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SUMMARY:UCLA Department of Art History Colloquium with Meredith Cohen\, Feb. 25th
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a Department of Art History Colloquium with featured speaker Meredith Cohen on Wednesday\, Feb. 25 at 1 PM in Dodd 275 for her talk\, Digital Gothic: Quantifying Change in Medieval Architecture. \nAll are welcome! \n 
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/ucla-department-of-art-history-colloquium-with-meredith-cohen-feb-25th/
LOCATION:Dodd Hall Room 275\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Department Event
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SUMMARY:A Multifaith Conversation on Justice\, Forgiveness and Compassion
DESCRIPTION:In our deeply fractured world\, religion serves both to connect and offer wisdom and to foster conflict and division.  Over the course of centuries\, it has been frequently invoked to justify brutal violence\, but can it be an effective tool to advance justice?  To explore different perspectives on the topic of faith\, forgiveness\, and justice\, we will be joined by a distinguished panel of religious leaders: Father Greg Boyle\, Rabbi Sharon Brous\, Valarie Kaur\, and Imam Dr. Jihad Turk. \nFather Greg Boyle is a Jesuit priest and director of Homeboy Industries\, the world’s largest gang intervention and rehabilitation program. Rabbi Sharon Brous is the senior and founding Rabbi of IKAR\, a Jewish spiritual community in Los Angeles. Valarie Kaur is a civil rights leader and activist\, filmmaker\, educator\, best-selling author\, and founder of the Revolutionary Love Project\, a movement to reclaim love as a force for justice. Imam Dr. Jihad Turk is the founding President of Bayan Islamic Graduate School\, a preeminent Muslim institution of higher education. \nRSVP here \nOrganized by and co-sponsored with the UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute as part of their Compassionate Conversations series.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/a-multifaith-conversation-on-justice-forgiveness-and-compassion/
LOCATION:UCLA California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)\, 570 Westwood Plaza
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SUMMARY:“Seeing Like a Merchant: Jews and Greeks from Ottoman to Greek Rule” by Paris Papamichos Chronakis (Royal Holloway\, University of London)
DESCRIPTION:Seeing Like a Merchant: Jews and Greeks from Ottoman to Greek Rule \nLecture by \nParis Papamichos Chronakis\nLecturer in Modern Greek History\, Department of History\nRoyal Holloway\, University of London \nPresented by the UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies and\ncosponsored by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture \nFebruary 24\, 2026\n2:00 P.M.\n314 Royce Hall\, UCLA Campus \nThis event is part of the Maurice Amado Program in Sephardic Studies \nThis event is moderated by Aomar Boum\, Professor\, Maurice Amado Endowed Chair in Sephardic Studies\,\nUCLA Department of Anthropology \nRSVP here \nHow did the cosmopolitan bourgeoisie of the Eastern Mediterranean navigate the transition from empire to nation-state in the early twentieth century? In this talk\, Paris Papamichos Chronakis shows how the Jewish and Greek merchants of Salonica (present-day Thessaloniki) skillfully managed the tumultuous shift from Ottoman to Greek rule amidst rising ethnic tensions and heightened class conflict. Bringing their once powerful voices back into the historical narrative\, he traces their entangled trajectories as businessmen\, community members\, and civic leaders to illustrate how the self-reinvention of a Jewish-led bourgeoisie made a city Greek. Salonica’s merchants were present in their own—and their city’s—remaking. \nParis Papamichos Chronakis is Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Modern Greek History at Royal Holloway University of London. His work explores the entangled histories and divided memories of Jews and Christians in the Eastern Mediterranean from the late Ottoman Empire to the Holocaust. In recent years\, his research and publications have expanded to Salonica in World War One\, Greek interwar Zionism and anti-Zionism\, the Holocaust of Sephardi Jewry\, and digital Holocaust Studies. His first book\, The Business of Transition: Jewish and Greek Merchants of Salonica from Ottoman to Greek Rule\, was published by Stanford University Press in 2024 winning that year’s National Jewish Book Awards – JDC-Herbert Katzki Award (Writing Based on Archival Material).
