Diasporas
Diaspora: Any group of people who have spread or become dispersed beyond their traditional homeland or point of origin . . . Also: the countries and places inhabited by such a group, regarded collectively. - OED
For tens of millennia, people have moved around, starting with ancient humans who led nomadic lives and eventually spread out from Africa to other parts of the world. Early reasons for these migratory movements were tied to basic needs, such as food availability and environmental factors. Later reasons include: war (both initiating and fleeing from it) and colonialism, escaping persecution and human rights violations, enslavement, and political and economic instability. Today, most of these reasons still apply, including, increasingly, climate change. As people have resettled, they have also created communities in their adopted lands with others from their homelands.
This reading list highlights some of these diasporic communities–large and small–around the world and our collections related to them. It features not only well-known groups and countries (e.g., immigrants to the US) but also other communities we might not normally think of. It includes scholarly, non-fiction, and fictional works that underline the different reasons for migration and convey the varied experiences of migrants and their descendants, both as whole groups and individuals. These books also show how migration often lead to the negotiation, transformation, and/or evolution of migrants' identities and sense of belonging and home. Ultimately, this list is about showing that, despite modern border restrictions, there has always been a history of movements across the globe and connections between geographic regions and their peoples.
This list is organized alphabetically by community. Click on the linked titles to access the books through the UCLA Library.
Afghan diaspora
Afghanistan in Ink: Literature Between Diaspora and Nation (2013) edited by Nile Green & Nushin Arbabzadah
“Afghanistan in Ink uses a vast and largely unknown corpus of twentieth-century Afghan Dari and Pashto literature to show how Afghans have conceived of their modern history and how writers' patronage or exile has dominated the contours of that history. Drawing on an abundance of Afghan-language sources, chapters by international experts reveal a disruptive twentieth-century dynamic, in which literary globalization has caused the destabilization of the state by importing multiple, conflicting ideologies.” (Publisher’s description)
Africans in Paris, France
Bleu, blanc, rouge (1998) by Alain Mabanckou; Blue White Red: A Novel (2013) translated from the French by Alison Dundy
“ . . . . When Moki returns to his village from France wearing designer clothes and affecting all the manners of a Frenchman, Massala-Massala, who lives the life of a humble peanut farmer . . . begins to dream of following in Moki’s footsteps. Together, the two take wing for Paris, where Massala-Massala finds himself a part of an underworld of out-of-work undocumented immigrants. . . . Blue White Red is a novel of postcolonial Africa where young people born into poverty dream of making it big in the cities of their former colonial masters.” (Publisher’s description)
Africans in Sweden
Afro-Sweden: Becoming Black in a Color-Blind Country (2022) by Ryan Thomas Skinner
"The first scholarly monograph in English to focus on the African and Black diaspora in Sweden, Afro-Sweden emphasizes the voices, experiences, practices, knowledge, and ideas of these communities. Its interdisciplinary approach to understanding diasporic communities is essential to contemporary conversations around such issues as the status and identity of racialized populations in Europe and the international impact of Black Lives Matter.” (Publisher’s description)
Afro-Uruguayans
Blackness in the White Nation: A History of Afro-Uruguay (2010) by George Reid Andrews
"In Blackness in the White Nation, George Reid Andrews offers a comprehensive history of Afro-Uruguayans from the colonial period to the present. Showing how social and political mobilization is intertwined with candombe, he traces the development of Afro-Uruguayan racial discourse and argues that candombe's evolution as a central part of the nation's culture has not fundamentally helped the cause of racial equality." (Publisher's description)
Armenians in Lisbon, Portugal
Between the Stillness and the Grove: A Novel (2000) by Erika de Vasconcelos
“The triumphs of love and friendship after tragedy are at the heart of this compelling and poignant novel of two complex and unforgettable women. A story of loss set in the aftermath of the 1915-1918 genocide of the Armenian people by the Turkish government, the novel moves through layers of time to show the far-reaching effects of war and displacement. . . . ” (Publisher’s description)
Balts in Europe
The Politics of Migration and Mobility in the Art World: Transnational Baltic Artistic Practices Across Europe (2021) by Emma Duester
“Explores the nature of artistic practices for highly mobile artists from the Baltic States, moving regularly across multiple borders across Europe in order to maintain their position on the global art world. Artists with trans-local homes that combine and connect homeland, host country and a unique understanding of home and belonging.” (Publisher’s description)
Bengalis in the U.S.A.
Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America (2013) by Vivek Bald
“Vivek Bald's meticulous reconstruction reveals a lost history of South Asian sojourning and life-making in the United States. At a time when Asian immigrants were vilified and criminalized, Bengali Muslims quietly became part of some of America's most iconic neighborhoods of color, from Tremé in New Orleans to Detroit's Black Bottom, from West Baltimore to Harlem. . . . Their stories . . . challenge assumptions about assimilation and reveal cross-racial affinities beneath the surface of early twentieth-century America.” (Publisher’s description)
Cameroonians in New York, U.S.A.
Behold the Dreamers: A Novel (2016) by Imbolo Mbue
"A compulsively readable debut novel about marriage, immigration, class, race, and the trapdoors in the American Dream—the unforgettable story of a young Cameroonian couple making a new life in New York just as the Great Recession upends the economy." (Publisher's description)
Crimean Tatar diaspora
Émigré, Exile, Diaspora, and Transnational Movements of the Crimean Tatars: Preserving the Eternal Flame of Crimea (2021) by Filiz Tutku Aydin
“This book explains the unexpected mobilization of the Crimean Tatar diaspora in recent decades through an exploration of the exile experiences of the Crimean Tatars in Central Asia, Middle East, Eastern Europe, and North America. This book adds to the growing literature on diaspora case studies and is essential reading for researchers and students of diasporas, migration, ethnicity, nationalism, transnationalism, identity formation and social movements.” (Publisher’s description)
East-Central European diaspora
The Exile and Return of Writers from East-Central Europe: A Compendium (2009) edited by John Neubauer and Borbála Zsuzsanna Török
“This is the first comparative study of literature written by writers who fled from East-Central Europe during the twentieth century. It includes not only interpretations of individual lives and literary works, but also studies of the most important literary journals, publishers, radio programs, and other aspects of exile literary cultures. One section is devoted to exile cultures in Paris, London, and New York, as well as in Moscow, Madrid, Toronto, Buenos Aires and other cities.” (Publisher’s description)
East Timorese in Australia
Exile and Return Among the East Timorese (2006) by Amanda Wise
During Indonesia’s 24-year occupation of East Timor, many Timorese fled to Australia, where they lobbied for their country’s independence. Once that goal was achieved in 2002, these refugees who firmly identified as exiles were forced to reinterpret their identities and roles vis-à-vis their homeland. This book provides insight into how refugees transition from being exiles to being part of the diaspora.
Filipino in the U.S.A.
Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen (2018) by Jose Antonio Vargas
“This book is about homelessness, not in a traditional sense, but in the unsettled, unmoored psychological state that undocumented immigrants like myself find ourselves in. This book is about lying and being forced to lie to get by; about passing as an American . . . This book is about constantly hiding from the government and, in the process, hiding from ourselves.” (Prologue)
Germans in Iceland
Frauen, Fische, Fjorde: Deutsche Einwanderinnen in Island (2016) by Anne Siegel
“A fascinating chapter in contemporary history and an extraordinary portrait of Iceland in 1949. There is an acute shortage of women on Iceland's farms . . . Marked by war, flight and a lack of future prospects, hundreds of German women decide to emigrate to Iceland . . . Anne Siegel describes the lives of these courageous emigrants using selected examples and lets them speak for themselves in her story.” (Publisher’s description translated)
Hadhrami diaspora
Hadhramaut and Its Diaspora: Yemeni Politics, Identity and Migration (2017) edited by Noel Brehony
“Hadhramis have migrated for centuries in large numbers, establishing a diaspora that extends around the Indian Ocean, Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf States. This migration has deeply affected the host countries as well as Hadhramaut itself. . . . This book examines the people of the Hadhrami diaspora, who travelled as religious scholars, traders, labourers and soldiers, to understand their enduring influence and identity.” (Publisher’s description)
Haitians in Matto Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Migrações e globalização: a integração social dos(as) haitianos(as) em Mato Grosso do Sul (2020) by Juliana Tomiko Ribeiro Aizawa.
Migrations and Globalization: The Social Integration of Haitians in Matto Grosso do Sul looks at the many factors that drive Haitian immigration to Brazil. The book uses the case of the state of Matto Grosso do Sul to illustrate the intricacies of Brazil's status as a new immigration destination for Haitians.
