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SUMMARY:Pourdavoud Lecture Series: Jake Nabel
DESCRIPTION:Misunderstanding in Ancient Interstate Relations\nThe Arsacid Princes of the Roman Empire\nJake Nabel (Pennsylvania State University)\nWednesday\, April 22\, 2026 at 4:00 pm Pacific Time\nRoyce Hall 306 and Via Zoom\n  \nRegistration Link: https://forms.gle/ZFb7yBFBeEs2VfMt6 \nZoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/92060104969 \n\nIn the first century CE\, several Arsacid princes from the Iranian empire of Parthia were sent to live at the court of the Roman emperor. While Roman authors called these figures “hostages” and scholars have studied them as such\, this talk will employ Iranian and Armenian sources to argue that the Parthians would have seen them as the emperor’s foster-children. These divergent perspectives allowed each empire to perceive itself as superior to the other\, since the two sides interpreted the transfer of royal children through conflicting cultural frameworks. Moving beyond the paradigms of anarchy and hierarchy\, this focus advances a new vision of interstate relations with misunderstanding at its center. The talk is based on the book The Arsacids of Rome\, which was recently published by the University of California Press in the Pourdavoud Institute’s Iran and the Ancient World series. \n\nAbout the Speaker\nJake Nabel is the Tombros Early Career Professor of Classical Studies and an Assistant Professor of Classics & Ancient Mediterranean Studies at Penn State. He is a historian of ancient Rome\, pre-Islamic Iran\, and the points of contact between the two. Jake has published on Roman-Parthian relations\, Latin and Iranian literature\, ancient political thought\, and the Hellenistic east. His current book project is on the concept of freedom in late antique Iran. \nAbout the Book\nA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos\, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. \nAt the beginning of the common era\, the two major imperial powers of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East were Rome and Parthia. In this book\, Jake Nabel analyzes Roman-Parthian interstate politics by focusing on a group of princes from the Arsacid family—the ruling dynasty of Parthia—who were sent to live at the Roman court. Although Roman authors called these figures “hostages” and scholars have studied them as such\, Nabel draws on Iranian and Armenian sources to argue that the Parthians would have seen them as the emperor’s foster-children. These divergent perspectives allowed each empire to perceive itself as superior to the other\, since the two sides interpreted the exchange of royal children through conflicting cultural frameworks. Moving beyond the paradigm of great powers in conflict\, The Arsacids of Rome advances a new vision of interstate relations with misunderstanding at its center.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/pourdavoud-lecture-series-jake-nabel/
LOCATION:Royce 306
CATEGORIES:Iranian,Near Eastern Languages and Cultures,Pourdavoud Institute
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SUMMARY:Emily Greenwood | “Audre Lorde and Plato’s Menexenus: The Master’s House and the House of Difference”
DESCRIPTION:The UCLA Department of Classics is pleased to present a lecture by Professor Emily Greenwood\, Harvard University entitled “Audre Lorde and Plato’s Menexenus: The Master’s House and the House of Difference”
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/emily-greenwood-audre-lorde-and-platos-menexenus-the-masters-house-and-the-house-of-difference/
LOCATION:Dodd 247
CATEGORIES:Department Lecture
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SUMMARY:Spinoza on Mind: Manuscript Workshop
DESCRIPTION:April 25-26\, 2026\nUCLA\, Hershey Hall Salon (Room 158)\nRSVP HERE\n  \n  \nPlease join us on Saturday-Sunday\, April 25-26\, 2026 in Hershey Hall Salon (Room 158) for “Spinoza on Mind: Manuscript Workshop.” \n  \n  \nWorkshop program coming soon!\n  \n  \nJoin our mailing list!\nSign up for our mailing list to stay up-to-date with future UCLA Philosophy events\, conferences\, and colloquia! \nSIGN UP HERE
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/spinoza-on-mind-manuscript-workshop/
LOCATION:UCLA Hershey Hall Salon (Room 158)
CATEGORIES:Work Shops
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SUMMARY:29th Annual University of California Undergraduate Conference on Slavic and East/Central European Studies
