Podcasts from the UCLA Asia Pacific Center

Podcasts from public lectures for those interested in learning about Asia Pacific, and its related fields of study.

Podcast: What Makes a Falsified Text Popular? Writing the 1402 Usurpation in Seventeenth-Century China

Taiwan Studies Lecture by Chiung-yun Evelyn Liu, Academia Sinica

05-22
01:01:03

Tibetan Buddhism beyond Tibet

Leading scholars on Tibetan history and Buddhism join in a panel discussion on the meanings and impacts of Tibetan Buddhism in the histories of Asia and the contemporary world.

09-24
01:25:08

Material Culture and Maritime Asia: New International Perspectives

Podcast now available for "Material Culture and Maritime Asia: New International Perspectives"

12-01
01:17:38

ASIA IN LA 2010 - Afternoon Discussion: Asian Cuisine from Market to Table

Podcast from ASIA IN LA 2010, held on May 2, 2010 at the James West Alumni Center, UCLA

05-27
01:28:04

Does 'Fair Trade' Help Those Who Harvest Tea?

As part of the International Human Rights Film Series, the Asia Institute put on a screening and discussion of an award-winning 2008 documentary, "The Bitter Taste of Tea," that takes a skeptical view of the fair trade movement's ability to protect labore

01-27
01:16:47

Tea and Chinese Cultural Aesthetics

Podcast of public lecture by Pei-kai Cheng, Chinese Civilisation Centre, City University of Hong Kong

10-30
01:16:08

Somaly Mam: We Have to Save Them

Cambodian activist and author Somaly Mam has rescued more than 6,000 girls in Southeast Asia from sexual slavery and helped many to rebuild their lives. She spoke last month at UCLA's law school on how to go beyond mere talk in the fight against predators

10-12
01:19

Journalism and Asia: Career Reflections

Syndicated Asia columnist Tom Plate and former United Press International and Dow Jones reporter James F. Paradise discuss coverage of Asia in the media

11-09
01:14:39

A World of Conflict

Listen to a UCLAradio story about a documentary screening by Kevin Sites, a pioneering solo journalist for Yahoo! News, on war zones around the world. The event was presented by AsiaMedia, sponsored by the UCLA International Institute, Latin American Cent

05-01
09:37

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