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/seeing-like-a-merchant-jews-and-greeks-from-ottoman-to-greek-rule-by-paris-papamichos-chronakis-royal-holloway-university-of-london/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Hellenic,History,Jewish Greece
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SUMMARY:Seeing Like a Merchant: Jews and Greeks from Ottoman to Greek Rule – Paris Papamichos Chronakis
DESCRIPTION:How did the cosmopolitan bourgeoisie of the Eastern Mediterranean navigate the transition from empire to nation-state in the early twentieth century? In this talk\, Paris Papamichos Chronakis shows how the Jewish and Greek merchants of Salonica (present-day Thessaloniki) skillfully managed the tumultuous shift from Ottoman to Greek rule amidst rising ethnic tensions and heightened class conflict. Bringing their once powerful voices back into the historical narrative\, he traces their entangled trajectories as businessmen\, community members\, and civic leaders to illustrate how the self-reinvention of a Jewish-led bourgeoisie made a city Greek. Salonica’s merchants were present in their own—and their city’s—remaking. \nParis Papamichos Chronakis is Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Modern Greek History at Royal Holloway University of London. His work explores the entangled histories and divided memories of Jews and Christians in the Eastern Mediterranean from the late Ottoman Empire to the Holocaust. In recent years\, his research and publications have expanded to Salonica in World War One\, Greek interwar Zionism and anti-Zionism\, the Holocaust of Sephardi Jewry\, and digital Holocaust Studies. His first book\, The Business of Transition: Jewish and Greek Merchants of Salonica from Ottoman to Greek Rule\, was published by Stanford University Press in 2024 winning that year’s National Jewish Book Awards – JDC-Herbert Katzki Award (Writing Based on Archival Material). \nTuesday\, February 24\, 2026 • 314 Royce Hall • 2 PM\nSeeing Like a Merchant: Jews and Greeks from Ottoman to Greek Rule \nParis Papamichos Chronakis (Royal Holloway\, University of London)\nModerated by Aomar Boum (UCLA) \nMaurice Amado Program in Sephardic Studies \nCosponsored by the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture \nRSVP
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/seeing-like-a-merchant-jews-and-greeks-from-ottoman-to-greek-rule-paris-papamichos-chronakis/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Maurice Amado Program in Sephardic Studies
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SUMMARY:Psychoanalysis and Structure. A Talk with A. Kiarina Kordela | Program in Experimental Critical Theory
DESCRIPTION:The Program in Experimental Critical Theory presents\nPsychoanalysis and Structure \nA Talk with A. Kiarina Kordela\n\nMonday\, February 23\, 2026\n3:00-4:30pm PST\nVia Zoom\n\n  \nAdvanced Registration\nAdvanced registration is required by Friday\, February 20\, 2026. The Zoom meeting link will be sent end of day on February 20. \nREGISTER TO ATTEND HERE \n  \nAbout the Talk\nBased on the introduction to Epistemontology\, its third chapter\, “Psychoanalysis and Structuralism\,” shows the necessary interconnection between capitalist economy and psychoanalytic thought. It does so by reading together (a) Spinozian monism—as the first philosophical system that conceived of being (substance) in structural terms; (b) Marx’s theory of commodity fetishism—as the groundwork for a secular epistemontological theory; (c) Freudian-Lacanian psychoanalysis—as instrumental in the formulation of properly structuralist thought; and (d) Deleuze’s account of structuralism—as presented in his “How Do We Recognize Structuralism?” (1967/1973). While Laplanche and Pontalis serve as background for teasing out the structuralist epistemology of psychoanalysis\, I set Deleuze in dialogue with Alexandre Kojève in order to reveal Deleuze’s theoretical trajectory as an attempt to preempt possible objections (of Hegelian origin) to all three: Spinoza\, structuralism\, and psychoanalysis. \n  \nReadings to be discussed are listed below and are available on the ECT site: \n\nA. Kiarina Kordela\, “Psychoanalysis and Structuralism” from Epistemontology in Spinoza-Marx-Freud-Lacan: The (Bio)Power of Structure (Routledge\, 2018)\nJean Laplanche and J. B. Pontalis\, “Fantasy and the Origins of Sexuality” (1964)\n\n\n\n  \nAbout the Speaker\nA. Kiarina Kordela is Professor of German Studies and founding Director of the Crit­ical Theory Program at Macalester College\, St. Paul\, Minnesota\, USA. She has pub­lished in fields that range from intellectual history\, philosophy\, critical and political theory to literary\, film\, and cultural analysis. She is the author of numerous articles\, as well as of Epistemontology in Spinoza\, Freud\, Marx\, Lacan (Routledge\, 2018)\, Being\, Time\, Bios: Capitalism and Ontology (SUNY Press\, 2013)\, and Surplus (SUNY Press\, 2007)\, and the co-editor of two volumes on Spinoza’s Authority (Bloomsbury\, 2018) and one on Freedom and Confinement in Modernity: Kafka’s Cages (Palgrave-Macmillan\, 2011). \n  \n\nAbout the Program in Experimental Critical Theory\nThe focus of the 2025-2026 Experimental Critical Theory seminar (COM LIT250)\, taught by Professor Eleanor Kaufman\, is “Structure.”