DESCRIPTION:Conference Page\nPlease visit the conference page for additional information. \n  \nCall for Papers\nPlease view the Call for Papers here on the conference page. \n\nFor non-participants:\nIf you are not presenting but will attend the conference\, please register to attend here. \n  \nFor participants:\nAll submissions are through the conference portal\, which will open in mid-February. \n♦ A tentative title and proposal are due by March 2nd. Please submit them here. \n♦ The finalized paper title and short abstract are due by April 10. Please submit them here. \n♦ Slideshow presentations are due by date TBD. We are only accepting Google Slides due to the hybrid nature of the conference. We regret that we cannot accept presentations in any other formats (including PowerPoint\, Prezi\, Canva\, etc). Please email the Google Slides link to tivanovasullivan@humnet.ucla.edu and lissetcadena@g.ucla.edu by date TBD. \nInclude your first and last name in the Google Slides file title. Ex: “Joe Bruin-2026 Slavic Conference”. \nFor questions\, please email tivanovasullivan@humnet.ucla.edu \n  \nProgram and Abstracts\nThe Program and Book of Abstracts have not been released yet. They will be posted on the conference page at a later date. \n  \nLocation\, Date and Time\n\nThe Conference will be held on Saturday\, April 25\, 2026 from 8:00am-6:30pm in Royce Hall at UCLA. \nRoyce Hall Room #314 (third floor)\n10745 Dickson Ct\nLos Angeles\, CA 90095 \n \n  \nParking for campus visitors:\n \nThe closest parking structures to Royce Hall are Structure 2\, Structure 3 North\, Structure 4 and Structure 5. Parking rates vary by structure\, so please refer to the rates here. Guest parking is available on a first come\, first served basis. Please plan on arriving early to the event if you are not familiar with the campus or parking structures.  \n  \nThe UCLA Slavic department is not responsible for any tickets or citations received by event attendees. Fort further assistance\, please contact the UCLA Transportation department directly. \n  \nVISITOR PARKING AREAS: \n♦ Structure 2: Structure 2 has pay stations for visitors on the first and second floors. These floors are the only floors with visitor parking; there are also signs indicating which parking stalls are for visitors. The Google Maps link for the visitor’s section (“Pay Station Parking”) is here. \n♦ Structure 3 North: Parking Structure 3 North\, Visitor’s Section is located at 215 Charles E Young Dr N\, Los Angeles\, CA 90024. The parking structure has visitor parking in levels 1\, 2 and 3. The Google Maps link to the visitor’s section (“Pay Station Parking”) is here. \n♦ Structure 4: Parking Structure 4\, Visitor’s Section is located at 221 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. The parking structure has visitor parking in level 1\, and the entrance will state “Visitor’s Section” that guests enter through. The Google Maps link to the visitor’s section is here . \n♦ Structure 5: Parking Structure 5\, Visitor’s Section is located at 405 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095. The parking structure has visitor parking in both levels 4 and 6\, and the entrance will state “Visitor’s Section” that guests enter through. The link to the visitor’s section is here . \nHOW TO PAY FOR PARKING:\nSelf-service pay stations are located in all visitor parking areas. Visitors must pay for parking BEFORE they leave their vehicles. Visitor parking permits are not valid in parking stalls outside of the visitor parking section of the structure and stalls posted for Blue and X permits or otherwise reserved.  \n1. All self-service pay stations use pay-by-plate technology.\n2. Once parked\, go to the nearest parking pay station\n3. Enter your license plate number. If you do not have a license plate number\, please enter the last 6 (six) digits of your Vehicle ID Number (VIN). Your VIN can be found on the driver’s side door or the lower driver’s side of the windshield.\n4. Choose the amount of time that you would like to spend on campus.\n5. Pay using the exact cash amount or with a credit card. For those using their VIN\, please place your receipt on your dashboard\, otherwise nothing else is required. Pay stations do not provide change. There are no refunds for pay station purchases. \nAdditional visitor parking information can be found on the UCLA Transportation website. \n  \nParking for UCLA faculty\, students\, and staff:\nActive Bruin ePemit Holders can request a “Transfer Permit” to cross-park in an alternate lot or structure on campus at no additional cost according to the privileges of your permit type. Check the Parking Permit Privileges for details. \n– You can obtain a 1-Day cross-parking permit through the Bruin ePermit Portal\, excluding Night and Weekend permit holders. The 1-Day cross parking permit is valid for same-day use only.\n– Faculty and staff may receive a maximum of five (5) cross-parking permits per quarter.\n– Please note\, Cross Parking (Transfer) Permits will vary depending on parking space availability.