Exhibition Walk-through: Construction, Occupation

Join us for a final walk-through of Construction, Occupation led by co-curator Alex Ungprateeb Flynn ahead of the exhibition’s closing on January 11, 2026.

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Panel on Afghan Refugees in Iran

Co-organized by UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies and UCLA Iranian Studies.

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[Book Talk] Migrant Workers and the Developmental State in the Philippines and South Korea

In this book talk, Suzy Lee (Binghamton University) traces the history of labor export programs in South Korea and the Philippines, offering explanations for why and how they diverged so dramatically and describing the multiple pathways through which migration can serve national development projects and the conditions under which different models succeed or fail.

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Excavating Tell Shaddud

Join us on January 13 for an in-person-only talk at UCLA by Professor William Schniedewind, who will be discussing the significance of the archaeological findings at Tell Shaddud.

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The Original Form of Chunhyangjeon

Kilsoo Chung, Professor, Korean Language and Literature, Seoul National University

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COP 30: Postpartum or Postmortem?

This panel offers a critical retrospective on COP 30, examining whose voices shaped the negotiations in Belém and assessing the conference’s prospects for driving meaningful global climate action.

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Hidden Histories of the Archipelago: Genomic Insights from the Philippines

Colloquium with Maximilian Larena (Uppsala University)

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Info Session: Study Abroad in 2026 with American Councils (Turkish, Ukrainian, Persian, Russian, Eurasian Languages)

Join us to learn from American Councils representatives about study abroad programs and scholarships for 2026, open to undergraduate and graduate students.

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Whose Dunhuang, Whose Homer?: Perspectives from Media Critics

Talk by Yanxiao He, Post-doc Research Fellow at Tsinghua University in Beijing.

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L2 Pragmatics Symposium

L2 Pragmatic Symposium with Emma Betz (University of Waterloo)

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