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  • Tadashi Yanai gives ALC $25 million

    Largest individual gift in the history of UCLA Humanities will support graduate studies, research, and programming in Japanese humanities

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  • Professor Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

    Distinguished Professor Stephanie Jamison of Asian Languages and Cultures (ALC) has been named to the 237th class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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  • Michael Berry Receives NEA Fellowship

    Professor Michael Berry receives Literature Translation Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts

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Latest News

  1. Joint Statement on Anti-Asian Violence

    Joint Statement on Anti-Asian Violence

    Over the past few years there has been a sharp escalation in hate speech, hate crimes, and other forms of harassment against members of the Asian, Asian...

  2. ALC Professor Michael Berry receives NEA Fellowship

    ALC Professor Michael Berry receives NEA Fellowship

    The National Endowment for the Arts announced that Michael Berry will receive a Literature Translation Fellowship of $12,500 to translate Soft Burial (Ruan mai) by Fang Fang...

  3. New Master’s Degree Program in Teaching Asian Languages

    New Master’s Degree Program in Teaching Asian Languages

    We are pleased to announce the start of a new Master’s Degree Program in Teaching Asian Languages. The program covers selective fields of Teaching Asian Languages, including...

  4. Shu-mei Shih appointed Edward W. Said Professor of Comparative Literature

    Shu-mei Shih appointed Edward W. Said Professor of Comparative Literature

    The professorship is one of many recent career honors bestowed on Shih, who joined the UCLA faculty in 1993. UCLA International Institute, August 7, 2020 — Shu-mei...

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