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Global Studies student finds her voice in interfaith activism and community

When Rucha Modi graduates in June, she will not only have earned a B.A. in global studies, but accumulated a rich body of experience in interfaith activism.

Job hunting in the COVID economy

The UCLA Career Center and Alumni Association have found innovative ways to connect students with exciting prospects in our new digital world.

BLM a catalyst for decolonization efforts in Belgium

Following the largest anti-racist demonstrations in its history in June 2020, Belgium took belated action to confront its colonial past.

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.

Q&A with Ann Karagozian on the U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide

Professor Ann Karagozian, director of The Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA, provides her analysis of why this has been such an important issue for Armenians in the United States, home to the largest population of Armenians across the diaspora, and across the world.

Two migration graduate students win dissertation awards

Sophia Ángeles and Tianjian Lai have each been awarded a $20,000 Haynes Foundation doctoral award for research that explores issues of migration status, education and health outcomes.

Institute staff connects during pandemic

Over the past year, International Institute staff have stayed in touch with one another via a regular online "coffee hour," a reading group and ongoing projects such as the "Recipes with Love" cookbook.

LA mayor's office sponsors international career panels

UCLA and several other universities worked with the LA Mayor's Office of International Affairs to organize and host the series.

International Institute, centers receive significant gifts

Over the past several months, the African Studies Center, the Asia Pacific Center and the International Institute have received generous gifts to support their operations and programs.

International system, U.S. fail to hold MBS accountable for murder of Khashoggi

Human rights experts David Kaye and Agnès Callamard discussed the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the lack of established international mechanisms to address the targeted assassination of dissidents by sovereign states.

Experimenting with new ways to teach Southeast Asian languages during the pandemic

The latest webinar organized by the Council of Teachers of Southeast Asian Languages trained language faculty on how to better teach multiword units to second language learners.

Andrew Le appointed to the 2021 GETSEA Graduate Student Council

Andrew N. Le will serve as the UCLA CSEAS representative on the first GETSEA Graduate Student Advisory Council, formed under the consortium for Graduate Education and Training in Southeast Asian Studies.

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Could Arab parties be a decisive factor in forming Israel's next coalition government?

After the fourth national election in just two years, Israeli politics remains deadlocked. Unexpected developments may prevent a fifth round.

Pursuing community-engaged research as a scholar of and from the Philippines

UCLA alumna Stephanie Santos (Ph.D. 2018) speaks about her path into academia and why she brings feminist, queer theories into her work in Southeast Asian Studies.

Leadership for UCLA on the world stage

When she began teaching at UCLA 30 years ago, Vice Provost Cindy Fan was one of just two women on the geography faculty.

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Root causes of migration point to U.S.

Apr 9, 2021. The response to farmworkers' protests against working conditions on banana and coffee plantations and against land encroachment in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras in the 1930s, "was more [U.S.] military aid and the escalation of the dictatorship… That went on until the 1970s when opposition groups became more organized and eventually culminated in the civil wars of the 1980s," said UCLA sociologist Cecilia Menjívar, faculty member of the Center for the Study of International Migration, in an interview with Mother Jones. Menjívar's work was also cited in a recent New York Times Magazine article on the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program.

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

Feb. 22, 2020. Ben Radd, research fellow at the Center for Middle East Development, spoke on KPCC's "AirTalk" about U.S. 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 United States withdrawing and also [against] attempts last year by then Secretray of State Pompeo to reimpose United Nations sanctions against Iran."
Feb. 26, 2021. See Radd's comments on the evolving U.S.-Saudi relationship on BCC World News.

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