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Laure Murat roils the #MeToo debate in France

UCLA International Institute, November 7, 2018 — Director of the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies and Professor of French, Laure Murat has published a new book: “Une révolution sexuelle? Réflexions sur l’aprés-Weinstein [A Sexual Revolution? Reflections on the Weinstein Aftermath]” (Paris: Éditions Stock, 2018). Arguing that #MeToo is the first serious challenge to patriarchy in modern times, Murat dismisses…

Awards and Honors, Faculty/Department, News

Art history professor Charlene Villaseñor Black wins MRPI Funding Award

UCLA Art History Professor Charlene Villaseñor Black was recently awarded over $1 million in funding as a winner of the 2019 Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives (MRPI) competition. MRPI funding encourages innovative research collaborations across UC campuses that lead to cutting edge discoveries in areas that are important to UC, California, and the global society. Professor Villaseñor Black and her…

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Linguistics professor Jessica Rett gets curious with Jonathan Van Ness

In a podcast interview, Rett explains how she uses logic to model what people know when they know the meaning of language.

Illustration of Frankenstein's monster in the 1831 edition of the novel.
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Frankenstein: The enduring appeal of Mary Shelley’s 200-year-old creation

English professor Anne Mellor reflects on the lasting influence of and impetus behind the author’s iconic monster.

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2018 World Languages Day highlights cultural activities, programs and clubs

More than 300 students stopped by Bruin Plaza to meet with scholars from 14 departments representing 29 languages spoken at UCLA.

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Awards and Honors, Faculty/Department, News

Alain Mabanckou’s novel ‘Black Moses’ wins 2018 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award

Judges called the book “a funny, efficiently-rendered picaresque tale” that “superbly traces the hero’s psychic collapse.”

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2018 Humanities Welcome inspires student and faculty success

Speakers included art history professor Meredith Cohen, second-year Italian and global studies major Max Harrell and alumnus Teo Martinez, CEO of Growing Generations.

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How a UCLA philosophy professor helped construct ‘The Good Place’

How did the philosophically grounded NBC fantasy-comedy get things so right? One reason is that Pamela Hieronymi was a consultant on the show.

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