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Anthropology professor Tom Boellstorff explores Second Life and finds his fellow avatars eager to talk about their virtual world experiences.

UC Irvine students want to foster a sustainable culture that moves beyond hemp bags and energy-efficient light bulbs.

Almost 20 years ago, Ruth Kluger wrote an account of her remarkable wartime experiences to share with a few friends. Today, her story of growing up Jewish during the Holocaust continues to resonate with countless people worldwide. “I wanted to present as honestly as possible what I remembered of that period — what people might […]

In his recently released memoir, “Incognegro,” Frank Wilderson criticizes Nelson Mandela’s presidency for failing to deliver on its promises of social equality and significant reform.

Roundup of events for Martin Luther King Jr. birthday and following week

In the 1990s, Frank B. Wilderson III lived the dying days of apartheid in South Africa, working as a university teacher, propagandist, and as one of two Americans elected to Nelson Mandela’s governing party, the African National Congress. In his recently released memoir, Incognegro, Wilderson, African American studies and drama professor, criticizes Mandela’s presidency for failing […]

An era of mass migrations, porous borders and easily obtained fraudulent documents is blurring the definition of citizenship and putting…

An era of mass migrations, porous borders and easily obtained fraudulent documents is blurring the definition of citizenship and putting national security at risk around the globe, says UC Irvine political science professor Kamal Sadiq in his new book, Paper Citizens: How Illegal Immigrants Acquire Citizenship in Developing Countries.

American Indian Resource Program hosts talk by Paul Apodaca

Film and Media Studies lecturer Lauren Steimer was recently appointed director of UC Irvine’s Film and Video Center, just in…