Kayhan Nejad (University of Oklahoma) examines the Jangalis' continuing attempts at internationalism, asking how they understood Iran's role within a broader revolutionary landscape and why their coalition-building efforts ultimately failed. In so doing, it interrogates the end of transnationalism in Gilan, and asks how Iranian monarchy withstood the political upheavals that remade the Soviet and Turkish republics.
Monday, April 21, 20254:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Pacific Time) Bunche Hall, Rm 10383
Program on Central Asia
Filled with compelling vignettes and stories about Bangladeshi lived experiences in Tokyo and Los Angeles, Hasan Mahmud's book offers a fresh theoretical perspective on remittances, showing that remittances are not just a form of transnational practice but an expression of a common struggle to make home across borders.
Friday, April 25, 202512:00 PM - 1:30 PM (Pacific Time) Bunche Hall, Rm 10383
Asia Pacific Center
National Taiwan University (NTU) - UC Academic and Cultural Exchange Project.
Thursday, May 1, 20251:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Pacific Time) UCLA Young Research Library
Center for Chinese Studies
2025 UCLA-NTNU Taiwan Studies Initiative Conference
Friday, May 2, 202510:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Pacific Time) Royce Hall, Rm 314
This talk traces a seven-decade long process of the PRC's dismantling and destruction of nomadic Kazakh lifeways and demonstrates the ways it mirrors earlier and concurrent processes of settler colonialism elsewhere.
Tuesday, May 6, 20253:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Pacific Time) Online Webinar
Register