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Professor Jack Chen of Asian Languages and Cultures and Professor Tim Tangherlini of Asian Languages and Cultures and the Scandinavian Section traveled to Taiwan to present their collaboration on the…

The worship of mountains has long been central to religious thought and practice in Japan, yet little attention has been paid as to how certain mountains on the archipelago came…

The purpose of this collaborative Japanese Studies program is to examine Japanese culture from a global perspective. In order to accomplish this, it is necessary to spread research conducted at…

“The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism” co-authored by Robert E. Buswell, Jr., of UCLA and Donald S. Lopez, Jr., of the University of Michigan, has won the prestigious 2015 Dartmouth Medal…

A recent $2.5 million gift from Tadashi Yanai, CEO of Uniqlo, one of the world’s fastest-growing clothing retailers, will fund a unique collaborative program between UCLA and Waseda University in…

“1940年代日本のメディア規制と文学表現の葛藤”, presented by Professor Hirokazu Toeda, Waseda University. This event will take place on Monday, November 17, 2014 at 4pm-6pm in Royce 314. Presentation will be in Japanese.

October 17-19, 2014 Plenary speakers: Deirdre Wilson (University of London), Gregory Ward (Northwestern University), Agnes He (SUNY Stony Brook), Kent Bach (San Francisco State University). Registration will reopen on the…

A $2.5 million gift from Tadashi Yanai, the chairman, president and CEO of global apparel retailer Fast Retailing and founder of Uniqlo, will help transform UCLA’s Department of Asian Languages…

The author of four books on Sanskrit and a passionate admirer of Panini, the ancient Sanskrit grammarian, Scharfe developed a fascination for ancient India and its systems as a teenager….

Congratulations to Samantha Seo and Amber Murakami-Fester, the winners of the ALC Distinguished Undergraduate Award 2014!           Amber Murakami-Fester earned the award for Best Paper in…