UCLA will observe International Education Week (IEW) — a joint initiative of the U.S. Departments of State and Education that champions international education and exchange — in a virtual format from November 16 to 20, 2020. It is a challenging time to commemorate IEW, but as this video and the IEW Featured Events flyer make clear, […]

Live on Zoom Tuesday, Nov. 17 10 a.m. PST | 1 p.m. EST | 6 p.m. GMT Presented as part of UCLA's 2020 International Education Week, UCLA Alumni Affairs invites you to join the next episode in our series of conversations with Bruins living abroad during the coronavirus outbreak. As countries across the world struggle […]

Sarah S. Willen, an associate professor of Anthropology and director of the Research Program on Global Health and Human Rights at the University of Connecticut, will discuss her new book, Fighting For Dignity: Migrant Lives At Israel's Margins, which received the Association for Israel Studies Award for Best Book in Israel Studies in 2019. Tuesday, […]

Racism threatens the lives and rights of billions of people around the world. Despite outlawing racial discrimination through a multilateral treaty in 1965, governments continue to perpetuate and permit racism—and individuals continue to commit racist acts with impunity. Eliminating racism remains an unrealized promise of universal human rights. Though more and more people today are […]

Join the Burkle Center for their first virtual international career panel! *** This panel is part of a series of events held during UCLA's International Education Week. It is distinct from the International Institute's own Alumni Career Panel. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER **After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. […]

How are struggles against anti-black racism in the United States connected to a longer history of global movements against racial capitalism? This event features two distinguished scholars who will discuss the stakes of transnational solidarity politics for racial and decolonial liberation in Latin America and across Asia and the Pacific. Their talks highlight the origins […]

Please join us in a conversation online with the book authors of The President and Immigration Law. Who controls American immigration policy? The biggest immigration controversies of the last decade have all involved policies produced by the President — policies such as President Obama's decision to protect Dreamers from deportation and President Trump's proclamation banning immigrants from […]

Jason Vorderstrasse from the State Dept. & Jeffrey Janis from the Peace Corps will discuss international careers in the U.S. government. Jason Vorderstrasse is the U.S. Department of State Diplomat in Residence for Southern California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, based at the Luskin School. He will discuss career opportunities […]