Arts & Culture
- UCLA scholars bring Korean Buddhist works to English-speaking world
The field of Korean Buddhism, which has a nearly 1,700-year history,?has opened up to Western scholars and students with the release of the first comprehensive collection of Korean Buddhist works to be published in any European language.?
Posted: 9/11/2012
- ASC director releases two new books, raises profile of life and literature in Mauritius
With a land mass only about 1.5 times that of Los Angeles, this island nation packs a real punch when it comes to the creation of art, literature, music and culture, says Professor Francoise Lionnet
Posted: 8/24/2012
- 'In Extremis: Death and Life in 21st-Century Haitian Art' opens at Fowler Museum Sept. 16
An exhibition on display at the Fowler Museum at UCLA from Sept. 16 through Jan. 20, 2013
Posted: 8/2/2012
- Culture and mental health in Indonesia are featured in documentary film series
Professor Robert Lemelson highlighted in Tempo magazine
Posted: 8/1/2012
- UCLA participates in international American literature conference in China
Contemporary American literature extends well beyond the white, male-dominated field of yesteryear.
Posted: 7/18/2012
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Economy & Trade
- Grad shares insight into how Olympic Games changed a nation
UCLA Center for Korean Studies and The Korea Times-Hankook Ilbo Endowment for Contemporary Korean Studies launches new lecture series that aims to bring prominent speakers to campus to share their expertise on current issues of great interest to both Korean-Americans and non-Koreans.
Posted: 3/19/2012
- Leading Chinese captain of industry to speak at Korn Convocation Hall
Jiafu Wei lays out a "roadmap" for capitalizing on the golden opportunities of doing business in China and attracting investment from China to the West Coast, offering valuable insights into what makes business work in China and how the West can take advantage of the expanding markets and investment opportunities both there and in the U.S.
Posted: 2/16/2012
- UCLA History Professor Awarded 2011 Hourani Book Award
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
- The Three Competing Strategies That Led to the UN
The controversial Palestinian request for UN membership is the culmination of three competing strategies pursued by the US, Israel, and the Palestinians over the last three years.
Posted: 9/29/2011
- Nobel-Winning Economist Assigns Blame for Financial Crisis
Joseph Stiglitz of Columbia University delivered the Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture, presented annually by the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, on April 21 to a standing-room-only audience at the Anderson School's Korn Convocation Hall.
Posted: 4/25/2011
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History & Society
- New book Sources of Vietnamese Tradition is co-edited by George Dutton
George E. Dutton, Vice Chair and Associate Professor of the UCLA Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, is co-editor of a new volume, Sources of Vietnamese Tradition, along with Jayne S. Werner of Columbia University and John K. Whitmore of the University of Michigan.
Posted: 9/6/2012
- Historian's hard work translates into gold
Kevin Terraciano, professor of history and acting director of UCLA’s Latin American Institute, is the 2012 winner of the Gold Shield Faculty Prize.
Posted: 6/15/2012
- Symposium brings together experts to discuss human rights
Abuses against children, political prisoners and families among the topics addressed
Posted: 5/16/2012
- Vietnamese priest’s story will one day be told, thanks to UCLA professor
The story of Philiphe Binh is one that needs to be shared, says George Dutton
Posted: 5/7/2012
- Poets, writers mark anniversary of bombing of Baghdad's cultural center
Center for Near Eastern Studies collaborates to keep memory of al-Mutanabbi Street alive
Posted: 3/27/2012
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