\n– To request a “Transfer Permit” please follow these instructions \n  \nLodging and Visitor Info\nThere are several hotels located near the UCLA campus: \n♦ Inn at UCLA (formerly the UCLA Guest House)\n♦ UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center\n♦ Palihotel Westwood Village\n♦ W Los Angeles – West Beverly Hills\n♦ Kimpton Hotel Palomar\n♦ Luxe Sunset\n♦ Hotel Angeleno\n♦ Plaza La Reina\n♦ Royal Palace\n♦ Beverly Hills Plaza Hotel & Spa \n  \nUCLA campus maps: https://admission.ucla.edu/visit/maps-and-parking  \nDining on campus (check weekend hours): https://www.asucla.ucla.edu/locations \nDining in Westwood Village: http://www.thewestwoodvillage.com/directory/?category=Dining \nTransportation to/from LAX: http://www.supershuttle.com/ \nLA Metro: https://www.metro.net/riding/schedules-2/\nPlan your trip from UCLA to the Russian area of LA (West Hollywood) on the LA Metro website.  \nSanta Monica Big Blue Bus: https://www.bigbluebus.com/\nBe sure to check the location of the UCLA bus stops specifically on weekends. \nGetty Center: https://www.getty.edu/visit/center/parking-and-transportation/\nYou need to make (free) reservations in advance.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/29th-annual-university-of-california-undergraduate-conference-on-slavic-and-east-central-european-studies/
LOCATION:314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Ct\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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SUMMARY:Chamber Music at the Clark presents: ATOS Trio
DESCRIPTION:Founded in Berlin\, Germany in 2003\, the ATOS Trio has established itself as one of the finest piano trios performing today. After intensive studies with Ilan Gronich\, Menahem Pressler\, and the Alban Berg Quartet\, the Trio won the Deutsche Musikwettbewerb\, the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award\, and the Melbourne Chamber Music Competition. A New Generation Artists Award from the BBC and a Borletto Buitoni Award soon followed. \nSince then\, the ATOS Trio has performed in many of the world’s prestigious venues\, including Carnegie Hall\, Wigmore Hall\, Concertgebouw Amsterdam\, and the Berlin Philharmonic Kammersaal\, to name but a few\, with a repertoire that includes all the piano trio masterworks as well as many contemporary pieces. \nFurther details and the full program are on our website.  \n\nTickets for the ATOS Trio concert will go on sale at 12 noon on Tuesday\, March 24\, 2026.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/atos-trio-2026/
LOCATION:William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, 2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90018\, United States
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SUMMARY:“Because of slavery”:  The Irreverent Art of Kara Walker and Harryette Mullen
DESCRIPTION:“Because of slavery” is the correct answer to the question: Why did the slaveholding states go to war against the free states of the Union? MONUMENTS reckons with deceptive narratives implicit in the presentation of a defeated Confederacy — not as traitors and losers\, but as objects of hero worship. The Old South lost the Civil War but won the nation’s post-war reconciliation with monuments\, movies\, and textbooks that upheld white supremacy and perpetuated black subordination. Kara Walker’s art and Harryette Mullen’s poetry have in common an irreverent attitude toward oppressive systems and institutions\, from the Lost Cause glorified in the proliferation of Confederate monuments to the ghosts of slavery still haunting American life. Walker and Mullen employ exacting craft to disarm the ugly isms with parody\, satire\, humor\, and surprising remixes of historical and cultural artifacts. \nIn view of Walker’s Unmanned Drone\, Mullen will read from her latest poetry collection\, Regaining Unconsciousness. \nHarryette Mullen’s latest poetry collection\, Regaining Unconsciousness (Graywolf\, 2025) is one of Publishers Weekly’s and California Independent Booksellers Alliance’s Best Books of the Year. Recyclopedia (Graywolf\, 2006) won a PEN Beyond Margins Award. Sleeping with the Dictionary (U of California\, 2002) was a finalist for a National Book Award\, National Book Critics Circle Award\, and LA Times Book Award. The Cracks Between (U of Alabama\, 2012)\, essays and interviews\, received an Elizabeth Agee Award. Other books include Her Silver-Tongued Companion (Edinburgh U\, 2024)\, Open Leaves (Black Sunflowers\, 2023)\, and Urban Tumbleweed (Graywolf\, 2013). She teaches literature and creative writing at UCLA. \nThis program is co-presented by The Brick and the UCLA College Division of Humanities in conjunction with MONUMENTS\, an exhibition co-organized and co-presented by The Brick and The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles (MOCA).