Iranian in Germany
Betrachtungen einer barbarin (2021) by Asal Dardan
“Reflections of a Female Barbarian by writer and journalist Asal Dardan is a collection of ten autobiographical essays on themes around identity, culture and belonging, examining the concepts of identity politics and structural racism. Born in Iran, Dardan arrived in Germany as a baby but always struggled to belong . . . With sensitivity and nuance, Dardan questions what it means to grow up in a 'foreign' country and maintains that living together in society necessitates the acceptance of differences.” (New Books in German review)
Iranian in Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Brown album: Essays on Exile and Identity (2020) by Porochista Khakpour
“Novelist Porochista Khakpour’s family moved to Los Angeles after fleeing the Iranian Revolution, giving up their successes only to be greeted by an alienating culture. Growing up as an immigrant in America means that one has to make one’s way through a confusing tangle of conflicting cultures and expectations. And Porochista is pulled between the glitzy culture of Tehrangeles, an enclave of wealthy Iranians and Persians in LA, her own family’s modest life and culture, and becoming an assimilated American.” (Publisher’s description)
Iraqi diaspora
Transnational Identity and Memory Making in the Lives of Iraqi Women in Diaspora (2020) by Nadia Jones-Gailani
“This book draws on an extensive archive of over one hundred oral narratives collected and recorded with Iraqi women in three settlement sites: Amman, Detroit, and Toronto. It demonstrates how the relationship between ethno-religious migrants, nation, and citizenship are shaped by the traumatic experiences of forced displacement and integration into new communities and national imaginaries.” (Publisher’s description)
Jews in Buenos Aires, Argentina
La historia de Ilse: un viaje hacia la vida desde el infierno nazi (2002) by Ilse Kaufmann and Helena Pardo; The Journey of Ilse Kaufmann: Vienna-Prague-Buenos Aires (2014) translated from the Spanish by Susana Urra
"Each story of wartime survival is different but knowing whom to trust is a dilemma shared by many who were struggling to survive the reality of war. In Ilse's story, a bottle of cognac saved three people, a marriage proposal saved two families, and the help of a loyal governess made all the difference. . . . " Ilse was visiting family in Moravia when the Nazis invaded her hometown of Vienna. Through many harrowing experiences, she and her family were eventually able to escape to Argentina in 1943. (Publisher and original descriptions)
Jews in the British West Indies
Nearly the New World: the British West Indies and the Flight from Nazism, 1933-1945 (2019) by Joanna Newman
"Nearly the New World tells the extraordinary story of Jewish refugees who overcame persecution and sought safety in the West Indies from the 1930s through the end of the war. At the same time, it gives an unsparing account of the xenophobia and bureaucratic infighting that nearly prevented their rescue-and that helped to seal the fate of countless other European Jews for whom escape was never an option." (Publisher's description)
Jews in Shanghai, China
Japanese Diplomats and Jewish Refugees: A World War II Dilemma (1998) by Pamela Rotner Sakamoto
"In the late 1930s and early 1940s, European Jews traveled east to seek refuge in the West. Three thousand refugees transited Japan and China, and more than 21,000 spent the war in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. . . . Vice Consul Sugihara Chiune might have faded into history as a minor diplomat in Lithuania had he not issued thousands of transit visas to refugees . . . Sakamoto demonstrates how he helped thousands escape Europe." (Publisher's description)
Jews in Shanghai, China
Voices from Shanghai: Jewish Exiles in Wartime China (2008) Edited, translated, & with an introduction by Irene Eber
“When Hitler came to power and the German army began to sweep through Europe, almost 20,000 Jewish refugees fled to Shanghai. A remarkable collection of the letters, diary entries, poems, and short stories composed by these refugees in the years after they landed in China, Voices from Shanghai fills a gap in our historical understanding of what happened to so many Jews who were forced to board the first ship bound for anywhere.” (Publisher's description)
Korean in Oregon, U.S.A.
All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir (2018) by Nicole Chung
Born in Korea, Nicole Chung was adopted by a white family from Oregon, who could not see the discrimination that she faced as an Asian American. When starting her own family, she returned to Korea in search of identity. There she discovered the upsetting details of her own adoption, an unknown sister, and long-kept secrets within both families.
