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SUMMARY:Between the Minoans and the Mycenaeans: Craft Technologies in the Second Millennium BCE Aegean
DESCRIPTION:Between the Minoans and the Mycenaeans: Craft Technologies in the Second Millennium BCE Aegean \nLecture by Nikolas Papadimitriou (Director\, Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum\, Athens) and Eleni Konstantinidi-Syvridi (Curator\, Department of Prehistoric\, Egyptian\, Cypriot and Near Eastern Collections of Antiquities\, at the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum\, Athens) \nDemonstration by Akis Goumas (contemporary jewelry maker and researcher of ancient crafting technologies) \nHosted by the\nUCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture \nin collaboration with\nThe J. Paul Getty Museum\nand held in conjunction with the exhibition\nThe Kingdom of Pylos: Warrior-Princes of Mycenaean Greece \nSaturday\, November 15\, 2025\n2:00 P.M.\n314 Royce Hall\, UCLA Campus \nRSVP Here \nThe Kingdom of Pylos: Warrior-Princes of Mycenaean Greece exhibition at the Getty Villa brings together some of the most exquisite artistic creations of the second millennium BCE Aegean. Many of these objects were the products of cultural fusion and combined elements from different artistic traditions originating in Minoan Crete\, Mycenaean Greece\, and areas far beyond. This presentation will examine the highly demanding techniques goldsmiths and seal-engravers used to create many of the objects in this exhibition. Following the lecture\, Akis Goumas will demonstrate the main steps of the technical processes involved in Mycenaean gold-working (sheet metal\, wire\, granulation\, etc.) and Minoan seal-engraving (soft materials and hard stones). \n \nDemonstration by Akis Goumas \nThe artist and researcher of ancient technologies Akis Goumas will demonstrate the main steps of the technical processes involved in: \n– Mycenaean gold-working (sheet metal\, wire\, granulation etc.)\n– Minoan seal-engraving (soft materials and hard stones). \nThe demonstration is based on the results of studies conducted in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens\, the Herakleion Archaeological Museum\, other museums in Greece\, and the Coprus of Minoan and Mycenaean Seals at Heidelberg\, Germany\, which involved microscopic examination of artefacts\, archaeometric analyses and experimental reconstructions. \nThe studies have been conducted in collaboration with Dr Eleni Konstantinidi-Syvridi\, of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens\, and Dr Nikolas Papadimitirou\, of the Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum\, Athens. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss with Mr Goumas and try some of the tools and materials used in the experiments. \nBios:\nNikolas Papadimitriou is the Director of the Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum\, Athens\, Greece (www.camu.gr). He specializes in the Aegean Bronze Age\, with an emphasis on Mycenaean burial practices\, cultural interaction in the Mediterranean in the 2nd millennium BCE\, the prehistory of Athens and Attica\, and the study of craft technologies. Previously\, he worked as a Lecturer at the Institute of Classical Archaeology\, Heidelberg University\, Germany\, the Museum of Cycladic Art\, Athens and the Cyprus Department of Antiquities. Currently\, he is co-directing research projects at the archaeological sites of Marathon\, Thorikos (Attica) and Kato Samikon (Elis). He has a rich publication record and has received research fellowships from the Centers of Hellenic Studies at Princeton and Harvard (2011\, 2017). \nEleni Konstantinidi-Syvridi is Curator at the Department of Prehistoric\, Egyptian\, Cypriot and Near Eastern Collections of Antiquities at the National Archaeological Museum\, Athens (https://www.namuseum.gr/en/). She graduated from the University of Ioannina\, Greece\, and received her PhD at the University of Birmingham\, UK. Her research focuses on the Late Bronze Age Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean\, with special interest in Mycenaean jewelry and dress. She has given seminars and lectures on the history and technology of Mycenaean jewelry in Greece and abroad and has written articles and book chapters on various Late Bronze Age issues. For the past decade\, she has been co-directing a multi-disciplinary project for the reconstruction of ancient gold-working techniques\, while she is currently studying the corpus of metal signet rings housed in the Mycenaean Collection of the National Archaeological Museum. \nAkis Goumas is a contemporary jewelry maker and researcher of ancient crafting technologies. After receiving a Diploma in Economics (1978)\, he was trained as a jeweler and silversmith. From 1982 to 1986 he studied gemology and seal engraving in Greece and Germany. Between 1990 and 2006 he was the head designer in the jewelry company ONAR. Since 2000\, he has been teaching creative jewelry at the Chalkis School of Art\, and since 2017 at the ANAMMA Jewelry School in Athens\, and the ALCHIMIA Contemporary Jewelry School in Florence. Since 2006\, he is member of an interdisciplinary group of researchers\, who study ancient gold-working and seal-engraving techniques. In 2021 he was a Visiting Artist at the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies. Ιn 2023-24\, he was the holder of a Homo Faber fellowship\, established by Jaeger LeCoultre and Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship. In 2024-25 he participated in the organization of the exhibition “Art in Gold. Jewelry in Hellenistic Times” at the Benaki Museum\, Athens\, Greece. \nThis event is organized by Professor David Schneller (UCLA) and Dr. Claire Lyons (Getty) and is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nCo-Sponsored by: \nUCLA College\, Division of Humanities\nThe Peter J. and Caroline B. Caloyeras Endowment for the Arts\nThe George P. Kolovos Family Centennial Term Chair in Hellenic Studies\nGefyra\nUCLA Global Antiquity\nThe Joan Palevsky Chair of Classics at UCLA\nUCLA Department of Art History\nUCLA Department of Classics\nUCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures\nUCLA David C. Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design \nDon’t miss our other upcoming programs in collaboration with the J. Paul Getty Museum here: \nSaturday\, November 22\, 2025Pylos and Minoan Crete \nSaturday\, December 6\, 2025\nMessenia to Mesopotamia: New Directions in the Art and Archaeology of the Second Millennium BCE Symposium
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/between-the-minoans-and-the-mycenaeans-craft-technologies-in-the-second-millennium-bce-aegean/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural Heritage,Gefyra,Hellenic,Heritage,History,Humanities,Lecture,Reception
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SUMMARY:La Xirgu: la pelicula
DESCRIPTION:Barcelona\, 1927. Only a few hours remain before Margarita Xirgu is set to premiere “Mariana Pineda” written by then-unknown Federico Garcia Lorca. The authorities threaten her with prison or exile if she dares to stage this libertarian play. Yet nothing seems to shake her determination\, Until her friend and mentor\, Valle-Inclán\, also turns against her.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/la-xirgu-la-pelicula/
