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From film screenings to data workshops to undergraduate research week, the library will be hosting a wide variety of events.

Building on decades of scholarship, the new Hip Hop Initiative will highlight the local and global impact of this Black art form.

The free spring public programs, presented at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum, begin April 1.

Gosette Lubondo’s pictures bear the traces of postcolonial neglect yet suggest a more hopeful future.

The event revolves around the four exhibitions on view, which feature art from Africa and Australia.

The Archive’s free winter offerings, which include a wide variety of screenings, talks and artist tributes, will run from Jan. 21 to March 26.

An exhibition highlighting work from Australia’s Top End opens today at the Fowler Museum at UCLA.

The Archive’s free fall offerings, which include recent restorations, rare TV pieces and filmmaker tributes, will run from Nov. 12 to Dec. 18.

In its third year, the Modern Endangered Archives Program has also launched an open access website.

UCLA professor Marike Split has created an “outdoor soundwalk” at Los Angeles State Historic Park.

“Photo Cameroon: Studio Portraiture 1970s–1990s” looks at the work of three prominent Cameroonian artists.

The totem’s cross-country journey is meant to inspire people to care for the Earth, protect sacred Indigenous lands and to respect the sovereignty of Native tribes.

The UCLA-led project is part of Mapping Jewish L.A., a partnership between the Leve Center, community archives.

The Hammer Channel online video platform features more than 1,000 conversations, talks, performances and more.

His appointment represents the continued partnership between the school of music and the Farhang Foundation.

From film screenings to data visualization classes to undergraduate research week, the library will be hosting a wide variety of virtual events.

UCLA Professor David Shorter’s Archive of Healing is one of the largest databases of medicinal folklore from around the world.

The acting chair of UCLA’s theater department covers the subject from 1619 to the present.

The new department will offer a wider, more holistic course of study, focusing on the breadth of languages and cultures across Europe and beyond.

UCLA has received a grant of $1.38 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support a new endeavor called “Engaging Lived Religion in the 21st Century Museum.”

The memorial honors the victims and survivors of a mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona, on Jan. 8, 2011.

UCLA Film & Television Archive is home to more than 100 materials featuring the civil rights icon.

Classrooms created artwork that was presented during the ‘10 Questions’ program.

The center, formed thanks to a $6.75 million gift, will foster artistic creativity, scholarship, performance and cultural expression.

Ross died Sept. 16 at his home in Los Angeles after a long illness. He was 73.