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/psychoanalysis-and-structure-a-talk-with-a-kiarina-kordela-program-in-experimental-critical-theory/
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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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SUMMARY:Bilingual Lecture Series: Hashem Pesaran
DESCRIPTION:Sanctions\, Economic Mismanagements\, and Reforms of the Iranian Economy\n  \nHashem Pesaran\nUniversity of Southern California and Cambridge University\n\nSunday\, February 22\, 2026\nRoyce Hall 314\nAlternate Live Stream: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/95091548778\n(no registration required for Zoom access)\n  \nDownload event flyer here\n  \nThis talk will start with an overview of the Iranian economy since the 1979 Revolution and discusses how a combination of sanctions with varying degrees of severity and economic mismanagements have resulted in low economic growth\, high unemployment\, and rising inflation. There are clear links between sanctions\, the need to circumvent their effects\, and economic mismanagements. If these sanctions are here to stay\, what is the appropriate response both nationally and globally? Should a path of economic resilience through state control or fundamental market reforms be considered? I will explore the pros and cons of alternative strategies of living with sanctions\, drawing lessons from the ill-faithed subsidy reform program launched in December 2010 under Ahmadinejad’s Presidency. I shall highlight the differential effects that economic reforms are likely to have across socioeconomic groups in short and medium terms\, that further complicate policy responses. \n  \nDr. M. Hashem Pesaran is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at University of Southern California\, Emeritus Professor of Economics at Cambridge University\, and a Lifetime Fellow of Trinity College\, Cambridge. Previously\, he was head of the Economic Research Department of the Central Bank of Iran (1974-76) and the Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Education (1976-78)\, Iran. He has also been a Professor of Economics and the Director of the Applied Econometrics Program at UCLA (1989-93. Dr. Pesaran is a Fellow of the British Academy\, the Econometric Society\, and the Journal of Econometrics. He was awarded Honorary Doctorates by the University of Salford in 1993\, the University of Goethe\, Frankfurt in 2008\, the University of Maastricht in 2013 and the University of Economics in Prague in 2016. In September 2013 he was named as Thomson Reuters Citation Laureate in Economics. More recently he was named by Thomson Reuters as one of the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds for 2014 and 2015. He has served as consultant to the United Nations\, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Dr. Pesaran is the founding editor of the Journal of Applied Econometrics\, and a founding Board Member of the International Association for Applied Econometrics. He has published over 250 articles in academic journals and edited volumes\, and 19 books and edited volumes.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/bilingual-lecture-series-hashem-pesaran/
LOCATION:Royce Hall 314\, 340 Royce Drive\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian,Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
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SUMMARY:Fantasies\, Fantasias\, and Fangirls: Wilde’s Fairy Tales and “New Women” Writers
DESCRIPTION:William Andrews Clark Oscar Wilde Lecture \nLecture by Margaret D. Stetz\, Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women’s Studies and Professor of Humanities\, University of Delaware \nOscar Wilde’s importance in the world of the theatre is\, of course\, unparalleled. His effect on Gothic fiction (and on queer fiction) has been equally profound\, due to the popularity of his one novel\, The Picture of Dorian Gray. This talk\, however\, will suggest that his fairy tales have been just as influential\, and that their influence was clear almost immediately after the publication of both The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) and A House of Pomegranates (1891)\, especially in works by rebellious “New Women” of the 1890s. Irish and English writers such as “George Egerton” (Mary Chavelita Dunne)\, Mabel Nembhard\, and Ella Erskine followed his lead in this form\, while often turning their own storytelling in different directions\, including feminist ones. Like his\, their fairy tales were not for children\, but for politically conscious adults. Though their names may be unfamiliar to readers today\, these women helped to keep Wilde’s innovations and his literary reputation alive throughout his persecution by the British legal system and catastrophic fall from grace. \nMargaret D. Stetz has been the author or editor of a number of volumes and of over 130 published essays on topics ranging from Victorian women’s comic fiction\, to sexual violence during wartime\, to the politics of animated films. She has also been curator or co-curator of over a dozen exhibitions on late-Victorian print culture and art at museums\, libraries\, and galleries. In addition\, she is a widely published poet. \nThe 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  and livestreamed on the Center’s YouTube Channel. No registration is required to watch the livestream. \nRegistration will close on Monday\, February 16 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/oscar-wilde-stetz/
