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SUMMARY:On Land and Across the Sea: Boccaccio’s Other Wor(l)ds. Junctions and Interweavings Conference
DESCRIPTION:To mark 650 years since Boccaccio’s death\, a conference on Boccaccio’s Other Wor(l)ds invites exploration of Boccaccio’s “Other Words” and “Other Worlds.” Boccaccio’s narratives—not limited to the Decameron—vividly depict cultural and intellectual exchanges\, emphasizing human behavior\, morality\, and societal complexities across the Mediterranean and beyond\, including Cathay. In the Decameron\, the Levant serves as a crucial geographical and cultural reference\, highlighting its role as a crossroads of commerce\, religion\, and cultural interaction. For instance\, Nathan’s house in Decameron X.3 is described as being situated at the crossroads “from the West eastward\, or from the East westward.” Similarly\, in Genealogy of the Pagan Gods\, Boccaccio extols the invention of the boat and maritime navigation\, celebrating their benefits for humanity. He reflects on the immense advantages of trade and cultural exchanges and how they foster trust and friendships. Boccaccio notes that such interactions enable mutual teaching and learning of languages\, bridging geographical distances and overcoming estrangement. \nInspired by Boccaccio’s fascination with other worlds and words\, the Conference encourages geocritical approaches to Boccaccio’s works and explores this “hybrid point of connectivity” across society\, politics\, gender\, religion\, and economics. It aims to further investigate labor conditions and slavery in the medieval Mediterranean\, with particular attention to the art and commerce of textiles and textual weaves. The focus extends from the silent labor of women weaving baskets across the Mediterranean basin to female textile workers in Florence\, highlighting references to women’s labor both within and beyond the sea.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/on-land-and-across-the-sea-boccaccios-other-worlds-junctions-and-interweavings-conference/
LOCATION:Royce 314\, 10745 Dickson Ct\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,Humanities
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SUMMARY:Celebrating 40 Years with the Greek Heritage Society: Exploring and Preserving Our Hellenic Identity
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating 40 Years with the Greek Heritage Society: Exploring and Preserving Our Hellenic Identity \nOctober 11\, 2025\n9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Main Event\n3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. – Genealogy Workshop (Special Event – Optional) \n314 Royce Hall\, UCLA campus \n\nRegister Here: https://forms.gle/QrzdvXYGyMi3R9oT6 \n\n\nBecome a Sponsor: https://forms.gle/eA8Maddp4dWuqN11A \n\nJoin the Greek Heritage Society (GHS) of Southern California for a very special celebration of their 40th Anniversary with a unique informational\, interactive\, and invigorating multigenerational event filled with presentations\, exhibits\, and inspirational discussions\, as well as the opportunity to explore genealogy through a personalized expert workshop. The event will explore understanding the identity of Greeks in Southern California\, and methods to share and preserve stories and heritage. The GHS seeks to open the door to new ideas and ways of embracing Hellenism to keep the love alive for generations to come. This is an event you won’t want to miss! \nPART I:  EXPLORING WHO WE ARE: THE GREEKS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND BEYOND \nPresentations \n\nBessie Karras-Lazaris\, Greek Heritage Society\nGeorge I. Paganelis\, Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection\nDr. Katherine Kelaidis\, National Hellenic Museum\nGregory Kontos\, GreekAncestry.net\n\nLunch and Exhibits \nPART II:  A CELEBRATION OF CULTURE INTO THE FUTURE \nPanel Discussions\nYoung Greek professionals in comedy\, filmmaking\, music\, dance\, sports and more \nFinale\nMusical tribute and reception \nOptional\nGenealogy workshop \nThis is a ticketed event:\nMain event: $50 per person\nGenealogy workshop: $50 per person \nFor inquiries\, email greekheritage@hotmail.com \nPresented by:\n\nSponsored by: \n\n\nUnder the Auspices of:
