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Leila Chiddick seated on steps outside UCLA Broad Art Center
News, Research, Students

To understand how global policy leaves behind some birthing parents, she gathered intel from doulas

With the support of the UCLA/Keck Humanistic Inquiry Undergraduate Research Awards program, Leila Chiddick interviewed doulas from six countries.

Carribean Fragoza wearing red dress standing in front of brightly colored wall
Alumni, Events, News

Acclaimed writer Carribean Fragoza to speak at UCLA Humanities commencement

The author, journalist, editor, artist and teacher earned degrees in comparative literature and Chicana and Chicano studies from UCLA in 2003.

Portrait of Esha Niyogi De next to image of her book cover
Books, Faculty/Department, News

‘I must be famous to be heard’

Esha Niyogi De’s new book reveals a previously hidden narrative about women in South Asian cinema.

Illustration of hands on a typewriter keyboard with a cellphone resting on the typewriter carriage
Faculty/Department, News

Where content is truly king

Kara Cooney, chair of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, is among a growing number of Bruins sharing commentary on Substack and similar sites.

Archival portraits of three people in front of a historic map of Los Angeles
Faculty/Department, News, Research

A history reclaimed

Marissa López developed the Picturing Mexican America app to shed light on the erasure of Mexican history from the maps of Los Angeles.

Bruce Whiteman speaking to the audience at the Clark Library
Events, Faculty/Department, News

Bruce Whiteman’s greatest hits

For 25 years, his program notes have been an integral part of the Chamber Music at the Clark experience.

Closeup of cels from a Japanese paper film
Events, Faculty/Department, News

Paper films – treasures of pre-war Japan – to be screened at Billy Wilder Theater, April 13

Ninety years after the height of the medium’s popularity, a selection of kami firumu will be presented by the Yanai Initiative and the UCLA Film & Television Archive.

Susan Downey at an archaeological excavation
Faculty/Department, In Memoriam, News

In memoriam: Susan Downey, 86, scholar of ancient art and archaeology

A member of the UCLA faculty from 1965 to 2012, she conducted field research in Greece, Italy, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.

Daryle Williams, Alexandra Minna Stern and Sara Guyer seated on stage at UC Systemwide Academic Congress
Events, Faculty/Department, News

Alexandra Minna Stern joins deans from UC Berkeley, Riverside to trumpet humanities research

The scholars spoke as part of the University of California Systemwide Academic Congress.

Three images from Santa Rosa Island - an inlet, hands holding a starfish and sparkling ocean water
Graduate Students, News, Teaching

How a Channel Islands excursion brought environmental humanities vividly to life

Doctoral fellow Anatoli Ulyanov reflects on lessons learned during an excursion led by Professor Vetri Nathan.

Ianthe Marini, in profile, singing with UCLA student Vasken Ohanian in background
Events, Faculty/Department, News

1625 opera – first ever by a woman – to be performed March 23 at UCLA Clark Library

The performance, featuring students from the UCLA Early Music Ensemble and members of L.A. Camerata, coincides with Women’s History Month and Early Music Month.

Tara Prescott-Johnson (center) in a water tank at the California Science Center with UCLA students Samantha Calva and Evelyn Cuxeva-Ortega
Faculty/Department, News, Students, Teaching

A community-engaged English composition course is building more confident writers

Students spend 20 hours at local nonprofits; their observations turn into papers for the class

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