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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SUMMARY:Marx’s Late Writings: Theories of revolutionary change and of alternatives to capitalism. A talk with Kevin Anderson\, in conversation with Aditya Bahl and Emeer Hassanpour | Program in Experimental Critical Theory
DESCRIPTION:The Program in Experimental Critical Theory presents\nMarx’s Late Writings: Theories of revolutionary change and of alternatives to capitalism \nA Talk with Kevin Anderson\, in Conversation with Aditya Bahl and Emeer Hassanpour\n\nFriday\, February 20\, 2026\n3:00-4:30pm\nKaplan Hall Room #348\nIn Person\n  \nAdvanced Registration\nAdvanced registration is required by Wednesday\, February 18\, 2026. \nREGISTER TO ATTEND HERE \n  \nThis talk is co-sponsored by the Department of Comparative Literature and the Department of Political Science. \n  \n\nAbout the Talk\nIn his last years (1869-83)\, Marx sketches three types of revolutionary change. (1) In 1869-70\, he speculates that a British workers uprising might be sparked by the peasant-based Fenian nationalist movement in Ireland. These writings build upon his 1860s work on race\, class\, and revolution during the US Civil War. (2) In the 1870s\, Marx clarifies and deepens his concept of communism\, as in the Civil War in France (1871)\, where he sketches non-statist forms of free and associated labor that go far beyond the more statist notions put forward in the Communist Manifesto. (3) In his 1877-82 writings on Russia\, Marx suggests that the directionality of revolution was moving from Eastern to Western Europe. The struggle of Russia’s communal villages could lead to a form of modern communism. He made similar links to struggles in Algeria\, India\, and Latin America\, sometimes with gender as an important element. \n  \nReadings to be discussed are listed below and are available on the ECT site: \n\n\n\nKevin Anderson\, “Marx on Communal Villages as Loci of Revolution” from New Politics 79\, vol. XX\, no 3 (summer 2025)\n\n\n\n  \nAbout the Speakers\nKevin B. Anderson (PhD Sociology\, City University of New York Graduate Center\, 1983) is a Distinguished Professor of Sociology at University of California\, Santa Barbara\, with courtesy appointments in Feminist Studies and Political Science. His main areas of specialization include Marxism\, Critical Theory\, and History of Social Thought. He is the author of several books\, including Lenin\, Hegel\, and Western Marxism (1995); Foucault and the Iranian Revolution (with Janet Afary\, 2005); Marx at the Margins (2010); and The Late Marx’s Revolutionary Roads (2025). He is also an editor of the forthcoming English edition of the late Marx’s notebooks on non-Western and precapitalist societies. \n  \nAditya Bahl is Assistant Professor in English at UCLA. His writings on culture and politics have appeared in The Nation\, New Left Review\, and London Review of Books. \n  \nEmeer Hassanpour is a Ph.D. student in Comparative Literature at UCLA. His research examines anger and violence in the Global South\, with a focus on the Mesopotamian region.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/marxs-late-writings-theories-of-revolutionary-change-and-of-alternatives-to-capitalism-a-talk-with-kevin-anderson-in-conversation-with-aditya-bahl-and-emeer-hassanpour-program-in-experim/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 348\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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SUMMARY:Vanishing Vienna: Modernism\, Philosemitism\, and Jews in a Postwar City – Frances Tanzer
DESCRIPTION:Frances Tanzer will discuss her new book\, Vanishing Vienna: Modernism\, Philosemitism\, and Jews in a Postwar City (University of Pennsylvania Press)\, which traces the reconstruction of Viennese culture from the 1938 German Anschluss through the early 1960s. The book reveals continuity in Vienna’s cultural history across this period: a framework for interpreting Viennese culture that has relied on antisemitism\, philosemitism\, and a related discourse of Jewish presence and absence. As she shows\, antisemitism and philosemitism were not contradictory forces in post-Nazi Austrian culture. They were deeply interconnected aspirations in a city where nostalgia for the past dominated cultural reconstruction efforts and supported seemingly contradictory impulses. Philosemitism was much more than a simple inversion of antisemitism—instead\, Tanzer argues\, philosemitism defined Vienna in the era of postwar reconstruction. Vanishing Vienna uncovers a rarely discussed phenomenon of the immediate aftermath of the Holocaust—a society that consumes\, redefines\, and bestows symbolic meaning on the victims in their absence. \nFrances Tanzer is the Rose Professor of Holocaust Studies and Jewish Culture at Clark University in Massachusetts and associate professor of history. Her book Vanishing Vienna: Philosemitism\, Modernism\, and Jews in a Postwar City was published with University of Pennsylvania Press in 2024. She has received support for her research from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum\, the Remarque Institute at NYU\, and others. Her new project is entitled: Klezmer Dynasty: An Intimate History of Modern Jewish Culture\, 1880-2019. \nThursday\, February 19\, 2026 • 314 Royce Hall • 2 PM  \nVanishing Vienna: Modernism\, Philosemitism\, and Jews in a Postwar City \nFrances Tanzer (Clark University)\nModerator: Michael Rothberg (UCLA) \nThe 1939 Society Program in Holocaust Studies \nRSVP
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/vanishing-vienna-modernism-philosemitism-and-jews-in-a-postwar-city-frances-tanzer/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:1939 Society Program in Holocaust Studies
