Updated February 2015 Calendar
Event Calendar – February 2015 (version 5, 2/02/15) S 1 M 2 T 3 12 – 1:30 pm Objects and the Writing of South Asia’s “Sultanate” History Alka Patel Center for India & South Asia 10383 Bunche Hall 4 pm Film: ”They Were Promised the Sea” Kathy Wazana, Alma Heckman, Gil Hochberg Center for Near Eastern Studies, History, Jewish Studies, others 314 Royce Hall *Registration required 4 – 5 pm Book Talk: "George W. Bush" James Mann Burkle Center Presentation Rm, YRL 4 – 6 pm Beijing Opera China 11360 Young Research Library Center for Chinese Studies 4:30 – 6 pm Israel & Water: Collaboration, Innovation, & Global Leadership Booky Oren Y&S Nazarian Center, Anderson School 1347 UCLA Law W 4 10:30 - 4:30 pm Conference: The Use(fulenss) of Nauatl Dialects with Una Canger Mexican Studies Center, Linguistics, History, Spanish & Portuguese 144 Haines Hall 5 - 10 PM Film Series: Landscape Theory Go Hirasawa Center for Japanese Studies James Bridges Theater, Melnitz Hall 6 - 10 PM Film: Landscape Theory Go Hirasawa Center for Japanese Studies James Bridges Theater 7:30–9:30 pm Film: “O homem das multidões” (Man of the Crowd) In Portuguese with English subtitles Center for Brazilian Studies, Spanish & Portuguese, ConsulateGeneral of Brazil in LA Th 5 February 4 continued: Time and venue TBD Invitation-Only Dinner w/Adm. Michael Rogers Burkle Center *Not open to the public FEBRUARY 5: 10:30 – 3:30 pm Conference: The Use(fulenss) of Nauatl Dialects with Una Canger Mexican Studies Center, Others 144 Haines Hall Time and venue TBD Invitation-Only Discussion with Author James Mann Burkle Center *Not open to the public 10 am – 12:30 pm Central Asia Wkshop: Chinese Silk Road Mia Bennett Pgm on Central Asia 11377 Bunche Hall 10:30 am – 12 pm Unaccompanied Children: Contested Care, Divided Interests Lauren Heidbrink Pgm on Intl’ Migration 3340 Moore Hall F 6 Sa 7 February 5 continued: 4 pm Energy and Middle East History Richard W. Bulliet Near Eastern Studies, others Presentation Rm, YRL 4 – 5:30 pm Early Chinese Daybooks and the Question of Textual Genre Ethan Harkness Chinese Studies 10383 Bunche Hall 6 - 10 PM Film Festival:: Landscape Theory Go Hirasawa Terasaki Center James Bridges Theater 1 – 4 pm Wanderlust: Seminar & Guided Tour of the “Round Trip: Bicycling Asia Minor, 1891” Exhibit Nile Green Pgm on Central Asia, Asia Institute Fowler Museum *Reservation required before January 30; $20 Fowler members; $25 non-members FEBRUARY 6 Time and venue TBD Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies Center for Near Eastern Studies, NELC 2–3:30 pm Agent Orange as Chemical & Metaphor Diane Niblack Fox Center for Southeast Asian Studies 10383 Bunche Hall For a full listing of the calendar, see: http://international.ucla.edu/events. Choose “Sort articles by”/ “Current events”/ “Current month’s events” 1 Event Calendar – February 2015 (version 5, 2/02/15) S 8 M 9 T 10 W 11 Th 12 10 am – 12 pm Central Asia Workshop Ali Nehmé Hamdan Pgm on Central Asia 10383 Bunche Hall 11 – 1 pm Dance of Divination Swarnamalya Ganesh Asia Institute 200 Kaufman Hall 2 – 5 pm Russia/Ukraine: Geopolitical Conflict Center for European & Eurasian Studies 6275 Bunche Hall 4 pm Hafez, Timur and Khosrow of Delhi: A Geo-Historical Investigation about the "Shirazi Turk" *Lecture in Persian Domenico Ingenito Center for Near Eastern Studies, Pgm of Iranian Studies, others 121 Dodd Hal 3 – 4:30 pm Virtual Reality in Archiving, Interpreting, and Replicating Buddhist Art Forms, Cultural Landscapes, and Heritage Sites Alan Potkin Center for Buddhist Studies, others 243 Royce Hall 4 – 5:30 pm Rescuing Science from Civilization: On Joseph Needham's “Asiatic Mode of (Knowledge) Production” Kapil Raj Center for Chinese Studies, History 5288 Bunche Hall 4 pm The Concept of Genocide and the Foundation of the Postwar Order Dirk Moses Center for European and Eurasian Studies, others 6275 Bunche Hall 4:00 pm– 6:00 pm Lost Modernities Revisited Alexander Woodside Asia Institute Venue TBD *RSVP required 4:30 – 6 pm Jewish and Democratic? A Perspective from Israel's Arab Minority Mohammed S. Wattad Nazarian Center for Israel Studies 1234 Luskin School *RSVP requested F 13 FEB 12 continued: 7:30 pm Fowler Outspoken: NoViolet Bulawayo NoViolet Bulawayo African Studies Center Fowler Museum 4 pm Black Women Prisoners & the Making of the “Modern” South Talitha LeFlouria African Studies Center, Ctr for the Study of Women 306 Royce Hall 4 pm Holocaust & Genocide Studies Dirk Moses, Benjamin Madley, Wendy Lower, Wolf Gruner Center for Near Eastern Studies, History 10383 Bunche Hall 6 – 9 