Extreme religious political ideas have entered mainstream Israeli politics because the religious right has spent the last decade focused on promulgating ideas, building institutions and integrating rightist religious organizations from the settlements into the Likud Party, said Rami Hod at a Y&S Nazarian Center event in winter 2025.
Kim (bottom row, far left), a core faculty member of the UCLA Center for Korean Studies, is professor and head of theater and performance studies at the UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television, where she is associate dean for academic affairs and external engagement.
About 2 million people, or more than 20% of the population living in Cambodia on January 17, 1975, or born in Democratic Kampuchea between 1975 and 1979, are estimated to have died due to Khmer Rouge policies, including by execution, displacement, forced labor and food rationing.
UCLA hosted the U.S. State Department's 2025 International Women of Courage on April 7, several of whom spoke about their work and life experience at a public panel event.
The UCLA Armenian Music Program, with co-sponsorship of the Promise Armenian Institute, hosted a talk and concert celebrating the life and works of composer, conductor and musicologist Grikor Mirzaian Suni.
The Negative Impact of Proposed H.R. 2147 on UCLA's Campus and Community
Haiti's crisis stems from entrenched corruption, impunity and the unchecked flow of firearms, which have enabled gangs to seize control of vast portions of the country, said Haitian journalist Widlore Mérancourt.
Winter quarter 2025 began with new and familiar faces in leadership roles, as well as news of faculty research awards.
Grants to the two programs by Alianza MX, a University of California program that promotes engagement with Mexico, will be used for student scholarships.
Political scientist Joseph Wright urged policymakers to consider the political impact of migrant remittances, which support democratization in authoritarian states.
CSEAS Director, Stephen Acabado, reflects on the first 25 years of the center's history as it prepares for a yearlong celebration.
This project on Cantonese language and cultures was co-initiated by Dr. King-Kok Cheung (Professor Emeritus of the Department of English at UCLA) and Dr. Min Zhou (tenured Professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies at UCLA and Director of the Asia Pacific Center). The goal is to utilize teaching, cultural promotion and community cooperation to advance the inheritance and development of Cantonese.
The fall 2024 conference explored the concept of an "Arabicate" world as a predicate to the "Persianate" world in Islamic civilization elucidated by historian Marshall Hodgson.
Two Swedish visiting professors enjoyed teaching courses of their own design at UCLA this fall.