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/celebrating-40-years-with-the-greek-heritage-society-exploring-and-preserving-our-hellenic-identity/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,Cultural Heritage,Hellenic,Heritage,History
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SUMMARY:Edible Entanglements: Race\, Environment and Ethics
DESCRIPTION:Full schedule is available here. Free healthy lunch is provided for all attendees. Event is organized by UCLA English Professor Arvind Thomas and sponsored by the University of California Humanities Research Institute. \nCome and hear international leaders in food justice\, including: \nKathy Freston (New York Times best-selling author)\nGwenna Hunter (Founder of Planetary Unity)\nLisa Bloom (Civil rights attorney)\nJulieanna Hever (Dietitian)\nJennifer Jay (Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering\, UCLA)\nDavid Cleveland (Professor of Sustainable Food and Agriculture\, UC Santa Barbara) \nQuestions about the event?\nContact: Arvind Thomas\, arvindthomas@ucla.edu
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/edible-entanglements-race-environment-and-ethics/
LOCATION:314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,English,Public Humanities
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SUMMARY:Post-Classical Libraries Conference
DESCRIPTION:Libraries occupied a central place in the organization and reproduction of pre-modern knowledge cultures.  \nTexts had been assembled in archives of various kinds from the Bronze Age\, but most were of only ephemeral interest. Only when writing was deployed to create works intended to have lasting value – as literature\, as contributions to science\, or as records of historical investigations or sacred revelations – did it become necessary to actively curate them. In a world before printing\, the risk that any given book – on papyrus or parchment\, clay tablets or wooden ones\, on rolls or in codices –would simply perish was a real one. Libraries became places where textual communities studied\, catalogued\, repaired\, and recopied works of this kind. Recent studies have investigated the libraries of the Bronze Age Near East and of the Classical Mediterranean. These were royal or civic\, private or public\, based in temples\, villas\, or educational establishments. A few\, like the Library of Alexandria\, have been mythologized. \nMost of these studies end in the third century CE\, yet libraries also played a crucial role in the passages from antiquity to the Middle Ages. This will be the subject of our conference.  \nSpeaker Abstracts and Titles \n\n\n\nDay 1\n\n\n\n\n10:15\nCoffee\, fresh fruit\, pastries (Royce\, 314)\n\n\n10:30\nWelcome Remarks\n\n\n11:00\nThe “Library of Caesarea” between Gaza and Berytus – Jeremiah Coogan (Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University)\n\n\n11:50\nBreak\n\n\n12:00\nThe Library on the Page: Booklists from Antiquity to the Latin West – Thomas Hendrickson (Stanford)\n\n\n1:00\nLunch\n\n\n2:30\n‘The Fortress of Writing was Burned…’: Archives and Institutions of Learning in Sasanian and Post-Sasanian Iran – Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina (University of Oxford)\n\n\n3:20\nBreak\n\n\n3:30\nNew Approaches to the Early Arabic Library – Michael Cooperson (NELC\, UCLA)\n\n\n4:30\nReception\n\n\n6:00\nDinner (Plateia – participants only)\n\n\nDay 2\n\n\n10:00\nCoffee\, fresh fruit\, pastries\n\n\n10:30\nIrish Libraries in the Early Middle Ages: Home and Abroad – Viktoriia Krivoshchekova (School of Celtic Studies\, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies)\n\n\n11:20\nStrategies of Preservation at Monastic Libraries and Archives in Medieval Italy – Maya Maskarinec (USC)\n\n\n12:10\nBreak\n\n\n12:20\nBooks and libraries in Byzantium (8th–10th centuries) – Daniele Bianconi (University of Rome\, La Sapienza)\n\n\n1:15\nLunch\n\n\n3:00\nClosing Round Table\n\n\n\nOrganizers: Stefania Tutino and Greg Woolf
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/post-classical-libraries/
LOCATION:Royce 306 & 314
CATEGORIES:Conference,Humanities
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