Dean Stern to present at Dec. 9 AAAS discussion on disability justice, reproductive justice
The online event is part of the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Sea Change Biomedicine series.
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His career is the ‘story of the African American literary tradition’
On the eve of a symposium in his honor, a UCLA colleague and two former students pay tribute to Professor Emeritus Richard Yarborough.
Comparative lit class will be first in Humanities to use UCLA-developed AI system
Professor Zrinka Stahuljak said the technology will have immediate tangible benefits for her, teaching assistants and students.
A new era for Iranian studies
“This puts UCLA at the forefront and as the epicenter of ancient Iranian studies and Persian studies in the United States — if not in the world,” said Humanities Dean Alexandra Minna Stern.
Who wrote the Bible? In new book, upcoming lecture, William Schniedewind offers bold new answers
“It’s important to think of the Bible as an anthology of ancient Jewish communities as opposed to a singular voice,” says the director of the UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies.
In Fowler Museum exhibition, ancient Peruvian objects reveal search for meaning, connection with nature
Art historian Stella Nair says the collection shows that the Moche and Nasca societies “were acutely aware of the entire ecological system in which they lived.”
Workshop focuses on exploitation of Nile in arts of ancient northeastern Africa
Egyptian and Sudanese scholars met to discuss the destruction of cultural heritage in the Nile in the ancient past and contemporary present.
Sixiang Wang honored for book that reframes 3 centuries of Korea-China relations
“Boundless Winds of Empire” earned the Hong Yung Lee Book Award from the UC Berkeley Center for Korean Studies.
SNF Center for Hellenic Studies co-presents performance by Cappella Romana vocal ensemble
Much of the music in the program was receiving its first modern performance during a trio of weekend concerts.
In her first book for young readers, Teddi Chichester aims to inspire compassion for wildlife
“Wildlife Crossings of Hope” examines what happens when highways and other urban infrastructure confine animals to small patches of land.