Project co-led by Thiago Puglieri receives $330,000 Getty grant
UCLA art history professor, collaborators to train graduate students in community-engaged research.
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Thousands of early modern Japanese books from UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco to be digitized in Yanai Initiative project
The archive will provide access to rare Japanese materials from the early 1600s through 1868 – including books, illustrated scrolls, lavishly drawn maps and medical texts.
Amber West tapped for national program on community-engaged teaching
The Writing Programs lecturer is the first UCLA representative to take part in an initiative organized by Campus Compact.
When walking becomes a message
Asian Languages and Cultures professor Stephanie Balkwill on how the Walk for Peace embodies Buddhist teachings.
Unpacking the origins of our holidays with Henry Ansgar Kelly
In a UCLA College podcast, the English professor explores folklore, festivity and the afterlife.
Adapting Jane Austen
On what would have been the author’s 250th birthday, an appreciation of the many adaptations of her work.
How Brian Kim Stefans incorporates AI into his creative process
For one recent poem, the English professor fed an original stanza into ChatGPT and instructed the platform to write 100 more in a similar style.
In memoriam: Efrain Kristal, 66, comparative literature scholar whose brilliance, humility wowed peers
“He turned all of his interests in culture into something beautiful and artful,” said Teo Ruiz, a UCLA colleague and longtime friend.
Indigenous people are partners in this cultural conservation research
A paper by Thiago Puglieri and colleagues calls on conservation scholars to rethink the materials they study and to credit Indigenous creators as collaborators, not subjects.
O povo indígena é parceiro nesta pesquisa de conservação cultural
O estudo liderado por Thiago Puglieri, da UCLA, incorpora contribuições significativas da comunidade Tikuna da região amazônica.