history

History professor Benjamin Madley details how the state enacted policies that clearly meet the U.N. definition of genocide.

'The First Decade of Israeli Literature: The Case of Aharon Appelfeld' was based upon research Band undertook at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Patricia Turner, professor of African-American Studies, urges the treasury department to select an image of Tubman that captures her formidable strength as an anti-slavery activist.

Pestana joins a select group of scholars who speak with audiences nationwide to promote understanding and appreciation of all facets of U.S. history.

Jared Diamond, UCLA’s Pulitzer Prize-winning professor of geography and an astute intellectual observer of human life in multiple practices, faced a standing-room-only audience who came to hear his  compelling lecture titled 'The Evolution and Function of Human Religion.'

Go behind the scenes at the institute’s annual open house on April 30, which offers visitors a chance to learn about one of the world’s preeminent archaeology labs.

Distinguished Research Professor of English Henry Ansgar Kelly lectures on April 7, 6 p.m. at the UCLA Faculty Center.

Johanna Drucker is the Martin and Bernard Breslauer Professor of Bibliography in the department of information studies.

Professor Daniel J.B. Mitchell writes about how Upton Sinclair’s failed 1934 bid for California governor still left a lasting mark on politics.

'The Big Bonanza' recounts the rush of fortune hunters, among them Samuel Clemens, to Nevada in the 1860s to prospect for silver ore.

Patricia Turner writes about Ashe’s life, from his birth into segregation to his death from AIDS in 1993, and identifies the qualities he embodied that today’s students should aspire to: perseverance, honesty and integrity.

Rabbis have been ruling on copyright law since the dawn of print, law professor Netanel makes clear in his new book.

The UCLA Library’s Special Collections staff have recaptured some of Hollywood’s finest hours in collection of 48 Los Angeles Times photographs of Academy Awards ceremonies from the 1950s to 1970s.

UCLA’s Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies presents 'The Roman Inquisition in the Time of Galileo' on Feb. 26.

History professor and modern Middle East expert James Gelvin provides historical explanations about the origins of the Islamic State and what its leaders want.

Yaroslavsky serves as executive director of the new Los Angeles Initiative, a base for his teaching assignments and policy research.

UCLA Library Special Collections posted online a rare interview the famously reclusive author of the classic “To Kill a Mockingbird” gave to WQXR radio host Roy Newquist in 1964.

The UCLA associate professor of history and African American studies also appears on Feb. 17 in an episode of 'Unsung,' the TV One music biography series.

The feature-length film by UCLA students documents the lives of 18 Holocaust survivors from the Los Angeles area.

The professor emeritus of the UCLA Department of History died on Jan. 16.

The Distinguished Professor of Education will discuss his new book as part of the Bunche Author's Series.

Dale Kinney, on faculty at Bryn Mawr College, discusses the relationship between state and church and its impact on 12th-Century art.

The film documents the persistence of traditional Japanese cultural practice among Japanese Americans interned during World War II.

English professor Matthew Fisher writes about the history of reproducing manuscripts and what has been lost as duplication and widespread dissemination became easier.

UCLA Newsroom revisits some of our favorite news items from the year. Publishing resumes on Jan. 4.