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ORGANIZER;CN="UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:levecenter@humnet.ucla.edu
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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=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=America/Los_Angeles:20260213T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260213T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T123702
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SUMMARY:Learn Through Play Cantonese Opera Workshop
DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to attend a Cantonese Opera workshop – in conjunction with Professor King-Kok Cheung’s English 19.1 Fiat Lux seminar – on Friday\, February 13\, from 4 to 9 p.m. in Kaplan A51. This event is scheduled to coincide with the visit of Professor Selina Lai-Henderson and MFA Seth Henderson from Duke Kunshan University. \nQuestions about the event? Email King-Kok Cheung: cheung@humnet.ucla.edu \nSponsored by the AASSC Cantonese Arts and Culture Fund\, an endowment established through the generosity of May Chong. Cosponsored by the UCLA Department of English and the UCLA Asia Pacific Center.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/learn-through-play-cantonese-opera-workshop/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall A51
CATEGORIES:English
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260213T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260213T183000
DTSTAMP:20260404T123702
CREATED:20260112T203256Z
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SUMMARY:Global Antiquity Distinguished Speaker Series- Myth\, Time and Cosmology in the Ancient Maya Murals of San Bartolo with David Stuart
DESCRIPTION:Myth\, Time and Cosmology in the Ancient Maya Murals of San Bartolo \nDavid Stuart (Art & Art History\, University of Texas at Austin) \nFriday\, February 13\, 4:00 pm | Royce Hall 306 \nRegister Here \nWatch Live on Zoom \nThis talk will present new interpretations of one of the most important artworks from ancient Maya civilization — the wall paintings of San Bartolo\, Guatemala. Discovered in a buried room in 2001\, the paintings are among the earliest examples of mural painting in the Maya tradition\, dating to the so-called Preclassic period. Their complex narrative focuses on varied origin myths\, including the emergence of maize\, the animate sun\, and the establishment of the four world quarters. The murals also include some of the earliest known examples of Maya hieroglyphic writing. Two inscribed dates are integrated into the design and provide a possible clue to the precise dating of the paintings to the year 26 CE. Taken together\, the new readings and interpretations shed light on one of the oldest religious narratives from the ancient Americas. \nAbout the Speaker\nDavid Stuart is the David and Linda Schele Professor of Mesoamerican Art and Writing at the University of Texas at Austin. His primary research focuses are the archaeology and epigraphy of ancient Maya civilization and the decipherment of Maya hieroglyphic writing. Currently\, he oversees Casa Herrera\, UT’s academic research center in Antigua\, Guatemala\, and is the director of The Mesoamerica Center at the University of Texas at Austin. His most recent book\, The Order of Days (Random House)\, is a popular account of ancient Maya calendars and cosmology\, and a new\, forthcoming book\, titled The Four Heavens: A New History of the Ancient Maya\, will appear with Princeton University Press in March.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/global-antiquity-distinguished-speaker-series-myth-time-and-cosmology-in-the-ancient-maya-murals-of-san-bartolo-with-david-stuart-2/
LOCATION:Royce Hall 306\, 10745 Dickson Court\, Los Angeles\, California\, 90095
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260213T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260213T180000
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SUMMARY:Printing the Gothic: Horace Walpole and the Reimagining of English Aesthetic Tradition
DESCRIPTION:The William Andrews Clark Memorial Library is pleased to present the exhibition Printing the Gothic: Horace Walpole and the Reimagining of English Aesthetic Tradition\, curated by Edward Hyunsoo Yang\, Loren and Frances Rothschild Endowed Graduate Research Fellow. \nThe Gothic has long carried a reputation of being little more than cheap entertainment: a genre thought to possess limited literary or cultural value. This exhibit challenges that view by tracing the Gothic’s connection to a collective cultural effort to establish\, and promote\, an identifiably English art. At the center of this exhibit is Horace Walpole—antiquarian\, collector\, and author of the first Gothic novel—whose Castle of Otranto makes striking use of the preface to address readers directly\, and fundamentally reimagines how readers might engage with material texts. This gesture\, which becomes a hallmark of later Gothic works\, exemplifies how paratextual spaces invited interaction between writer and reader. By examining Gothic fiction alongside eighteenth-century art historiography\, this exhibit highlights a shared practice of using the material book—its prefaces\, framing texts\, and editorial choices—not only to inspire readers\, but also to contribute to a national cultural project. \n\n3:30 PM – Doors Open\n4:00 PM – Welcome remarks by Head Librarian Derek Christian Quezada Meneses\n4:05 PM – Introduction and overview presentation by Curator Edward Hyunsoo Yang\n4:30-6:00 PM – Reception and exhibition viewing\n\nThe exhibition will be on view through April 13\, 2026 and will be open by appointment only. To schedule an appointment\, please contact clarktours@humnet.ucla.edu. \n\nTo register for Friday\, February 13 opening\, please visit the website. \nThe event is free to attend and will be held in-person at the Clark Library. \nSeating is limited at the Clark Library; walk-in registrants are welcome as space permits.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/printing-gothic-exhibit/
