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Ph.D Student in Department of English, Oriah Amit, Serves as Historical Consultant on new HBO show “The Nevers”

Oriah Amit, graduate student in the Department of English, is serving as a historical consultant on the science fiction drama TV HBO series The Nevers....

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UCLA’s David Kipen Catalyzes Bill in Congress to Revive Federal Writers’ Project

Photo by Rick Loomis UCLA Strategic Communications | May 6, 2021 On the Works Progress Administration’s (WPA) 86th anniversary, an effort by journalist and UCLA lecturer...

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What Cinco de Mayo has to do with the French in Early L.A

An image of the French district in downtown Los Angeles. The image shows Aliso Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, with signs labeling buildings "Griffins...

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NELC Professor Michael Cooperson Wins Prestigious Sheikh Zayed Award for his Latest Book

The Division of Humanities is proud to announce that Near Eastern Languages and Culture Professor, Michael Cooperson, has just won the 2020/21 Sheikh Zayed Award...

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Classics Professor Adriana Vazquez Awarded 2021-22 Rome Prize

The Division of Humanities is delighted to announce that Professor Adriana Vazquez in the Department of Classics  has been awarded the prestigious Rome Prize next year...

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UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center Partners with US Embassy in Greece for “Makriyannis Unplugged”

Yorgos Karamihos, actor, playwright and director, brings Makriyannis Unplugged to UCLA November 7. Photo by Shahar Stroh The National Herald | 4/14/2021 The UCLA Stavros...

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Spanish, Community and Culture Major Highlighted for International Women’s Day

UCLA student Jazminne Rodriguez. (Photo courtesy of Ms. Rodriguez.) In honor of International Women’s Day 2021 on March 8, the UCLA International Institute is publishing...

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UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Hellenic Center Gifted a Library Devoted to Modern Greek Poetry

Dr. Constantine Christofides assembled a rare collection of Modern Greek poetry books which his wife Koren has now donated to the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation...

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Linguistics student fulfills dream at UCLA

Peggy McInerny | March 10, 2021 In honor of International Women’s Day 2021 on March 8, the UCLA International Institute is publishing a series of profiles...

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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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