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    New leaders join the International Institute

    UCLA faculty take on new roles in the leadership of the International Institute, its academic programs and its centers and programs.

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    UCLA faculty depart International Institute after dedicated service

    We thank a number of UCLA faculty who have made significant contributions to the International Institute.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive presents fall 2025 lineup

“This season's programming transforms the big screen by looking to the past — through the lens of UCLA scholars and student activism, visionary explorations of AI and technology, and 60 years of Archive preservation,” said May Hong HaDuong, director of the UCLA Film & Television Archive.

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For Hannah Arendt, solidarity was neither universal nor an effective political force

After becoming a U.S. citizen, “[Hannah] Arendt idealized the U.S. as a consent-based revival of Rome. She missed the rethinking of the civil rights moment in the U.S. during the 1950s and 60s, as well as anticolonial thought after the Second World War,” said David Kim.

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Imperialism cloaked in the rule of law

UCLA geographer Shaina Potts places her analysis of the wide geographic application of U.S. commercial law after World War II within a specific framework of imperialism: one that cloaks the exertion of state power in economic and legal terms, effectively removing financial issues from the political sphere.

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Negotiation as a tool of war

Eric Min, assistant professor of political science and global studies at UCLA, uses both quantitative and qualitative analysis to examine how nations use negotiations during war in his new book, "Words of War."

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Making contemporary Chinese fiction accessible to Americans

UCLA professor Michael Berry has to date translated 11 Chinese-language works of fiction, three of which were published in early 2025. Among them is "Dead Souls," the last book in a trilogy by one of China's most celebrated science fiction writers, Han Song.

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Meet Carmen Anders: Leading students beyond borders

Meet Carmen Anders, a Spanish teacher who led a life-changing immersion trip to Oaxaca. Her program bridged cultures, deepened language learning and empowered students through authentic connections.

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Global studies student writes thesis with support of Undergraduate Research Scholarship

Graduating senior Ixchtel Aguilar-Moore acquired broad research, study abroad and community engagement experience during her four years at UCLA.

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Jul 25, 2025. Ippolytos “Ippy” A. Kalofonos, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., chair of the Institute's global health minor and assistant professor in residence at the UCLA Semel Institute, launched a Veteran's Voices and Visions chapter at the Los Angeles VA. A Psychiatry Online article describes how the program, on which Kalofonos published a study, has benefited participants. Continue Reading
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July 21, 2025. UCLA anthropologist Stephen Acabado, director of the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies, writes in The Conversation that the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade route (1565-1815) "may help explain how distilled agave spirits such as tequila came into being. While tequila is unmistakably a Mexican creation, the techniques used to produce it may owe something to Filipino sailors…" Continue Reading
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July 1, 2025. Speaking to The New York Review of Books about labor organizing history in Los Angeles, Director of the UCLA Center for Mexican Studies Gaspar Rivera-Salgado noted, "In Los Angeles, labor started organizing and seeing immigrants as the future in the late 1980s." Article author Piper French notes, "Then, in 1986, came Reagan's amnesty bill, which granted millions of immigrants legal status and made them potential new union... Continue Reading

Upcoming Events

Art in Places of Worship in the Middle East and Southeast Asia13Sep2025

Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Art in Places of Worship in the Middle East and Southeast Asia

Join us for this free virtual K-12 teacher institute in our "Teaching World Histories through the Arts" series.

Child Upbringing in Seoul vs. Los Angeles: A Comparative Perspective18Sep2025

Center for Korean Studies

Child Upbringing in Seoul vs. Los Angeles: A Comparative Perspective

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International Institute Open House & Fall Reception For Undergraduates24Sep2025

Academic Programs

International Institute Open House & Fall Reception For Undergraduates

As part of the campus-wide 'True Bruin Welcome Week' activities, the International Institute Academic Programs will be hosting an Open...

Recent Visitors & Dignitaries

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Economic Prosperity: Women And Small Business Entrepreneurship: A Multi-Regional Project

DELEGATION 25 members Visit Date: 04/30/2025
United Arab Emirates, and more
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Finnish Higher Education Institutions

DELEGATION 25 members Visit Date: 03/17/2025
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Climate Change And Methane: A Project For Turkmenistan

DELEGATION 6 members Visit Date: 12/13/2024
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FOREIGN INSTIUTION Insper Instituto De Ensino E Pesquisa UCLA COUNTERPART Anderson School of Management
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FOREIGN INSTIUTION Principles For Peace UCLA COUNTERPART Center for Middle East Development
Agreement Type: Collaboration
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FOREIGN INSTIUTION Enderun Colleges, Inc. UCLA COUNTERPART UCLA Extension
Agreement Type: Non-Binding MOU