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Human rights and solidarity in a postcolonial world
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
How to help people affected by the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
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The wreckage of a collapsed building, Diyarbakir, Turkey. (Photo: VOA courtesy of Wikimedia Commons; public domain.)

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