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A demographer informed by ethnography

Victor Agadjanian's demographic research has taken him all over the world and inspired him to...
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Three UCLA sociologists counsel that we need social connectivity and social responsibility more than ever....
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Emergency financial support for remote learning technology

Undergrad Bruins in need of technology to access online classes from home, such as up-to-date...
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A survivor striving to increase minority political participation in Latin America

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UCLA geographer Adam Moore receives book award

Adam Moore, a member of the International Institute's teaching faculty, has won the American Association...
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Leveraging human rights to change the criminal justice system

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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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's rich past, social scientists concerned with its dynamic present, and...
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    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
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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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    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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    The Latin American Institute, the base for activities related to Latin America, sponsors interdisciplinary research, coordinates bachelor's and master'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
    The National Heritage Language Resource Center is one of 15 Language Resource Centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The mission of the Center is to develop effective pedagogical approaches to teaching heritage language...
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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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    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's premier centers for education and research about the history, culture,...
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