Calendar of Events
Public lectures, symposium, colloquia and workshops about World Affairs at UCLA
Results For October 2008
The Change of the Status of the UN Security Council after the Cold War
By Yeoul Soo Kim, Korea National Defense University/CKS Post Doc and Visiting Scholars Colloquium Series
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
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An Exhibition of the Work of Sun Xun
at the Hammer Museum, through October 12
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Hammer Museum
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Project Minerva and the Militarization of Anthropology
A public lecture by Hugh Gusterson, George Mason University
Thursday, October 02, 2008
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Haines Hall 352
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2008 Black Convocation - "Building Relationships, Taking Ownership"
The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA is hosting the 2008 Black Convocation, followed by a reception.
Thursday, October 02, 2008
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Room 39, Haines Hall for Program at 6 PM
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A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth & the Man Who Dreamed It
Paul Kagame is profiled in the latest book by author Stephen Kinzer. Kinzer will discuss A Thousand Hills as part of the African Studies Center Book Series.
Friday, October 03, 2008
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
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2009-2010 UC Pacific Rim Research Fellowship (PRRP) Campus Information Session
This session will give faculty and students an opportunity to learn more about the PRRP program and answer any questions.
Friday, October 03, 2008
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
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International Justice: A Lecture By Judge Meron & Gen. Clark
Join us for a public lecture and moderated discussion with Judge Theodor Meron of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and General Wesley K. Clark (ret.)
Friday, October 03, 2008
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
UCLA Law School
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"Transforming the Culture of Conflict Through the Body: Capoeira Brain Food Symposium"
The MPEVULA! Coalition and the Ngolo Arts Preservation Society, UCLA Office of the Dean of the School of Art & Architecture, and UCLA Vice Chancellor of Graduate Studies present an all-day symposium.
Friday, October 03, 2008
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
UCLA Glorya Kaufman Hall
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Immigration and National Identity in France
A public lecture by MICHEL WIEVIORKA, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
Monday, October 06, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
236 Royce Hall
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On Trans-Saharan Trails: A New Approach to Writing African History
Ghislaine Lydon, UCLA Department of History
Monday, October 06, 2008
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
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Immigration and National Identity in France
The Migration Study Group and the International Institute are pleased to present:
Monday, October 06, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Royce Hall 236
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Joint Seminar with Shigemi Nakagawa and Barbara Sato
Joint Seminar by Shigemi Nakagawa, Japanese Modern Literature and Comparative Literature at Ritsumeikan University, and Barbara Sato, History, Seikei University
Monday, October 06, 2008
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Royce 243
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Ufahamu Fall Meeting
The editors of the graduate student journal Ufahamu will be holding their fall editorial meeting and invite those interested in participating to attend.
Monday, October 06, 2008
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
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European Business Networking Event
European Attractiveness Roadshow 2008
Monday, October 06, 2008
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
UCLA Faculty Center
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Pursuing Peace: the Role of Mediators and Citizens in International Conflict
A public lecture by Burkle Center Deputy Director, Anna Spain,
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
UCLA Extension Building
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Pursuing Peace: The Role of Mediators & Citizens in Resolving International Conflict
Lecture by Burkle Center Deputy Director Anna Spain for the UCLA Extension Beyond the Headlines Speaking Series.
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
UCLA Extension
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UCLA International Institute Open House
in association with the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars & the Office of International Education
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10th and 11th Floors, Bunche Hall
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Burkle Center Open House
In collaboration with the International Institute Open House, the Burkle Center will open its doors to welcome the UCLA community on October 7, 2008.
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Bunche Hall, Room 11353
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Documentary Film Screenings
Screeings at USC
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
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Lebanon Today
Nizar Abdel-Kader is currently a political analyst and columnist at Ad-Diyar Newspaper, Beirut. He is the author of two books Iran and the Nuclear Bomb and A Nation of No Fences, in addition to many published research papers on current political, strategic, and security topics. He lectures on security and international relations and Middle Eastern issues at many international forum and has been a lecturer at the Lebanese University the College of Economics and Business Administration. He is a member of the board of the National Defense Journal (Lebanon).
Nizar was a career military officer for 39 years with the Lebanese Armed Forces, retiring in 1995 with the rank of Major General.
