Sean Brenner | January 5, 2024 Kirstie McClure, a UCLA professor of political science, English and comparative literature, died Dec. 21, 2023, at the age of 72. Her research interests included…
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Why does William Blake’s work resonate today? A UCLA art historian offers perspective
Published: December 19, 2023Emma Horio | December 19, 2023 William Blake is having a moment in Los Angeles. A highly regarded exhibition at the Getty Center — a Los Angeles Times critic called…
Newest issue of UCLA College Magazine celebrates a spectacular century
Published: December 7, 2023UCLA College | December 7, 2023 When UCLA was founded in 1919, it only offered a two-year undergraduate program, with no option for a bachelor’s degree. In 1923, the UC…
$2 million gift to create endowed chair in the study of religion
Published: December 7, 2023Lucy Berbeo | December 6, 2023 With a gift of $2 million from an anonymous donor, UCLA plans to establish the Robert E. Archer Chair in the Study of Religion,…
Exploring the sacred music of nuns in colonial Mexico and Latin America
Published: December 1, 2023Robert Baker | December 1, 2023 In his first book, Cesar Favila book takes an imaginative approach to recounting the lives of nuns who sang devotional music in Catholic churches…
New English course embraces the potential of AI
Published: November 29, 2023Emma Horio | November 29, 2023 Professor Danny Snelson’s ‘Algo-Lit’ class also explores ethical issues around text generator tools A new UCLA English class is built around the premise…
Book by Bryant Kirkland – his first – is honored by Society for Classical Studies
Published: November 17, 2023Sean Brenner | November 17, 2023 UCLA professor Bryant Kirkland’s first book, “Herodotus and Imperial Greek Literature,” has been recognized as one of the books of the year by the…
UCLA’s Justin Torres wins National Book Award for ‘Blackouts’
Published: November 16, 2023Sean Brenner | November 16, 2023 Justin Torres, a UCLA professor of English, has won the National Book Award for Fiction. The award was presented Wednesday evening in a New…
$11 million gift establishes Yarshater Center for the Study of Iranian Literary Traditions
Published: November 16, 2023Lucy Berbeo | November 16, 2023 UCLA has received a commitment of $11 million from the Persian Heritage Foundation to establish the UCLA Yarshater Center for the Study of Iranian Literary…
Symposium on environmental illnesses highlights new multicampus research initiative
Published: November 14, 2023Sean Brenner | November 14, 2023 Around the early 1910s, coal miners began sending birds into mines as a way to detect the presence of carbon monoxide or other toxic…
Laure Murat wins Medicis Prize for nonfiction
Published: November 9, 2023Sean Brenner | November 9, 2023 UCLA professor receives prestigious French literary award for ‘Proust and Me: A Family Romance’ Laure Murat, a UCLA distinguished professor of French and Francophone…
Gift from Robert Lemelson Foundation will advance Amazigh studies at UCLA
Published: October 24, 2023Lucy Berbeo | October 24, 2023 The UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures received a gift of $345,000 from the Robert Lemelson Foundation to establish the Amazigh Studies…
More than 1,100 flock to Clark Library open house
Published: October 24, 2023Jonathan Riggs | October 24, 2023 “A library is a focal point, a sacred place to a community; and its sacredness is its accessibility, its publicness,” author Ursula K. Le…
Humanities Division welcomes new faculty for 2023-24
Published: October 23, 2023UCLA Humanities | October 23, 2023 The Division of Humanities is proud to introduce its new faculty members for the 2023–24 academic year. These accomplished scholars represent nearly every department…
The real story behind ‘The Exorcist’: Q&A with Henry Ansgar Kelly
Published: October 19, 2023Jonathan Riggs | October 19, 2023 Turning 50 this year — and looking not a day over diabolical — “The Exorcist” is one of the most influential, critically acclaimed and…
Adam Bradley co-curates Grammy exhibit celebrating 50 years of hip hop
Published: October 17, 2023UCLA College | October 17, 2023 “Hip-Hop America: The Mixtape Exhibit” at the Grammy Museum, which runs through Sept. 4, 2024, celebrates the genre’s 50th anniversary. It is co-curated by…
Q&A: Justin Torres on creating ‘sustained and deep engagement’ with literature
Published: October 3, 2023Lucy Berbeo | October 2, 2023 UCLA professor discusses his new novel, ‘Blackouts,’ and the writers inspiring him today Justin Torres was just 31 years old when his first novel, “We…
Q&A: Harryette Mullen’s newest poetry brings us closer to nature
Published: August 8, 2023Lucy Berbeo | August 7, 2023 UCLA English professor explains how ‘the beauty, diversity and fragility of life’ inspired her latest work Harryette Mullen has a singular way of connecting…
Zrinka Stahuljak and Shannon Speed receive Mellon grant
Published: July 24, 2023Jonathan Riggs | July 24, 2023 Professors Zrinka Stahuljak and Shannon Speed received a $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to support a project called Race in the Global Past…
Dean delivers 2023 Humanities Division commencement address
Published: July 1, 2023Anushka Chakrabarti | July 1, 2023 Alexandra Minna Stern, dean of humanities at the UCLA College, served as the commencement speaker for the 2023 humanities commencement ceremony. Stern said she…