LOCATION:Rolfe Hall 4302\, Lydeen Library\, Rolfe Hall 4302\, Lydeen Library
CATEGORIES:Humanities,Upcoming Events
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SUMMARY:Chamber Music at the Clark presents: Modigliani Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Founded in 2003\, the Modigliani Quartet is recognized as one of today’s most sought-after quartets\, featuring regularly in prominent international series and on the world’s most prestigious stages. \nIn addition to annual tours in the United States and in Asia\, the quartet’s numerous European tours have brought them to Wigmore Hall\, the Paris Philharmonie\, the Théâtre des Champs- Elysées\, the Berlin Philharmonie\, the Vienna Konzerthaus\, the Saint-Petersburg Philharmonia\, and the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. \nThe Modigliani Quartet has been recording for the Mirare label since 2008 and has released 13 award-winning albums. In January 2024\, the quartet’s latest album with string quartets by Grieg and Smetana was released and received enthusiastically by the international press. Since 2024\, the quartet has dedicated itself to the greatest challenge in the life of a string quartet: recording all 16 string quartets by Beethoven. \nFor further details and a the full program\, please visit our website.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/modigliani-quartet/
LOCATION:William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, 2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Center for 17th & 18th Century Studies,Concerts,Humanities,William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
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SUMMARY:Fiebre de carnaval: una  conversación con Yuliana Ortiz  Ruano
DESCRIPTION:Yuliana Ortiz Ruano is an Afro-Ecuadorian writer\, poet\, and teacher\, as well as a DJ of Afro-Caribbean music. She has published several books of poetry and prose\, including the multi award-winning Fiebre de carnaval (Carnaval Fever)\, which was chosen as one of the 50 best books of 2022 by El País. She is also the author of the poetry books Sovoz\, Canciones del fin del mundo\, y Cuaderno del imposible retorno a Pangea\, and the book of short stories Litorales. She was selected by the International Writers in Residence program in Granada\, Spain in 2023\, and was chosen for the Translator Choice II award at the LATINALE Latin America Literature Festival in Berlin. Her first novel\, Carnaval Fever\, won the Joaquín Gallegos Lara Award (Ecuador)\, the Primo Romanzo Latinoamericano Award (Italy)\, and the PEN Translation Award (UK).
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/fiebre-de-carnaval-una-conversacion-con-yuliana-ortiz-ruano/
LOCATION:Rolfe Hall 4302\, Lydeen Library\, Rolfe Hall 4302\, Lydeen Library
CATEGORIES:Humanities,Upcoming Events
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SUMMARY:Scotland’s Gutenberg: William Ged and the Invention of Stereotype Printing\, 1725–49
DESCRIPTION:Twentieth Kenneth Karmiole Lecture on the History of the Book Trade \nLecture by William Zachs\, Director of the Blackie House Library and Museum \nIn this lecture\, William Zachs outlines the origins of stereotype printing (print production from metal plates rather than moveable type)\, then turns his focus to the “non-moveable type” productions of Edinburgh goldsmith William Ged (c. 1683–1749). Taking a forensic look at Ged’s few known works\, Zachs hypothesizes the existence of a group of previously unknown stereotyped books\, thus offering a revised history of alternative methods of book production in Britain in the first half of the 18th century. \nDr. William Zachs is the Director of the Blackie House Library and Museum\, a registered Scottish charity with a mission to bring Scottish culture to a wider audience. He is the author of numerous books and articles on book history and book collecting. In 2013\, the University of Edinburgh awarded him an honorary Doctor of Letters for his contributions to book historical studies and book curation. He is a Fellow of the National Library of Scotland and an Honorary Fellow at the universities of Edinburgh and Stirling. \n\nThis event is free to attend with advance registration and will be held in person at the Clark Library. \nRegistration will close on Monday\, November 17 at 5:00 p.m. \nCapacity is limited at the Clark Library; walk-in registrants are welcome as space permits. \nThis lecture will also be livestreamed on the Center’s YouTube Channel.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/karmiole_lecture_zachs/
LOCATION:William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, 2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Center for 17th & 18th Century Studies,Humanities,William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
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SUMMARY:Strange Synchronicities and Familiar Parallels in Asia\,  1600–1800:  Joseph Fletcher’s Plane Ride Revisited  Conference 1: Empires of Thought
DESCRIPTION:Conference organized by Choon Hwee Koh (History\, UCLA)\, Meng Zhang (History\, UCLA)\, Abhishek Kaicker (History\, UC Berkeley) \nCo-sponsored by the UCLA Program on Central Asia\, Center for Near Eastern Studies\, and Center for Chinese Studies \nIn this year’s Core Program\, historians of the Ottoman\, Qing\, and Mughal empires revisit the problem of comparison by considering synchronicities and structural parallels across Asia. \nThis first conference\, Empires of Thought\, looks at imperial ideology\, challenging and broadening the default understanding of empire as a large territorial state by focusing on how each empire upheld a normative universe within which particular kinds of political authority and legitimacy were articulated.  How did early modern Eurasian empires conceive of and construct power and legitimacy?  What were the bases of imperial ideologies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and who were their audiences? More fundamentally\, what do we mean when we talk about Eurasian “empires”? Rather than assuming a commonality in the aims of historical empires\, we seek to understand how varying traditions of thought about power patterned the practices of rule. Papers addressing these questions will be presented in four thematically organized panels: “Rulers and Plebeians\,” “Testing Sovereignty\,” “Temporal and Genealogical Order\,” and “Scholars and Bureaucrats.” \nThe list of speakers\, the conference schedule\, and the registration form\, is available on our website. \n\nThis event is free to attend with advance registration and will be held in person at the Clark Library. \nRegistration will close on Monday\, December 1 at 5:00 p.m. \nCapacity is limited at the Clark Library; walk-in registrants are welcome as space permits. \n 
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/synchronicities_core1/
LOCATION:William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, 2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Center for 17th & 18th Century Studies,Conference,Humanities,William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
