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International Education Week goes online

UCLA will celebrate International Education Week in a virtual format from November 16 to 20, 2020. Mark your calendars in anticipation of discussions of topical global issues, conversations between U.S. and international students, a global trivia contest and much more.

Recognizing Prof. Lahra Smith- Director of African Studies Program

Professor Lahra Smith has been appointed director of the African Studies Program at Georgetown University.

Working at the intersection of politics and economics

Alden Young, an historian whose research focuses on economic development and Africa, recently joined the faculty of the International Institute.

Recognizing Awet- Royal Society of Canada

UCLA's MA in African Studies and History Department, Awet Weldemichael, elected into Royal Society of Canada.

Language instruction & fellowships at the International Institute

The institute directly offers language classes in Amharic, Nahuatl and Yoruba. In addition, a number of its research centers and programs financially support language instruction at UCLA and offer fellowships for the advanced study of specific languages.

Can Açiksöz wins book award

Açiksöz received the 2020 Fatema Mernissi Book Award of the Middle East Studies Association for his recent book, "Sacrificial Lambs: Masculinity, Disability and Political Violence in Turkey."

New Freshmen Cluster on Global Islam

New Global Islam Freshmen Cluster expands course offerings and analytical approaches.

Exploring contemporary contributions to Middle Eastern historiography

Lecture series provides crucial resources for both training scholars and the public interest

Navigating Southeast Asian art history at the sites of origin

Mya Chau (UCLA Ph.D., 2020) details her engagement with historians, curators, and community members at important sites of Southeast Asian art history through the SOAS Southeast Asian Art Academic Programs.

Interview with Professor George Dutton on his research on colonialism and Vietnamese Catholicism

CSEAS Director George Dutton talks about his latest book on Father Philiphê Bỉnh, an 18th-century Vietnamese Catholic priest, and how his work intersects with issues of religion, globalization, and colonial histories.

Webinar series focuses on global BLM conversation

The UCLA International Institute's “Black Lives Matter: Global Perspectives ” webinar series will draw connections among unique, but interlinked, anti-racist struggles in the context of the global histories of colonialism, imperialism and internationalism.

Why it's so difficult to address climate change

A new undergraduate course in fall quarter 2020, “The Political Economy of Climate Change,” will examine the challenges of mitigating climate change.

Indonesian filmmakers argue now is the time for digital experimentation

In a panel discussion, filmmakers discuss the future of marketing and viewership in Indonesia as the pandemic halted film production, forcing new approaches to distribution to emerge.

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.

Zine-making for storytelling and coalition-building within Indonesian communities

Founder and editor-in-chief of Buah zine, Teta Alim discuss zines and heritage-centered storytelling.

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Colonialism and Catholicism in Vietnam

Sep. 23, 2020. UCLA historian George Dutton, director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, in an interview with the online mangonsteensmartlets, notes, "I think there was always at least an implicit sense of the Catholic missions as a kind of colonizing project.... The missionary efforts to convert and baptise Vietnamese went hand in hand with a range of cultural changes. This isn't to say that missionaries steamrollered local cultural practices and customs, but they did engage in various forms of iconoclasm and suppression of culture in the name of their faith. " Read the full interview at the link.

Joe Biden on the wrong track regarding Turkey

Sep. 22, 2020. "The ideas of the Democratic Presidential nominee will not restore U.S.-Turkish relations. Instead, Biden will exacerbate distrust between two NATO allies, facilitate an increasing tendency toward authoritarianism in Turkey, and push Turkey toward other patrons. It will also damage relations with our other allies in the Middle East," writes Eric Bordenkircher in The National Interest. Bordenkircher is a Research Fellow at the Center for Middle East Development.

Fear of authoritarian regimes pushes Hollywood to self-censor

Aug. 4, 2020. Writing in Foreign Affairs ("Hollywood is Running Out of Villains"), UCLA Burkle Center Director Kal Raustiala observes, "Hollywood sanitizes or censors topics that Beijing doesn't like. But the phenomenon is not limited to China, nor is it all about revenue. Studios, writers and producers increasingly fear they will be hacked or harmed if they portray any foreign autocrats in a negative light, be it Russian President Vladimir Putin or North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un."

Jennifer Chun receives Chancellor's award for community-engaged research

Chun, who has a joint appointment in the International Institute and the department of Aisan American studies, won a $10,000 grant to develop a course on writing community organizational case studies and movement histories, as well as community engagement components for existing courses on Asian and Latina women workers.

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