February 8, 2021
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Bucking national trends that have closed down many European language programs, UCLA is doubling down on its commitment to European studies by redefining it with a 2021 twist. Germanic, French, Italian and Scandinavian languages are being merged into a single department with a transcultural bent. Perspectives from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Central and South America areas touched by Europe’s colonial legacies will be injected into a new way of studying foreign language. (UCLA’s Dominic Thomas, David Schaberg and Todd Presner were quoted; UCLA’s Kalani Mitchell was cited.)