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Home » Archives for Barbara Van Nostrand

Articles By: Barbara Van Nostrand

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Humanities Dialogues Provides Casual Space to Discuss Meaning of Words

from UCLA Daily Bruin, by Megan Daley Students, staff and faculty have been discussing what words like “democracy,” “humanity” and “heroism” mean in meetings over...

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UCLA Ranks Among Top Institutions for Awarding the Most Ph.D.s in Arts, Humanities

UCLA is one of the top universities in the country for producing the most Ph.D.s in the arts and humanities. According to an April 2017 report from the...

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2016 DAAD Prize in German and European Studies Awarded to Dr. Yasemin Yildiz, UCLA

Congratulations to Dr. Yasemin Yildiz of UCLA, the recipient of the 2016 DAAD Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in German and European Studies for her outstanding academic...

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Comparative Literature Professor Receives Mellon Grant to Pursue New Direction

Nouri Gana, associate professor of comparative literature and Near Eastern languages and cultures, has been named one of 13 recipients of the 2017 New Directions...

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Harvard Awards UCLA Classics Professor the Centennial Medal

Harvard University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences awarded the Centennial Medal to Sarah Morris, Steinmetz Professor of Classical Archaeology and Material Culture at UCLA...

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UCLA Students Present on Intersectionality, LGBTQ Research in Symposium

UCLA Daily Bruin BY MEGAN DALEY Posted: May 7, 2017 10:38 pm Josh Feldman stood in front of students in the Charles E. Young Grand...

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Professor Stephanie Jamison of Asian Langauges and Cultures Named 2017 American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow

UCLA faculty members Judith Carney and Stephanie Jamison have been selected as members of the 237th class of American Academy of Arts and Sciences fellows. Jamison, a professor of Asian languages and cultures, also teaches courses in UCLA’s Indo-European studies program. She was trained as a historical and Indo-European linguist,...

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UCLA’s Rarely Seen Oscar Wilde Portrait Leaves Library Hallway for Exhibition in London

A rarely seen portrait of Oscar Wilde that typically hangs in a small hallway inside UCLA’s William Andrews Clark Memorial Library is on public display for...

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Professors Brozgal and Stein Co-Edit First English Language Translation of Tunisian-French Fiction.

As faculty in the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies, associate professor of French and Francophone studies Lia Brozgal, along with vice chair and professor of history Sarah Stein, recently co-edited a volume of classic Tunisian-French literature published by Stanford University Press. “Ninette of Sin Street,” originally published in Tunis in...

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New Summer Institute Explores Los Angeles Through the Lens of Technology and Social Justice

New Summer Institute Explores Los Angeles Through the Lens of Technology and Social Justice How are cars, film and the Internet contributing to social, economic...

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Grad Students in Humanities Explore Off-Campus Careers

UCLA alumna uses her experience as Italian literature scholar to land a private-sector job Nicole Freeling | April 19, 2017, UCLA NEWSROOM Non-academic jobs were...

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“Religious by Nature”: A Conversation with Center for Study of Religion Director, Professor Carol Bakhos

AS APPEARS IN UCLA MAGAZINE: By Wendy Soderburg '82 Published Apr 1, 2017 8:00 AM In these turbulent times, UCLA Center for the Study of Religion...

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UCLA is Tied for the #1 Ranked Universities With The Most Doctorate Recipients in the Humanities and Arts for 2015

From the Chronicle of Higher Education, UCLA is ranked #1, tied with New York University, in the Universities With the Most Doctorate Recipients in the...

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CDH’s John Lynch Comments on The Cost of Educational Technology in the Chronicle of Higher Education

FROM THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, Our Academic Technology Manager from UCLA’s Center for Digital Humanities contributes the following article: The Cost That Holds Back Ed-Tech Innovation By John Lynch APRIL 09, 2017 Recently, I had an unexpected revelation as I watched a colleague of mine work with a pair...

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UCLA Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Professor Robert K. Englund Receives Prestigious Grant for Research Collaboration on Big Data

The Division of Humanities is excited to announce that the Machine Translation and Automated Analysis of Cuneiform Language,MTAAC, project co-directed by Robert K. Englund of UCLA...

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Professor John Duncan of Asian Languages and Cultures Wins Prestigious Award for Korean Studies Scholars

The Division of Humanities would like to congratulate Professor John Duncan,  Professor of Korean in the Department of Asian Languages & Cultures, on his award as the...

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Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World Established at UCLA

UCLA has established the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World, the first center in the Western Hemisphere that aims to advance the...

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UCLA Art History Professor Sharon Gerstel Awarded Prestigious Book Award from the International Center of Medieval Art

UCLA Art History Professor Sharon Gerstel’s Rural Lives and Landscapes in Late Byzantium: Art, Archaeology, and Ethnography has been selected as the recipient of the...

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Emeritus Professor of Chinese Awarded Book Prize from Foundation for Landscape Studies

The Division of Humanities would like to congratulate Richard E. Strassberg, Emeritus Professor of Chinese in Department of Asian Languages & Cultures, UCLA on the awarding...

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Professor Ciavolella Accepts the Sigismondo d’Oro Award for His Lifelong Contributions to His Hometown, Rimini

Article Can Be Found Here: http://www.newsrimini.it/2016/12/a-massimo-ciavolella-e-mare-di-libri-il-sigismondo-doro-2016/

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