UCLA Institute. eNews October 2012

Welcome to the 2012-2013 academic year! Join our listserve and visit our website for announcements of Asian studies events on campus, along with links to Asian studies faculty, fellowships, and centers.

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October Asian Studies Events at UCLA
Thursday, October 4

Program on Central Asia

Silk Fabrics of the Golden Horde: Historical, Cultural and Ideological Aspects

Zvezdana Dode, Stavropol State University, Russia

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

UCLA Cotsen Institute Seminar Room

A222 Fowler

Monday, October 8

Program on Central Asia Afghan Studies Lecture

Political Legitimacy in Afghanistan: 1500-2014

Thomas Barfield, Boston University

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Young Research Library Presentation Room

11348 YRL

Monday, October 8

Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies

On Ideology and Ideologues: The Issue of "Japanism" in the Study of Wartime Japan

A colloquium with the 2012-2013 UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies Postdoctoral Fellow, John Person, University of Chicago.

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

UCLA Faculty Center, Sequoia Room

Wednesday, October 10

Center for Buddhist Studies

A 2nd Century BC Shipwreck in the Indian Ocean and the Role of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara as the Protector of Mariners

Osmund Bopearachchi, National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS Paris)

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

243 Royce Hall

Thursday, October 11

Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Night Letters: Art and Ambiguity in the Early Years of Soeharto’s New Order (1968-1976)

Jeffrey Hadler, UC Berkeley

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

10383 Bunche Hall

October 13-31

China Onscreen Biennial

The UCLA Confucius Institute's inaugural China Onscreen Biennial 银幕中国双年展 project is an unprecedented bicoastal collaboration among seven distinguished American educational and cultural organizations to promote US-China dialogue through the art of film.

Visit www.confucius.ucla.edu for full program and ticket information.

Tuesday, October 16

Center for Korean Studies

미국 TV드라마 경향과 한국 TV드라마 비교 A Comparative Study on American and Korean TV Drama Trends

Je Sang Lee, KBS

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

11377 Bunche Hall

Lecture will be in Korean

Saturday, October 20

Department of Ethnomusicology

Raga Spirit 2012

The first symposium/festival of Indian Music at UCLA.

9:30 AM

Schoenberg Hall, UCLA Herb Albert School of Music

Monday, October 22, 2012

Center for India and South Asia

Pakistan in a Volatile Region

Consul General Riffat Masood, Consulate General of Pakistan, Los Angeles

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

6275 Bunche Hall

RSVP

For a full list of events, visit our website at http://international.ucla.edu/asia/events/
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Asia Institute Member Centers

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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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