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Job Opening: Curatorial Assistant

Published: September 9, 2022

Curatorial Assistant: Visual and Sonic Landscapes of Muslim LA Islamic Studies Program and Fowler Museum at UCLA Academic year 2022-2023, October -June 10 hours a week: fall, winter, and spring…

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Dr. Michael Cooperson Wins Sheikh Zayed Award

Published: August 24, 2022

The Near Eastern Language and Cultures Department is thrilled to announce that our own Dr. Michael Cooperson has just won the 2020/21 Sheikh Zayed Award Translation Prize for his Arabic…

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Video: The Uyghur Crisis in China

Published: December 2, 2019

A panel of experts discuss the ongoing human rights crisis in northwestern China (Xinjiang/East Turkestan) at UCLA. Panelists focus on the history of the Uyghur community, ethnicity and religion in…

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