Home
>
News
>
Global Issues
Global Insights
Perspectives on World Affairs at UCLA
Professor Nile Green was awarded the Albert Hourani Book Award at the 2011 Middle East Studies Association annual meeting in Washington, DC.
Posted: 12/7/2011
A lecture by Andrew Rippin, University of Victoria
Posted: 12/5/2011
A video presentation by Ashraf Ghani, Chairman, Institute for State Effectiveness, Kabul. Part of the conference: Great Games? Afghan History through Afghan Eyes
Posted: 11/28/2011
A video interview with Janell Rothenberg, PhD candidate in Anthropology
Posted: 11/28/2011
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.
Posted: 11/28/2011
Gil Hochberg In a conversation with Udi Aloni about the practice, art and theory toward binationalism.
Posted: 11/16/2011
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.
Posted: 11/9/2011
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."
Posted: 10/26/2011
An audio interview with Professor's James Gelvin and Asli Bali, produced by the Daily Bruin.
Posted: 10/4/2011
The UCLA International Institute expects to award 552 degrees for the 2010/2011 academic year.
Posted: 7/28/2011
Michael Heim on the Role of Motivation in Learning Languages
Posted: 7/14/2011
American University of Armenia President Bruce Boghosian met with UCLA faculty and colleagues, with the goal of initiating fresh collaborations between the two institutions.
Posted: 6/1/2011
Enrollment is flat overall, with lower interest from students at other University of California schools, reports the Daily Bruin.
Posted: 5/31/2011
A lecture by Barry Eichengreen, Economics and Political Science, UC Berkeley
Posted: 5/27/2011
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
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.
Posted: 5/19/2011
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)."
Posted: 5/16/2011
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.
Posted: 5/10/2011
Alexander discusses the long-term costs of enhanced interrogation use and its impact on the lives of American service members at home and abroad.
Posted: 5/9/2011
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.
Posted: 5/6/2011
The United States didn't need to waterboard anyone to get Osama bin Laden.
Posted: 5/4/2011
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.
Posted: 5/4/2011
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.
Posted: 5/4/2011
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.
Posted: 5/2/2011
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.
Posted: 5/1/2011
1 of 22 pages. Total Records: 542. Displaying 25 records per page.