Courtesy of Alisée Devillers BY ANUSHKA CHAKRABARTI Alisée Devillers joined the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures as a postdoctoral researcher through a fellowship awarded by the Belgian…
Joshua Javier Guzmán, assistant professor of gender studies and chair of the LGBTQ studies program at UCLA, received a 2022 Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant in support of his…
Courtesy of Julio Vega-Payne BY ANUSHKA CHAKRABARTI Julio Vega-Payne joined the classics department as a UCLA Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow this academic year. According to the fellowship website, “The Chancellor’s Postdoctoral…
Dominic Thomas, UCLA’s Madeleine L. Letessier Professor of French and Francophone Studies | UCLA Jonathan Riggs | January 23, 2023 Last November, Dominic Thomas, Madeleine L. Letessier Professor of French…
Courtesy of The National Endowment for the Humanities Website BY ANUSHKA CHAKRABARTI Among the 204 projects nationwide funded by $28.1 million in grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities…
UCLA Law | December 16, 2022 Professor emeritus Herbert Morris, a globally renowned scholar and teacher of law and philosophy and a foundational member of UCLA School of Law’s faculty,…
Image courtesy of Arushi Avachat By Anushka Chakrabarti Arushi Avachat, a third-year English and political science undergraduate student at UCLA, will see her debut novel, “Arya Khanna’s Bollywood Moment,” hit…
Courtesy of Gabriel Zucman BY ANUSHKA CHAKRABARTI In the latest installment of the “Possible Worlds” lecture series, French economist Gabriel Zucman joined UCLA students, faculty and community members on October…
Courtesy of Elizabeth DeLoughrey BY ANUSHKA CHAKRABARTI Elizabeth DeLoughrey, a UCLA professor of English who also holds an appointment in the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, received a…
Courtesy of Robert Buswell By Anushka Chakrabarti UCLA Buddhist studies scholar Robert Buswell will be the keynote speaker for the Division of Humanities commencement ceremony on Saturday, June 11 at…
Courtesy of Elaine Kahn By Anushka Chakrabarti Elaine Kahn, a writer and artist based in Los Angeles, is the writer-in-residence in the UCLA Department of English for spring 2022. A…
Courtesy of the UCLA Comparative Literature Website By Anushka Chakrabarti Angela Davis, internationally celebrated author, scholar and activist, delivered the second annual Edward W. Said Lecture in the UCLA Department…
Courtesy of Shane Yu, Daily Bruin The English department unveiled the brand new Digital Media Lab May 6. The lab will offer a new space for faculty and students to…
Left to Right: David Schaberg, Dean, Division of Humanities, UCLA, C. Cindy Fan – Vice Provost, International Studies & Global Engagement, Congressman Ted W. Lieu, Eileen Strempel – Inaugural Dean,…
Dominic Thomas, Madeleine Letessier Professor of French in the Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies, has been named an Officer in the Order of Academic Palms, or l’Ordre des Palmes…
Congratulations to Professor Maite Zubiaurre for her nomination and selection to join the Faculty Mentoring Honor Society! The Faculty Mentoring Honor Society recognizes UCLA faculty who have given much time…
Courtesy of Laura Clennon By Anushka Chakrabarti The UCLA Department of English will celebrate the launch of its new Digital Media Lab on Friday, May 6 at noon at its…
Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom By Sean Brenner Alexandra Minna Stern, currently the associate dean for the humanities at the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, will…
Photo credit: Judy Natal By Anushka Chakrabarti Harryette Mullen, a professor of English at UCLA, was named the University of California Santa Cruz’s 2022 Humanities Division Distinguished Graduate Student Alumna….
Courtesy of David Kaplan By Anushka Chakrabarti David Kaplan, the Hans Reichenbach Professor of Scientific Philosophy, was awarded the 2022 Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy on 24th of…