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/kara-walker-harryette-mullen-the-brick/
LOCATION:The Brick\, 518 N. Western Ave.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90004
CATEGORIES:Humanities Division
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SUMMARY:All Consuming: Germans\, Jews\, and the Meaning of Meat
DESCRIPTION:Meat is one of the most visible markers of Jewish distinctness and social separation. In his most recent book\, John Efron argues that meat has played an especially important role in the formation of Jewish and Christian identities in Germany from the Middle Ages until today. To an extent not seen elsewhere in Europe\, the importance of meat is reflected in many realms including the visual arts\, literature\, religion\, politics\, commerce\, and home life. Studying the history of meat and its multiple meanings in Germany tells us much about the changing nature of German and German-Jewish identity\, the links between religion\, nationality\, politics\, and food. Above all\, focusing on meat provides us with a singular window into the rich\, fraught\, and ultimately tragic history of German Jewry. \nJohn Efron is the Koret Professor of Jewish History at the University of California at Berkeley\, where specializes in the cultural and social history of German Jewry. A native of Melbourne\, Australia\, he has a B.A. from Monash University\, an M.A. from New York University\, and a Ph.D. at Columbia University. In his work\, Efron has focused on the way German Jewry attempted to reinterpret and reinvent Jewish culture in the wake of its complex encounter with modernity. Among his publications are Defenders of the Race: Jewish Doctors and Race Science in Fin-de-Siècle Europe (Yale UP\, 1994); Medicine and the German Jews: A History (Yale UP\, 2001); German Jewry and the Allure of the Sephardic (Princeton UP\, 2016); The Jews: A Modern History (Routledge\, forthcoming 2025); and All Consuming: Germans\, Jews\, and the Meaning of Meat (Stanford UP\, 2025). \nTuesday\, April 28\, 2026 • 306 Royce Hall • 4 PM \nAll Consuming: Germans\, Jews\, and the Meaning of Meat\nJohn Efron (UC Berkeley)\nModerator: David N. Myers (UCLA) \nNaftulin Family Program on Studies in Jewish Identity \nRSVP
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/all-consuming-germans-jews-and-the-meaning-of-meat/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 306\, 306 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Naftulin Family Program on Studies in Jewish Identity
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SUMMARY:Dean’s Lecture in Humanistic Inquiry: Kate Manne on Sensitivity and Survival
DESCRIPTION:The Inaugural Dean’s Lecture in Humanistic Inquiry\nThursday\, April 30\n4 p.m. – 6 p.m.\nRoyce Hall Room 314 \nFree admission. Reception with light refreshments to follow lecture. Advance registration strongly recommended. \nPresented by the UCLA College Division of Humanities\nThe Dean’s Lecture in Humanistic Inquiry is a biennial lecture dedicated to exploring cross-cutting topics and ideas in humanistic research and examining how humanistic inquiry connects to the most pressing questions of the day. \nAbout our inaugural speaker\nKate Manne is a professor at the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell University. She specializes in moral\, social and feminist philosophy\, and has written three books: DOWN GIRL: The Logic of Misogyny (Oxford University Press\, 2018)\, ENTITLED: How Male Privilege Hurts Women (Crown\, 2020) and UNSHRINKING: How to Face Fatphobia (Crown\, 2024). In addition to her academic work\, she regularly writes opinion pieces and essays for a wider audience\, including in outlets such as The New York Times\, The Cut\, The Washington Post\, The Atlantic\, The Nation and Time. She writes a Substack newsletter\, More to Hate\, exploring misogyny\, fatphobia and their intersection. \nAbout Professor Manne’s lecture\nSensitivity and Survival\nAccusations of oversensitivity are nowadays very common. Are they typically warranted? Is there in fact a scourge of snowflakes? \nIn this lecture\, Kate Manne will distinguish three things that are commonly meant by “oversensitivity”: over-identification of instances\, over-extension of the relevant concepts and over-reactions to the relevant harms or forms of injustice\, such as sexism\, misogyny and racism. Her talk will draw on two rich humanistic traditions: feminist epistemology and non-ideal theory. \nWhile acknowledging that oversensitivity of all three kinds can and does occur\, Manne will highlight and explore the comparatively under-emphasized converse dangers: the under-identification of instances\, the under-extension of concepts\, and under-reactions or the undermining of warranted reactions\, respectively. In view of this\, she concludes that what is called oversensitivity is often simply sensitivity: a normatively valuable and justified way of reacting to harms and injustices that often go under the radar in society as we know it. \nPlease visit this page to register. \nEvent cosponsors\nThank you to our cosponsors: UCLA Department of Philosophy\, UCLA Department of Gender Studies\, UCLA Center for the Study of Women | Streisand Center\, and UCLA Program in Experimental Critical Theory \n 
