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Portrait of Susan Slyomovics next to cover of her book Monuments Deconstructed
Awards and Honors, Books, Faculty/Department, News

Susan Slyomovics receives American Anthropological Association book award

A reviewer called it a “masterful piece of work — theoretically adept, ethnographically attuned, moving and engagingly written.”

Minh-Thu Nguyen standing next to bookshelves
News, Staff

Minh-Thu Nguyen is driven by curiosity

The ELTS staff member and UCLA alumna is pursuing a master’s in English literature at UC Irvine.

Top row: Stephanie Bosch Santana and Jennifer Jung-Kim. Bottom row: Barbara Fuchs and Victoria Mateu. Background: digital world map.
Awards and Honors, Faculty/Department, News

4 Humanities faculty among winners of inaugural UCLA global grants

Stephanie Bosch Santana, Jennifer Jung-Kim, Barbara Fuchs and Victoria Mateu received awards to support their teaching and research.

Nat Escobedo on the steps outside of Kaplan Hall
News, Research, Students

‘We don’t have to leave our communities behind when we enter academic spaces’

Nat Escobedo, a UCLA senior, is researching how artists in the Inland Empire play an important role as community-builders.

Digital image of hand and pen
News, Students

ELTS students pen ‘Letters to the Future’ to commemorate International Education Week

“The project was conceived as a multilingual ‘time capsule,’” said Nina Bjekovic, the department’s director of language programs.

UCLA Russian language students and lecturer Susan Kresin at theater festival
News, Students, Teaching

A Russian language class project takes center stage during L.A. theater festival

Students in a course taught by senior lecturer Susan Kresin translated a contemporary drama for a reading at the Odyssey theater.

Portrait of Brinn Wallin seated
News, Research, Students

Refocusing the narrative around a larger-than-life literary figure

Senior Brinn Wallin says her research on Sylvia Plath is “the most prized part of my years as an undergraduate.”

Adam Bradley with Air Jordan book in front of him and basketball court behind him
Books, Faculty/Department, News

He wrote the book on Michael Jordan’s cultural influence

Adam Bradley, a UCLA professor of English and African American studies, provided the text for a new volume celebrating the basketball great's enduring influence.

Ceiling inside the Ranakpur Jain temple in Rajasthan, India
Gifts/Grants, News

$2 million commitment will help establish endowed chair in Jainism, South Asian religions

The gift will create opportunities for UCLA scholars to explore the Jain faith and its evolving, enduring legacy.

Stella Nair
Faculty/Department, News, Research

Sound check: Stella Nair studies an Inca building designed for acoustics

The art history professor spent part of her summer in Huaytará, Peru, studying a structure built to amplify sound and music.

Sharon Gerstel holding a weaving from Geraki, Greece
Awards and Honors, Faculty/Department, News

Sharon Gerstel receives Public Impact Research Award for project empowering Greek artisans

The honor recognizes Gerstel for a multifaceted initiative to document the cultural heritage of the village of Geraki, empower its craftspeople and support economic development there.

Sealstone with Battle Scene from Kingdom of Pylos exhibition
Events, Faculty/Department, News

Artistry of ancient Greece on display at Getty Villa – and in 3 campus events this fall

UCLA art history professor David Schneller offers perspective on “The Kingdom of Pylos.”

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