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Q&A with Susanna Hecht, winner of the 2023 Brunn Award in Geography

The director of the Center for Brazilian Studies receives the Brunn Award for Creativity in Geography on March 24. In honor of the occasion, Hecht answers questions about the award, her research and the current state of Amazon rainforest. Read More

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Realistic and Pragmatic Approach for Denuclearization and Peace on the Korean Peninsula
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Middle Eastern Maze: Israel, the Arabs, and the Region, 1948-2022
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Indirapuram, Gazhiabad, India

May 1, 2021. Volunteers attempt to revive a patient at a free oxygen camp at the Indirapuram Gurudwara (Sikh Temple), organized during India's second Covid-19 surge. (Photo: ©Ishan Tankha/Sipa USA via AP Images, 2021.) This photo is licensed, do not copy or download.

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Interdepartmental degrees offered through Institute centers allow students to focus on a particular area of study -- either a specific geographic area, or a global comparative and issue-oriented approach -- through a variety of disciplines....
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African Studies Center
The African Studies Center at UCLA was established in 1959 to further stimulate the growing national interest in the region and to develop outreach, academic, and research programs on Africa. Increased national demand for new...
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Asia Pacific Center
The Asia Pacific Center was founded in 2000 as a consortium of UCLAs principal Asian-focused research centers and programs. The Asia Institute promotes Asian Studies at UCLA and fosters greater understanding of Asia through a...
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Burkle Center for International Relations
The Burkle Center for International Relations fosters cutting edge research and interdisciplinary and policy-oriented teaching on the contemporary world and the role of the United States in global security, military, political, social and economic affairs....
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Canadian Studies Program
Established in 2001, the Canadian Studies Program at UCLA fosters a better understanding of Canadian society and its relationship with the United States. Through its teaching, research, and public lecture series, the Program facilitates awareness...
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Center for Brazilian Studies
The purpose of the Center for Brazilian studies at UCLA is to encourage cooperative research and academic initiatives between UCLA and Brazil. Our mission is to promote greater understanding and involvement with Brazil including academia,...
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Center for Buddhist Studies
As U.S. ties with Asia become increasingly important and as East and Southeast Asian immigrants, many of whom are practicing Buddhists, come to rival other minorities in size and influence, the need grows for specialists...
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Center for Chinese Studies
Mission Statement The Center for Chinese Studies promotes cutting-edge scholarship in all disciplines, fosters a research and teaching environment free from political and financial pressures, and makes the results of scholarly investigations available for use beyond...
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Center for European and Russian Studies
As a US Department of Education, Title VI National Resource Center, The Center for European and Russian Studies (CERS) provides a pan-European perspective for scholars and students from a wide range of disciplines. Originally established...
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Center for India and South Asia
The Center for India and South Asia is the newest center in the Asia Institute. It promotes dialogue between humanists who focus on the region&#39;s rich past, social scientists concerned with its dynamic present, and...
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Center for Korean Studies
Welcome to the UCLA Center for Korean Studies. The Center was established in 1993 to coordinate development of UCLAs burgeoning programs in this field of research. Despite its short history, the Center now presides over...
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Center for Mexican Studies
The UCLA Center for Mexican Studies is dedicated to organizing and sponsoring graduate student and faculty research on Mexico, faculty and student exchanges with Mexican universities, and Mexico-related events at UCLA. The Center promotes collaborative...
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Center for Middle East Development
Through conferences, task forces, publications and other programming, CMED explores key subjects for the region, including: Arab-Israeli issues, Gulf security, Mediterranean security, regional business and economics, technological cooperation, regional strategic cooperation, and democratic culture and...
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Center for Near Eastern Studies
The Gustav E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies at UCLA encourages, coordinates and integrates instruction and research in the humanities and the social sciences, business, law, medicine and the media, and in all...
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Center for Southeast Asian Studies
The Center for Southeast Asian Studies promotes independent research and innovative teaching about the histories, languages, societies, and cultures of Southeast Asia and its peoples. To this end, it supports expanded course offerings, hosts visiting...
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Center for Southern Cone Studies
The Center for Southern Cone Studies is dedicated to promoting research on an important region of Latin America, comprised of multiple nations, that shares many characteristics with the United States: climate and ecology; large agricultural...
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Center for Study of International Migration
The UCLA Center for the Study of International Migration seeks to foster research and instruction on international migration. In our view, the study of migration is like the process of migration itself: an activity that...
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Center for World Languages
The Center for World Languages is a research and development unit of the UCLA International Institute and the Humanities Division of the UCLA College of Letters and Sciences. The Center brings together the University's extensive...
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Institut des Amériques
The Institut des Amériques (IdA) is a French institute that promotes “Americanist” research, meaning studies that pertain to all three Americas: South, Central, and North. Headquartered in Paris, the IdA maintains a multidisciplinary network of...
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Latin American Institute
The Latin American Institute, the base for activities related to Latin America, sponsors interdisciplinary research, coordinates bachelor&#39;s and master&#39;s degree programs in Latin American Studies, issues publications, and hosts events for the campus community and...
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National Heritage Language Resource Center
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Program on Caribbean Studies
The Program on Caribbean Studies promotes research and literature of the greater Caribbean, rather than restricting its focus to the Spanish-speaking nations, given that nations such as Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic have much...
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Program on Central Asia
With generous support from the UCLA International Institute, the Asia Institute will lead a three-year initiative in collaboration with the Center for European and Eurasian Studies and the Center for Near Eastern Studies. Promoting the...
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Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies
UCLA established its Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies within the International Studies and Overseas Programs, the predecessor organization of the UCLA International Institute, in the fall of 1991. There were two central reasons for the...
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The Promise Armenian Institute
The Promise Armenian Institute expands UCLA's renowned Armenian Studies program and create a new multi-disciplinary platform for public health and medicine, social policy, the sciences, business and the arts -- for Armenia and Armenians around...
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Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies
Originally founded in 2005 as the UCLA Israel Studies Program, the UCLA Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies is one of the nation&amp;#39;s premier centers for education and research about the history, culture,...
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