LGBTQ Studies is an interdisciplinary program that supports teaching and research on the historical and contemporary experience of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgendered people. It provides an academic home for those who wish to study the intellectual and cultural traditions that have shaped our current understanding of sexuality and gender, as well as for those who wish to challenge such traditions and generate new theoretical paradigms.
The Yarshater was conceived as a leading research hub for the publication and dissemination of Iranian literary traditions worldwide. The center, which operates under the aegis of the Pourdavoud Institute for the Study of the Iranian World, will attract a new generation of scholars to the field, and it will initiate a robust publication program at UCLA.
Global Antiquity brings together scholars and community members from UCLA, greater Los Angeles and around the globe for a new dialogue on the equivalency of past human experiences and the role that the ancient past still plays in shaping all our contemporary identities.
The center promotes interdisciplinary studies of Hellenic culture, from the ancient world through the modern day. It also serves as a vibrant cultural hub for the Southern California Hellenic community, presenting innovative programs, often in collaboration with local Hellenic organizations, and generating interest in Greece’s historical and ongoing contributions to modern culture.
The premier center for the study of ancient Iran, the Pourdavoud Institute engages in transformative research on Iranian antiquity, expanding on the traditional domains of Old Iranian studies. The Institute serves as a home to stimulating intellectual encounters and exchanges on ancient Iran and the ancient world, and contributes to the development of collaborative research projects in a diverse range of subjects.
The Center for the Liberal Arts and Free Institutions is an interdisciplinary center created in 2009 as part of the Division of Humanities.
Religion asks questions that touch every aspect of human life. The Center for the Study of Religion promotes the academic study of religion to explore those questions for the UCLA community and wider public. It houses an undergraduate major and minor, and sponsors events exploring the role of religious ideas, practices and institutions, both historical and contemporary and throughout the world.
The CMRS Center for Early Global Studies promotes transdisciplinary studies of the periods from the third to the middle of the 17th century across the globe. CMRS-CEGS is dedicated to promoting research, teaching. and new methodologies in underrepresented and nontraditional areas, and traditional fields. It is guided by the conviction that without the study of the past, the present and the future are inaccessible and opaque.
The Center provides a forum for discussion of issues in 17th- and 18th-century studies. It organizes academic programs, and offers a range of cultural programs, including chamber music, performances, and lectures. The Center administers the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, located on a historic property in the West Adams neighborhood, which serves as the research laboratory for fellows working in early modern studies or Oscar Wilde.
Since 1994, the Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies has been built and been enriched by faculty, staff, students and supporters who are dedicated to rigorous scholarship that unflinchingly answers pressing problems in the field of Jewish studies.