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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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260211T183000
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SUMMARY:A Talk with Shazia Jagot: Chaucer’s “Ioveris maladye / Of Hereos\,” Avicenna’s Treatise on Love\, and an Arabic-Islamic Metaphysics of Love
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, February 23\, 2026 \n4:30-6:30pm \nKaplan Hall Room #348 (third floor) \n  \nThe CMRS Center for Early Global Studies\, the Near Eastern Languages and Cultures department\, and the Comparative Literature department are pleased to present a talk with Shazia Jagot (York University) titled Chaucer’s “Ioveris maladye / Of Hereos\,” Avicenna’s Treatise on Love\, and an Arabic-Islamic Metaphysics of Love. \n  \nThe talk will take place on Wednesday\, February 11\, 2026 from 4:30-6:30pm in Kaplan 348. \nPlease register to attend here.  \n 
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/a-talk-with-shazia-jagot-chaucers-ioveris-maladye-of-hereos-avicennas-treatise-on-love-and-an-arabic-islamic-metaphysics-of-love/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 348\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260206T091500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260206T173000
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SUMMARY:Early Modern Skies
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Professors Lyle Massey (University of California\, Irvine)\, Vin Nardizzi (The University of British Columbia)\, Tiffany Jo Werth (University of California\, Davis)\, and Bronwen Wilson (University of California\, Los Angeles) \nCo-sponsored by the UCLA Edward W. Carter Chair in European Art \nConference organizers are grateful to the Hannah & Edward Carter Endowment for 17th-Century Art History for generous programming support. \nCritiquing the environmental humanities’ narrowly earth-centric focus\, Carl Phelphstead asks us to look heavenward\, to think “cosmocritically” and expand our awareness for how attitudes towards the heaven shape those on earth. What is sky? Both a border for land and sea\, and a blank canvas for portents and celestial events\, sky reflects fears and hopes for stasis in a changing and unpredictable environment. \nThis conference will bring together an interdisciplinary group of scholars to explore early modern concepts of sky from a variety of environmentally consequential perspectives\, from the history of science and art\, to poetics and literature. \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\, February 2 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/early-modern-skies/
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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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260205T173000
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SUMMARY:Antisemitism\, an American Tradition – Pamela Nadell
DESCRIPTION:In Antisemitism\, an American Tradition Pamela S. Nadell\, the Patrick Clendenen Chair in Women’s and Gender history at American University\, recounts the powerful story of antisemitism in America and how it has shaped the lives of Jews for almost four centuries. \nIndeed\, Jews have met antisemitism since first landing in New Amsterdam in 1654 when Peter Stuyvesant tried to expel them. The founding of the US changed little\, as negative European stereotypes rooted into American soil. They faced restrictions on holding office\, admission to schools\, and employment in industry\, while their synagogues and cemeteries were vandalized. Recently\, white nationalists chanted “Jews will not replace us” in Charlottesville\, Virgina\, and a gunman killed eleven members at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue building. Antisemitic incidents have increased each year. \nProfessor Pamela Nadell holds the Patrick Clendenen Chair in Women’s and Gender History at American University. Her book America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today won the 2019 National Jewish Book Award’s Everett Family Foundation “Book of the Year” and was translated into Hebrew. Her new book Antisemitism\, an American Tradition\, was published by W.W. Norton in October. A past president of the Association for Jewish Studies\, she consults to the museum planned for the rebuild of Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life and has testified before Congress three times. \nModerated by Dov Waxman (UCLA) \nRSVP
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/antisemitism-an-american-tradition-pamela-nadell/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:American Jewish Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260205T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260205T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T123702
CREATED:20260107T205546Z
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SUMMARY:Between Discordant Shores: Dante’s Francis\, the Book of Islam and the Orient