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/deans-lecture-in-humanistic-inquiry-kate-manne-on-sensitivity-and-survival/
LOCATION:Royce Hall 314\, 10745 Dickson Ct\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Humanities Division
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SUMMARY:Jennifer Trimble | “Monuments and meanings: ancient Roman damnatio memoriae and statue destructions today”
DESCRIPTION:Annual UCLA Joan Palevsky Lecture\nAssociate Professor of Classics\, Standford University\n“Monuments and meanings: ancient Roman damnatio memoriae and statue destructions today”
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/jennifer-trimble-monuments-and-meanings-ancient-roman-damnatio-memoriae-and-statue-destructions-today/
LOCATION:UCLA Faculty Club\, Morrison Room\, 480 Charles E Young Dr E\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Palevsky Lecture
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SUMMARY:Bilingual Lecture Series: Sunil Sharma
DESCRIPTION:One Divan and Multiple Poets: The Strange Case of Makhfi\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSunil Sharma \nBoston University \nEnglish Lecture \nMonday\, May 4\, 2026 at 11:00 am Pacific Time \nOnline via Zoom \nRegistration Required: \nhttps://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6QTp311ZThKErILePfrBEQ \n\nThe poet behind the Divan-e Makhfi is thought to have been the Mughal Princess Zebunnisa (d. 1702). However\, there are historical and philological problems with this attribution that have been debated by some scholars. While also discussing the problem of authorship of the Divan\, this talk will focus on the history of compilation and readership of the text\, as it circulated in manuscript and lithographed copies\, and came to be considered as a kind of canonical work by an early female poet whose poems deserved a modern scholarly edition. \n  \nSunil Sharma is Professor of Persianate & Comparative Literature and Director of the Center for the Study of Asia at Boston University. He has authored several books and also published translations of works from Persian and Urdu. His areas of research are Persian poetry and court cultures\, history of the book\, and travel writing\, and has a particular interest in the participation of women in Persianate literary cultures.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/bilingual-lecture-series-sunil-sharma/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260507T160000
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SUMMARY:Biblical Monotheism: Exclusive or Inclusive? – Benjamin Sommer
DESCRIPTION:This lecture will examine the discussion of pluralism in the field of comparative theology in light of a core question in the history of Israelite religion. It will create a dialogue between the work of historians of religion such as Yehezkel Kaufmann and theologians such as John Hick\, with some reference to the Egyptologist Jan Assmann\, moving from a close reading of passages in Deuteronomy\, Psalms\, and Isaiah to much broader theological issues. \nBenjamin Sommer is Professor of Bible at the Jewish Theological Seminary. His books\, Revelation and Authority: Sinai in Jewish Scripture and Tradition (2015)\, The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel (2009)\, and A Prophet Reads Scripture: Allusion in Isaiah 40-66 (1998)\, received multiple prizes in the United States and Israel. The Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz described Sommer as “an iconoclast but a traditionalist-he shatters idols and prejudices in order to nurture Jewish tradition and its applicability today.” He is the subject of one of the documentaries in the On the Threshold series of films on contemporary Christian\, Jewish\, and Muslim theologians. The film is available on You Tube (https://youtu.be/HkucTib3fMk). \nThursday\, May 7\, 2026 • 314 Royce Hall • 4 PM\nBiblical Monothesim: Exclusive or Inclusive? \nBenjamin Sommer (Jewish Theological Seminary)\nModerator: William Schniedewind (UCLA) \nThe Bible and the Ancient World Seminar Series \nRSVP
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/biblical-monothesim-exclusive-or-inclusive-benjamin-sommer/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bible and the Ancient World Seminar Series
