas Gillespie and UCLA professor of geography John Agnew that utilized satellite imagery and geographic analysis in an effort to determine where Osama bin Laden was hiding. Gillespie was quoted in the coverage.

 639

 

 540

516.

Trash Gives Clues to India’s Past
Monica Smith, UCLA associate professor of anthropology, was interviewed Saturday on National Geographic Radio about her research on the daily life of people in ancient India.

 629

 

 533