DESCRIPTION:(Image: Coppo di Marcovaldo\, St. Francis before the Sultan\,” Sultan Malek al-Kāmil and his philosophers\, Bardi Altarpiece\, c. 1260s\, Basilica di Santa Croce\, Florence.) \nMarking the 800th anniversary of St. Francis’s death in 2026\, this talk draws on Morosini’s recent study Dante\, Moses and the Book of Islam (2024) to explore Dante’s Francis and their shared conception of the Book of Islam and of the Orient. At its center is the Book’s role within the Commedia and in Dante’s representation of Francis\, offering a new perspective on the Orient as a geographic space of dialogue rather than dehumanizing alterity. \nThis perspective\, as emerged in Dante\, Moses and the Book of Islam\, calls for a reevaluation of Dante’s “discordant shores” of Paradiso IX\, 85. In Dante’s vision\, the Book becomes a bridge between cultures and faiths\, a medium of transmission and encounter that links distant shores within a Mediterranean network of knowledge. \nRSVP here to attend in person. \nPrior to joining UCLA’s Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies in July 2024\, Professor Morosini was Professor of Italian at the Università L’Orientale di Napoli since 2022 and the 2024 Chair of Italian Culture at UC Berkeley.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/between-discordant-shores-dantes-francis-of-assisi-the-book-of-islam-and-the-orient/
LOCATION:Kaufman Hall Room 101
CATEGORIES:CSR
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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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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260204T171500
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SUMMARY:Beyond Translation: Careers for Language Majors
DESCRIPTION:Wondering where a degree in language can take you? Spoiler alert: way beyond teaching and translation. Join us for a dynamic panel event featuring UCLA alumni and professionals who studied languages and built meaningful\, successful careers—both within and beyond language-related fields. Our panelists will share how their studies helped shape their careers through: \n\nMultilingual communication skills\nCross-cultural awareness\nResearch\, writing\, and critical thinking\nAdaptability and storytelling\n\nHear real stories\, ask your questions\, and get inspired by the possibilities that come from a humanities degree. \nWhether you’re just starting to explore your career options or unsure how to leverage your language major\, this event will help you see your degree in a whole new light. \nTo register\, go to: Careers for Language Majors \nMeet our panelists:\nMichelle Li\n \nMichelle Li (she/her) graduated UCLA in 2018 with a Bachelor’s in Japanese as well as a Bachelor’s in Linguistics and Asian Languages & Culture. She holds a Master’s in Library and Information Science (MLIS) from University of Washington\, where she previously worked as a Research and Learning Services Specialist. She also worked as a First Year Engagement Librarian at Emerson College in Boston. She is currently serving as a Humanities and Social Sciences Librarian at UCLA\, and can be found teaching library research skills all across campus or at her home office in YRL.\n\n\n\nSoseul Park\n \nSoseul Park is an educator and researcher whose work focuses on multilingual education\, diaspora communities\, and culturally responsive curriculum development. She is the founder of Korean Mérida\, a nonprofit community organization established in 2013 with over 1\,900 members\, which provides Korean language instruction and cultural programming in transnational contexts. \nWith over a decade of teaching experience across K-16 and community-based settings in South Korea\, Mexico\, and the United States\, Soseul has taught Korean\, Spanish\, and English and led the development of the inaugural Korean language curriculum for heritage and diverse learners in Tennessee and Yucatán. She has also served as an interpreter in the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System\, a guest lecturer at ENES UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) in Mérida\, and currently serves as an advisor to Líderes Jóvenes Descendientes Coreanos en Yucatán. \nSoseul is currently a Ph.D. student in Education at UCLA\, where her research examines transnational and multiple identities\, language revitalization and education\, and educational access for Indigenous communities. \n\nDiana Rodriguez\n \nDiana Rodriguez earned her Bachelor’s Degree in French and Francophone Studies from UCLA. Diana’s experience encompasses project management\, marketing\, customer service\, and public administration. \nShe worked as the Administrative Assistant for the Alliance Française de Los Angeles\, overseeing organizational functions\, programming\, and event planning. She also oversaw marketing efforts including campaign development and execution. Diana currently works as the Administrative Assistant for a PIO and on the weekends\, teaches a toddler class at the Alliance Française de Los Angeles. \n\nSamantha Matamoros\n  \nFirst generation\, daughter of Honduran immigrants\, Samantha serves as the Chief People Officer for Green Dot Public Schools.  