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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Asia Pacific Center receives $1 million to strengthen Taiwan Studies Program
Funds from J. Yang and Family Foundation will provide scholarships and bolster research and curriculum development.

Posted: 7/22/2019

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Pacific Rim universities and the challenges of migration and diversity
Higher education leaders from across the Pacific Rim addressed migration, diversity and climate change at the 23rd APRU Annual Presidents' Meeting.

Posted: 7/9/2019

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Shu-mei Shih named president-elect of ACLA
At the March 2019 annual meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association, Professor Shu-mei Shih was elected to association's Board of Directors as president-elect.

Posted: 4/15/2019

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