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Theresa and Henry Biggs endow chair in Linguistics to honor Prof. Bruce Hayes

UCLA Department of Linguistics celebrated the appointment of Professor Bruce Hayes to the newly established Theresa A. and Henry P. Biggs Centennial Term Chair in...

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UCLA Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Héctor Calderón Latest Book Wins Awards

Héctor Calderón, a UCLA professor of Spanish American, Mexican, and Chicana/o literature and cultures, was awarded first place for Best Academic Themed Book at the...

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Asian Languages and Cultures Professor Recognized as Distinguished Alumna

UCLA Newsroom | October 4, 2019 Shu-mei Shih, professor of Asian languages and cultures, has received a distinguished alumnae award from her alma mater, National Taiwan...

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Associate Professor of English and Chicana/o Studies Marissa Lopez receives a Chancellor’s Award for Community-Engaged Research

UCLA Newsroom | Robin Migdol | June 27, 2019 The inaugural Chancellor’s Award for Community-Engaged Research, which is supported by the Chancellor’s office and the...

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Simone King, Korean Studies Major, Graduates From UCLA at 82

By: Megan Reusche Simone King graduated from UCLA in June 2019 at the age of 82 with a bachelor’s degree in Korean Studies. Achieving this...

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Celebrating 50 Years of Comparative Literature at UCLA

By: Megan Reusche In 2019, the Department of Comparative Literature at UCLA celebrates its 50th anniversary as UCLA marks its 100th. Beginning as an interdepartmental...

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Professor Stephanie Jamison Elected as Correspondant Étranger at the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres

By: Megan Reusche Professor Stephanie Jamison in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures and UCLA Program in Indo-European Studies was recently elected to the...

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UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture Announces Appointment of Sharon E. J. Gerstel as Director

The UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture today announced the appointment of Sharon E. J. Gerstel as its inaugural director,...

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“Build Bridges, Paint Walls” Event to Strengthen Los Angeles Community Bonds

By: Megan Reusche Build Bridges, Paint Walls is a project hosted by the UCLA Arts Initiative and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese taking place...

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Professor von Falkenhausen Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

By: Megan Reusche Lothar von Falkenhausen, Professor of Chinese Archaeology and Art History at UCLA and head of the East Asian Laboratory at UCLA’s Cotsen...

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Professor Meredith Cohen Discusses Rebuilding and Restoring Notre Dame Cathedral

By: Megan Reusche Feelings of grief and despair were felt across the globe on Monday, April 17, 2019, when a devastating fire erupted at Notre...

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Professor Shu-mei Shih Acquires Leadership Role in ACLA

By: Megan Reusche Shu-mei Shih, Professor of Asian Languages & Cultures, Comparative Literature, and Asian American Studies, has been elected second vice-president of the American...

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New Professional Writing Minor Drafts Curriculum to Teach Career-Specific Skills

UCLA Daily Bruin BY JACQUELINE ALVAREZ Posted: April 7, 2019 at 11:45 pm UCLA will offer a professional writing minor for students to improve their practical writing...

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Diverse Female Filmmakers Celebrated at 7th Annual Latin American, Latinx and Iberian Film Festival

By: Megan Reusche Hosted by the UCLA Spanish and Portuguese Department and co-sponsored by many entities on campus, the 7th Annual Latin American, Latinx and...

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Silence is the Failure To Do Things with Words

Free speech scholar Rae Langton presented the inaugural UCLA Distinguished Lecture in Philosophy Ellen Evaristo | March 19, 2019 While delivering her vision of how we might...

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The Parallels of Female Power in Ancient Egypt and Modern Times

In her latest book, UCLA’s Kara Cooney notes how a ruler’s gender matters far less than whose agendas are served Jessica Wolf | March 08, 2019 Over...

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Professor Maite Zubiaurre Explores Generosity and Political Activism in “The Wall that Gives/El muro que da”

By: Megan Reusche Walls are typically barriers that divide and separate us. For UCLA Germanic Languages and Spanish & Portuguese Professor Maite Zubiaurre, “The Wall...

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Professor Maite Zubiaurre Increases Empathy and Pollution Awareness Through Trashcollages

By: Megan Reusche Trashscape on a thrift store platter--Venice, CA--Blue Trash Can Series (Filomena Cruz) When you think of the word “trash,” what types of...

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Establishment of Peter J. and Caroline B. Caloyeras Endowment for the Arts at UCLA

The UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture announces the establishment of the Peter J. and Caroline B. Caloyeras Endowment for the Arts. The Caloyeras endowment will support the presentation of fine and performing arts related to Greece, from the ancient period through the modern day. Funds...

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UCLA Receives Two New Endowments for Iranian Studies

UCLA Iranian Studies and the Pourdavoud Center are proud to announce two new endowments, the Jahangir and Eleanor Amuzegar Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Contemporary Iranian Studies...

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