sábado, 6 de febrero de 2016

UCLA




Summer Workshops

June 3–4, 2016 at UCLA
Application Deadline: March 20, 2016
The University of California,
 Los Angeles/University of Southern California National Resource Center Consortium (UCLA/USC NRC)
 in cooperation with the Illinois/Indiana East Asia National Resource Center Consortium (IL/IN East Asia NRC)
 is pleased to announce the second Joint Consortium National Dissertation Workshop in the field of 
Early Modern East Asian Studies. Doctoral students in the humanities, social sciences, and fine arts
 whose dissertation projects concern early modern topics broadly conceived are invited to apply.
 Areas of interest include history, literature, visual arts, performing arts, and philosophy of Imperial China, 
Tokugawa Japan, and Joseon Korea.
Application instructions are available on the Asia Institute website.

New Materials and Interdisciplinary Methods of Studying Twentieth-century Chinese History:
 Issues of Governance in Contemporary China
July 4–11, 2016 at Shanghai Jiaotong University
Application Deadline: April 10, 2016
This six-day intensive summer reading and translation workshop
 will be held at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
 and led jointly by Cao Shuji, Professor of History at SJTU and R. Bin Wong, 
Distinguished Professor of History at UCLA. 
 The workshop is intended to serve students developing dissertation topics in an environment
 that brings together International and Chinese-based graduate students. 
Sessions will be conducted in a combination of Chinese and English languages.
Application instructions are available on the Asia Institute website.





Events

Thursday, February 4, 2:00–3:30 p.m.
Frontiers of Persian Learning Lecture
Walter Hakala (University at Buffalo)
10383 Bunche Hall
Cosponsored by Center for Near Eastern Studies and Center for India and South Asia

Friday, February 5, 9:30 a.m.–5:15 p.m.
Frontiers of Persian Learning Conference
314 Royce Hall
Registration is required (free for UCLA affiliates and $20 for the general public).
Presented by Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies and organized by 
Program on Central Asia Director Nile Green

Tuesday, February 9, 4:00–5:30 p.m.
Afghan Studies Lecture
Lorraine Sakata (UCLA)
10383 Bunche Hall
Cosponsored by Center for World Music
Copies of Lorraine Sakata’s book Afghanistan Encounters with Music and Friends 
will be on sale at the event.

Thursday, February 11, 4:00–5:30 p.m.
Climate Change in Central Asia Lecture
Emily Yeh (University of Colorado Boulder)
10383 Bunche Hall
Cosponsored by Departments of Anthropology and Geography

Thursday, February 25, 4:00–5:30 p.m.
Climate Change in Central Asia Lecture
Kelly Hopping (Stanford University)
10383 Bunche Hall
Cosponsored by Departments of Anthropology and Geography

Call for Papers

April 28, 2016
(Deadline: February 20, 2016)

Keynote speaker: Prof. Faiz Ahmed (Department of History, Brown University)

The UCLA Central Asia Workshop is pleased to announce a call for papers for its second annual graduate student conference at the
 University of California, Los Angeles. We invite papers from graduate students across 
the United States in any discipline and stage of study. We particularly welcome papers that address themes such as:

·         cultural and political connectivity
·         study of language
·         religious minorities
·         circulation and mobility of people and ideas between Central Asia and greater Eurasia and North Africa

We especially encourage papers that cut across disciplinary and temporal boundaries and time periods.
Proposal should include a title, a 250-word abstract, institutional affiliation, and contact information. 
Please submit proposal by February 20, 2016, to: Marjan Wardaki (mwardaki@ucla.edu).
 or learn more about giving opportunities, please visit our website.