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Building Korean Studies into a thriving field
The immense contributions of UCLA historian John Duncan to the Korean Studies field will be celebrated at a workshop on May 24. Duncan retires from UCLA in late June.
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Language as a product of the human mind
Linguist Harold Torrence, chair of the African Studies M.A. Program, teaches a field methods class every year in which he and his UCLA students work on a language none of them has ever studied before.
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International conference highlights women's issues and empowerment in contemporary Indonesia
The conference featured keynote addresses by the female CEO of OCBC NISP Bank and a HP Executive and dozens of speakers from the U.S., Australia, Europe and Southeast Asia.
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Reinventing tradition to make it relevant today
Indian classical choreographer, dancer and activist Mallika Sarabhai spoke at CISA about her dancing and how it relates to her advocacy work to improve the lives of Indian women.
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Brazil under Bolsonaro
At a recent UCLA lecture, Pedro Paulo Zahluth Bastos examined the economic agenda of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and the roots of his popular support.
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Cambodian human rights activist discusses modern slavery in Southeast Asia
Vannak Anan Prum, author of “The Dead Eye and the Deep Blue Sea," shares his own extraordinary story as a victim and witness of human trafficking in Southeast Asia.
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Censorship in Ukraine related to the ongoing war with Russia
Ukrainian intellectual Mykola Riabchuk defended current limitations on the freedom of speech in Ukraine as legitimate policies to counter disinformation in a time of war.
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The diverse culture of Latin America
Two Latin American films recently screened at UCLA explored the experiences of German immigrants to Chile and race and class prejudice in the Dominican Republic, respectively.
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Shape-shifting and storytelling in Hispaniola
The bacá (baka in Haitian Kreyol) — spirit demons that can transform themselves and humans into animals — are present throughout the island of Hispaniola, but interpreted differently in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, says UCLA historian Robin Derby about her current research.
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The two elements of migration
Sociologist Roger Waldinger and two critics discussed a transnational theory of migration at a recent CSIM book talk.
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Art as a response to U.S. global military detention
At a recent Center for India and South Asia event, Ronak Kapadia examined visual art that evokes the experience of prisoners of war and detainees who have experienced torture and other physical abuse in U.S. military detention sites around the world.
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Current Palestinian conditions and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as seen by a German foundation
At a recent CMED lecture, officials from the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) described what the breakdown of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process looks like on the ground and their foundation's work in the Palestinian Territories and the MENA region.
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Gift creates scholarship endowment for popular JRI summer research program in China
The endowment will enable one UCLA sciences and/or engineering undergraduate student to participate in a three-month research program in China.
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A new perspective on U.S.-Israel relations
At the upcoming Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies' 6th “Israel in 3D” conference, participants from Israel and the United States will explore connections between the countries beyond the political sphere.
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New Haitian migration patterns end in displacement
Haitians have created new migration strategies to places such as Tijuana, Mexicali, Venezuela and Brazil that often put them at risk for deportation.
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