pm Craniofacial Surgery & Culture In Mexico Screening of “Beautiful Faces” plus discussion w/ plastic surgeons Mexican Studies, others 11360 Young Research Library *RSVP requested For a full listing of the calendar, see: http://international.ucla.edu/events. Choose “Sort articles by”/ “Current events”/ “Current month’s events” 2 Sa 14 Event Calendar – February 2015 (version 5, 2/02/15) S 15 M 16 T 17 W 18 12 – 2 pm Colloquium: Japanese Erotic Imagery in a Comparative Context Ellis Tinios Terasaki Center, ALC 314 Royce Hall PRESIDENT’S DAY 3 pm The Orphan Scandal: Christian Missionaries and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood Beth Baron Center for Near Eastern Studies 11348 Young Research Library 4 – 5:30 pm Islamic Practices and Institutions among Inner Asian Nomads Allen Frank Center for Near Eastern Studies, Pgm on Central Asia, others 10383 Bunche Hall 3 – 6 pm Human Rights in Latin America Felipe Michelini Center for Southern Cone Studies, others 11360 YRL 7 pm Film Screening and Discussion: “It's Better To Jump” In English Patrick A. Stewart, Gina M. Angelone, Mouna B. Stewart, Gabriel Piterberg Center for Near Eastern Studies, Cinema Libre Studio 118 Haines Hall Th 19 Feb 19–20 Time TBD Excess: Annual UCLA Comparative Lit Graduate Student Conference Comparative Literature 306 Royce Hall F 20 Feb 19–20 Time & Venue TBD Excess: Annual UCLA Comparative Lit Graduate Student Conference Comparative Literature 10 am – 12:30 pm Central Asia Workshop: Pgm on Central Asia 11377 Bunche Hall 12 pm Belonging at Macedonia’s Club Sektor 909 Dave Wilson European & Eurasian Studies 10383 Bunche Hall 2 – 4 pm North Korea: Loved Ones Not Forgotten Michelle Mope Andersson Korean Studies 314 Royce Hall 4 – 5:30 pm China’s Aid to the Khmer Rouge Andrew Mertha Center for Chinese Studies 10383 Bunche Hall For a full listing of the calendar, see: http://international.ucla.edu/events. Choose “Sort articles by”/ “Current events”/ “Current month’s events” 3 Sa 21 Event Calendar – February 2015 (version 5, 2/02/15) S 22 M 23 T 24 W 25 Th 26 10 am – 12 pm Central Asia Workshop: Andrew Grant 10383 Bunche Hall 12:30 – 2 pm Building China: The Rise of Informal Precarious Work in China’s Construction Industry Sarah Swider UCLA Institute for Research on Labor & Employment 5391 Luskin School 12 – 1:30 pm CISA Lecture Series Saurabh Dube Center for India and South Asia 10383 Bunche 4 pm Panel on RussoIranian Political Relations and Intellectual Ties *Lecture in Persian Maziar Behrooz, Ali Farasati, Afshin MatinAsgari Center for Near Eastern Studies, Pgm of Iranian Studies, others 121 Dodd Hall 5:30 – 7:30 pm Film Screening and Q&A with Director: “Lessons in Dissent" Matthew Torne Center for Chinese Studies 11360 YRL 7 – 9 pm Film Screening and Q&A with Director: "Lessons in Dissent" Matthew Torne Center for Chinese Studies 11360 Young Research Library 2 – 4 pm Film Screening & Discussion: “Comfort Women Wanted” Chang-Jin Lee Center for Korean Studies, others 10383 Bunche Hall 7 pm Why History Matters: The Past and Future of the Middle East Robert S. Ford, Steven Heydemann, Marina Ottaway, James Gelvin Department of History Lenart Auditorium, Fowler Museum 10:30 am – 12 pm The Family Work of Bilingual Children of Immigrants Hye-Young Kwon Pgm on Intl’ Migration 3340 Moore Hall 12 pm Book Talk “The Birth of Modern Istanbul” Charles King, / European & Eurasian Studies, Near Eastern Studies 10383 Bunche Hall 12–1:30 pm The New Terrain of International Law: Karen Alter Burkle Center, others 1430 UCLA Law 12:15–1:30 pm The Rule of Law under Xi Jinping / Jerome Cohen, 1430 UCLA Law 2 – 3:30 pm Cultural Exchange Along China’s Northern Frontier (3rd Cent.BCE) Xiaolong Wu Center for Chinese Studies 10383 Bunche Hall F 27 Sa 28 Feb. 26 continued 4 pm The Politics of Black Identity & Gendered Racial Consciousness Tiffany WilloughbyHerard / African Studies Center, Ctr for Study of Women, others 135 Haines FEBRUARY 27 Feb 27–28 Time TBD Ottoman & Qing China Workshop Near Eastern Studies, Chinese Studies, Pgm on Central Asia, others 6275 Bunche Hall *By invitation only Feb 27–28 Time TBD Ottoman & Qing China Workshop Near Eastern Studies, Chinese Studies, Pgm on Central Asia, others 6275 Bunche Hall *By invitation only 3 – 5 pm Colloquium: Buddhist Music, Rituals & Founder Worship Michaela Mross Center for Buddhist Studies, others 243 Royce Hall 4 – 5:30 pm Book Talk: “Afghan Rumour Bazaar” Nushin Arbabzadah Pgm on Central Asia 10383 Bunche For a full listing of the calendar, see: http://international.ucla.edu/events. 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