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SUMMARY:Messenia to Mesopotamia: New Directions in the Art and Archaeology of the Second Millennium BCE Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Messenia to Mesopotamia: New Directions in the Art and Archaeology of the Second Millennium BCE \nHosted by the\nUCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture\nin collaboration with\nThe J. Paul Getty Museum\nand held in conjunction with the exhibition\nThe Kingdom of Pylos: Warrior-Princes of Mycenaean Greece \nSaturday\, December 6\, 2025\n9:00 A.M. – 4:15 P.M.\n314 Royce Hall\, UCLA Campus\nReception to follow \nRSVP Here \nSymposium Description:   TBD \nBios: \nEmily Catherine Egan is Assistant Professor of Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Art and Archaeology in the Department of Art History & Archaeology at the University of Maryland. She holds a dual B.A. in Classics and Old World Archaeology and Art from Brown University\, an M.Phil. in Archaeology from the University of Cambridge\, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Classics from the University of Cincinnati. Her research focuses on artistic practice in the Bronze Age Aegean\, and particularly on the production\, consumption\, and iconography of Mycenaean painted surface decoration. She has undertaken archaeological fieldwork in Italy\, Turkey\, Jordan\, Armenia\, Cyprus\, and most recently in Greece\, where she is engaged in the study of wall and floor paintings from the Palace of Nestor at Pylos\, and Petsas House\, Mycenae. \nJoanne Murphy is a professor of Ancient Mediterranean Studies and Archaeology at the University of North Carolina Greensboro\, where she has worked since 2008 and serves as Department Head. She is also the current Director of the Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies\, President of The American Friends of the Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies (a 501c non-profit)\, and an Academic Trustee at the Archaeological Institute of America. She received her BA and first MA from University College Dublin\, Ireland\, and an MA and PhD from University of Cincinnati. Her research focuses primarily on religion and death and how they connect with identity\, community\, and political economies. As well as giving tens of lectures both nationally and internationally\, she has published over 30 papers and five edited volumes on these and related topics and has one monograph in press and two other volumes underway. She has led two major research projects: one\, a legacy study\, on the tombs around Pylos in southwestern Greece and one\, an archaeological survey on the Greek island of Kea. She has received awards for her research and for initiatives at UNCG and non-profits from various foundations including INSTAP\, the Mellon Foundation\, the Onassis Foundation\, the NEH\, and the Loeb Foundation.  She has also been recognized for her teaching and was awarded the Archaeological Institute of America’s Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award and UNCG College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award. She has a great love of sharing the past and has led tours in Greece\, Ireland\, France\, England\, Italy\, and Turkey\, as well as running an annual archaeological field school in Greece. \nEfthymia Tsiolaki is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Classics at the University of Toronto. She is an archaeologist specializing in the Bronze Age Aegean\, with a focus on the social and economic organization of the Greek mainland. Her current research project explores the long-term history of settlement and land use in Messenia from the bottom-up\, integrating surface survey and excavation data with GIS-based analysis to highlight the dynamic character of peripheral communities before and during the rise of the Mycenaean palace at Pylos (ca. 3000 – 1100 BC). She also studies the technology and function of ground stone tools across several archaeological projects\, examining their roles in domestic and craft activities. \nThis event is organized by Professor David Schneller (UCLA) and Dr. Claire Lyons (Getty) and is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nCo-Sponsored by:\nUCLA College Division of Humanities\nPeter J. and Caroline B. Caloyeras Endowment for the Arts\nGeorge P. Kolovos Family Centennial Term Chair in Hellenic Studies\nGefyra\nUCLA Global Antiquity\nThe Joan Palevsky Chair of Classics at UCLA\nUCLA Department of Art History\nUCLA Department of Classics\nUCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures\nUCLA David C. Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design \nDon’t miss our other upcoming programs in collaboration with the J. Paul Getty Museum here: \nSaturday\, November 22\, 2025Pylos and Minoan Crete \nSaturday\, December 6\, 2025\nMessenia to Mesopotamia: New Directions in the Art and Archaeology of the Second Millennium BCE Symposium \n 
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/messenia-to-mesopotamia-new-directions-in-the-art-and-archaeology-of-the-second-millennium-bce-symposium/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classics,Cultural Heritage,Gefyra,Humanities
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SUMMARY:Chamber Music at the Clark presents: Escher Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Within months of its inception in 2005\, the Escher Quartet came to the attention of key musical figures worldwide. Championed by the Emerson Quartet\, the Escher Quartet was invited by both Pinchas Zukerman and Itzhak Perlman to be Quartet-in-Residence at each artist’s summer festival: the Young Artists Program at Canada’s National Arts Centre\, and the Perlman Chamber Music Program on Shelter Island\, NY. \nThe Escher Quartet has received acclaim for its profound musical insight and rare tonal beauty. A former BBC New Generation Artist and recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant\, the quartet has performed at the BBC Proms at Cadogan Hall and is a regular guest at Wigmore Hall. In its home town of New York\, the ensemble serves as season artists of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. \nThe 2023–2024 season found the Escher Quartet embarking upon a major project: performances of the complete cycle of quartets by Bela Bartók\, culminating in a single concert performance of all six at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. \nThe Escher Quartet takes its name from the Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher\, inspired by Escher’s method of interplay between individual components working together to form a whole. \nFurther details and the full program are on our website.  \n\nTickets for the Escher Quartet concert will go on sale at 12 noon on Tuesday\, December 9\, 2025. \n 
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/escher-quartet-2025/
LOCATION:William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, 2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Center for 17th & 18th Century Studies,Concerts,Humanities,William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
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SUMMARY:Bilingual Lecture Series: Panel on Afghan Refugees in Iran
