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    UCLA expands educational collaboration with The Netherlands

    UCLA leaders recently signed an MOU with Erasmus University Rotterdam for a student exchange program on diversity, equity and inclusion. They also met with U.S. Embassy staff in The Hague, where they discussed the student internship program of The Netherland-America Foundation and other collaborative educational initiatives.

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    Photo (from left to right) — Front row: Annelien Bredenoord (EUR) and Cindy Fan (UCLA). Back row: Jane Murray Cramm (EUR), Martine Wierenga (EUR), Charles Alexander (UCLA), Paulo Carvalho Da Silva (EUR) and Mary Tupan-Wenno (EUR) and Claudia Salcedo (UCLA).
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    Freedoms and flashpoints: Elections impact more than national politics in 2024

    Democracy — and the planet — are at stake in elections and governance around the world this year. That was one of several highlights of a recent institute panel discussion that explored such issues as a young political party sweeping Mexico's national elections and an opposition campaign in India that ran on defending liberalism and individual rights.

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    Scenes from national elections in Mexico (left) and India (right), two of the more than 100 countries that have held or will hold national elections in 2024, together with elections for the European Parliament.

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Study abroad in Japan

Five months of study in Japan has Heidi Tapia thinking of a future career working there.

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Global health minor continues to flourish

The popular global health minor of the UCLA International Institute brings together Bruins who major in the social sciences and humanities with life sciences and pre-med majors.

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UCLA International Institute begins academic year with new and familiar faces

New faculty and experienced hands have taken leadership positions at the institute this year, during which several faculty will be on leave.

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Global Indigeneity Conference

Stephen Acabado and staff of the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies attended a conference in Ifugao, the Philippines this past summer that brought together Indigenous peoples from the region and scholars who study the region to address issues vital to Indigenous communities worldwide.

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New works by International Institute scholars span a range of disciplines

New books by Stephanie Balkwill, Marjorie Elaine, Shaina Potts and David Kim arrive this fall.

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Utpal Sandesara brings new expertise, courses to global health program

In his first year of teaching for the International Institute's global health minor, Sandesara created two new electives for the program.

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Nov 6, 2024. A recent book edited by anthropological archaeologist Stephen Acabado, director of the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies, along with co-editors Dada Dacot and Clement Camposano, “Plural Entanglements: Philippine Studies” (Ateneo de Manil University Press, 2023) has won... Read More
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Nov 4, 2024. Kal Raustiala, director of the Burkle Center for International Affairs and Promise Distinguished Professor of Comparative and International Law at UCLA, has received the Arthur Ross Silver Medal book award of the Council on Foreign Relations for his book,... Read More
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Oct 22, 2024. The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) has awarded UCLA professor Tejas Parasher (political science & International Institute) its 2024 Political Theory Prize for his book, “Radical Democracy in Modern Indian Political Thought" (Cambridge, 2023). The ECPR Political... Read More

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Sites of Encounter in the Muslim World: Cairo & Delhi

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The Future of Radio, But With a Touch of K-Pop7Nov2024

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The Future of Radio, But With a Touch of K-Pop

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Teatro Mexicano de Ciencia Ficción y Lectura Dramatizada

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The French Army and Mobile Field Brothels: Algeria, France, Indochina (1939-1962)7Nov2024

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The French Army and Mobile Field Brothels: Algeria, France, Indochina (1939-1962)

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Delegation From Indonesia

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