Ben Madley Quoted in the Los Angeles Times
Ben Madley was quoted in a Los Angeles Times story about the Mono Lake Kutzadika Paiute tribe’s long time effort to petition for federal recognition. You can read the story […]
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Peter Baldwin’s “Fighting the First Wave” Featured in the New Yorker
Peter Baldwin’s upcoming book, Fighting the First Wave (to be published by Cambridge University Press in March) is the subject of an article in the New Yorker. The book is […]
Jeff Dymond Awarded Four-Year Postdoctoral Position at University of Zurich
Jeff Dymond has been awarded a four-year postdoctoral position at the University of Zurich, where he will join a team of scholars investigating the contribution of Ciceronian political theory to […]
Amanda Martinez’s Publication in the Washington Post
Amanda Martinez (PhD Candidate, Spring 2021) has published a piece in the Washington Post’s “Made by History” series. She was also featured on “The Ringer” podcast.
Marques Vestal and Andrew Klein Piece on Homeless Situation Published in the Los Angeles Times
Marques Vestal, a recent history PhD and incoming Assistant Professor of Urban Planning at UCLA, and Andrew Klein, a history graduate student, wrote an op-ed piece on the homeless situation […]
Phil Hoffman Two-Time Winner on “Jeopardy!”
Phil Hoffman, History Ph.D. student and researcher at the Luskin Center for History and Policy, was a two-time winner on “Jeopardy!” this week.
Report by the UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy: “The Making of a Crisis: A History of Homelessness in Los Angeles County”
The new report on homelessness by the Luskin Center for History and Policy was featured in a story by the UCLA Newsroom and examines the historical roots and causes of the disastrous homelessness […]
Geoffrey Robinson Awarded the George McT. Kahin Prize
Geoffrey Robinson was awarded the George McT. Kahin Prize of the Association for Asian Studies for his book The Killing Season. This prize is given biennially to an outstanding scholar […]
Les Koepplin, PhD 1971, passed away
Alumni Les Koepplin passed away February 3, 2021 at the age of 76. The first in his family to attend college, Les completed his Ph.D. in History in 1971 at […]
KCRW Interview for “Archiving the Age of Mass Incarceration” Initiative
KCRW interviewed Kelly Lytle Hernandez and Marques Vestal for the “Archiving the Age of Mass Incarceration” initiative. Interview: https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/kcrw-features/incarceration-la-prison-kelly-lytle-hernandez-marques-vestal-ucla