DESCRIPTION:Panel on Afghan Refugees in Iran\nJanuary 12\, 2026\n11:00am Pacific Time\nOnline via Zoom\nIn Persian and English\nRegistration Required\nRegistration Link: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hcYEa8i_QB6EIvQRBb9YEw \nMunazza Ebtikar\nPANEL MODERATOR \nDr. Munazza Ebtikar recently completed her PhD (2025) in Politics\, History\, and Anthropology at the University of Oxford. She was a 2024-2025 Peace Fellow at Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs and currently serves as Co-Principal Investigator of Stanford’s Sonic Resistance Archive\, documenting Afghan cultural production. She holds an MPhil in Modern Middle Eastern Studies from Oxford and completed her undergraduate studies at UC Berkeley with degrees in Peace and Conflict\, Middle Eastern Politics\, and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures. Dr. Ebtikar is co-editing “Civil Resistance in Afghanistan” and brings multilingual research capabilities in Persian\, Arabic\, and Pashto to her work on Afghanistan’s contemporary political and cultural transformations. \n  \n  \nAshraf Haidari\nAfghan Refugees in Iran: Precarious Protection\, Forced Returns\, and Pathways Forward \nAmbassador Ashraf Haidari is a distinguished diplomat and humanitarian leader\, serving as the Founder and President of Displaced International (DI). From 2018 to 2022\, he was Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Director-General of the South Asia Cooperative Environment Program (SACEP)\, leading initiatives on regional security\, economic cooperation\, climate resilience\, and sustainable development. At Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, he held key roles\, including Director-General of Policy and Strategy and Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires at the Afghan Embassies in Delhi and Washington\, D.C. His leadership is deeply shaped by his personal journey as a former refugee. He earned a B.A. in Political Science and International Relations from Wabash College\, followed by a Master’s in Security Studies at Georgetown University and a graduate certificate in Refugees\, Migration\, and Humanitarian Emergencies. \n  \n  \nMejgan Massoumi\nLives in Transit: Afghan Cultural Producers Navigating Precarity and Policing in Iran \nMejgan Massoumi is an Assistant Professor of History at Carnegie Mellon University. Her current book project examines the history of radio in Afghanistan\, revealing how music and sound shaped politics\, culture\, and everyday life at the crossroads of Asia and the Middle East. Her research has been supported by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)\, the Social Science Research Council (SSRC)\, and the American Institute of Afghanistan Studies (AIAS)\, and her dissertation received the World History Association’s 2023–24 Best Dissertation Prize. Dr. Massoumi earned her PhD in History from Stanford University in 2021. She also holds degrees in Architecture (B.A.) and City Planning (M.C.P.) from the University of California\, Berkeley\, grounding her scholarship in a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspective. \n  \n  \nMitra Naseh\nIncreasingly Restrictive Migration Policies for Afghans in Iran \nMitra Naseh is a forced migration scholar\, currently serving as an Assistant Professor and the Founding Director of the Forced Migration Initiative (FMI) at the Brown School\, Washington University in St. Louis. Her research focuses on the multidimensional social and economic integration of forcibly displaced populations\, shaped by her interdisciplinary academic training\, lived experience as an immigrant\, and extensive fieldwork with non-governmental organizations and United Nations agencies\, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia. She is the co-author of the widely recognized book Best Practices in Social Work with Refugees and Immigrants\, published by Columbia University Press in 2019. \n  \n  \nZuzanna Olszewska\nBeyond Dorr-e Dari: The Global Literary Ripples of a Pioneering Refugee Cultural Institution in Iran \nZuzanna Olszewska is Associate Professor in the Social Anthropology of the Middle East at the University of Oxford and a fellow of St. John’s College\, Oxford. She is an anthropologist with a particular interest in the literary and cultural production among the Afghan diaspora. She is author of award-winning monograph The Pearl of Dari: Poetry and Personhood among Young Afghans in Iran (Indiana University Press\, 2015) and numerous articles. She is also a translator of Persian-language poetry from Afghanistan.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/bilingual-lecture-series-panel-on-afghan-refugees-in-iran/
LOCATION:Online Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Humanities,Iranian,Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
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SUMMARY:California Medieval Seminar (Winter 2026)
DESCRIPTION:Participation in the Seminar consists of group discussion of pre-circulated papers\, typically drafts of articles\, book chapters\, or dissertation chapters (with complete apparatus). Two of the papers are ordinarily by emerging scholars (including PhD students) and the other two are by established scholars. We allocate one hour per paper and presenters should anticipate substantial\, and substantive\, feedback. Calls for presenters are circulated via e-mail from the Center approximately two months prior to each meeting and papers are accepted on a first-come basis. \nRegister to attend in Royce 306\nRegister to attend via ZOOM \nMore information can be found here.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/california-medieval-seminar-winter-2026-2/
LOCATION:Royce 306
CATEGORIES:California Medieval History Seminar,Humanities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260131T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260131T160000
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SUMMARY:California Medieval Seminar (Winter 2026)
DESCRIPTION:Participation in the Seminar consists of group discussion of pre-circulated papers\, typically drafts of articles\, book chapters\, or dissertation chapters (with complete apparatus). Two of the papers are ordinarily by emerging scholars (including PhD students) and the other two are by established scholars. We allocate one hour per paper and presenters should anticipate substantial\, and substantive\, feedback. Calls for presenters are circulated via e-mail from the Center approximately two months prior to each meeting and papers are accepted on a first-come basis. \nFaculty\, postdocs\, and grad students from across California are welcome to participate. Register to attend in person or on Zoom by January 20 to receive the papers. \nRegister to attend in Royce 306\nRegister to attend via ZOOM \nEmail Events Manager Thi Nguyen (tnguyen@humnet.ucla.edu) if you are registering after January 20. \nThe papers will be discussed at the seminar in the following order: \n\n“When is a Document Lost? Interrogating Archival Silence in Early Medieval Italy\,” Maya Maskarinec (University of Southern California)\n“Homo legum: The Making and Classification of Legal Experts in Montpellier\, 1200-1380\,” Shahrouz Khalifian (Mount Saint Mary’s University)\n“How Medieval Judaism Became a System: Dogma and Principles of Faith in Fifteenth-Century Sepharad\,” Bénédicte Sère (Institut Universitaire de France / University of Paris-Nanterre / EHESS-Paris)\n“The Politics of Failure in late medieval Iceland\,” Basil Arnould Price (State University of New York\, Oneonta)\n\nMore information can be found here.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/california-medieval-seminar-winter-2026/