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4276 Bunche Hall
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Address by His Excellency Hector Marcos Timerman
Hector Marcos Timerman is the Ambassador of Argentina to the United States
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Royce Hall 314
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Space, Aesthetics, Performance: Reflections on the Western Zhou Ancestral Sacrifice
A talk by Martin Kern (Princeton University)
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
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Mei Lanfang Beijing Opera Company
Lecture and Demonstration
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Schoenberg Auditorium
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Meu Nome Nao e Johnny (My Name is Not Johnny)
Screening of Brazilian film "Meu Nome Nao e Johnny" (2008), directed by Mauro Lima.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theatre
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Documentary Film Screenings
Screeings at USC
Thursday, October 09, 2008
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Women's Talk and Mothers' Work
By Minju Kim, Assistant Professor, Claremont McKenna College/Korea Colloquium Series
Thursday, October 09, 2008
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
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Lecture: Katharine Donato of Vanderbilt
The Migration Study Group and the International Institute are pleased to present:
Friday, October 10, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
279 Haines
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La Calle Grita
Art and Political Agency in the works of ASARO (Assembly of Revolutionary Artists of Oaxaca)
Saturday, October 11, 2008
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Lenart Auditorium, Fowler Museum at UCLA
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NATO in the Gulf: Who is doing a favor to whom?
A public lecture by Matteo Legrenzi, University of Ottawa, Canada
Monday, October 13, 2008
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
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"Free for All!" A Documentary about Voter Suppression
The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy and the UCLA School of Law present a free film screening about election fraud and voter disenfranchisement. Q & A with director John Wellington Ennis and Brad Friedman (BradBlog.com) to follow.
Monday, October 13, 2008
6:45 PM - 9:00 PM
School of Law Bldg., Room 1357
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Balochi Identity Through the Centuries
A public lecture by Vahe Boyajian, Yerevan State University
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
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African Activist Association Fall Quarter Meeting
The African Activist Association (AAA) at UCLA will hold its Fall Quarter meeting to discuss events for the academic year.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
10367 Bunche Hall
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A reading by Filipino poet/novelist/playwright R. Zamora Linmark
Filipino poet/novelist/playwright R. Zamora Linmark will read from his collected works.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
A2 Haines Hall
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How Citizens' Property Rights Constrain National Forest Policy in Vietnam
Colloquium with Dr. Cari An Coe, Department of Political Science, UCLA; Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkeley
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
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The Change of Korean Fashion in the Twentieth Century
By Yoonhee Kim, Professor, Hannam University/CKS Post Doc and Visiting Scholars Colloquium Series
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
11377 Bunche Hall
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Shifting Global Balances: Outlook for the Middle East
A public lecture by Helena Cobban
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383
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Stalin
film screening and discussion with director Ivan Passer
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
6:00 PM - 9:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
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IGCC Grant Information Session
Thursday, October 16, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Bunche Hall
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Coping with the spread of HIV infection in Central Asia: the case of Kazakhstan
A public lecture by DARDANE ARIFAJ
Thursday, October 16, 2008
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
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Overcoming Explosive Jerusalem: Prosperity and Co-Existence under a Proposed Two-State Solution
Professor Eli Sagi, Professor Emeritus at the Eitan Berglas School of Economics at Tel Aviv University
Thursday, October 16, 2008
4:00 PM
Bunche Hall, Room 10383
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From Algeria to Indio
Filmmaker Leslie Thornton presents a series of shorts and excerpts of her projects, all dealing thematically with relations between Orientalism and Americana. "The Great Invisible," an experimental docu-drama about the 19th-century adventurer Isabelle Eberhardt, will be the centerpiece of the event.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Haines Hall 39
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Challenges for the Next President: Is the Middle East Still Important?
Lecture by Shibley Telhami, the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland, College Park, and non-resident senior fellow at the Saban Center at the Brookings Institute.
