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    Doing what must be done: International Women of Courage share their stories

    UCLA hosted the U.S. State Department's 2025 International Women of Courage on April 7, several of whom spoke about their work and life experience at a public panel event.

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    Preserving Armenia's musical heritage: A tribute to Grikor Mirzaian Suni

    The UCLA Armenian Music Program, with co-sponsorship of the Promise Armenian Institute, hosted a talk and concert celebrating the life and works of composer, conductor and musicologist Grikor Mirzaian Suni.

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Haiti's crisis: Gangs, corruption and injustice

Haiti's crisis stems from entrenched corruption, impunity and the unchecked flow of firearms, which have enabled gangs to seize control of vast portions of the country, said Haitian journalist Widlore Mérancourt.

Program on Caribbean Studies

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Migrant remittances: A force for democracy

Political scientist Joseph Wright urged policymakers to consider the political impact of migrant remittances, which support democratization in authoritarian states.

Center for Study of International Migration

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Celebrating 25 Years of the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Director, Stephen Acabado, reflects on the first 25 years of the center's history as it prepares for a yearlong celebration.

Center for Southeast Asian Studies

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International Institute leadership & faculty news

Winter quarter 2025 began with new and familiar faces in leadership roles, as well as news of faculty research awards.

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The 'Arabicate' World: Conference Summary

The fall 2024 conference explored the concept of an "Arabicate" world as a predicate to the "Persianate" world in Islamic civilization elucidated by historian Marshall Hodgson.

Center for Near Eastern Studies

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Subsistence farming of enslaved Africans creates African foodways in the New World

Using first-person European accounts of plantations, drawings, paintings and oral histories, geographer Judith Carney showed that the subsistence plots cultivated by enslaved people on plantations successfully brought African staples to the Americas.

African Studies Center

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Two summer study programs in Mexico receive UC funding

Grants to the two programs by Alianza MX, a University of California program that promotes engagement with Mexico, will be used for student scholarships.

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Mar 19, 2025. Speaking to "InquirerPlus" about the late ethnoarchaeologist William Longacare, UCLA anthropologist Stephen Acabado said, “His findings challenged traditional archaeological assumptions and provided a more nuanced way to interpret ceramics in excavations worldwide,” showing “that pottery style and form... Continue Reading
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Nov 22, 2024. Three decades of research by Jason Kong, distinguished professor of computer science and director of the UCLA-PKU Students & Scholars Program, led to the award. Presented annually by the Electronic System Design Alliance — part of the global semiconductor... Continue Reading

Upcoming Events

Festival de Cineastas Mayas15Apr2025

Latin American Institute

Fue el Estado: A Neglected Human Rights Report on Mexico17Apr2025

Latin American Institute

Fue el Estado: A Neglected Human Rights Report on Mexico's Dirty War

For more details, click on the title to visit the event page.

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Latin American Institute

A Return to a Zionism for the Future17Apr2025

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies

A Return to a Zionism for the Future

On April 17th, Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller will draw on foundational texts by Zionist thinkers in an attempt to frame a...

Recent Visitors & Dignitaries

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Finnish Higher Education Institutions

DELEGATION 25 members Visit Date: 03/17/2025
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Climate Change And Methane: A Project For Turkmenistan

DELEGATION 6 members Visit Date: 12/13/2024
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University Of Leicester President Visit

DELEGATION 5 members Visit Date: 10/30/2024
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FOREIGN INSTIUTION Fundacion Antonio Nunez Jimenez De La Naturaleza Y El Hombre UCLA COUNTERPART Geography
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FOREIGN INSTIUTION Black Lion Hospital UCLA COUNTERPART David Geffen School of Medicine Global Health
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FOREIGN INSTIUTION Universitas Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia (“Unas”) UCLA COUNTERPART Herb Alpert School of Music
Agreement Type: Non-Binding MOU