LOCATION:Royce 306
CATEGORIES:California Medieval History Seminar,Humanities
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260205T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260205T160000
DTSTAMP:20260414T154150
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SUMMARY:2026 Distinguished Alumni Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Note: This event is RSVP only \nPlease join us in honoring the 2026 UCLA Spanish & Portuguese Distinguished Alumni Lecture Award recipient Dr. Claudia Mesa Higuera\, Professor of Spanish at Moravian University. \nThe 2026 Distinguished Alumni Lecture topic is “Castillo Solórzano\, Rubens\, and a Theater on Brushstrokes.” Soon after the famous battle of Nördlingen (1634)\, the Spanish novelist Alonso de Castillo Solórzano published a panegyric play to commemorate the triumph of the imperial army led by the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Spain and the King of Hungary over the Swedish and German armies commanded respectively by Gustav Horn and the duke of Saxe-Weimar. Around the same time\, the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens completed a series of paintings and engravings on the topic of love and war that allows a comparison of the two artists. This lecture examines the characterization of historical and fictional characters involved in this decisive battle of the Thirty Years’ War to suggest that such characterization is informed by a figurative tradition that reveals a shared ethos between the Spanish playwright and the Flemish painter at a time in which artistic expression seeks to extol state ideology while simultaneously subverting it. \nThe UCLA Spanish & Portuguese Department will host the Distinguished Alumni lecture on Thursday\, February 5\, 2026 at 4:00 PM at the UCLA University Club. The lecture will be held in the Hacienda Room. RSVP Only.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/2026-distinguished-alumni-lecture/
CATEGORIES:Humanities,Upcoming Events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260217T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260217T140000
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SUMMARY:A Conversation with Dr. Paula M. Krebs
DESCRIPTION:Paula M. Krebs became executive director of the Modern Language Association in August 2017. She administers the programs\, governance\, and business affairs of the association and is general editor of the association’s publishing and research programs\, as well as editor of two association publications. She serves as an ex officio member of all committees and commissions of the association\, chairs the committee that oversees the planning of the association’s annual convention\, works with the MLA’s trustees in evaluating and implementing investments of the MLA’s endowment funds\, and chairs the staff Finance Committee. \nDr. Krebs earned a PhD in English from Indiana University\, where she specialized in Victorian literature and culture\, and a BA from La Salle College (now La Salle University).
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/a-conversation-with-dr-paula-m-krebs/
LOCATION:Rolfe Hall 4302\, Lydeen Library\, Rolfe Hall 4302\, Lydeen Library
CATEGORIES:Humanities,Upcoming Events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260218T163000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260218T163000
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SUMMARY:El gesto y la razón: La teoría de los medios de Simón Rodríguez
DESCRIPTION:El pensador sudamericano Simón Rodríguez (1769-1854)\, recordado como maestro de Simón Bolívar\, desarrolló en su obra un proyecto pedagógico y político para fundar las nuevas repúblicas sudamericanas. Para presentarla\, utilizó singulares composiciones tipográficas que configuran un modo alternativo de escritura. Esta charla explora la imbricación entre educación\, republicanismo y experimentación escritural\, y sus implicaciones teóricas. Se muestra que la obra de Rodríguez contiene una reflexión sobre cómo los objetos\, los cuerpos\, las exteriorizaciones técnicas y sus propiedades mediales le dan forma al sujeto y la comunidad política\, revelando así la manera en que una compleja teoría de los medios sustenta su proyecto republicano. \nJuan Pablo Lupi es Associate Professor en el Departamento de Español y Portugués de la Universidad de California Santa Barbara. Es autor de Reading Anew: José Lezama Lima’s Rhetorical Investigations\, y coeditor de los volúmenes Asedios a lo increado: Nuevas perspectivas sobre Lezama Lima (junto a Marta Hernández Salván y Jorge Marturano)\, y La futuridad del naufragio: Orígenes\, estelas y derivas (junto a César A. Salgado).
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/el-gesto-y-la-razon-la-teoria-de-los-medios-de-simon-rodriguez/
LOCATION:Rolfe Hall 4302\, Lydeen Library\, Rolfe Hall 4302\, Lydeen Library
CATEGORIES:Humanities,Upcoming Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260222T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260222T210000
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SUMMARY:“Giannis in the Cities” Screening and Q&A with Director Eleni Alexandrakis 
DESCRIPTION:Giannis in the Cities (2024) – Screening and Q&A with Director Eleni Alexandrakis  \nPresented by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture\nand the UCLA Film & Television Archive \nFebruary 22\, 2026\n7:00 P.M.\nBilly Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum \nADMISSION IS FREE \nIn 2025\, Giannis in the Cities\, which was screened at Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Los Angeles\, won both the Best Feature Film (Orpheus Award) and the Audience Award at the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF). \nTicketing Information: Admission is free. No advance reservations are required. Seats will be assigned when tickets are picked up at the box office and are available on a first-come\, first-served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. \nDuring the Greek Civil War fought between 1946-1949\, childhood itself became a frontline in the clash between government and rebel forces. Under the guise of offering protection and education\, the Greek government enticed parents to surrender their children to a system of Childcare Cities that served as indoctrination mills that oftentimes alienated their wards from their own families. In her riveting\, visually striking adaptation of the memoir of Greek writer Giannis Atzakas\, writer-director Eleni Alexandrakis tells the searing story of Giannis and his experience growing up in these harsh institutions all the while unable to shake the memory of his rebel father and his longing for – and aversion to – a reunion. \nDCP\, b/w\, in Greek with English subtitles\, 90 min. Director: Eleni Alexandrakis. Screenwriters: Eleni Alexandrakis\, Panagiotis Evangelidis. With: Filippos Milikas\, Agni Stroubouli\, Evi Saoulidou. \nIn the role of Giannis: Philippos Milikas\, Marios-Konstantinos Gatetzas\, Konstantinos Athanassakis\, Aineias Tsamatis\nWith: Agni Stroumbouli\, Evi Saoulidou\, Katia Leclerc O’Wallis\, Katia Goulioni\, Themis Panou\, Evdoxia Androulidaki \nIn person for the Q&A session: Filmmaker Eleni Alexandrakis and Laurie Hart\, Chair of the UCLA Department of Anthropology & Co-Director of the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies. \nThis event is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nWatch the trailer here: \n \nAdditional information is available on the UCLA Film & Television Archive webpage here: https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/giannis-cities-2026-02-22 \nParking information can be found on the Billy Wilder Theater website here: https://cinema.ucla.edu/billy-wilder-theater/.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/giannis-in-the-cities-screening-and-qa-with-director-eleni-alexandrakis/
LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater\, Hammer Museum\, 10899 Wilshire Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90024
CATEGORIES:Film,Hellenic,Humanities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260307T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260307T120000
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SUMMARY:Neuroprotective Greek Herbs: Bridging Neuroscience and Cultural Heritage
DESCRIPTION:Neuroprotective Greek Herbs: Bridging Neuroscience and Cultural Heritage \na seminar organized by\nAnastasia Tsingotjidou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) \nMarch 7\, 2026\n9:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.\n314 Royce Hall\, UCLA \nRSVP Here \nClick here to watch the program live via livestream\nThis seminar brings together researchers from neuroscience\, pharmacology\, biology\, veterinary medicine\, nutrition\, and plant biodiversity to explore the neuroprotective potential of traditional Greek herbs. Through a combination of in-person and online presentations\, the program highlights translational research\, from animal models and isolated bioactive compounds to nutritional approaches and cultural heritage. The seminar concludes with a culinary demonstration using Cycladic herbs\, emphasizing the connection between Greek history\, daily life\, and brain health. \nView the full schedule here \nSpeakers: \n\nDr. Korina Atsopardi\, Department of Pharmacy\, School of Health Sciences\, University of Patras\nDimitra Efthymiopoulou\, Department of Nutrition & Dietetics and Department of Sports Nutrition\, Harokopio University (Zoom)\nIrene Giannakopoulos\, CEO\, Aegialis Hotel and Spa\, author of the culinary book\, My Amorgos!\nProfessor Marigoula Margariti\, Department of Biology\, School of Natural Sciences\, University of Patras (Zoom)\nMarita Papagianni\, Plant Taxonomist & Biodiversity Research Associate\, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Zoom)\nProfessor Igor Spigelman\, Laboratory of Neuropharmacology\, Section of Biosystems and Function\, School of Dentistry\, UCLA\nProfessor Anastasia Tsingotjidou\, School of Veterinary Medicine\, Faculty of Health Sciences\, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki\nAssociate Professor Konstantinos Xanthopoulos\, School of Pharmacy\, Faculty of Health Sciences\, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Zoom)\n\nThis seminar is hosted by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture\, with generous support from Lee and Lilian Polydor\, The Polydor Foundation\, and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. \n\n \nParking Information:\n \nParking for Royce Hall is available in Parking Structure 4. \nParking Structure 4 is located at: 221 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. Parking Structure 4 is accessible from Sunset Blvd. onto Westwood Plaza which leads directly to the underground parking structure. To view the walking map from Parking Structure 4 to Royce Hall\, click here. \nNo parking attendants will be on-site at the parking structure\, and Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking is extremely limited in this lot\, so we highly encourage you to purchase a parking permit in advance: \nAdvance parking is available for Parking Structure 4. \n\nTo save time\, you may purchase your parking permit for Parking Structure 4 for $17 in advance using Bruin ePermit: https://bruinepermit.t2hosted.com/pnw2/selectevent.aspx. Select “UCLA Royce Hall\,” then “Neuroprotective Greek Herbs” With the advanced parking permit\, you can park anywhere in Parking Structure 4 EXCEPT in the Pay-by-Space section. For instructions on how to use this portal\, please click here.\nTo purchase a permit when you arrive at Parking Structure 4\, please park ONLY in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area\, and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card.\nGuest drop/Ride-share drop off is closest at the turnaround at the front of Royce Hall located at: 10745 Dickson Court\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095.\nAccessible parking: For individuals with accessibility needs\, parking lot 4 is ADA accessibility and has elevators on all floors. The elevators in Lot 4 provide access to Wilson Plaza\, with sidewalk access available. Upon reaching Janss Steps\, turn left towards the Anderson School of Business and Fowler Museum. Proceed past the Fowler Museum before you enter Anderson School of Business; take a right to access the elevator leading to Royce Hall. Please visit our Campus Accessibility Map to view related information.\nTo view the ADA map from Parking Structure 4 to Royce Hall\, click here.\n\nFor inquiries\, please contact hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/neuroprotective-greek-herbs-bridging-neuroscience-and-cultural-heritage/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Conference,Hellenic,Heritage,History,HUC@UCLA,Humanities,Lecture,Modern Greece,Symposium
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260313
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SUMMARY:Counter-Pedagogies of Forgetting Tour
DESCRIPTION:Fostering public conversations about memory and justice\, a reflection on Peru’s forced disappearances from 1980 to 2000. \nDocumentary Screening: Este fue nuestro castigo\, by Luis Cintora\nWednesday March 11\, 11:30 – 1:30 PM in Bunche Hall 10383 \nGuided Photo Exhibition: Percy Rojas (Ausencias Presentes)\nThursday March 12\, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM in Rolfe Hall 4302\, Lydeen Library \nBook Reading: Karina Pacheco’s Niños del pájaro azul\, with Gisela Ortiz\nThursday March 12\, 4:00 PM in Rolfe Hall 4302\, Lydeen Library
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/counter-pedagogies-of-forgetting-tour/
LOCATION:Bunche Hall 10383 and Rolfe Hall 4302\, Lydeen Library
CATEGORIES:Humanities,Upcoming Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260314T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260314T110000
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SUMMARY:West Coast Hellenic Book Club: The Jasmine Isle by Ioanna Karystiani