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260507T180000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260508T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260508T170000
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SUMMARY:Strange Synchronicities and Familiar Parallels in Asia\, 1600–1800: Joseph Fletcher’s Plane Ride Revisited: Conference 3: Empires of Things
DESCRIPTION:In 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. \nThe third conference looks at Society\, Materiality\, and Knowledge.  Increased mobility and commercial activity across the early modern Eurasian space heightened imperial concerns about the effectiveness of political control over increasingly assertive and unruly subjects. Anxieties over a changing social and economic order engendered a new momentum in cultural production\, reflected in literature\, in legal codes that tried to reinforce status hierarchies\, and in new religious and spiritual movements. In what new ways did merchants trade\, how did artisans and craftsmen organize themselves\, how did guilds transform\, how did the pious communicate with each other\, how did common subjects live\, how did spatial imaginaries change? This conference follows the currents of social\, material\, and knowledge movements–across local\, communal\, oceanic\, or trans-imperial space–that propelled\, supplemented\, paralleled\, superseded\, or completely ignored the agenda of the empire. Rather than assuming a dichotomy of state and society as the norm\, this conference explores different modes of mutual interactions in various arenas of power. \nThe list of speakers\, the conference schedule\, and the registration form are 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\, May 4 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/core3-empires-of-things/
LOCATION:William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, 2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Center for 17th & 18th Century Studies,William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260511T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260511T180000
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SUMMARY:40th Anniversary Celebration of the Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating the 40th anniversary of the UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies\, the nation’s first research center for early modern studies. Founded in 1985\, the Center provides a forum for the discussion of central issues in the field of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studies\, and organizes a wide range of academic and cultural programs. Additionally\, the Center administers the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, located on a historic property in the West Adams neighborhood of Los Angeles\, which serves as the research laboratory for a distinguished array of fellows working either in early modern studies or the fin-de-siècle world of Oscar Wilde. \nThe program will begin with a talk presented by UCLA Professor of English Helen Deutsch\, who served as the Center & Clark’s Director from 2017 to 2020. At a moment when higher education is under siege\, the study of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries might seem a luxury at best\, irrelevant at worst. Professor Deutsch’s talk\, a review and celebration of the Center and its history\, refutes such assumptions. She will argue that the work of the Center and its partner the Clark—research\, musical and theatrical performance\, conferences\, collaborations in many forms—is not a retreat to the past but rather an ongoing engagement with our present. Critical University Studies scholar Christopher Newfield has recently described universities as “places of unique challenge\, novelty\, and happiness\, of intellectual revolutions and personal transformations.” The Center is just such a place\, and our imaginative and intellectual investments in the past illuminate the ways in which such revolutions are both rooted in history and ongoing collective projects of the utmost relevance. \nThe registration form is available on our website. \n\nThe program is free to attend with advance registration\, and will be held in-person at Royce Hall 314. \nRegistration will close on Wednesday\, May 6 at 5:00 p.m. \nSeating is limited; walk-in registrants are welcome as space permits.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/40th-anniversary-c1718cs/
LOCATION:UCLA\, Royce Hall 314\, (Conference Room)\, 340 Royce Drive\, Los Angeles\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Center for 17th & 18th Century Studies,William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260512T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260512T153000
