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Global Antiquity Faculty Lunch Series- “Por Mares Nunca D’antes Navegados…”: Poetic Primacy in Arcadian Epic and Caminões’s The Lusiads with Adriana Vazquez

Royce Hall 306 10745 Dickson Court, Los Angeles

Global Antiquity is pleased to invite you to the next in its 2024–2025 Faculty Lunch Series talks, featuring Professor Adriana Vazquez (Classics, UCLA). On Friday, February 28 from 12:00–1:30 pm in Royce 306, she will deliver a lecture titled “Por Mores Nunca D’antes Navegados…”: Poetic Primacy in Arcadian Epic and Caminões’s The Lusiads. Lunch and refreshments will be served at 12:00 pm followed immediately by the talk and discussion. All are welcome, and we hope to see you there! Abstract: This presentation is an excerpt of a monograph on the poetry of the Brazilian colonial period and its reception of...

“The Same Frame of Mind, but a Different Villain”: Conspiracist Narratology and the Decolonization of Africa

Kaplan Hall 348 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles

A workshop with Christian David Alvarado KAPLAN HALL ROOM #348 1:00-2:30pm Workshop 2:30-3:00pm Reception   This workshop is open to UCLA Comparative Literature graduate students, UCLA English graduate students, and UCLA African Studies Center students. RSVP Name(Required) First Last Email(Required) Enter Email Confirm Email Affiliation(Required)UCLA Comparative Literature graduate studentUCLA English graduate studentUCLA African Studies Center studentUCLA facultyUCLA staff /* = 0;if(!is_postback){return;}var form_content = jQuery(this).contents().find('#gform_wrapper_26');var is_confirmation = jQuery(this).contents().find('#gform_confirmation_wrapper_26').length > 0;var is_redirect = contents.indexOf('gformRedirect(){') >= 0;var is_form = form_content.length > 0 && ! is_redirect && ! is_confirmation;var mt = parseInt(jQuery('html').css('margin-top'), 10) + parseInt(jQuery('body').css('margin-top'), 10) + 100;if(is_form){jQuery('#gform_wrapper_26').html(form_content.html());if(form_content.hasClass('gform_validation_error')){jQuery('#gform_wrapper_26').addClass('gform_validation_error');} else {jQuery('#gform_wrapper_26').removeClass('gform_validation_error');}setTimeout( function() { /* delay...