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Teaching development and critical thinking

Faculty who regularly teach required courses in the international development studies major speak about their courses and how they work collaboratively to build student knowledge of the subject matter.

UCLA hosts Tigrinya Language Digital Initiatives Symposium

The four-day meeting brought together digital and computational experts from around the globe, drawing an average daily attendance of over 400 people.

International Institute sends students around the world in summer 2022

The International Institute, its academic programs and its research centers play an instrumental role in supporting international education and research at UCLA. This summer, they provided financial support that helped over 100 students travel abroad to study or conduct research.

Reframing international development studies

International development studies (IDS) faculty have been integrating critical development theory and critical numeracy into a curriculum that surveys the history, theories and experience of economic development in countries worldwide.

$1.2 million from Kachigian family trust establishes UCLA lectureship in Armenian studies

Armenian language scholar Hagop Kouloujian has been appointed to the position for a five-year term

Dragon Stones: Unique monuments of the Armenian Highlands presented at UCLA

Interview with Arsen Bobokhyan, Ph.D. (Director, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia), following "The Vishap: From Fairy Tale to Reality" event held at UCLA. Interview in Armenian

UCLA Promise Armenian Institute announces 2022-2023 grant and fellowship recipients

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Promise Armenian Institute grants and fellowships are designed to support research across all academic fields, with an emphasis on or connection to Armenia or Armenians, and it is pleased to announce the 2022-2023 grant and fellowship recipients.

Congressman Ted Lieu congratulates the Institute's Class of 2022

Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA) delivered the commencement address to graduating students of the UCLA International Institute on June 11, 2022.

Four UCLA Russian Flagship students win Boren Scholarships

The year-long scholarships will enable the students to attend the program's capstone year abroad.

An interview with Robert Buswell, renowned scholar of Korean Buddhism

Distinguished Professor of Buddhist Studies Robert Buswell reflected on his life and work ahead of a two-day conference in honor of his retirement from UCLA.

Stations of the Cross on the Via Dolorosa, 1875-2022: A Photographic and Archaeological Journey

Launching a new exhibit from the Armenian Image Archive, the webinar will explore the 14 “Stations of the Cross” along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem, highlighting photographs from the Bonfils Studio in 1875 and new images from photographer Jack Persekian, taken specifically for this exhibit.

Course connects globalization with local labor issues

A number of International Institute students took a spring course with UCLA sociologist Jennifer Jihye Chun that explored how the global economy impacts labor conditions in both the Global South and Global North.

Dedicated IDS students win program awards

The International Development Studies Program recognized graduating seniors for their volunteer work in service of international development goals and superior academic performance, respectively.

Peter Cowe: Scholar, linguist and beloved professor of Armenian culture and language

Narekatsi Professor in Armenian Studies S. Peter Cowe has headed the UCLA Center for World Languages since 2018. His deep knowledge and teaching of Armenian to heritage speakers make him an ideal director of the center.

From Kwame Nkrumah's “Neocolonialism” to study abroad in Ghana

Hayley Farrell, an international development studies major, has spent her senior year studying at the University of Ghana while interning at a non-profit in Accra.

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Mexican labor unions shocked out of lethargy

Aug 8, 2022. La Jornada interviewed UCLA Center for Mexican Studies Director Gaspar Rivera-Salgado about labor reform in Mexico and the work of the UCLA Labor Center there:
“Mexico City. Gaspar Rivera-Salgado looks from Los Angeles at the 'incredible context of change' in Mexico, particularly in the world of work, as a result of a labor reform that has shaken a sector that lived in lethargy for 70 years: ‘All the unions are as if they had suddenly been given electric shocks. Now they must have their batteries in place, because the entire legal, economic, but also political, framework is being redone.'" (In Spanish)

Focusing on local responses to ecological change

Aug. 3, 2022. Stephen Acabdao, director of the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies, attended a workshop at the PSU Caramoan campus in the Phillipines sponsored by the Program for Early Modern Southeast Asia (PEMSEA). The program, he said to Inquirer.net, will “empower descendant communities that can provide compelling narratives for SEA cultural identities and highlight indigenous histories, which are typically absent from national historical narratives.”

Filipino history, demystified

Jul 7, 2022. Speaking to CNN about an exhibit on the true history of the Ifugao rice terraces in the Philippines, Director of the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies Stephen Acabado observed, “Exhibits like this provide a venue to highlight the experiences of marginalized Indigenous peoples. In the Philippine case, we hope that it spurs proactive policies that empower IP groups to learn more about their history and heritage. Studies have shown that youths who are more secure about their ethnic identity are more likely to succeed later in life. It's the least that we can do to redress centuries of oppression.”

International education & global collaboration linked, says Cindy Fan

Jun 7, 2022. UCLA's vice provost for international studies and global engagement, Cindy Fan, sang the praises of the 2021 joint statement [of the U.S. Departments of State and of Education] on international education. The statement acknowledges that global challenges require "partnership and collaboration across borders" in order to be resolved, she said to PIE News.
“[This] is exactly what we want to achieve in international education, and that is connecting across borders,” she said.

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