News and Events
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Study Abroad Japan Group Reunites after 35 Years
Japan 1973-74 study abroad students from all UC campuses participate in landmark reunion |
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Fernando Botero Exhibit Exploring Abu Ghraib Abuses Opens at Berkeley Art Museum
Colombian artist gifts 56 paintings and drawings to Cal |
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Peace and Conflict Studies Alum Named John Gardner Fellow
The John Gardner Fellowship funds priceless experience abroad for Berkeley grads with a yen for public service |
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The Human Rights Center at 15
For 15 years, HRC staff have probed the heart of darkness, applying academic rigor in the service of justice and compassion |
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Airola-Murveit Family Student Award
Cal grads endow scholarship for students to study abroad |
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Art in National Life
ORIAS Summer Institute focuses on public art from around the world |
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Berkeley Bears Witness
Renowned artist Fernando Botero to gift Abu Ghraib series to Berkeley |
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Hayao Miyazaki to Receive Berkeley Japan Prize
Renowned animated filmmaker will screen five of his groundbreaking films |
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Maximilian Auffhammer Receives Distinguished Teaching Award
Professor praised for outstanding instruction and mentorship |
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"Soul of the New Machine"
Symposium drew activists from around the world to explore the changing roles of technology in the fight for justice |
 | Dalai Lama: Peace will Take all Six Billion of Us Fate of 21st century "is in your hands," he tells Greek Theatre audience |
 | An Impatient Man, a Hopeful Moment At groundbreaking for Blum Center, Al Gore paid tribute to founder, students |
 | Hara Kazuo: "Action Documentary" Pioneering Japanese filmmaker screens two films at PFA Theater |
 | Black-Leather Pragmatist Ken Jowitt Offers New Perspective on Russian Politics |
 | Berkeley Medal Awarded to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf attends Human Rights Center symposium |
 | Growth, not Missiles, can Defeat al-Qaeda say Reporter Hamid Mir, Pakistani journalist calls for development as antidote to terror |
 | The Reverend Gustav H. Schultz Memorial Award in Peace and Conflict Studies UC Berkeley alumni endow fund in memory of community leader, Gus Schultz |
 | “Acoustemology” in Accra Ethnomusicologist Steven Feld to present lectures, films on jazz in Ghana at UC Berkeley |
 | Mexico's New "Narcocultura" Illegal drug trade leaves deep scars on Mexican culture, says renowned journalist |
 | Two Berkeley Students Take on Mexican Judicial Reform Center for Latin American Studies supports documentary film |
 | Ashis Nandy in Residence at Center for South Asia Studies Renowned Indian scholar leads program on violence and social creativity |
 | Fighting Global Poverty is Fastest-Growing Minor Global Poverty & Practice minor available to all undergraduates |
 | Berkeley and the World: 50 Years of International Education IAS celebrates anniversary of Title VI funding |
 | Buddhism Focus of Spring Events Explore Buddhism through photography, artifacts, lectures, and films |
 | The Kabir Festival Four films, one live concert based on the work of the fifteenth-century mystic poet |
 | 2009 Breslauer Graduate Student Conference Annual conference features Craig Calhoun, President of the Social Science Research Council, as keynote speaker |
 | “Gender, Islam, and the West” Series Continues Programs explore human rights, gender equality in Islamic and secular contexts |
 | So We Will Never Forget Survey reveals most Cambodians want trials of the Khmer Rouge; but few are aware of the court established for that purpose |
 | Japanese Studies Center honors Eastwood for "Letters from Iwo Jima" Eastwood to receive Berkeley Japan New Vision Award |
 | Conversations with History UC Berkeley’s popular interview series begins its 27th year |
 | India: On the Road toward Superpower? Ananya Roy, South Asia experts speak at Commonwealth Club |
 | Shinnyo-en Foundation Makes Multimillion Dollar Gift to UC Berkeley Buddhist foundation endows faculty chair, two postdocs |
 | Six UC Berkeley Faculty Members among New Fulbright Scholars Study Abroad adviser named Fulbright Scholar |
 | The Great Wall of China: David Spindler & Peter Hessler Acclaimed New Yorker writer in conversation with Great Wall historian |
 | Guantánamo and Its Aftermath New report details shattered lives of released Guantanamo detainees |
 | Recovering Afghanistan’s Past: Cultural Heritage in Context Conference explores Afghanistan’s cultural heritage through recently discovered treasures |
 | UC Berkeley Symposium Addresses Japan’s Role in the World Sadako Ogata, Former UN Commissioner and Berkeley Alumna, to speak on Japanese diplomacy and foreign aid |
 | Gender, Islam, and the West With Buruma, IES kicks off yearlong program exploring Islam in Western societies |
 | Blum Center Announces Fellowship Opportunities Programs stress international fieldwork, poverty alleviation |
 | Jacob Dalton on Tibet’s Dark Age New Cal faculty member a specialist in Tibetan Buddhism and Tantra |
 | Haruki Murakami on Writing Japan’s leading writer awarded first Berkeley Japan Prize |
 | Year-Long Celebration for Japanese Studies Renowned Berkeley center turns 50 |
 | Modern China Defies Western Notions, says James Fallow Atlantic Monthly journalist delivers Elburg Lecture in International Studies |
 | Berkeley Professors Weigh in on the Crisis in the Caucasus Berkeley foreign policy experts say Moscow’s show of force in Georgia should have come as no surprise |
 | Asian Women Artists Taking Their Place at the Table A one-day symposium at UC Berkeley explores the diversity of art by women across Asia, and the challenges and opportunities provided by rapid social change |
 | Contemporary Chinese Art in Focus at BAM/PFA Exhibition of one of the world’s premier collections of contemporary Chinese art will be supplemented by a symposium, film series, artist in residence, and public conversations |
 | Two IAS Faculty Win Distinguished Teaching Awards Nezar AlSayyad from the Center for Middle East Studies and Karl Ashoka Britto with the Center for African Studies receive Cal’s highest honor for teaching |
Selected Events
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9/25/2009 Tracing Japanese Buddhism International Conference on Japanese Buddhism featuring leading scholars from the U.S. and Japan more » |
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7/24/2009 "Ponyo" Northern California premiere of Hayao Miyazaki's award-winning film more » |
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4/22/2009 – 7/15/2009 Eternal Sky: Reviving the Art of Mongol Zurag Exhibit features the work of artist and calligrapher Narmandakh Tsultem more » |
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