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- Music for a Goddess
4 Feb 2008 at 2:13pm
A new release from CISA ethnomusicologists Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy and Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy
- Week Explores South Asian Heritage
4 Feb 2008 at 12:40pm
South Asian Heritage Week at UCLA. Article from the Daily Bruin, 1/15/08.
- Off India's Beaten Path
25 Jan 2008 at 12:48pm
Dayamani Barla reports on the concerns of rural people in India, while enduring sexism and financial hardship.
- Peace Movements
25 Jan 2008 at 2:13pm
Company Ea Sola uses dance to share experiences of the Vietnam War with younger generations.
- Zen for Sale
23 Jan 2008 at 3:38pm
Art historian Kendall Brown explains how the Ryoanji stone garden in Kyoto, Japan, became a commercialized symbol of Zen Buddhism.
- Culture Night Depicts Vietnam War
22 Jan 2008 at 3:57pm
The three-hour-long event depicting a family torn apart by political ideology in the midst of the Vietnamese war was meant to stir up conversation.
- "The Hurricane": First screening in the Chinese Independent Documentary Film ...
18 Jan 2008 at 2:32pm
"The Hurricane" is a reinvestigation of the communist Land Reform (1946-1953). This documentary, in the form of a grassroots oral history, presents villages in Northeast China, who speak from memory, giving accounts of manipulation, injustice, and...
- Teo Earns 3 Golds for Singapore at Asian Games
17 Jan 2008 at 12:23pm
Swimming for her native Singapore, the senior breaststroke swimmer set the Singapore national 100-meter record and qualified for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She also helped her team win the 4x100m medley relay.
- Former Students, Colleagues Honor Historian Silverberg at Symposium
2 Jan 2008 at 1:59pm
Miriam R. Silverberg joined the UCLA faculty in 1990 and retired in 2005. Her scholarship on modern Japanese history is influencing the work of historians today.
- Eugenia Lean, UCLA Alumna, Wins Prize for Best Book in East Asian History
2 Jan 2008 at 1:13pm
Professor Lean's book explores the role of the media and public sympathy in a sensational murder case
- Lyman's Life and Law
19 Dec 2007 at 2:56pm
U of Arizona's Timothy Vance examines the life of the American mining engineer and accidental linguist Benjamin Smith Lyman.
- Lasting Support for UCLA Buddhist Studies
13 Dec 2007 at 7:10pm
Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai America establishes the Yehan Numata Endowment at the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies and pledges 10 years of additional support. The new funds will bring distinguished visitors and enhance graduate education.
- Her Time to Shine
11 Dec 2007 at 2:15pm
Hoping to make third Olympic appearance, Bruin Nicolette Teo prepares for Southeast Asian Games.
- National Identity in Postmodern Japanese Dance
11 Dec 2007 at 2:40pm
U of Tokyo's Tadashi Uchino discusses the birth of Butoh dance and the performance of "children's" bodies in postmodern Japanese dance.
- Panels Assess Prospects on Korea Peace Day
10 Dec 2007 at 3:47pm
One scholar says the United States needs to adopt an approach that allows North and South Korea to normalize relations quickly.
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