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    UCLA kicks off International Education Week
    on November 18

    UCLA International Institute is proud to announce a campus celebration of International Education Week (IEW) 2024 on November 18–22.

    Celebrated at U.S. colleges nationwide, the week offers an opportunity to discover the breadth of international educational and cultural resources at UCLA. Our university is not only the top public university in the nation, but is committed to expanding its local and global impact.

    Rated the top public university in the United States for eight years in a row by U.S. News & World Report, UCLA has a “glocal” vision that connects the world with local Los Angeles communities, many of which maintain vibrant links with countries around the world. The research conducted on our campus, moreover, impacts people here in Los Angeles and around the world. Read more...

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UCLA kicks off International Education Week
on November 18

UCLA International Institute is proud to announce a campus celebration of International Education Week (IEW) 2024 on November 18–22.

Celebrated at U.S. colleges nationwide, the week offers an opportunity to discover the breadth of international...

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Today's Events

21 Nov  2024
Iranian Studies & Yarshater Center Symposium and Workshop: Nezāmi and the Iranian World
International Education Week

Iranian Studies & Yarshater Center Symposium and Workshop: Nezāmi and the Iranian World

A two-day conference that brings together specialists of Persian literature, junior faculty, and graduate students to facilitate in-depth conversations on Nezāmi in a stimulating intellectual environment at UCLA.

21 Nov  2024
UCLA Martial Arts Classes Day 4
International Education Week

UCLA Martial Arts Classes Day 4

Join the UCLA Martial Arts Program during International Education Week and experience the wide variety of martial arts that the world has to offer!

21 Nov  2024
11:00 AM
International Fika Coffee Hour

International Fika Coffee Hour

Join us for a casual coffee hour where international students and local students interested in studying abroad can connect. It’s a great opportunity to share experiences, ask questions, and build friendships across cultures!

21 Nov  2024
12:00 PM
Global Internship Program: Sweetening Your Summer Plans
International Education Week

Global Internship Program: Sweetening Your Summer Plans

Stop by Janss Terrace and learn about international summer internships.

21 Nov  2024
12:00 PM
Surgery and Salvation
International Education Week

Surgery and Salvation

Elizabeth O'Brien discusses her new book on the history of reproductive surgery in Mexico

21 Nov  2024
12:30 PM
Women's Political Imagination in the Kurdish Movement

Women's Political Imagination in the Kurdish Movement

Independent scholar Nazan Üstündağ discusses the contributions of the Krudish Women's Freedom Movement and its contributions to a critical rethinking of the past, present and future in revolutionary ways.

21 Nov  2024
12:30 PM
Lunch & Learn: Student Research & Resources at the Fowler Museum
International Education Week

Lunch & Learn: Student Research & Resources at the Fowler Museum

Join the Mellon Collections Information Coordinator and Mellon Curatorial and Research Associate in an in-depth workshop highlighting the Fowler’s resources and opportunities available to students.

21 Nov  2024
1:00 PM
Film Screening & Panel Discussion:
Film Screening

Film Screening & Panel Discussion: "Behind the Mask"

Survivor of a Uyghur internment camp has an opportunity to confront a former guard from his camp but must consider the effect on his children, who witnessed his arrest.

21 Nov  2024
1:00 PM
What International Undergraduate Students Should Know about the U.S. Job Search
International Education Week

What International Undergraduate Students Should Know about the U.S. Job Search

Interested in hearing how H-1B sponsorship happens from the inside? Dan Beaudry, former head of campus recruiting at Monster.com, shares the potent job search system used by many international students to find U.S. employment.

21 Nov  2024
3:00 PM
Boren Scholarship Workshop
International Education Week

Boren Scholarship Workshop

This workshop on the application process will be presented by Boren Outreach and Recruitment Specialist Michael Saffle and feature UCLA alumni of the scholarship.

21 Nov  2024
4:00 PM
[POSTPONED] Global Health Opportunities Coffee Talk with Program Chair And Faculty Member
International Education Week

[POSTPONED] Global Health Opportunities Coffee Talk with Program Chair And Faculty Member

This event has been postponed until Winter Quarter 2025. Join us for an information session about the Global Health minor with department chair Ippolytos Kalofonos and faculty member Utpal Sandesara, both of whom are medical doctors and medical anthropologists.

21 Nov  2024
6:00 PM
What International PhD Students & Postdocs Should Know about the U.S. Job Search
International Education Week

What International PhD Students & Postdocs Should Know about the U.S. Job Search

Interested in hearing how H-1B sponsorship happens from the inside? Dan Beaudry, former head of campus recruiting at Monster.com, shares the potent job search system used by many international students to find U.S. employment.

21 Nov  2024
6:00 PM
An Analytical-Discursive Tripod: The Armenian 'Mahmet', Pax Islamica, and 'Ghuran'
International Education Week

An Analytical-Discursive Tripod: The Armenian 'Mahmet', Pax Islamica, and 'Ghuran'

Scholar Seta B. Dadoyan discusses lesser-known Armenian texts reflecting Islamic-Armenian interaction – such as translations of the Qur’ān and polemical side scripts – and how they reflect perceptions of Islam, as well as Armenian political and social circumstances under various Muslim rules over 14 centuries.

21 Nov  2024
7:00 PM
Loy Krathong Festival
International Education Week

Loy Krathong Festival

Come celebrate the Thai Loy Krathong Festival at UCLA with live music and dance performances, a beauty pageant, a Thai pop DJ and dancing, and many Thai cultural activities and games.

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