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Public Issues and Outreach

Centers, Institutes, Schools and Museums with Anthropology Faculty that Emphasize Public Outreach

The Center for Asian Studies

The Center was established to enhance the study of the many countries and cultures of Asia at the University of California, Irvine and to provide a forum for discussions across geographic and disciplinary boundaries both within UCI and in the larger community. Last fall the Center for Asian Studies established scholar exchange programs with two universities abroad: one with Peking University in China and one with the Graduate School of Law, Kobe University in Japan.

The Center for Research on Latinos in a Global Society (CRLGS)

The Center has hosted a research colloquia series, published a series of working papers, provided grants for graduate and undergraduate students, and coordinated a series of focused research groups of faculty and graduate students.Over the next several years, CRLGS research projects will assess the political and social incorporation of Latinos in Orange County and measure community attitudes towards resources and barriers. Including in this project, graduate and undergraduate students will conduct community-focused research assessing the history, community formations, social contributions, and community organizations of Latinos in Orange County.

Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies (CGPACS)

The Center involves a multi-disciplinary program, housed in the Social Sciences, dedicated to promoting scholarly, student, and public understanding of international peace and conflict. We organize lectures by visiting scholars, officials, and activists to encourage broader discussion at UCI and in Southern California of the strategic/military, economic/environmental, and cultural/normative issues involved in global conflict and cooperation. We fund faculty seed grants to further research on issues of global peace and conflict, and also provide funding for graduate student initiatives whenever possible. Finally, we publish research talks in our working paper series.

Humanities Research Institute

Widely recognized nationally and internationally, the Institute promotes collaborative work by teams of researchers representing different fields and institutions both within and beyond the University of California. The Institute thus engages in public programming at various sites throughout California. In recent years UCHRI has organized symposia at the Los Angeles County Museum in conjunction with the Casta and William Kentridge exhibitions; a public lecture on "Microcosms" at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles; and a community forum at the Sage Hill School in Newport Beach, California. Currently the Institute is improving its technological infrastructure so that many of its academic and public presentations can now be edited for telecasting and are being webcast on uchri.tv.

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

The Institute is a learning community of retired and semi-retired men and women who enjoy the challenge, stimulation and quest for continued learning. OLLI members are people who are intellectually curious; people who are interested in discovering new facts and sharing new ideas; people who love to read, analyze, and take part in spirited discussion. Classes are taught by UCI professors, by instructors from other local universities and colleges, emeriti, outside professionals and by qualified OLLI peers.

How can developed nations solve the AIDS epidemic in Africa? Does the International Criminal Court have the potential to promote global peace by addressing international conflicts?

Global Connect @ UCI

Through the program, faculty, graduate students and undergraduates in the social sciences address with more than 500 students in Newport Mesa School District classrooms such questions as: How can developed nations solve the AIDS epidemic in Africa? Does the International Criminal Court have the potential to promote global peace by addressing international conflicts? Global Connect enriches California's secondary school curriculum in social studies by translating current college-level concepts and knowledge into a format (curriculum) that is age-appropriate for secondary schools. The program also serves to encourage underrepresented students to consider higher education in the social science disciplines.

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