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February 2013
Asia Institute Events
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Asia and the Global South
JEASC Annual Conference & Graduate Student Professional Development Workshop
12:00 PM - 5:45 PM
Social Sciences Building (SOS) B40, USC
The UCLA Asia Institute and the USC East Asian Studies Center are proud to host the third annual Joint East Asian Studies Center (JEASC) conference and graduate professional development workshop. This year's topic is designed to cover the myriad of ways in which Asian states, firms, groups and individuals are engaging governments, societies, economies, and cultures in world regions other than Europe and North America. From Chinese peacekeepers and business interests in Africa to Japanese ODA and Korean trade relations with Latin America, a host of important issues are beginning to be examined by social scientists and humanists.
Click here to RSVP by Friday, February 8, 2013.
Friday, February 15, 2013
Grounding Globalization: Capitalist Connections between Africa, Asia and Latin America in the early 21st Century
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall, UCLA
A panel discussion moderated by UCLA Asia Institute director R. Bin Wong, with:
Juan Felipe López Aymes, Professor of Asian and African Studies, Colegio de México
The Engagement of Northeast Asian Countries (Japan, China and Korea) in Latin America from the 2000s Onwards
Ching Kwan Lee, Professor of Sociology, UCLA
The ‘Labor Question’ of Chinese Capitalism in Zambia
Min Zhou, Professor of Sociology & Asian American Studies, UCLA
Chinese-African Encounters in a Global City: The Case of Guangzhou, China
Friday, February 22, 2013
The Mongols from the Margins: New Perspectives on Central Asians in World History
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
UCLA Young Research Library
Presentation Room (11348 LLC-ground floor)
A one-day conference sponsored by the UCLA Program on Central Asia and the Richard Hovannisian Endowed Chair in Modern Armenian History
Asia Institute Member Centers
For further information and announcements about research on campus, public events, funding, and ongoing programs, please visit the UCLA Asia Institute website, or the centers' individual websites.
Center for Buddhist Studies
Center for Chinese Studies
Center for India and South Asia
Center for Korean Studies
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies
UCLA Program on Central Asia
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