DESCRIPTION:Book cover design by: Emanuele Ragnisco \nWest Coast Hellenic Book Club: \nThe Jasmine Isle by Ioanna Karystiani\, trans. Michael Eleftheriou\n(Europa Editions\, 2006) \nDiscussion led by Professor Sharon Gerstel\, Director\, UCLA SNF Hellenic Center and Dr. Eirini Kotsovili\, Senior Lecturer\, Global Humanities at Simon Fraser University \nSaturday\, March 14\, 2026\n10 A.M. Los Angeles / 7 P.M. Greece\nVia Zoom \nRSVP Here \nFrom the Publisher: \nSet on the Greek island of Andros during the first half of the 20th century\, Karystiani’s first novel to be translated into English centers on Orsa Saltaferou\, a jovial teenager who falls in love with charming and sensual fisherman Spyros Maltambes. But when the time comes to settle down\, her imperious mother\, Mina\, decides that Spyros is not the man for her daughter and arranges a marriage to the richer Nikos Vatokouzis\, also a fisherman. Without a word of protest\, Orsa resigns herself to her fate-until she returns from her honeymoon to find her younger sister\, Mosca\, married to Spyros. Further intensifying emotions\, the sisters and their respective husbands must live with just a staircase between them. And because both men are sailors (as is the sisters’ father)\, they often travel for long stretches and leave the sisters-along with Mina and many other women on the island-to look after the homes\, raise their children and chat\, trying to gather news about their husbands and\, when it comes\, the war. With a talent for crafting graceful narration and poignant dialogue\, Karystiani presents a praiseworthy novel of a life caught between love and loss. \nAbout the Author: \nIoanna Karystiani was born on the island of Crete\, Greece\, in the town of Chania and now lives in Athens. Her literary debut came with the collection of short stories\, I kyria Kataki (Ms. Kataki). She has since written three novels\, all of which have been translated into several languages. She wrote the screenplay for The Brides\, directed by Pandelis Vulgaris and produced by Martin Scorsese\, and Estrella mi vida\, directed by Costa Gavras. She received the Greek state prize for literature and the Athenian Academy prize for her first novel\, and the Diavaso literature prize for her second. \nThis program is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nAvailable to borrow digitally for free on the Internet Archive at the link below: \nhttps://archive.org/details/jasmineisle0000kary/mode/2up \nIf you need help sourcing a copy of the book\, please email hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/west-coast-hellenic-book-club-the-jasmine-isle-by-ioanna-karystiani/
CATEGORIES:Humanities,Literature,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260315T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260315T160000
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SUMMARY:Chamber Music at the Clark presents: Benjamin Appl\, Baritone & James Baillieu\, Piano
DESCRIPTION:Baritone Benjamin Appl is celebrated for a voice that “belongs to the last of the old great masters of song” with “an almost infinite range of colours” (Suddeutsche Zeitung)\, and for performances “delivered with wit\, intelligence and sophistication” (Gramophone). Appl was awarded Gramophone Award Young Artist of the Year (2016)\, and has since begun a multi-album deal with Alpha Classics\, releasing his first album Winterreise with James Baillieu in February 2021 to enormous critical acclaim. Some of Appl’s recent recital debuts include Carnegie Hall\, New York’s Park Avenue Armory\, Sydney Opera House\, and Mozarteum Salzburg. \nDescribed by The Daily Telegraph as ”in a class of his own\,” James Baillieu is one of the leading song and chamber music pianists of his generation. He has given solo and chamber recitals throughout the world and collaborates with a wide range of singers and instrumentalists. Baillieu is a frequent guest at many of the world’s most distinguished music centers including Carnegie Hall\, Wigmore Hall\, the Metropolitan Opera House\, and Concertgebouw Amsterdam. His recording projects include Forbidden Fruit (Alpha Classics)\, Winterreise (Alpha Classics) and Heimat (Sony Classical) with Benjamin Appl. \nFurther details and the full program are on our website.  \n\nTickets for the Benjamin Appl & James Baillieu concert will go on sale at 12 noon on Tuesday\,  \nFebruary 17\, 2026.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/appl-baillieu-concert/
LOCATION:William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, 2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Center for 17th & 18th Century Studies,Concerts,Humanities,William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260322T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260322T160000
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SUMMARY:Chamber Music at the Clark presents: Notos Quartett
DESCRIPTION:Praised for its virtuoso brilliance\, passion\, sensitivity\, and mature interpretive powers\, the Notos Quartett is one of the most celebrated young chamber ensembles to emerge in recent years. Founded in 2007\, the Berlin-based piano quartet first drew attention by winning first prize in six major international competitions. Since then it has established itself worldwide\, performing at renowned European concert halls such as the Philharmonie Berlin\, Konzerthaus Berlin\, and London’s Wigmore Hall. The quartet made their American debut in 2022 with three concerts for Chamber Music San Francisco and returned in October 2023 for their first North American tour. \nThe Notos Quartett’s repertoire spans from the great classical masterpieces to contemporary music. They have a strong commitment to new music\, as shown by numerous commissions and collaborations with such composers as Bryce Dessner\, Garth Knox\, and Bernhard Gander. They also search for important lost or forgotten works to bring to new audiences. \nFurther details and the full program are on our website.  \n\nTickets for the Notos Quartett concert will go on sale at 12 noon on Tuesday\, February 24\, 2026.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/notos-quartett-2026/
LOCATION:William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, 2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Center for 17th & 18th Century Studies,Concerts,Humanities,William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
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SUMMARY:The Fumes of Mars: Book discussion with artist and writer Katerina Angelopoulou
DESCRIPTION:The Fumes of Mars: Book discussion with artist and writer Katerina Angelopoulou \nSaturday\, March 28\, 2026\n10:00 A.M. Los Angeles / 7:00 P.M. Greece\nVia Zoom \nRSVP Here \nThis discussion will be moderated by Professor Sharon Gerstel\, Director\, UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and Dr. Eirini Kotsovili\, Senior Lecturer\, Global Humanities\, Simon Fraser University. \nOne of the deadliest wildfires ever recorded took place on July 23\, 2018 in Mati\, just 30 km from the historical center of Athens. Writer and artist Katerina Angelopoulou survived the fire\, and her book\, The Fumes of Mars\, combines her photographs with personal testimonies from other survivors\, timelines\, maps\, and reports. With these materials\, Angelopoulou attempts to weave a collective narrative of the events to better understand the violent disconnect between her own experience and the “official” account of the disaster in which facts were concealed and victims held culpable. \nThe book opens with black and white photographs showing the aftermath of the fire alongside testimonies of the survivors. These are followed by Angelopoulou’s photographs\, taken as the disaster unfolded\,overlaid with her timeline of events. Collected evidence on the events follows\, including aerial maps\, topographical information\, lists of