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Faculty/Department, Gifts/Grants, News

Tadashi Yanai gives $31 million to support hub for Japanese humanities research at UCLA

The majority of the funds will support Japan Past & Present, an initiative meant to transform Japanese humanities by promoting equitable access to research and teaching resources across the world.

Collage of Japanese artwork, textiles and photos from Yanai Intiative
Faculty/Department, Gifts/Grants, News

柳井正氏、カリフォルニア大学ロサンゼルス校(UCLA)における日本人文科学の研究拠点を支援するため、3,100万米ドルを寄付

柳井氏は、「UCLAをはじめ世界各地における日本人文科学研究を支援できることを誇りに思います。世界を形成する慣習や芸術形態を共有し、尊重することは、とても重要なことです。

Marjorie Marks Fond and Richard Fond
Gifts/Grants, News, Uncategorized

Gift from Marjorie and Richard Fond supports new graduate award in Yiddish studies

“There’s been a lot of talk about Yiddish being a dying language,” Richard Fond said, “and I want to play my part in ensuring its continuance.”

Headshots of new Humanities faculty members for 2024-25
Faculty/Department, News

Humanities Division welcomes 7 new faculty members for 2024-25

The subjects of their research span the globe, range from ancient times to the present day and even transcend species.

Illustration of two silhouetted figures pushing puzzle pieces together with city buildings in the background
Faculty First Person, News, Uncategorized

Publicly engaged humanities leverage the power of UCLA to meet our community’s needs. They help the university, too.

Community engaged scholarship can play a leading role in fulfilling the campus’s responsibility to equip students with knowledge and skills for active citizenship.

Portrait of Vida Yao
Awards and Honors, Faculty/Department, News, Research, Uncategorized

Paper by Vida Yao named one of the year’s best by Philosopher’s Annual

The article draws upon the experience of falling in love to rebut a widely held premise about how people make choices in pursuit of their “best lives.”

Text reading "Birdbow" and "By Rebecca von Damm" on a notebook page
News, Students

A rainbow of birds in haiku

Fourth-year English major Rebecca von Damm honors a Roy G. Biv of avian species in a cycle of seven original poems.

Portrait of Ursula Heise with one parrot on her hand and another next to her
Faculty/Department, News

Q&A: Ursula Heise on the important stories that birds have to tell

The work of the environmental humanities scholar, English professor and proudly self-described “bird lady” has been profoundly influenced by winged creatures.

Mock compact disc with image of Professor Adam Bradley and bird silhouettes
Faculty First Person, Faculty/Department, News, Uncategorized

Birdsong(s): Adam Bradley serves up an avian-themed playlist

The UCLA English professor and founding director of the Laboratory for Race and Popular Culture at UCLA contributed his expertise to a UCLA College digital mini-magazine on the theme of birds.

Robert Gore holding the Librarian of the Year plaque
Awards and Honors, News, Staff

Visual arts specialist Robert Gore named UCLA Librarian of the Year

An indispensable resource to art historians and other scholars, he is especially sought after for his knowledge of artists’ books, artworks that have the form and structure of books.

Closeup portrait of actor in "Love is the Greater Labyrinth"
Events, News

Theater companies from Mexico, Spain, L.A., New York to take the stage at UCLA’s LA Escena festival

The 10 live performances and one livestreamed presentation will include staged readings of brand-new adaptations and inventive presentations of works from the Spanish Golden Age.

Portrait of Laura Clennon outside of Royce Hall
News, Staff

Humanities staff veteran shares secrets to success for building a UCLA career

The chief administrative officer for the UCLA Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies shares wisdom from her nearly two decades in the Humanities Division.

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