Think distraction is a uniquely 21st-century problem? Medieval readers would like a word
Hundreds of years before smartphones and social media arrived, writers were preoccupied with preoccupation.
Faculty First Person
Of little databases and the poetics of the web revival
An essay by English professor Danny Snelson, whose new book will be published this month.
Mona Lisa beyond borders: Of hordes, theft and nationalism (and Leonardo in Westwood)
Art historian George Baker considers the painting’s turbulent recent history and UCLA’s hidden connections to the artist.
Reflecting on a sinuous life as an omnivorous humanist
Professor Emeritus King-Kok Cheung recounts her journey from outsider and suspect to intersectional scholar and brash maverick.
Publicly engaged humanities leverage the power of UCLA to meet our community’s needs. They help the university, too.
Community engaged scholarship can play a leading role in fulfilling the campus’s responsibility to equip students with knowledge and skills for active citizenship.
Birdsong(s): Adam Bradley serves up an avian-themed playlist
The UCLA English professor and founding director of the Laboratory for Race and Popular Culture at UCLA contributed his expertise to a UCLA College digital mini-magazine on the theme of birds.
New census categories raise philosophical questions about race and ethnicity
In a Faculty First Person column, Professor Kareem Khalifa considers a recent government decision that prompts questions about the nature of social reality.