UCLA-Shanghai
Jiaotong University
Summer Text and Translation
Workshop
County Archives of
China in the 1950s
July 21-30, 2014
UCLA
Deadline: April 15,
2014
The
UCLA Asia Institute invites applications by students from all disciplines who
are interested in using newly available county-level archival materials from
the 1950s to study the formation and implementation of government policies in
local situations.This ten-day intensive summer reading and translation workshop
will be held at UCLA and led jointly by R. Bin Wong, Distinguished Professor of
History at UCLA, and Cao Shuji, Professor of History at Shanghai Jiaotong
University. The workshop is intended to serve students developing dissertation
topics in an environment that brings together American-based and China-based
graduate students. Sessions will be conducted in a combination of Chinese and
English languages. Click
here for further information and to apply.
Economic
Change and Emerging Asia-Africa Interactions Lecture
Anita
Wheeler Plummer, Spelman College.
Thursday,
April 24, 2014
4:30
PM
11360
Young Research Library
The
series is co-organized by the Asia Institute and the African Studies Center.
Prop
Q: Queer Performance and Politics Series
Queer
Regionalism,
by Gayatri Gopinath, New York University,
author
of Impossible Desires: Queer Desires and South Asian Public Cultures
Thursday,
April 17
4:00-6:00
PM
Presentation
Room, Charles E. Young Research Library
Prop
Q is a public series hosted by the School of Theater, Film and TV and the
Department of World Arts & Cultures/Dance comprised of films, roundtables,
live performances, and guest lectures by prominent scholars who have impacted
the field of queer theory and artists who highlight queer issues in their
creative practice.
This
presentation is co-sponsored by the Asia Institute.
April Asian Studies Spotlight Events at UCLA
Center
for Korean Studies
Wednesday, April 2
Jongsok Koh
3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Royce Hall 314
Center
for India and South Asia
Saturday, April 5
Ambassador Cameron Munter
3:00-5:00 PM
UCLA Broad Art Center
Room 2160E
Center
for Buddhist Studies
Monday, April 7
Arlo Griffiths, Ecole francaise d’Extreme-Orient, Jakarta
4:00-5:30 PM
Dodd 275
Center
for Chinese Studies
Wednesday, April 9
Yingjin Zhang, University of California, San Diego
4:00-5:30 PM
Bunche Hall 11377
Prop
Q Series
Thursday, April 10
Director Katherine Hui-ling Chou and performer Yi-Hsiu Lee
4:30-6:00 PM
MacGowan 1330
10383
Bunche Hall