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SUMMARY:Middle Eastern and North African Jews and the Birth of Modern Fashion: A Hidden History
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, historians Devi Mays and Julia Phillips Cohen discuss the unknown role that Jews from the eastern and southern Mediterranean played in the shaping of modern couture. Following two fashion houses run by an interconnected network of North African and Middle Eastern Jews in fin-de-siècle Paris\, the talk reveals the participation of these firms in a global web of makers\, suppliers\, and designers stretching from Algiers and Constantinople to Cairo\, Tabriz and Kyoto. \nJulia Phillips Cohen is an Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University. Her publications include the books Becoming Ottomans: Sephardi Jews and Imperial Citizenship in the Modern Era (New York: Oxford University Press\, 2014) and Sephardi Lives: A Documentary History\, 1700-1950 (Stanford: Stanford University Press\, 2014)\, co-authored and edited with Sarah Abrevaya Stein\, as well as articles in the American Historical Review\, International Journal of Middle East Studies\, Journal of Modern History\, Jewish Social Studies and Jewish Quarterly Review. She is currently at work\, together with Devi Mays\, on a book exploring a forgotten network of North African and Middle Eastern Jews in nineteenth and early twentieth-century Europe. \nDevi Mays is an Associate Professor of Judaic Studies and History at the University of Michigan. Her book\, Forging Ties\, Forging Passports: Migration and the Modern Sephardi Diaspora (Stanford: Stanford University Press\, 2020) won the Dorothy Rosenberg Prize from the American Historical Association\, the National Jewish Book Award in the category of Sephardic Culture\, the Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in the category of Modern Jewish History and Culture: Africa\, Americas\, Asia and Oceania from the Association for Jewish Studies\, and the Alixa Naff Migration Studies Prize from the Moise Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies.  Her articles have appeared in Jewish Social Studies\, Mashriq & Mahjar\, Jewish Quarterly Review\, Journal of Modern History and AJS Perspectives. She is currently working with Julia Phillips Cohen on a book exploring a forgotten network of North African and Middle Eastern Jews in nineteenth and twentieth-century Europe. \nTuesday\, May 12\, 2026 • 306 Royce Hall • 2 PM \nMiddle Eastern and North African Jews and the Birth of Modern Fashion: A Hidden History \nJulia P. Cohen (Vanderbilt) & Devi Mays (University of Michigan)\nModerator: Aomar Boum (UCLA) \nAl Finci Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies\nCosponsored by the Maurice Amado Program in Sephardic Studies \nRSVP
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/middle-eastern-and-north-african-jews-and-the-birth-of-modern-fashion-a-hidden-history/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 306\, 306 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Al Finci Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260530T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260530T160000
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SUMMARY:ANTIGONE
DESCRIPTION:ANTIGONE by Sophokles\nA live theatrical performance in celebration of Hellenic culture\nNewly translated and adapted by Kenneth Cavander\nDirected by Andy Wolk \nMay 30\, 2026\n2:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.\nAntaeus Theatre Company\nGlendale\, California \n[The performance length is 90 minutes] \nA post-performance talkback with Artistic Director Nike Doukas and Professor Kathryn Morgan (Department of Classics\, UCLA) will follow the show. A reception will take place afterward. \nTICKET PRICES:\nAdults – $35.00 + $3.00 convenience fee\nUniversity students – $30.00 + $3.00 convenience fee \nBe sure to use promo code\nUCLAHellenicCulture to checkout!\nClick here to purchase tickets \n“And if I die\nI will die happy.” \nAntigone’s decision to oppose her uncle Kreon’s edict and bury her brother’s body sets into motion a series of events that will challenge the bonds of family\, law\, and justice. Kenneth Cavander (The Curse of Oedipus) returns to Antaeus in a powerful new adaptation of Sophokles’ Antigone. \nDirected by Andy Wolk\, this Greek tragedy delves deep into the clash between duty to the state and loyalty to one’s kin. \nThis event is made possible with support from the Peter J. and Caroline B. Caloyeras Endowment for the Arts and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/antigone/
