Robert Lemelson Foundation | Project Types Program

UCLA Indonesian Studies Conference

January 8, 2015/in Program fieldwork, Indonesia, UCLA /by rlf

The purpose of the Indonesian Studies Program is to promote the study of Indonesia by UCLA graduate students and faculty through conferences, lectures, and fellowships. The program will promote deeper understanding of Indonesia and its global significance by 1) providing grants to UCLA graduate students to travel to Indonesia to conduct field work and archival research, 2) sponsoring conferences and workshops on Indonesian Studies at UCLA; and 3) it brings to the UCLA campus Indonesia experts (both Indonesian and non-Indonesian) both to conduct research and give lectures.

Lemelson Undergraduate Honors Program

January 8, 2015/in Program anthropology, honors, UCLA /by rlf

The Lemelson Undergraduate Honors Program provides motivated and dedicated students with (1) opportunities to engage in original research and analysis; (2) mentoring from individual faculty members; (3) interaction with other research-oriented undergraduates; (4) classroom training by UCLA Honors faculty; and (5) development of skills in the writing and oral presentation of anthropological topics.