Asian American Studies

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The Asian American Studies Department offers courses that contextualize the social, cultural, political, and economic experiences of Asians and Pacific Islanders who settled in the United States. Foci of inquiry include the legacies of colonialism and war, immigration, social marginalization, and institutionalized discrimination, as well as reinterpreted understandings of race, gender, and socioeconomic class. The department seeks to publicize research results using new media to increase the visibility of these remarkable hidden histories.

Founded in 1969, the Asian American Studies Center has played a critical role in developing Southern California’s infrastructure of social service agencies, civil rights organizations, museums, historical societies, media and cultural groups, and business associations that serve and represent the Asian American and Pacific Islander population. The Center founded the UCLA Asian American Studies Department (the largest such department in the nation), established an outstanding research library, and published the country's leading research journal as well as hundreds of scholarly monographs.

The Asian Languages and Cultures Department offers courses in the languages, literatures, linguistics, history, religion, and intellectual life of East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.

The UCLA Asia Pacific Center promotes greater knowledge and understanding of Asia and the Pacific region on campus and in the community through innovative research, teaching, public programs, and local and international collaborations. It focuses on the inter-Asian and transpacific cultural and social connections from historical, contemporary, and comparative perspectives. It encourages interdisciplinary work on cross-border and supranational issues such as language and culture, population and environment, technology, politics, socioeconomic development, and sustainability in the ongoing processes of globalization.

The UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies was founded in 2000 to address the growing need for understanding of Asian Buddhist religion and culture, in all its diversity. The Center's mission is to educate American academics and the community at large about all facets of Buddhism--its beliefs, its history, and its importance in the contemporary world. This web site introduces UCLA’s faculty, describes four degree programs, and offers lists of public lectures, recent faculty publications, and important library resources.