LOCATION:Antaeus Theatre Company\, 110 East Broadway\, Glendale\, CA\, 91205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Cultural Heritage,Hellenic,Heritage,Theater
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260607
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SUMMARY:Oscar Wilde’s Modernist Legacies
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Professors Joseph Bristow\, University of California\, Los Angeles\, and Deaglán Ó Donghaile\, Liverpool John Moores University \nA central figure in the literary and cultural spheres of the late nineteenth century\, Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was also the originator of Irish modernism. Still\, literary scholarship has largely sidelined his powerful influence over this movement. Regarded by his contemporaries as an outstanding artist\, critic\, and public intellectual until his imprisonment in 1895\, current research on Wilde tends to confine his leading presence within the late Victorian aesthetic and decadent movements. By highlighting this overlooked aspect of Wilde’s legacy\, “Oscar Wilde’s Modernist Legacies” will raise critical and theoretical awareness of his influence over modernist innovation not only within the field of literary production but also in related artistic areas in Ireland and beyond. \nThe literary revival of the 1890s has been cited as the launching ground for experimental modernism in Ireland\, with the publication and staging of works by William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)\, John Millington Synge (1871–1909)\, and Augusta Gregory (1852–1932) that celebrate rural or Celticist versions of modernity. The revival’s longer-term origins\, however\, can be traced to the metropolitan and radical aesthetes\, feminists\, queer artists\, anarchists\, and Irish separatists who belonged to the milieus in which Oscar Wilde moved.  This conference will draw on the Clark Library’s imposing archive\, the “Oscar Wilde and His Literary Circle Collection\,” to explore the dialogues that these figures established\, along with their interactions with traditions of Irish and\, more broadly\, American and European modernism. \nThe list of speakers\, the conference schedule\, and the registration form are 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\, June 1 at 5:00 p.m. \nCapacity is limited at the Clark Library; walk-in registrants are welcome as space permits.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/modernist-legacies/
LOCATION:William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, 2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Center for 17th & 18th Century Studies,William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260608T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260608T130000
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SUMMARY:Bilingual Lecture Series: Pooyan Tamimi Arab
DESCRIPTION:Woman Life Freedom in the Mirror of Scholarship: Responses from the Arts\, Humanities\, and Social Sciences\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPooyan Tamimi Arab \nUtrecht University \nEnglish Lecture \nMonday\, June 8\, 2026 at 11:00 am Pacific Time \nOnline via Zoom \nRegistration Required: \nhttps://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y6a-WJxYTX-wwqBuhAYndg \n\nThis presentation will survey scholarship in the arts\, humanities\, and social sciences responding to the Woman\, Life\, Freedom uprising in Iran. Drawing on a bibliography of over one hundred publications—books\, journal articles\, and edited volume chapters published since the death of Jina (Mahsa) Amini in September 2022—it will outline four main thematic clusters: Chronologies\, Culture\, Aesthetics\, and Nation. These will serve to map shifting interpretations of women’s emancipation\, cultural change and resistance\, visual activism\, and national belonging. The presentation will also reflect on how to research a protest movement from exile and draw attention to under-cited sources\, including scholarship produced in Iran. \n  \nPooyan Tamimi Arab is Associate Professor of Secular and Religious Studies at Utrecht University\, a member of the Young Academy of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences\, and a member of GAMAAN—the Group for Analyzing and Measuring Attitudes in Iran. Between 2025 and 2030\, he is the principal investigator of Iran’s Secular Shift\, a mixed-methods project on non-religion and demands for political secularism funded by the Dutch Research Council.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/bilingual-lecture-series-pooyan-tamimi-arab/
CATEGORIES:Iranian,Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
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