the victims with location and cause of death\, weather and aircraft reports\, CCTV and news coverage images\, information from the State Investigator report\, and information on the ongoing trial. The final images of the book are of Angelopoulou’s personal artifacts after the fire\, such as remnants of jewelry\, books\, and glasses. This assembled evidence is embedded with importance because after the fire\, the truth of the victims and their families was questioned multiple times—in the public narrative\, facts were concealed and re-produced with false arguments blaming residents and victims. \nKaterina Angelopoulou is a writer and artist based in Athens. The Fumes of Mars won the Format Festival’s Reviewers’ Choice Award 2022\, was selected for the COCA Project 2021\, shortlisted for the Belfast Dummy Award and Photo Festival in 2022\, and exhibited at LCC in London as part of the Common Ground Exhibition. Angelopoulou holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics & Theoretical Physics from Imperial College London\, a B.A. in Design for Performance from Central Saint Martins\, and an M.A. with Distinction in Photojournalism & Documentary Photography from London College of Communication. \nView additional images and purchase the book here. \nThis program is made possible thanks to support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/book-discussion-with-katerina-angelopoulou-the-fumes-of-mars/
LOCATION:by Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community,Cultural Heritage,Hellenic,History,Humanities,Lecture,Modern Greece
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260411T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260411T160000
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SUMMARY:California Medieval Seminar (Spring 2026)
DESCRIPTION:Participation in the Seminar consists of group discussion of pre-circulated papers\, typically drafts of articles\, book chapters\, or dissertation chapters (with complete apparatus). Two of the papers are ordinarily by emerging scholars (including PhD students) and the other two are by established scholars. We allocate one hour per paper and presenters should anticipate substantial\, and substantive\, feedback. Calls for presenters are circulated via e-mail from the Center approximately two months prior to each meeting and papers are accepted on a first-come basis. \nFaculty\, postdocs\, and grad students from across California are welcome to participate. \nThe papers will be discussed at the seminar in the following order: \n\n“Threats and Violence in Carolingian Disputing\,” Amos Bronner (The Catholic University of America)\n“Apostolic Legends and Visions of Christian Globality in the Twelfth Century: An Indian Cleric Visits Rome\,” John Eldevik (Hamilton College)\n“Were Married Clerics Tonsured?” Fiona Griffiths (Stanford)\n“Narrative Sequences of the Apocalypse in Romanesque Italy: Location\, Structure\, Function\, Meaning\,” Alison Perchuk (California State University Channel Islands)\n\nRegister to attend in Royce 306\nRegister to attend via ZOOM \nMore information can be found here.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/california-medieval-seminar-spring-2026/
LOCATION:Royce 306
CATEGORIES:California Medieval History Seminar,Humanities
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260417T150000
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SUMMARY:A corazón abierto: notas para una escritura quirúrgica
DESCRIPTION:Lina Meruane (hija de un cardiólogo jubilado) aborda la aparición del “corazón abierto” en la novelística latinoamericana. Inspirada por El intruso (2006)\, relato de Jean Luc Nancy sobre su trasplante de corazón\, Meruane examina trastornos reales (incluido su reciente episodio de arritmia) y comenta problemáticas éticas y estéticas en tres novelas quirúrgicas: Sutura (2025)\, de Sofía Balbuena\, La novela del corazón (2022) de Roberto Castillo y Todo está bien\, salvo mi corazón\, (2022) de Héctor Abad Faciolince. \nLina Meruane es una escritora chilena y doctora en literatura (New York University\, 2009). Su obra incluye dos colecciones de relatos y cinco novelas traducidas a doce lenguas\, así como diez libros de ensayo sobre el cuerpo y la enfermedad\, los feminismos y la cuestión palestina. Su obra ha sido reconocida con los premios José Donoso (Chile)\, Metrópolis Azul (Canadá)\, Cálamo (España)\, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (México)\, Anna Seghers (Alemania)\, y las becas Guggenheim\, National Endowment for the Arts y DAAD. Actualmente dirige el programa de escritura creativa en la Universidad de Nueva York\, donde también es escritora distinguida.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/a-corazon-abierto-notas-para-una-escritura-quirurgica/
LOCATION:Rolfe Hall 4302\, Lydeen Library\, Rolfe Hall 4302\, Lydeen Library
CATEGORIES:Humanities,Upcoming Events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260507T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260507T180000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T201828Z
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SUMMARY:First Epistle to the Amphibians: Reading and Conversation with Ricardo Domeneck\, Chris Daniels\, and Patrícia Lino
DESCRIPTION:Book Launch for FIRST EPISTLE TO THE AMPHIBIANS\, a collection of poetry by Brazilian author Ricardo Domeneck\, translated by Chris Daniels\, published by World Poetry Books in April 2026. The event will consist of a reading and conversation with Ricardo Domeneck\, Chris Daniels\, and Patrícia Lino. \nRicardo Domeneck is a Brazilian writer based in Berlin. He has published ten collections of poems and two of short prose in Brazil and Portugal. He is the recipient of two of Brazil’s most prestigious literary awards\, the Prêmio Jabuti and the Prêmio Alphonsus de Guimaraens\, and selected volumes of his poems have appeared in German\, Dutch and Spanish. Working with sound and performance\, he has presented work in several museums and galleries. First Epistle to the Amphibians (World Poetry\, 2026) is the first book of his poetry to appear in English translation. \nChris Daniels is a feral translator of global Lusophone poetry. He has published book-length translations of poetry by Fernando Pessoa\, Josely Vianna Baptista\, Adelaide Ivánova\, Lubi Prates\, and Orides Fontela. His selected volume of Ricardo Domeneck’s poems\, First Epistle to the Amphibians\, will be released by World Poetry Books in April 2026. \nPatrícia Lino is a poet\, an essayist\, a performer\, a translator and Associate Professor of poetry and visual arts at UCLA. Among her books\, videopoems\, translations\, performances\, talk-performances and sound experiences are\, for instance\, Todo poema é um kindergarten (2025)\, I Am a Poet\, I Was a Starling (2025)\, Imperativa Ensaística Diabólica. Infraleituras da Poesia Expandida Brasileira (2024)\, O Kit de Sobrevivência do Descobridor Português no Mundo Anticolonial (2024)\, or A Ilha das Afeições (2023).
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/first-epistle-to-the-amphibians-reading-and-conversation-with-ricardo-domeneck-chris-daniels-and-patricia-lino/
LOCATION:Rolfe Hall 4302\, Lydeen Library\, Rolfe Hall 4302\, Lydeen Library
CATEGORIES:Humanities,news,Upcoming Events
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