Institutes and Centers
American Indian Studies Center
The American Indian Studies Center (AISC) is dedicated to culturally appropriate research, information distribution, and community service for and about American Indians. The Center acts as a focal point for scholars, staff, students and community members who are interested in research, education, and issues about Native Americans. Its research focus encompasses topics ranging from the contemporary urban Indian experience to issues within tribal communities. Over the past three decades, the Center has become nationally and internationally recognized as one of the foremost American Indian studies programs.
Asia Institute and Member Centers
The Asia Institute is a consortium of UCLA's Asia-focused research centers and programs, including two U.S. Department of Education-designated National Resource Centers. The Asia Institute promotes Asian Studies at UCLA and fosters greater understanding of Asia through a wide variety of outreach activities including teacher training, curriculum development, public symposia, film series, and exhibitions. Its Member Centers include:
Asian American Studies Center
The UCLA Asian American Studies Center was established in 1969 as a result of faculty, student, alumni, and community advocacy. Through its programs in research, teaching, publications and other endeavors, the Center has sought to enrich and inform not only the UCLA community, but also an array of broader audiences and sectors in the state, the nation, and around the world. Today, UCLA is recognized as the premier research and teaching institution in the field of Asian American Studies.
Center for African American Studies
Established as an organized research unit in 1969, the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies is committed to undertake and sponsor research that aims to enhance understanding of the history, lifestyles, material conditions, and socio-cultural systems of women and men of African descent.
Center for Communications and Community
The Center for Communications and Community (C3) is a journalism, research, and training institution working at the intersection of communications, race, and community transformation. The Center seeks to fill the void that exists between grassroots’ practitioners, non-profit sectors, media research scholars, journalists, and policymakers interested in community development.
Center for Intercultural Performance
The UCLA Center for Intercultural Performance (CIP) is dedicated to performing arts research and experimentation that promote better understanding and appreciation across cultures. Its purpose is to stimulate artistic practices that respond to the realities of the global environment.
Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture
The Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at UCLA provides research, education and public information about Latinos, their health, and their role in California. The center offers insight into Latino issues through an approach that combines cultural research, demographic trends, and historical perspective.
Center for the Study of Religion
The Center for the Study of Religion at UCLA was established in 1995 to coordinate research and give a more visible campus presence to the study of religion.
Center for the Study of Women
The UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) is a nationally recognized center for research on women, gender, and sexuality, and the first organized research unit of its kind in the University of California system. The Center administers grants, conferences, seminars, and a quarterly speakers series that brings together UCLA, UC, national and international scholars with the intellectual community of Los Angeles.
Chicano Studies Research Center
The UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC) is one of four ethnic studies centers established at UCLA in 1969 with a commitment to foster multidisciplinary research efforts. Since its founding, the CSRC has played a pivotal role in the development of scholarly research on the growing Chicano/Latino population throughout the United States. Its work covers a wide range of areas, including arts and culture, history, literature, education, public health, language, and population studies.
International Institute and Area Studies
The International Institute is designed to be the world’s leader in intellectual discourse on global affairs. The major issues with which the Institute is concerned include: security concerns that transcend traditional interstate conflict; new forms of governance and coordination, whether by governments, NGOs, or markets; the causes and effects of globalization; transnational cultures and multiple identities (or resistance to these trends); and, public health, the environment, and economic development. The institute provides an administrative and thematic nucleus for programs of teaching, research and community service in international education. Affiliated area study units include:
James S. Coleman African Studies Center
LeRoy Neiman Center for the Study of American Society
The UCLA LeRoy Neiman Center conducts interdisciplinary research on emerging social and cultural trends in contemporary American society. The center explores the economic, political, residential, and cultural levels, as well as their interactions.
The Williams Institute
The Williams Institute advances sexual orientation law and public policy through rigorous, independent research and scholarship, and disseminates it to judges, legislators, policymakers, media and the public. A national think tank at UCLA Law, the Williams Institute produces high quality research with real-world relevance.