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UCLA’s American Indian Studies Center: 50 years of providing Native peoples a voice
Jessica Wolf | October 14, 2019 As a quiet darkness descended over the several thousand people gathered between Royce Hall and Powell Library eagerly waiting to celebrate UCLA’s Centennial, a […]
Study finds cultural differences in attitudes toward infidelity, jealousy
The 11 societies studied included the Namibian community of the Himba, where this father and child live. Photo credit: Brooke Scelza. In cultures where fathers are highly invested in the […]
Professor’s latest book examines the history of cities
Monica Smith. Photo credit: Paul Connor The only thing a person really needs to be an archaeologist is a good sense of observation, UCLA professor of anthropology Monica Smith proclaims […]
Professor appointed research associate of Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
UCLA Thomas Wake Thomas Wake, assistant adjunct professor of anthropology who is on the faculty of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, has been appointed a research associate of the Smithsonian […]
Redrawing the map of African-American history and culture in the United States
University of California Press As another Black History Month draws to a close, it is important to remember that when it comes to critical race theory — research and practices […]
Administrations change, but tendency to believe threats does not
iStock.com/porcorex A UCLA study confirmed that Americans whose thinking aligns with conservative views are more likely to believe false information about threats than those with more liberal views. The results […]
Society, struggle, scholarship
UCLA UCLA’s four ethnic studies centers celebrate 50 years of work in 2019. Under the administrative hub of the Institute of American Cultures for the last seven years, UCLA’s four […]
UCLA’s top teachers recognized at ceremony at Chancellor’s residence
UCLA The recipients of UCLA’s highest honor for teaching, the Distinguished Teaching Awards, were honored by the UCLA Academic Senate at the Andrea L. Rich Night to Honor Teaching awards […]
Fowler Museum exhibition focuses on bronze objects from southern Nigeria
Don Cole/Fowler Museum at UCLA Front and back views of a copper-alloy bell from southern Nigeria embellished with figures including a human figure, rams, a crocodile, a coiled snake and […]
