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Portrait of Ekaterina (Katya) Khlystova
Graduate Students, News

Linguistics Ph.D. student says Grad Slam has helped reaffirm ‘why my research matters to me’

When a fellow guest at a dinner party asked Ekaterina Khlystova about her job, she started thinking about how to explain her work in layperson-friendly language.

Richard Lehan during a 2001 interview for American Masters
Faculty/Department, In Memoriam, News

In memoriam: Richard Lehan, 93, authority on American naturalism, former English department chair

A leading authority on American realism and naturalism, he wrote at least 10 books, including two that are recognized as among the most important works on those topics.

Headshot of Salvador Herrera against an outdoor background
Graduate Students, News

Examining the border crisis through the lens of performance art

English professor Rafael Pérez-Torres said Salvador Herrera’s unique interdisciplinary approach provides new context for examining issues around the U.S.–Mexico border.

UCLA logo with white lettering on a blue background
Faculty/Department, News

Humanities Division to expand teaching, research, outreach to downtown L.A.

Under the banner “Humanities DTLA: From Word to Action,” the division will use the space to build and strengthen initiatives in urban and public humanities and other interdisciplinary fields.

Mariam Janvelyan and Benjamin Lewis outdoors on UCLA campus
Faculty/Department, News, Staff, Teaching

Four hands, two hearts, one mission

About 10 years ago, Mariam Janvelyan couldn’t get into UCLA’s already full American Sign Language course, despite a plea to Benjamin Lewis. Luckily, she made it into the class a year later.

Dana Cuff portrait
Events, Faculty/Department, News

Dana Cuff to deliver Faculty Research Lecture: Can ‘urban humanism’ reverse the housing crisis?

The professor of architecture and urban design hopes her March 7 lecture will demonstrate that small acts of research-based architecture can create powerful new forms of buildings and cities for all.

Portrait of Anahid Nersessian
Faculty/Department, News

English professor Anahid Nersessian named poetry editor for Granta

“I like poetry that’s unexpected, that doesn’t conform to what’s going on in the mainstream but that’s nonetheless clearly part of an important conversation or movement,” Nersessian said.

Illustration showing scales of justice, computer devices and data visualizations
Faculty/Department, News, Students, Teaching

In a world shaped by data, what happens to social justice?

A UCLA cluster course draws from the humanities and social sciences to encourage students to examine the impact of statistics and AI in a world that is increasingly being defined by datasets.

Portrait of Professor George Baker and cover of his book
Books, Faculty/Department, News

On the ‘Afterlife of Photography’: Q&A with art historian George Baker

In his new book, the UCLA professor investigates how a generation of women artists is invigorating photography in the age of digitization by returning to earlier, incomplete or unrealized moments.

Glowing rainbow pastel illustration of a human brain
Faculty/Department, News, Students

Department of Spanish and Portuguese scholars collaborate on project to translate neuroscience research

A partnership with the UCLA Brain Research Institute and an education nonprofit aims to make scientific studies more accessible to Spanish speakers.

Portrait of Uri McMillan
Awards and Honors, Faculty/Department, News

Uri McMillan receives Warhol Foundation grant for book on influential 1970s artists

“The Seventies in Color” will focus on three New York City trendsetters: fashion designer Stephen Burrows, musician-actor-model Grace Jones and fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez.

Benshi performers and musicians on stage with black-and-white film
Events, Faculty/Department, News

‘Art of the Benshi’ tour will showcase century-old Japanese film tradition, April 5-26

Benshi performers — the term is derived from the phrase katsudō benshi, meaning “movie orator” — were the captivating narrators of Japan’s silent film era.

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