Research

• Ethnomusicology Archive
  School of the Arts and Architecture
  • The UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive is a world-renowned research archive dedicated to the study of musical traditions from around the globe. The Archive’s collection of more than 150,000 audio, video, print, and photographic items documents musical expressions throughout the world and includes unique field recordings as well as rare commercial recordings.
    

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    (Updated: Nov 17 2020)

• South Asian Lab
  College of Letters and Science: Social Sciences
  • The lab conducts analyzes a wealth of exciting South Asian archaeological data, starting from the Paleolithic period hundreds of thousands of years ago to the Indus Valley (Harappan) periods, the Early Historic era, and the medieval period.
    Project Contact:

    Project website	-		Monica L. Smith
    (Updated: Dec 04 2020)

• A collection of celluloid ephemera from India
  UCLA Library
  • As traditional cinema in India transitioned to an era of digital film, physical reels grew out of fashion and were often abandoned and left to deteriorate. This collection of film reels preserves diverse regional images on film from across post-independence India.
    Project Contact:

    Project website	-		Rachel Deblinger
    (Updated: May 10 2022)

• Afro-Asian Archives: Preserving and Digitizing South Asian-language Sources for Indian Ocean African History
  College of Letters and Science: Social Sciences
  • The project’s goals are twofold: firstly, in collaboration with the Zanzibar National Archives, to catalogue, preserve, and digitize this collection; secondly, to promote knowledge about and access to these and other neglected South-Asian language sources for African history through an online database and informational website.
    Project Contact:

    Project website	-		Hollian Wint
    (Updated: May 26 2022)

• Video, Self-Representation, and Community Mobilization in Rural India
  Graduate School of Education and Information Studies
  • I have studied how the simple use of a set of video cameras to create and share experiences, concerns, stories, and assets can help mobilize a mostly non-literate (textually speaking) community that is politically and economically disenfranchised.
    Project Contact:

    Project website	-		Ramesh Srinivasan
    (Updated: Jul 20 2022)

• The Early Phase of Indian Buddhism
  College of Letters and Science: Humanities
  • This project analyzes the Atthakavagga of the Sutta Nipata, one of the earliest Buddhist literatures. It explores how this doctrinally unsystematized text has been understood by different Buddhist traditions, comparing the Pali version with the Chinese one together with their multilayered commentaries.
    Project Contact:

    Project website	-		Seongryong (Bhikku) Lee (Dukil)
    (Updated: Aug 01 2022)

• The Impossibility of Indian Classical Dance
  College of Letters and Science: Humanities
  • Dr. Banerji examines the aesthetic and political formation of the “Indian Classical Dance” (ICD) category and situates its discursive development and contested career over the past century.
    Project Contact:

    Project website	-		Anurima Banerji
    (Updated: Aug 10 2022)

• Recordings of Hereditary Musicians of Western Rajasthan
  UCLA Library
  • Throughout the late 20th century, some of India's most marginalized communities in the desert region of Western Rajasthan created a variety of musical and oral traditions such as ballads, oral epics, and storytelling by hereditary musician castes. This project aims to effectively preserve these materials through a digitized archive.
    Project Contact:

    Project website	-		Rachel Deblinger
    (Updated: Jan 12 2023)

• Regional Film History in Post-Independence India: Celluloid Film from the Shabistan Film Archive
  UCLA Library
  • This project identified, organized and preserved a collection of celluloid film reels dating from the 20th century. The collection includes narrative cinema from regional film industries, documentary reels and home movies, along with less well represented and traditionally undervalued matter such as film trailers, commercials and advertisements.
    Project Contact:

    Project website	-		Rachel Deblinger
    (Updated: Jan 13 2023)

• Notes, Letters, Diaries, Posters and Pamphlets: Narrating Ideas of Indigeneity in Jharkhand, India
  UCLA Library
  • This project, hosted by Jawaharlal Nehru University, will result in an inventory of written materials related to indigeneity in Jharkhand, India, since 1900. The materials, written in English, Hindi, Bengali, and in tribal languages such as Kurukh, Nagri and Mundari, include works documenting politics and culture across Jharkhand.
    Project Contact:

    Project website	-		Rachel Deblinger
    (Updated: Jan 13 2023)

• Visual Histories of Northeast India
  UCLA Library
  • Northeast India remains home to many indigenous communities and has been targeted by India's current political environment. This project includes survey, inventory, copyright and permission determination of two visual materials collections from the region.
    Project Contact:

    Project website	-		Rachel Deblinger
    (Updated: Jan 20 2023)