Latinos in Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Fruteros: Street Vending, Illegality, and Ethnic Community in Los Angeles (2020) by Rocío Rosales
"This book examines the social worlds of young Latino street vendors as they navigate the complexities of local and federal laws prohibiting both their presence and their work on street corners. Known as fruteros, they sell fruit salads out of pushcarts throughout Los Angeles and are part of the urban landscape. Drawing on six years of fieldwork, Rocío Rosales offers a compelling portrait of their day-to-day struggles." (Publisher's description)
LGBT+ migrants in the U.S.A.
Queer and Trans Migrations: Dynamics of Illegalization, Detention, and Deportation (2020) edited by Eithne Luibheid and Karma R. Chavez
"More than a quarter of a million LGBTQ-identified migrants in the United States lack documentation and constantly risk detention and deportation. LGBTQ migrants around the world endure similarly precarious situations. . . . The academics, activists, and artists in the volume centre illegalization, detention, and deportation in national and transnational contexts, and examine how migrants and allies negotiate, resist, refuse, and critique these processes." (Publisher's description)
LGBT+ refugees in Johannesburg, South Africa
Seeking Sanctuary: Stories of Sexuality, Faith and Migration (2021) written and compiled by John Marnell
"Seeking Sanctuary brings together poignant life stories from fourteen lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) migrants, refugees and asylum seekers living in Johannesburg, South Africa. . . . The narrators reveal their personal battles to reconcile their faith with their sexuality and gender identity, often in the face of violent persecution, and how they have carved out spaces of hope and belonging in their new home country." (Publisher's description)
Mayan diaspora
The Maya Art of Speaking Writing: Remediating Indigenous Orality in the Digital Age (2022) by Tiffany D. Creegan Miller
“Based on nearly a decade of fieldwork in the Guatemalan highlands, Tiffany D. Creegan Miller discusses images that are sonic, pictorial, gestural, and alphabetic. She reveals various forms of creativity and agency that are woven through a rich media landscape in Indigenous Guatemala, as well as Maya diasporas in Mexico and the United States.” (Publisher’s description)
Middle Eastern immigrants in Mexico
So Far from Allah, So Close to Mexico: Middle Eastern Immigrants in Modern Mexico (2007) by Theresa Alfaro-Velcamp
“Middle Eastern immigration to Mexico is one of the intriguing, untold stories in the history of both regions. In So Far from Allah, So Close to Mexico, Theresa Alfaro-Velcamp presents the fascinating findings of her extensive fieldwork in Mexico as well as in Lebanon and Syria, which included comprehensive data collection from more than 8,000 original immigration cards as well as studies of decades of legal publications and the collection of historiographies from descendents of Middle Eastern immigrants living in Mexico today.” (Publisher’s description)
Migration and Multiculturalism in Scandinavia (2022) edited by Eric Einhorn, Sherrill Harbison, and Markus Huss
“Drawing from personal experiences and theoretical perspectives . . . nineteen scholars assess recent shifts in Scandinavian societies and how they intertwine with broader transformations in Europe and beyond. Chapters explore a variety of topics, including themes of belonging and identity in Norway, the experiences and activism of the Nordic countries’ Indigenous populations, and parallels between the racist far-right resurgence in Sweden and the United States.” (Publisher’s description)
Nepali diaspora
Nepali Diaspora in a Gobalised Era (2016) edited by Tanka B. Subba and A.C. Sinha
"This is one of the first books to explore Nepali diaspora in a global context, across India and other parts of South Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, and Australia. It discusses the social, political and economic status and aspirations of the Nepali community worldwide. The essays in the volume cover . . . belonging and identity politics among Nepalese migrants, representation of Indian Nepalis in literature, diasporic consciousness, forceful eviction and displacement, social movements, and ritual practices among migrant communities.” (Publisher’s description)
Nigerians in Belgium
Diaspora, Food and Identity: Nigerian Migrants in Belgium (2017) by Maureen Duru
“This book examines the connection between food and identity in the Nigerian diaspora community in Belgium. Encounters between people from different cultures do not lead to a simple adaptation of the diet, but usually give rise to some kind of fusion of new and indigenous food habits. The author questions the relationship between what Nigerian migrants in the diaspora eat, their self-perception and how they engage with outsiders.” (Publisher’s description)
Nigerian in New York, U.S.A.
