UCLA Asia Institute eNews | Winter 2014

Asia Institute Events Economic Change and Emerging Asia-Africa Interactions Series A Chinese Trading Post in Oshikango, Namibia A lecture by Professor Margaret C. Lee, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Thursday, March 6, 2014 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM 10383 Bunche Hall Organized by the Asia Institute and the African Studies Center Childcare Access and Employment among Women with Preschool-Aged Children in Tokyo Mizuki Kawabata, Keio University Wednesday, March 5, 2014 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM UCLA LUSKIN PUBLIC AFFAIRS ROOM 2355 Presented by the Dept. of Urban Planning, with support from the Hiroshi Wagatsuma Memorial Fund March Asian Studies Spotlight Events at UCLA Center for Chinese Studies Monday, March 3, 2014 Chemical Compositions: Industrial Anxiety, Epistemological Uncertainty, and the Question of Authenticity in Modern China Eugenia Lean, Columbia University 12:00 PM-2:00 PM 6275 Bunche Hall Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies Tuesday, March 4, 2014 Traversing the Frontier: The Man’yōshū Account of a Japanese Mission to Silla in 736-737 H. Mack Horton, UC, Berkeley 2:00-4:30 PM 10383 Bunche Hall Center for India and South Asia Wednesday, March 5, 2014 The Gender of the Number, the Gender of the Card: On the (Im)materiality of Governance and Biometric Identity in India Lawrence Cohen, UC Berkeley 4:00-6:00 PM UCLA Public Affairs 2355 Center for Chinese Studies and UCLA Film & Television Archive Feb. 15 to March 19, 2014 What Time Is It There? Taiwan As Crossroads Taiwan Film Series presented by UCLA in association with Taiwan Academy Billy Wilder Theater, Hammer Museum See website for schedule More events posted here