Friday, October 17, 2008
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
TBD
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Central Asia Initiative: Mobility and Governability in Central Asia
A one-day conference presented by the Asia Institute
Saturday, October 18, 2008
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tom Bradley International Hall
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Dar Jostojooye Demokracy baraye Iran
A public lecture by Akbar Ganji
Sunday, October 19, 2008
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Dodd Hall 147
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Transitional Nomads: The Connected Lives of Somali Refugees
Cindy Horst, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo
Monday, October 20, 2008
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
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Starved for Attention: The Neglected Crisis of Childhood Malnutrition
Doctors without Borders Lecture
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
UCLA Center for Health Sciences
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Burned Hearts
Free feature film screening as part of the Arab Film Festival 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
UC Santa Cruz
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Life after the Fall
Free feature film screening as part of the Arab Film Festival 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Leavey Auditorium
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Samira's Garden
Free feature film screening as part of the Arab Film Festival 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
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Burkle Talk on Peacebuilding in Iraq with A. Heather Coyne, U.S. Institute of Peace
Thursday, October 23, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Bunche Hall, 11th floor
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Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium
A book talk with author RONALD FINDLAY, Columbia University, Economics, and discussant ROBERT BRENNER, UCLA, History.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
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Lecture: Muzaffar Chishti of Migration Policy Institute and NYU Law School
The Migration Study Group and the International Institute are pleased to present:
Friday, October 24, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
279 Haines
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2008 US-China Business Law Conference at UCLA
Friday, October 24, 2008
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
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Captain Abu Raed
Free feature film screening as part of the Arab Film Festival 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
8:00 PM - 9:45 PM
Writer's Guild of America Theater
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Out of Coverage/ Flou
Free feature film screening as part of the Arab Film Festival 2008
Saturday, October 25, 2008
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Writer's Guild of America Theater
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Slingshot Hip Hop
Free feature film screening as part of the Arab Film Festival 2008
Saturday, October 25, 2008
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Writer's Guild of America Theater
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Amour D'Enfants/ Arafat & I
Free feature film screening as part of the Arab Film Festival 2008
Saturday, October 25, 2008
6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Writer's Guild of America Theater
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Japan Translates: Words between Languages from Classics to Hyperculture
Graduate student symposium organized by Jordan Smith.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
8:30 AM - 6:30 PM
306 Royce
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Paloma Delight/ Dead Fish
Free feature film screening as part of the Arab Film Festival 2008
Saturday, October 25, 2008
9:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Writer's Guild of America Theater
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At Day's End/ A Winter Day's Visit/ Clean Hands, Dirty Soap/ The Maid
Free feature film screening as part of the Arab Film Festival 2008
Sunday, October 26, 2008
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Writer's Guild of America Theater
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Burned Hearts
Free feature film screening as part of the Arab Film Festival 2008
Sunday, October 26, 2008
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Writer's Guild of America Theater
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Burned Hearts/ Messaoud
Free feature film screening as part of the Arab Film Festival 2008
Sunday, October 26, 2008
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Writer's Guild of America Theater
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The Young Lady and the School/ The Yellow House
Free feature film screening as part of the Arab Film Festival 2008
Sunday, October 26, 2008
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Writer's Guild of America Theater
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Tenbak/Falling from Earth
Free feature film screening as part of the Arab Film Festival 2008
Sunday, October 26, 2008
8:00 PM - 9:45 PM
Writer's Guild of America Theater
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Burkle Talk with Stanford Professor and former Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. Department of State, Stephen Krasner
Monday, October 27, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Bunche Hall, 10th Floor
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Japan's Jazz Coffeeshops: Cultural Underground or Otaku Refuge?
Colloquium with Michael Molasky, History, University of Minnesota.
Monday, October 27, 2008
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Faculty Center
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Journalist Lecture Series: Dan Koeppel
Journalist and author Dan Koeppel shares his research and insight on Bananas and The Fate of The Fruit That Changed The World.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
YRL Presentation Room
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21st Century Cuisine, Nutrition and Genetics
As part of their Distinguished International Speaker Series, the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars welcomes Dr. Richard Delerins as he discusses cuisine and how it relates to our environment and culture in the 21st century.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Bradley International Hall
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Iran's Nuclear Challenge and the Iranian-Syrian-Palestinian Complex
Professor Shlomo Aronson, Director of Hebrew University's Center of European Studies
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Bunche Hall, Room 10383
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I Love Hip Hop in Morocco
Film screening and discussion with filmmakers Joshua Asen and Jennifer Needleman
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Perloff Hall 1102
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Burkle Talk with Matthew Yglesias, Senior Editor at the Center for American Progress
Thursday, October 30, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Bunche Hall
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The Sovietization of the Gypsies
A public lecture by BRIGID O'KEEFFE, Brooklyn College, History
Thursday, October 30, 2008
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
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The Returns of Zionism
A book discussion with author Gabriel Piterberg, UCLA and commentators Joel Beinin, Stanford University, and David Myers, UCLA
Thursday, October 30, 2008
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Royce Hall 306
