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UCLA kicks off International Education Week November 18

Celebrated at U.S. colleges nationwide, the week offers an opportunity to discover the breadth of international educational and cultural resources at UCLA. Our university is not only the top public university in the nation, but is committed to expanding its local and global impact.

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Image for Stephen Acabado wins National Book Award of the Philippines

Stephen Acabado wins National Book Award of the Philippines

Stephen Acabado, director of the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies, wins book prize for new reader “Plural Entanglements: Philippine Studies."

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UCLA expands educational collaboration with The Netherlands

UCLA leaders recently signed an MOU with Erasmus University Rotterdam for a student exchange program on diversity, equity and inclusion. They also met with U.S. Embassy staff in The Hague, where they discussed the student internship program of The Netherland-America Foundation and other collaborative educational initiatives.

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Study abroad in Japan

Five months of study in Japan has Heidi Tapia thinking of a future career working there.

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Global Indigeneity Conference

Stephen Acabado and staff of the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies attended a conference in Ifugao, the Philippines this past summer that brought together Indigenous peoples from the region and scholars who study the region to address issues vital to Indigenous communities worldwide.

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Freedoms and flashpoints: Elections impact more than national politics in 2024

Democracy — and the planet — are at stake in elections and governance around the world this year. A recent panel discussion explored the impact of elections in India, Amazonia, Mexico and the European Union.

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UCLA International Institute begins academic year with new and familiar faces

New faculty and experienced hands have taken leadership positions at the institute this year, during which several faculty will be on leave.

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Global health minor continues to flourish

The popular global health minor of the UCLA International Institute brings together Bruins who major in the social sciences and humanities with life sciences and pre-med majors.

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Image for Feyaad Allie is the Winner of the 2023 Sardar Patel Award

Feyaad Allie is the Winner of the 2023 Sardar Patel Award

Feyaad Allie won the award for a dissertation entitled "Power, Exclusion, and Identity: The Politics of Muslim Marginalization in India," completed at the Stanford University.

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New works by International Institute scholars span a range of disciplines

New books by Stephanie Balkwill, Marjorie Elaine, Shaina Potts and David Kim arrive this fall.

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Utpal Sandesara brings new expertise, courses to global health program

In his first year of teaching for the International Institute's global health minor, Sandesara created two new electives for the program.

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UCLA Fulbright awardees will soon depart for global destinations

Five recent graduates and one faculty member will conduct research and promote cultural exchanges in locations such as Cambodia, Kazakhstan, South Korea and Vietnam.

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His Excellency Notonegoro of the Yogyakarta Sultanate hosts CSEAS for partnership discussions

UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies met with His Excellency Notonegoro, Prince of the Yogyakarta Sultanate, to discuss potential collaborations.

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Image for Stephen Acabado wins National Book Award of the Philippines
Nov 6, 2024. A recent book edited by anthropological archaeologist Stephen Acabado, director of the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies, along with co-editors Dada Dacot and Clement Camposano, “Plural Entanglements: Philippine Studies” (Ateneo de Manil University Press, 2023) has won the Philippines' 42nd National Book Award for the social sciences. Known as the Elfren S. Cruz Prize for Best Book in the Social Sciences, the award is bestowed by the National Book Development... Read More
Image for Kal Raustiala wins Council on Foreign Relations book award
Nov 4, 2024. Kal Raustiala, director of the Burkle Center for International Affairs and Promise Distinguished Professor of Comparative and International Law at UCLA, has received the Arthur Ross Silver Medal book award of the Council on Foreign Relations for his book, "The Absolutely Indispensable Man: Ralph Bunche, The United Nations, and the Fight to End Empire" (Oxford, 2023). The honor recognizes books that make an outstanding contribution to the understanding of foreign policy or... Read More
Image for Tejas Parasher wins second book award
Oct 22, 2024. The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) has awarded UCLA professor Tejas Parasher (political science & International Institute) its 2024 Political Theory Prize for his book, “Radical Democracy in Modern Indian Political Thought" (Cambridge, 2023). The ECPR Political Theory Prize was introduced in 2020 to highlight the critical role of political theory in political science by celebrating outstanding contributions in the field. The prize is awarded for the best first book... Read More
Image for Cecilia Menjivar on how autocrats undermine democracies from within
Sep 23, 2024. Writing in Scientific American with co-author Deisy Del Real (USC), Cecilia Menjívar (UCLA sociology and Center for Study of International Migration) details how "a new interconnected breed of autocrats gains and retains power by deception, globally undermining democracies through their own institutions." Read More

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