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UCLA professors Maite Zubiaurre and Kristy Guevara-Flanagan hope their film about searching for those lost in the desert will change immigration policy

Photo Courtesy of David Marquez - An Águilas del Desierto volunteer carries a cross on each search to mark where any intact bodies have been...

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UCLA Establishes Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies

In a giant leap for our language studies programs, the departments of French and Francophone Studies, Germanic Languages, Italian, and Scandinavian have completed a merger...

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Miwon Kwon Named Inaugural Walter Hopps Chair in Modern and Contemporary Art

Miwon Kwon (Photo credit: ©Todd Cheney, 2015) Internationally renowned scholar and curator of contemporary art Miwon Kwon has been named the inaugural Walter Hopps Chair...

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Professor Michael Berry Receives National Endowment for the Arts Literature Translation Fellowship

Thursday, February 4, 2021  Los Angeles—Today, the National Endowment for the Arts announced that Michael Berry will receive a Literature Translation Fellowship of $12,500 to...

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UCLA English Major Featured on New Transfer Nation Podcast! #Student Story: Bianca Trevizo

UCLA English major Bianca Trevino was interviewed for the #TransferNation podcast speaking about her experience as a transfer student at UCLA. In the podcast, Bianca,...

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UCLA, Berggruen Institute announce lecture series featuring emerging visionaries

UCLA Newsroom | January 12, 2021 The UCLA Division of Humanities has partnered with the Los Angeles–based Berggruen Institute to launch “Possible Worlds,” a new lecture...

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UCLA alumna awarded Mitchell Scholarship, first in 20 years

Top row, from left: Genevieve Finn, Kristy Hinds. Bottom row, from left: Leann Pham, Kai Huang (Photo Credits: Genevieve Finn – Jacelyn O’Neill; Leann Pham...

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UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture receives gift in memory of Aristides G. Alexopoulos

Photo: Nicolaos (Nick) Alexopoulos and Sue Curtis Alexopoulos The UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture (UCLA SNF Center) has received...

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Alumnus and former UCLA Anderson dean’s gift will support the study of American Jewish Studies

Photo Courtesy of the Getty Center The UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies has received a $500,000 gift from AIG Life and Retirement’s...

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Professor Calderon’s groundbreaking anthology honored with MLA Panel, “Criticism in the Borderlands” at Thirty Years

On Saturday, January 9th, 2021, the Modern Languages Association will be hosting a panel session in honor of UCLA Professor Hector Calderon's (Spanish and Portuguese)...

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Gift Establishes Lectureship in the Center for the Study of Religion

According to followers of the ancient Jain religion, Bhagwan Abhinandan-nath, the 4th Tirthankar/Ford Maker of Jain Dharma, was an apostle of unconditional nonviolence, peace, harmony,...

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UCLA Humanities Professor launches second edition of “LA Escena”, a Festival of Spanish Classical Theater, November 12-16, 2020

Diversifying the Classics​ ​is delighted to announce the second edition of Los Angeles’ Festival of Hispanic classical theater, ​LA Escena 2020​ , now in a...

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Picturing Mexican America by Marissa López Illuminates the Value of Public-Facing Scholarship in the Humanities

From ACLS Website 10/27/20 Marissa López F’19, Professor of English and Chicana/o Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), always felt there needed...

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Professors’ Doc Shines Light on U.S. Border Humanitarian Group

Photo: Jose Cortez, a volunteer with Águilas del Desierto, scans the desert cliffs for evidence of habitations. UCLA Newsroom | Noela Hueso | September 17,...

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Shu-mei Shih Named Inaugural Edward W. Said Professorship in Comparative Literature

A portrait of Shu-mei Shih (Photo Credit: Raymond Schorr) Humanities scholar Shu-mei Shih has been named the inaugural Edward. W. Said Professor of Comparative Literature...

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Alumna’s Gift will Support the Study of Contemporary Chinese Culture

A $250,000 donation from economics alumna May C. Chong has established the Heritage and Hope Endowment in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures. Augmented by $125,000 from the Humanities Centennial Match, the gift will support students and faculty researching contemporary global Chinese culture and/or religion, specifically Buddhism. “We are...

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Department of Art History Establishes the Diane C. Brouillette Graduate Fellowship

The UCLA Department of Art History has established the Diane C. Brouillette Graduate Fellowship in Art History, thanks to a $250,000 tribute gift in memory...

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UCLA Announces Formal Launch of the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture

IMAGE caption: UCLA SNF Center faculty and community members celebrate a lecture by Artemis Cooper at Royce Hall in October 2019. Courtesy of the UCLA...

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UCLA Announces New Endowed Chair in Hellenic studies

Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival UCLA has established a new endowed chair in Hellenic Studies. A gift commitment from George and...

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New Endowed Term Chair in Hellenic Studies at UCLA

UCLA has received a gift commitment from Demos and Carol Anagnos and the Aris Anagnos Foundation to establish the Aris Anagnos Family Chair in Hellenic...

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  • Miwon Kwon Named Inaugural Walter Hopps Chair in Modern and Contemporary Art
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