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    The work and teaching of David Kim grapple with the challenge of human rights in a post-colonial world, cosmopolitanism and solidarity, as well as an array of German authors.

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    UCLA International Institute Associate Vice Provost David Kim. (Photo: Peggy McInerny/ UCLA.)
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    Earthquake in Turkey and Syria

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LA City Council President Paul Krekorian to speak at 2023 International Institute commencement

Krekorian has had a long career that spans the practice of law, service as counsel to the Webster Commission following the 1992 Los Angeles uprising and four years as a California State Assemblyman.

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Military dictatorship in Brazil pushes political class to accept mass mobilization

At a book talk for "Until the Storm Passes" about the Brazilian dictatorship of 1964–1985, author Bryan Pitts said the malleability of the Brazilian political class has made it possible for Brazilian democracy to become more representative over the past several decades.

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Family love leads donor to create two endowed scholarships at UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies

Kyung Ki (Cindy) Min has created two endowed scholarships at the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies that provide valuable support to students of Buddhism.

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Debate over identity sparks the emergence of a “passionate center” in Israeli politics

At the inaugural Younes Nazarian Memorial Lecture of the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, writer Yossi Klein Halevi contended that mass demonstrations against the proposed judicial reforms of Prime Minister Netanyahu were reanimating the center in Israeli politics.

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Translation, disinformation and a Guggenheim Fellowship

Michael Berry has received a 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship in translation. The award follows a tumultuous, but very productive, last three years.

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Ambition and the sense of powerlessness among young Chinese

In a lecture at the Center for Chinese Studies, anthropologist Biao Xiang said the sense of powerlessness felt by young Chinese today is curiously similar to that felt by the young generation in China before the 1980s, when the reforms that transformed the country into an economic powerhouse were first introduced.

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Report documents violence against Central American migrants at U.S.-Mexican border

Using quantitative and qualitative data, the report's analysis finds unprecedented violence against migrants in six northern Mexican border states and four southwestern U.S. border states during the period January 1, 2021–June 30, 2022.

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Sociologist Min Zhou elected to the National Academy of Sciences

The honor for the director of the UCLA Asia Pacific Center follows her election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2022.

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International Indigenous Trade: Challenges, Opportunities and Self-Determination

Indigenous Commerce, Culture, and Law in the Asia Pacific Series

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A New Wave of K-Cinema: Korean Women Directors

This screening series, which consists of contemporary films directed by Korean women, will feature films

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"Israelism" Film Screening and Director Q&A

The UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center invites UCLA students to attend this free, in-person sneak preview screening of the film Israelism.