Asylum: A Memoir & Manifesto (2022) by Edafe Okporo
"On the eve of Edafe Okporo's twenty-sixth birthday, he was awoken to a violent mob outside his window in Abuja, Nigeria. The mob threatened his life after discovering . . . that he is a gay man. Left with no other choice, he purchased a one-way plane ticket to New York City . . . Asylum is Edafe's eye-opening, thought-provoking memoir and manifesto, which documents his experiences growing up gay in Nigeria, fleeing to America, navigating the immigration system, and making a life for himself as a Black, gay immigrant." (Publisher's description)
Pacific Islander diaspora
Reppin': Pacific Islander Youth and Native Justice (2021) edited by Keith L. Camacho
“From hip-hop artists in the Marshall Islands to innovative multimedia producers in Vanuatu to racial justice writers in Utah, Pacific Islander youth are using radical expression to transform their communities . . . [Reppin’] confront[s] the ongoing legacies of colonization, incarceration, and militarization . . . . [and] illuminates the dynamic power of Pacific Islander youth to reshape the present and future of settler cities and other urban spaces in Oceania and beyond.” (Publisher’s description)
Palauan in the Pacific Northwest, U.S.A.
Interim (2021) by Des Spicer-Orak
“Interim is a short collection of poems written by Des Spicer-Orak, a queer mixed Palauan poet from the Pacific Northwest. . . . Exploring the intersections of identity, Interim captures the weight of culture, religion, climate crises, rejection, and connection. This book highlights the duality that exists in all things . . . . At the heart of these poems is the fight for existence, reclamation, and resistance.” (Publisher’s description)
Pasifika in New Zealand
Mophead: How Your Difference Makes a Difference (2020) by Selina Tusitala Marsh
"A moving graphic memoir of growing up Pasifika in New Zealand, written and illustrated by our fast-talking PI Poet Laureate, Selina Tusitala Marsh. At school, Selina is ridiculed for her big, frizzy hair. Kids call her 'mophead'. She ties her hair up . . . and tries to fit in. Until one day . . . [s]he decides to let her hair out, to embrace her difference, to be WILD! Selina takes us through special moments in her extraordinary life. ” (Publisher’s description)
Polish diaspora
Linguistic and Cultural Acquisition In a Migrant Community Edited (2013) by David Singleton, Vera Regan and Ewelina Debaene
“This book provides a linguistic and cultural profile of the Polish diasporic communities in 3 different European countries: Ireland, France and Austria. The 8 contributing chapters present original research on the acquisition and use of the languages of the respective host communities and also explore related elements of cultural acquisition.” (Publisher’s description)
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Rohingya Camp Narratives: Tales From the "Lesser Roads" Traveled (2022) by Imtiaz A. Hussain
In 2017, the Myanmar military launched attacks on villages of Rohingya Muslims. Now there are nearly a million Rohingya living in refugee camps across the border in Bangladesh. This book explores such issues as the crisis this has created for the country, camp violence (including sexual and gender-based ones) and human security, COVID-19, children’s education, and relocation/future plans.
Russians in Central Asia
The Russian Minority in Central Asia: Migration, Politics, and Language (2008) by Sebastien Peyrouse
“The collapse of the Soviet Union and the achievement of independence by its republics created an unprecedented situation. For the first time in its history Russia had a ‘diaspora,’ which numbered about 25 million people. Now a recipient of immigrants, the Russian Federation took in more than eight million former Soviet citizens between 1990 and 2003, mainly 'ethnic' Russians from other former Soviet republics.” (Excerpt from introduction)
Samoan in the U.S.A.
Coconut Milk (2013) by Dan Taulapapa McMullin
“. . . [These] poems evoke both intimate conversations and provocative monologues that allow [McMullin] to explore the complexities of being a queer Samoan in the United States. . . . [They illustrate] various manifestations of geopolitical, cultural, linguistic, and sexual colonialism. [Their] work [illuminate] the ongoing resistance to colonialism and the remarkable resilience of Pacific Islanders and queer-identified peoples.” (Publisher’s description)
Sikhs in Japan
Sikh Diaspora in Japan (2019) by Masako Azuma
“This book focuses on the social and cultural practices of Sikh Diaspora in Japan which is not large when compared to other places. The gurdwaras located in different cities like Kobe and Tokyo, are described in this volume as not only religious places but also socializing spaces where the Sikh culture thrives. . . . The volume shows how the Sikh Diaspora in Japan have struggled in their new world and created their own thriving culture through global and local networks.” (Publisher’s description)
Southeast Asian diaspora
Southeast Asian Migration: People on the Move in Search of Work, Refuge, and Belonging (2016) edited by Khatharya Um and Sofia Gaspar
Adopting an interdisciplinary, case-study approach, scholars examine the experiences of Southeast Asian migrants embarking on new lives in Asia, Europe, and America. They examine the immigrants’ social status, identity formation, and understandings of inclusion, while emphasizing their willingness to be flexible, endure challenges, and prosper in their new social contexts.
