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La Convención Constituyente y el futuro de Chile

Un reporte exclusivo por Natalia Bieletto-Bueno; Centro de Investigación en Artes y Humanidades, Universidad Mayor, Chile

The Constitutional Convention and the Future of Chile

An exclusive report by Natalia Bieletto-Bueno; Centro de Investigación en Artes y Humanidades, Universidad Mayor, Chile

Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies launches Irene Hirano Inouye Award

The award will honor the life and work of the Japanese American businesswoman, who was the founding chair of the Terasaki Center board of advisors.

Nazarian Center receives $1 million challenge grant to expand teaching in Israel studies

The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation has generously given the Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies a $1 million matching challenge grant to support the expansion of teaching about modern Israel at UCLA. Money raised from this challenge will go to a total goal of $2 million in endowment funds designated for teaching in Israel studies.

Susanna Hecht named director of the UCLA Center for Brazilian Studies

A geographer and politcal ecologist, Hecht is an expert on tropical development in Latin America, especially Amazonia.

'Democracy in Israel' lecture series focused on understanding the past and preparing for the future

In the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center's public lecture series “Democracy in Israel,” three prominent Israeli scholars – Shlomo Avineri, Eva Illouz, and Yael Tamir – assessed the historical roots and possible futures of Israeli democracy. Over the course of the three-part series, the scholars put Israeli democracy in context, tackled its most pressing challenges, and concluded that there is a strong case to be made for the continued resilience of Israeli democracy in the future.

UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies receives $740,000 grant from Luce Foundation

The Henry Luce Foundation has awarded a five-year grant to CSEAS to support interdisciplinary research and student training programs on the Early Modern Period in Southeast Asia.

Students weigh in on Mideast conflict, Israeli politics, foreign policy and more at Nazarian Center conference

Drawing students from around the world, the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies held its third annual Undergraduate Scholars Conference in Israel Studies on June 15. Students presented research on a wide range of subjects, including the recent conflict in the Middle East, Israeli politics, foreign policy, society, and culture.

Institute welcomes new academic program chairs

Michael Thies, long-serving chair of two Institute academic programs, will step down over the coming months, while other faculty go on leave.

Institute welcomes new center directors

The Institute welcomes a new cohort of center directors and extends its heartfelt gratitude to faculty members who have served with distinction.

Focus on values and impact in a career, counsels alumna

“I've changed my measure of what success is because of the time that I had at UCLA. For me, success is now not a destination. By following my values, I ended up being more influential than I thought I would have been when I was set on one approach to my career.”

Complicating ideas of identity and gender through the art by Southeast Asian women

Editors of "Troubling Borders: An Anthology of Art and Literature by Southeast Asian Women in the Diaspora" discuss the origins of this project and its impact in the current moment.

Reclaiming Filipino musical identity and tradition against U.S. empire

Mary Talusan Lacanlale (CSU Dominguez Hills) urges for a reexamination of Filipino banda (brass band) music under U.S. colonial rule not just as instruments of empire, but also reflecting a continuity of Filipino traditions.

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Giving practices embedded in Filipino diaspora's relationship to homeland

Joyce Mariano (University of Hawai'i at Mānoa) analyzes how giving practices in the Filipino diaspora are used by the Philippine state to reinforce structures of inequality.

Soon-to-be graduate wins 2021 Activist Award

“The thing that I value the most about the International Development Studies major is the opportunities it has provided me, ranging from chances for volunteering to traveling to internships,” says Laura Rabago, who is slated to graduate in December.

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Root causes of migration point to U.S.

May 10, 2021. Wiriting on the blog site of Oxford University Press, UCLA sociologist Cecilia Menjívar, member of the Center for the Study of International Migration, notes, "To the extent that there are migration-related crises, these are located elsewhere and have been created over decades by government policies in which the United States has played a critical role... [Policies] in Central America, instigated by the US government, have wholly militarized the countries where many immigrants originate, historically and contempora-neously... This tripartite militarization strategy—at origin, transit, and destination—has created some of the most violent country conditions in the world from which Central Americans flee today."
Also see Menjívar's interview with Mother Jones and a recent New York Times Magazine article on the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program that cites her research.

Biden's recognition of the Armenian Genocide

Apr 26, 2021. Ann Karagozian, director of The Promise Armenian Institute and distinguished professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at UCLA, was interviewed by Los Angeles NPR station KCRW about the meaning of Biden's recognition of the Armenian Genocide. Listen to the "Press Play with Madeleine Brand" interview.

Biden's airstrike on Syria

March 10, 2021. Asked by Israeli daily Ha'aretz to comment on President Biden's recent airstrikes on Syria, Kal Raustiala responded, “[T]he issue becomes: Are you invited by the state involved? It's fine if you're invited to do that by the sovereign, or if you have a [UN] Security Council resolution, or you're engaged in self-defense.” Raustiala, director of the Burkle Center for International Relations and professor of law at UCLA, added, “A country like the United States typically wants to stop the attack, and make sure it never happens again, but some people are uncomfortable with that.”

Biden, Iran and the Nuclear Deal

CMED Research Fellow Dr. Ben Radd spoke on KPCC's "AirTalk" about US plans to rejoin the JCPOA in the current international setting. While many Arab nations are more closely aligned against Iran than several years ago, Radd pointed out, "The Europeans... are eager to get Iran back into compliance. They were very much opposed to the US withdrawing and also [against] attempts last year by then Secretary of State Pompeo to reimpose United Nations sanctions against Iran."
See Dr. Radd's comments on the evolving American-Saudi relationship on BCC World News.

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