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In examining the current state of El Salvador, the role of past civil conflict must be considered, says First Lady Vanda Pignato.
Posted: 1/31/2012
UCLA professor of Spanish & Portuguese Veronica Cortinez, an expert on Chilean Film and Contemporary Spanish-American Narrative, talked with the LAI about her collaboration with visiting professor Manfred Engelbert in their recently published book “La tristeza de los tigres y los misterios de Raul Ruiz.”
Posted: 1/20/2012
Henrique Dantas brings Sons of Joao, The Admirable New Baiano World to the James Bridges Theater
Posted: 12/1/2011
Exhibit examines the significance of indigenous peoples and cultures within the complex social and artistic landscape of colonial Latin America.
Posted: 11/22/2011
Brazilian Ambassador to the U.S. Mauro Vieira made a stop at UCLA yesterday to speak about his country's role in the world.
Posted: 11/17/2011
Filmmaker shares documentary that exposes a perilous journey on the "train of death."
Posted: 10/13/2011
Fowler exhibition "Transcultural Pilgrim: Three Decades of Work by Jose Bedia" opens September 18. Large-scale figurative paintings and drawings and an installation by Jose 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.
Posted: 9/19/2011
Lecture by Dr. Ysamur Flores-Pena, Otis College
Posted: 8/18/2011
Lecture by Ana Maria Alvarez, UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures
Posted: 8/15/2011
Lecture by Dr. Mark Anderson, UCSC
Posted: 8/15/2011
Lecture by Dr. Rachel O'Toole, UCI presented on the 2011 Summer K-12 Workshop.
Posted: 8/14/2011
Lecture by Dr. Rachel O'Toole, UCI Department of History
Posted: 8/14/2011
Lecture by Dr. Emily Musil Church presented on the 2011 Summer K-12 Workshop.
Posted: 8/14/2011
The UCLA International Institute expects to award 552 degrees for the 2010/2011 academic year.
Posted: 7/28/2011
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.
Posted: 6/23/2011
One of Brazil's most important and prolific script writers, Gloria Perez, explains the genesis and the motives behind profitable television shows that reach well over 100 countries. The symposium was part of the UCLA Center for Brazilian Studies series "On Brazilian Cosmopolitanism."
Posted: 5/24/2011
A lecture by Natasha Iskander, New York University
Posted: 5/10/2011
Fowler in Focus exhibition "Radiance and Resilience: Arts of Africa and the Americas from the Goldenberg Collection" opens May 29
Posted: 4/28/2011
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. Preloran, a former School of Theater, Film and Television faculty member, passed away in 2009.
Posted: 4/7/2011
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.
Posted: 1/28/2011
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.
Posted: 1/21/2011
A related event Jan. 29 features discussions with filmmaker Jonathan Demme, journalists and scholars on Haiti and storytelling.
Posted: 12/9/2010
As a child, cellist Antonio Lysy, a music professor at UCLA, visited Argentina's Pampas grasslands with his father, a renowned violinist. Steeped in its music, Lysy this year performed a concert of music from Argentina, including a song that recently won a Latin Grammy Award.
Posted: 12/6/2010
Growing up in a predominantly white L.A. suburb, Robert Chao Romero, an assistant professor of Chicana and Chicano studies, hid his Chinese background. But one day his interest in his heritage was awakened and led him to study the tragic history of Chinese immigrants in Mexico.
Posted: 12/6/2010
The UCLA Latin American Institute played host to five organizations that have been recognized by the Experiences in Social Innovation Contest, a United Nations initiative, for advancing UN-sponsored antipoverty goals through community participation. Last year's winner, the Social Observatory of Maringa (Brazil), seeks to prevent corruption in local government spending.
Posted: 11/23/2010
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