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$1 million gift will create two Taiwan studies endowments at UCLA Asia Pacific Center
The donation, from the J. Yang and Family Foundation, will provide scholarships for undergraduates and graduate students, and support academic programming.
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Art of priests and shamans from Vietnam and southern China coming to the Fowler Museum
“How to Make the Universe Right” presents a stunning installation of painted religious scrolls, ceremonial clothing, and ritual objects of the Yao, Tày, Sán Dìu, Sán Chay among others.
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New exhibition at the Fowler Museum at UCLA to focus on silver jewelry traditions of India
Featuring more than 160 works of art, “Enduring Splendor: Jewelry of India’s Thar Desert” opens Feb. 19.
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Spectacular, rare headdresses from Sierra Leone coming to Fowler Museum
The headdresses that will be on display reflect the blending of cultural influences and peoples in the port city of Freetown during the 1970s.
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Archaeologists and geographers team to predict locations of ancient Buddhist sites
UCLA researchers used geographic modeling to reveal 121 sites where important Indian texts from the third century B.C. could be carved into rock.
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Exhibition at the Fowler Museum captures rapid cultural evolution in modern China
“MAO to NOW: Photographs by Stephen Verona” features 32 images contrasting China in 1980 with China in 2014. The exhibition runs from May 15 until Sept. 11.
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Art of the Austronesians: The Legacy of Indo-Pacific Voyaging
The exhibition at the Fowler Museum at UCLA will feature 200 rare and diverse artworks from the Austronesian-speaking peoples including ancient ceramics, carved ancestor figures, textiles and ritual objects.
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Renowned scientist Paul Terasaki gives an additional $1 million to UCLA Japanese studies center
The gift will go toward the Terasaki Center’s program endowment allowing for new initiatives that focus on community engagement.
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UCLA demographer produces best estimate yet of Cambodia’s death toll under Pol Pot
On the 40th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge’s proclamation of victory in Cambodia, UCLA demographer Patrick Heuveline has produced new estimates of the regime’s death toll between 1975 and 1979.
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UCLA to host conference on the economic rise of Asia-Pacific region
Policymakers, scholars and business leaders from Australia and the United States will explore the implications of the economic rise of the region at the event cohosted by the UCLA International Institute.
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UCLA International Institute receives $6.3 million in federal funding
Four centers — the Latin American Institute, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Asia Institute and the National Heritage Language Resource Center — received Title VI funding for area and language studies.
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Fowler Museum to present photos of duo’s 1891 bicycle trip from Greece to Uzbekistan
“Round Trip: Bicycling Asia Minor, 1891” opens Dec. 14 and features 42 black-and-white photos from the historic trip.
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Gift from top international businessman will propel Japanese studies at UCLA
A $2.5 million gift from Tadashi Yanai will help transform UCLA’s Department of Asian Languages and Cultures into one of the world’s leading centers for the study of Japanese literature and culture.
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UCLA’s Asian American Studies Center establishes first endowed chair focusing on Japanese American internment
The UCLA Asian American Studies Center has established the first endowed academic chair to focus on the World War II internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans and their campaign to gain redress.
- Friday, February 15, 2019