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The term “transcultural” emphasizes our shared European roots and our expanded focus on the perspectives of filmmakers, writers and theorists from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and elsewhere, which allows for a comprehensive understanding of history and more accurate contextualization of the European experience.</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4 post centers"> <img class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%202158%201398'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-src="https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Global-Antiquity-image.jpg" alt="Detail of ancient mural"> <div class="academics-post-content"> <h3><a class="academics-post-title" href="https://globalantiquity.ucla.edu/" target="_blank">Global Antiquity</a></h3> <div class="academics-post-categories">Research Centers</div> <p class="contact-info"><a href="mailto:info@globalantiquity.ucla.edu">info@globalantiquity.ucla.edu</a></p><p>Global Antiquity brings together scholars and community members from UCLA, greater Los Angeles and around the globe for a new dialogue on the equivalency of past human experiences and the role that the ancient past still plays in shaping all our contemporary identities.</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4 post departments languages"> <img class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20900%20600'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-src="https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/PIES-photo-for-Academics-page-1-900x600.jpeg" alt="Man at chalkboard in front of conference table"> <div class="academics-post-content"> <h3><a class="academics-post-title" href="https://pies.ucla.edu/" target="_blank">Indo-European Studies</a></h3> <div class="academics-post-categories">Departments & Programs, Languages</div> <p>UCLA’s interdepartmental graduate program in Indo-European Studies is the only such program in the U.S. and leads to the degree of Ph.D. The program’s focus is historical linguistics, in particular the reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European (the ancestor of Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, English and many other languages) as well as the culture of its speakers.</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4 post centers"> <img class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20900%20600'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-src="https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/LGBTQ-Studies-photo-for-Academics-page-900x600.jpg" alt="UCLA Royce Hall at night, lit with rainbow colors"> <div class="academics-post-content"> <h3><a class="academics-post-title" href="https://lgbtqstudies.ucla.edu/" target="_blank">LGBTQ Studies</a></h3> <div class="academics-post-categories">Research Centers</div> <p>LGBTQ Studies is an interdisciplinary program that supports teaching and research on the historical and contemporary experience of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgendered people. It provides an academic home for those who wish to study the intellectual and cultural traditions that have shaped our current understanding of sexuality and gender, as well as for those who wish to challenge such traditions and generate new theoretical paradigms.</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4 post departments languages"> <img class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20900%20600'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-src="https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Linguistics-Department-photo-for-Academics-page-1-900x600.jpg" alt="Instructor at chalkboard in front of classroom"> <div class="academics-post-content"> <h3><a class="academics-post-title" href="http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/" target="_blank">Linguistics</a></h3> <div class="academics-post-categories">Departments & Programs, Languages</div> <p class="contact-info"><a href="mailto:linguist@humnet.ucla.edu">linguist@humnet.ucla.edu</a> | 310 825-0634</p><p>The linguistics department is one of the world’s leading centers for the scientific study of language.</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4 post departments languages"> <img class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20900%20600'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-src="https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/NELC-photo-for-Academics-page-crop-for-web-900x600.jpg" alt="Al-Idrisi's world map"> <div class="academics-post-content"> <h3><a class="academics-post-title" href="http://www.nelc.ucla.edu/" target="_blank">Near Eastern Languages & Cultures</a></h3> <div class="academics-post-categories">Departments & Programs, Languages</div> <p class="contact-info"><a href="mailto:nreast@humnet.ucla.edu">nreast@humnet.ucla.edu</a> | 310-825-4165</p><p>Near Eastern Languages and Cultures brings together a variety of cultural and linguistic studies, both ancient and modern, into a vibrant interdisciplinary whole. We make cultural studies of the Middle East relevant to undergraduate students and the Los Angeles community; in our graduate programs, we create the next generation of experts in the ancient Near Eastern and modern Middle Eastern region.</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4 post departments"> <img class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20900%20600'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-src="https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Philosophy-image-for-website-Hypatia-teaching-Alexandria-e1724452532237-900x600.png" alt="Watercolor painting of Hypatia teaching Alexandria"> <div class="academics-post-content"> <h3><a class="academics-post-title" href="http://www.philosophy.ucla.edu/" target="_blank">Philosophy</a></h3> <div class="academics-post-categories">Departments & Programs</div> <p class="contact-info">310-825-4641</p><p>The principal goal of the Department of Philosophy is to produce philosophers of high quality, thinkers informed by the great historical traditions of Western philosophers who can apply the methods of philosophical analysis to a broad range of current philosophical problems.