Sri Lankan Tamils in Australia
A Sense of Viidu The (Re)creation of Home by the Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora in Australia (2020) edited by Niro Kandasamy, Nirukshi Perera, Charishma Ratnam
“This book is the first compilation of the experiences of the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora in Australia. It explores the theme of home—from what is left behind, what is brought and what is (re)created in new spaces—and all the complex processes that ensue as a result of leaving a land defined by conflict. . . . The research chapters present a multidisciplinary approach to Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora studies and are complemented by creative contributions from prominent Sri Lankan artists in Australia." (Publisher's description)
Sudanese in Kingston, Canada
Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces (2022) by Elamin Abdelmahmoud
"As an immigrant kid in Kingston, one of the whitest cities in Canada, Elamin Abdelmahmoud learned pretty quickly that he was Black. At first this was news to him: He had spent the first 12 years of his life in Sudan identifying as Arab — when he thought about his identity at all. With the perfect balance of relatable humor and intellectual ferocity, Son of Elsewhere confronts what we know about ourselves, and most important, what we're still learning." (The New York Times review)
Ukrainian refugees in the European Union
Refugees from Ukraine: Support to School Children and Teachers: April 2022 (2022) by Publications Office of the European Union
“Since the start of the Russian military invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, more than 3 million people have fled the country . . . To respond to this unprecedented situation, the EU agreed in record time to activate the Temporary Protection Directive to help people fleeing war in Ukraine . . . This book includes advice on integrating refugee children in national education systems, teaching and language support, fast track practices on the integration of Ukrainian teachers into national education systems, and guidance on psychological support.” (Publisher’s description)
Vietnamese refugees
Archipelago of Resettlement: Vietnamese Refugee Settlers and Decolonization across Guam and Israel-Palestine (2022) by Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi
This book explores the contradictions inherent in the practice of settling Vietnamese refugees in the 1970s on lands stolen from Indigenous peoples in Guam and Palestine. The author examines bonds between the countries which supported U.S. strategic interests in Vietnam and empathies between the exiled Vietnamese refugees and the local peoples whom they displaced.
About the International & Area Studies Department
The UCLA Library’s International & Area Studies (IAS) Department supports the UCLA community by curating research-level international collections in a variety of subjects, formats, and languages and providing specialized research services. IAS staff consists of:
- Alena Aissing, Librarian/Curator for Slavic, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies
- Jade Alburo, Librarian/Curator for Southeast Asian and Pacific Islands Studies; Interim Librarian for Asian American and American Indian Studies
- Sohaib Baig, Librarian/Curator for Middle Eastern, South Asian, and Islamic Studies
- Ruby Bell-Gam, Librarian/Curator for African Studies, African American Studies, and International Development Studies; IAS Department Head
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- Diane Mizrachi, Librarian/Curator for Jewish and Israel Studies
- Tula Orum, Library Assistant for African Studies and Latin American Studies
- Jennifer Osorio, Interim Librarian/Curator for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Iberian Studies, and Chicana/o and Central American Studies
- Gissel Rios, Selection and Outreach Support Assistant
- Shannon Tanhayi Ahari, Librarian/Curator for Western European Studies and Classics
About the IAS Reading Lists
Since early 2021, IAS has been producing reading lists centered on various themes. The IAS Outreach Team (Jade Alburo, Tula Orum, Gissel Rios, Shannon Tanhayi Ahari) selects the themes and specifies the criteria, and IAS librarians and staff provide the selections and descriptions. These lists are intended to showcase the global works collected by IAS librarians and are meant to be shared. If you have suggestions for themes or have questions or remarks, please contact us at IAS@library.ucla.edu.
Credits: Post created and formatted by: Gissel Rios | Introduction by: Jade Alburo | Reading list selections and descriptions by: IAS librarians and staff | Edited by: Jade Alburo and Gissel Rios
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