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International Institute, centers receive significant gifts

Over the past several months, the African Studies Center, the Asia Pacific Center and the International Institute have received generous gifts to support their operations and programs.

Posted: 4/8/2021

UCLA receives $2 million gift to support Taiwan Studies Program

The gift will create a program on Taiwan in the World and establish an endowment fund that will help permanently support the Taiwan Studies Program of the Asia Pacific Center.

Posted: 2/16/2021

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Examining Indigenous land rights through legal frameworks

The last panel in the webinar series on Indigenous peoples and community-engaged research in Asia Pacific discusses Indigenous rights to land and resources and the legal policies that shape governance today.

Posted: 12/4/2020

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Indigenous sovereignty in storytelling and identity-making

The seventh panel in the webinar series "Indigenous Peoples, Heritage and Landscape in the Asia Pacific" navigates the tensions and obstacles in exploring Indigenous knowledge, identity, and empowerment.

Posted: 11/6/2020

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Webinar series aims to redefine community-engaged fieldwork in Asia Pacific

The series focused on indigenous heritage and knowledge in the Asia Pacific interrogates anthropological work through a critical, interdisciplinary lens to push for community engagement and collaboration.

Posted: 9/18/2020

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Shu-mei Shih appointed Edward W. Said Professor of Comparative Literature

The professorship is one of many recent career honors bestowed on Shih, who joined the UCLA faculty in 1993.

Posted: 8/7/2020

Aaron Miller of Asia Pacific Center to participate in prestigious staff development program

The year-long program helps staff build professional skills and extend their networks across campus.

Posted: 8/6/2020

Min Zhou honored for contributions to sociology

The 2020 Contribution to the Field Award of the Asia and Asian America Section of the American Sociological Association will be conferred on Prof. Zhou during a virtual ceremony this August.

Posted: 5/29/2020

UCLA Global Classroom community supports UCLA during pandemic

A UCLA alumna and Chinese high school students associated with the UCLA Global Classroom have generously donated facial masks to UCLA.

Posted: 5/20/2020

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Renewing Ifugao history and cultural heritage through visual storytelling

A new animated film about a village in Ifugao, Philippines brings together many institutions and local organizations in an effort to invigorate highland archaeology and community engagement.

Posted: 2/21/2020

A multidisciplinary, transnational approach to modern labor issues

The work of sociologist Jennifer Jihye Chun, a labor scholar, spans both Asian American and Asian Studies.

Posted: 12/4/2019

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Film sheds light on revisionist narrative about “comfort women” in Japan

Miki Dezaki's directorial debut, “Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue,” addresses the highly contentious debate in Japan and South Korea about comfort women during World War II.

Posted: 11/4/2019

Re-interpreting the past behind China's present

China today is an influential, yet insecure, global powerhouse that can best be understood by studying its institutions, says China historian Klaus Mühlhahn.

Posted: 10/15/2019

UC-China climate action initiative

“China and California are the second- and fifth-largest economies in the world and their actions on climate change send an important signal to the world about what is possible with concerted effort,” said Alex Wang, UCLA law professor.

Posted: 10/4/2019