• Ophthalmology Residency Training Program at the Aravind Eye Care System
  School of Medicine
  • Since 2013, third-year residents with the UCLA Department of Ophthalmology have had the opportunity to participate in a groundbreaking eye care program at the Aravind Eye Care System in Madurai, India. During the four-week elective, residents learn firsthand how the organization's innovative structure provides high-quality eye care in the country.
    Project Contact:

    Project website	-		Stacy Pineles
    (Updated: Feb 03 2023)

• Housing Justice in Unequal Cities Network
  Luskin School of Public Affairs
  • The Network will advance research on the interconnected processes related to the precarious nature of housing such as evictions, homelessness and displacement, and plans to study them in tandem with forms of segregation and discrimination.
    Project Contact:

    Project website	-		Ananya Roy
    (Updated: Feb 06 2023)

• The Kashmir Valley Archive
  UCLA Library
  • The Kashmir Valley Archive is a visual history project examining the photographic history of the Kashmir Valley. The project consists of a diverse collection of rare photographs and videos of the region. The project seeks to build local capacity and opportunities for future digitization projects.
    Project Contact:

    Project website	-		Rachel Deblinger
    (Updated: Feb 21 2023)

• Genomic Sovereignty and the Comparative Biopolitics of Race
  College of Letters and Science: Life Sciences
  • In this project, former UCLA postgraduate fellow Ruha Benjamin analyzes the geneticization of race and nationality in two countries - India and Mexico. Both countries have undertaken initiatives to genetically map and commercially market the bioethnic diversity of their populations.
    Project Contact:

    Project website	-		Ruha Benjamin
    (Updated: Feb 23 2023)

Education/Training

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) - GE India
  School of Medicine
  • This is a collaborative effort between ACOG and GE to train residents and new providers in the basics of obstetric and gynecology ultrasound.
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    Aparna Sridhar

• International Practice Pathway (IPP) Summer Fellowships
  Luskin School of Public Affairs
  • The International Practice Pathway (IPP) of Global Public Affairs at Luskin provides financial support for first year students seeking summer placements in low and middle-income countries.
    Project Contact:

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    Steve Commins

• UCLA PGPX – Post Graduate Program In Management for Executives
  John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management
  • The UCLA Post Graduate Program in Management for Executives (UCLA PGPX) is an extensive general management program (offered by UCLA Anderson School of Management) focused on applied learning of advanced management concepts for senior executives and business owners.
    

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• Ophthalmology Residency Training Program at the Aravind Eye Care System
  School of Medicine
  • Since 2013, third-year residents with the UCLA Department of Ophthalmology have had the opportunity to participate in a groundbreaking eye care program at the Aravind Eye Care System in Madurai, India. During the four-week elective, residents learn firsthand how the organization's innovative structure provides high-quality eye care in the country.
    Project Contact:

    Project website

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    Stacy Pineles

Service

• Housing Justice in Unequal Cities Network
  Luskin School of Public Affairs
  • The Network will advance research on the interconnected processes related to the precarious nature of housing such as evictions, homelessness and displacement, and plans to study them in tandem with forms of segregation and discrimination.
    Project Contact:

    Project website

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    Ananya Roy

UCEAP

• New Delhi Summer
  • This summer program brings Indian and international students together to explore the politics, economics, history and sociology of India. Summer in New Delhi is a photographer’s dream as the boulevards around India Gate come to life.

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• International Practice Pathway (IPP) Summer Fellowships
  • The International Practice Pathway (IPP) of Global Public Affairs at Luskin provides financial support for first year students seeking summer placements in low and middle-income countries.

    Website

EAP Students

• 2020-21: 2 students
  • Global Affairs Virtual Global Internship Program: 2 students
• 2018-19: 5 students
  • International Summer School, New Delhi: 1 student
  • Semester in Mumbai with Internship: 4 students
• 2017-18: 2 students
  • Semester in Mumbai with Internship: 1 student
  • International Summer School, New Delhi: 1 student
• 2016-17: 2 students
  • Semester in Mumbai with Internship: 1 student
  • Univ. of Hyderabad: 1 student
• 2015-16: 3 students
  • International Summer School, New Delhi: 1 student
  • Internship & Research, Pune: 1 student
  • Univ. of Hyderabad: 1 student
• 2014-15: 3 students
  • Contemporary India Internship or Research, Fergusson College, Pune: 3 students
• 2013-14: 2 students
  • Contemporary India Internship or Research, Fergusson College, Pune: 2 students
• 2012-13: 1 student
  • UC Explores New Delhi: 1 student
• 2011-12: 3 students
  • Univ. of Delhi: 2 students
  • Univ. of Hyderabad: 1 student
• 2010-11: 4 students
  • Univ. of Delhi: 4 students
• 2009-10: 8 students
  • Univ. of Delhi: 5 students
  • Univ. of Hyderabad: 3 students