</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4 post centers"> <img class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20900%20600'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-src="https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Yarshater-photo-for-Academics-page-900x600.jpg" alt="Engraving of man's face with gold detail"> <div class="academics-post-content"> <h3><a class="academics-post-title" href="http://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/" target="_blank">Pourdavoud Institute for the Study of the Iranian World</a></h3> <div class="academics-post-categories">Research Centers</div> <p class="contact-info"><a href="mailto:info@pourdavoud.ucla.edu">info@pourdavoud.ucla.edu</a> | 310-206-6042</p><p>The premier center for the study of ancient Iran, the Pourdavoud Institute engages in transformative research on Iranian antiquity, expanding on the traditional domains of Old Iranian studies. The Institute serves as a home to stimulating intellectual encounters and exchanges on ancient Iran and the ancient world, and contributes to the development of collaborative research projects in a diverse range of subjects.</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4 post humanities"> <img class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20900%20600'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-src="https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Digital-Humanities-900x600.jpg" alt="Student looking at laptop computer"> <div class="academics-post-content"> <h3><a class="academics-post-title" href="https://dh.ucla.edu/" target="_blank">Program in Digital Humanities</a></h3> <div class="academics-post-categories">Public & Engaged Humanities</div> <p class="contact-info"><a href="mailto:dhminor@humnet.ucla.edu">dhminor@humnet.ucla.edu</a> | 310-206-7575</p><p>The Digital Humanities program is the curricular arm of digital humanities at UCLA, offering a certificate for graduate students and a minor for undergraduates. Students gain knowledge about the tools, methods and theoretical issues central to this emerging field, and investigate topics including text analysis, data mining, visualization, modeling and simulation, geospatial analysis and mapping, multimedia storytelling, information design, network analysis and interface design.</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4 post departments languages"> <img class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20900%20600'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-src="https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Slavic-East-European-photo-for-Academics-page-900x600.jpg" alt="Rural landscape in Eastern Europe"> <div class="academics-post-content"> <h3><a class="academics-post-title" href="https://slavic.ucla.edu/" target="_blank">Slavic, East European & Eurasian Languages & Cultures</a></h3> <div class="academics-post-categories">Departments & Programs, Languages</div> <p class="contact-info"><a href="mailto:slavic@humnet.ucla.edu">slavic@humnet.ucla.edu</a> | 310-825-7650</p><p>Founded in 1948, the Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures is one of the oldest and most prominent programs in its field in the United States. The program, which offers undergraduate and graduate studies, provides students with a comprehensive education in the languages, literatures, cultures and history of Eastern and Central Europe and Eurasia.</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4 post departments languages"> <img class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20900%20600'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-src="https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Spanish-and-Portuguese-photo-for-Academics-page-900x600.jpg" alt="Monumento a Alfonso XII"> <div class="academics-post-content"> <h3><a class="academics-post-title" href="https://spanport.ucla.edu/" target="_blank">Spanish and Portuguese</a></h3> <div class="academics-post-categories">Departments & Programs, Languages</div> <p>The Department of Spanish and Portuguese offers a rich and diverse program dedicated to the study of the languages, literatures and cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries of Europe and North, Central and South America. 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It also serves as a vibrant cultural hub for the Southern California Hellenic community, presenting innovative programs, often in collaboration with local Hellenic organizations, and generating interest in Greece’s historical and ongoing contributions to modern culture.</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4 post departments"> <img class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20900%20600'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-src="https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Students-writing-photo-by-Armin-Rimoldi-Pexels-900x600.jpg" alt="Person typing on laptop computer with another person sitting next to them holding a pen"> <div class="academics-post-content"> <h3><a class="academics-post-title" href="http://wp.ucla.edu/" target="_blank">Writing Programs</a></h3> <div class="academics-post-categories">Departments & Programs</div> <p class="contact-info"><a href="mailto:wpinfo@humnet.ucla.edu">wpinfo@humnet.ucla.edu</a> | 310-206-1145</p><p>The mission of Writing Programs is to enrich the writing experience — and ultimately, the writing performance — of students in our first-year, Writing II and Professional Writing Minor courses. 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