UCLA International Institute News http://www.international.ucla.edu Educating Global Citizens en-us UCLA International Institute http://www.international.ucla.edu/images/ucla_intl_instit.gif http://www.international.ucla.edu Ending the Korean War A recent Center for Korean Studies conference brought together a wide range of speakers to reconsider how to end a war that never technically ended. http://www.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=132014 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:17:15 PDT Ethnicity in the Early Abbasid Period A lecture by Michael Cooperson, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA. http://www.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=132020 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:05:59 PDT Sending UCLA students into the world A recent luncheon brought together UCLA alumnus and donor Terry Kramer with UCLA students who have received a Kramer scholarship in the past calendar year to travel and study abroad for the first time. http://www.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=132006 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:04:50 PDT Summer 2013 - High School Teacher Workshop: Afghanistan A three-day summer program for high school teachers, July 29-31, 2013. http://www.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=130641 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:42:50 PDT Singing, Chanting, and Chatter: Street Sounds and Songs of the 1919 Egyptian Revolution A lecture by Ziad Fahmy, Cornell University http://www.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=132000 Thu, 16 May 2013 10:32:34 PDT The Euro Crisis: A Longer-Term View A public lecture by Barry Eichengreen, UC Berkeley, Economics and Political Science. http://www.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=132021 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:14:02 PDT In Memoriam: Andrzej Korbonski (1927-2013) Professor Emeritus of the UCLA Department of Political Science, Andrzej Korbonski was a distinguished Polish-American scholar whose contributions to communist and post-communist studies were internationally recognized. http://www.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=131970 Wed, 15 May 2013 10:59:54 PDT Crisis and Resistance in Greece and the Eurozone Center for Social Theory and Comparative History Annual Colloquium with Stathis Kouvelakis, King's College London, Political Theory and Costas Lapavitsas, University of London, Economics. http://www.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=132003 Thu, 16 May 2013 13:08:17 PDT Continuity and Change in the Cultural Legacy of Qajar Era A lecture in Persian by Abbas Amanat, Professor of History & International Studies, Yale University. Part of the Bilingual Lecture Series on Iran. http://www.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=131907 Fri, 10 May 2013 15:29:08 PDT Historical Critique and the Thresholds of Political Voice After the Ottoman Empire A CPSC lecture by Kabir Tambar, Stanford University, Anthropology. http://www.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=131942 Tue, 14 May 2013 10:40:55 PDT Rethinking Ottoman Cross-Cultural Encounters: Turks and the Armenian Alphabet A lecture by Murat Cankara, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Introductory remarks by Sebouh Aslanian. Sponsored by the Richard Hovannisian Endowed Chair for Modern Armenian History at UCLA. http://www.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=131799 Wed, 8 May 2013 12:19:49 PDT Mining Countries: Breaking the Deadlock A public lecture by Dr. Vusal Gasimli, Department of Economic Analysis and Global Affairs, Center for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. http://www.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=131871 Thu, 9 May 2013 16:05:53 PDT The European Union in the world: The value of soft power Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, spoke about EU foreign policy at the UCLA Faculty Center on May 6. The meeting was organized by the Center for European and Eurasian Studies and moderated by Terry McCarthy, president and CEO of the Los Angeles World Affairs Council. http://www.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=131775 Tue, 7 May 2013 16:00:43 PDT The China-Taiwan cross-strait relationship: Stable, but fragile In the past five years, China and Taiwan have succeeded in stabilizing their relationship to the benefit of both. Most progress has been in the economic and cultural spheres, with political issues left aside for the moment. A recent Center for Chinese Studies conference examined how China, Taiwan and the United States view the increasingly complex trilateral relationship. http://www.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=131770 Tue, 7 May 2013 14:17:07 PDT Senior UN leader to speak at International Institute commencement in June http://www.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=131783 Wed, 8 May 2013 15:26:07 PDT