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.
In a UCLA College podcast, the English professor explores folklore, festivity and the afterlife.
“He turned all of his interests in culture into something beautiful and artful,” said Teo Ruiz, a UCLA colleague and longtime friend.
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 estudo liderado por Thiago Puglieri, da UCLA, incorpora contribuições significativas da comunidade Tikuna da região amazônica.
A reviewer called it a “masterful piece of work — theoretically adept, ethnographically attuned, moving and engagingly written.”
The ELTS staff member and UCLA alumna is pursuing a master’s in English literature at UC Irvine.
Stephanie Bosch Santana, Jennifer Jung-Kim, Barbara Fuchs and Victoria Mateu received awards to support their teaching and research.
Nat Escobedo, a UCLA senior, is researching how artists in the Inland Empire play an important role as community-builders.
“The project was conceived as a multilingual ‘time capsule,’” said Nina Bjekovic, the department’s director of language programs.
Students in a course taught by senior lecturer Susan Kresin translated a contemporary drama for a reading at the Odyssey theater.
Senior Brinn Wallin says her research on Sylvia Plath is “the most prized part of my years as an undergraduate.”
Adam Bradley, a UCLA professor of English and African American studies, provided the text for a new volume celebrating the basketball great's enduring influence.
The gift will create opportunities for UCLA scholars to explore the Jain faith and its evolving, enduring legacy.
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