Green Dot operates 18 schools in Los Angeles county\, intentionally serving historically underresourced communities. In her role\, Samantha Matamoros oversees the Human Capital Team and has taken on the role of building and managing Green Dot’s Human Resources department. \nSamantha joined Green Dot in 2005\, serving as a Spanish teacher at Ánimo Venice Charter High School\, and continued her work within that community for 10 years as a teacher\, assistant principal\, and principal\, before taking on the role of Director of Human Capital in 2015. Samantha began her career in education as a teacher in the city of Lawndale at Environmental Charter High School. Samantha proudly earned her undergraduate degree from the University of California\, Los Angeles in Spanish literature and public policy and her master’s degree from Loyola Marymount University \n\nBen Fisher-Rodriguez\n \nBen Fisher-Rodriguez (’12) is a high school German and Spanish teacher located in Seattle\, WA. He has presented at national\, regional\, and local conferences on lesson planning\, high-leverage teaching strategies\, and issues of LGBTQ+ inclusion in language learning. Ben is a 2022 German Embassy Teacher of Excellence\, the WAFLT Teacher of the Year for 2022\, the PNCFL Teacher of the Year for 2023\, and a 2024 NEA Foundation Teacher of Excellence. He is a co-host of the language teaching podcast “SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone.” \n 
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/beyond-translation-careers-for-language-majors/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260204
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SUMMARY:From Pitch to Publish in the Public Humanities
DESCRIPTION:Join award-winning writers and journalists Lauren Markham and Chris Feliciano Arnold for two days of panels and workshops. \n\n\n\nWhen: February 2–3\, 2026 Location: Royce 314 Free and open to the public. \n\n\n\nClick here to RSVP. \n\n\n\nToday\, it is vital that scholars’ work is made widely available and accessible to the public. Is your research part of the public discourse? Do you have stories the public at large would benefit from knowing? Do you want to reach a broader audience\, an audience beyond the peer-reviewed academic outlets? Do you want to learn how to pitch your specific story and research to non-academic publications? We have invited two writers and journalists\, Lauren Markham and Chris Feliciano Arnold\, to offer insights on the public humanities writing\, pitching\, and publication process in a series of panels\, workshops\, and individual feedback sessions. \n\n\n\nPublic Events\n\n\n\nMonday\, February 2\, 10:30AM–12:00 PM (Royce 314) Workshop: “Enliven Your Prose with Research Details: Public Workshop with Chris Feliciano Arnold and Lauren Markham.” \n\n\n\nDiscover how vivid storytelling and well-chosen details can transform scholarly work into engaging\, resonant prose. This hands-on workshop explores how to integrate research into narrative writing—making complex ideas accessible without sacrificing depth or rigor. Through interactive exercises\, close reading\, and discussion\, participants will learn strategies for bringing their data\, fieldwork\, and analysis to life on the page. \n\n\n\nMonday\, February 2\, 4:00–5:00 PM (Royce 314) Conversation: “Pitching and Working with Opinion Editors with Chris Feliciano Arnold and New York Times Opinion Staff Editor Isvett Verde.” \n\n\n\nExplore strategies and best practices for effectively pitching and collaborating with newspaper editors on op-eds and opinion pieces. Gain insight into the editorial process\, from crafting compelling and concise pitches that capture an editor’s attention to understanding the nuances of tone\, timing\, and topic relevance. This session will cover how to balance academic rigor with public accessibility\, navigate editorial feedback\, and establish long-term relationships with editors to amplify scholarly perspectives in the media. \n\n\n\nTuesday February 3\, 4:00–6:00 PM (Royce 314) Panel: “Writing for the Public in Times of Peril\, a panel with Chris Feliciano Arnold\, Lauren Markham\, The Atlantic Senior Editor Honor Jones and VQR Editor Paul Reyes.” \n\n\n\nThis panel of authors and editors will address the crucial role of academics in bridging the gap between scholarly research and public discourse during times of crisis\, uncertainty\, and societal upheaval\, including the ethical\, intellectual\, and practical challenges that scholars face when translating complex ideas into accessible language for broader audiences. Refreshments will be provided. \n\n\n\nPanelist & Writer Bios\n\n\n\n\n\nChris Feliciano Arnold is the author of The Third Bank of the River: Power and Survival in the Twenty-First-Century Amazon (Picador 2018). He directs the MFA in Creative Writing program at Saint Mary’s College of California. \n\n\n\n\n\nLauren Markham is an award-winning writer and journalist based in California whose work regularly appears in outlets such as Harper’s\, The New York Review of Books\, The New York Times Magazine and VQR\, where she is a contributing editor. She is the author of the award-winning The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life\, the California Book Award shortlisted A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Belonging (2024) and the recently-released Immemorial. \n\n\n\n\n\nIsvett Verde is a staff editor in the Opinion section of The New York Times\, where she helps shape conversations on immigration\, culture and identity. She is also an adjunct professor of Latinx Media studies at The City College of New York. She earned a B.A. in French from Florida International University\, and an M.A. in Spanish-language Journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. Her writing has been featured in the anthology titled\, “Home in Florida: Latinx Writers and the Literature of Uprootedness.” \n\n\n\n\n\nHonor Jones is a senior editor at The Atlantic\, and previously at The New York Times Opinion section\, where she edited cover stories and special issues for the Sunday Review. She is also the author of a novel\, Sleep. \n\n\n\n\n\nPaul Reyes is the editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review\, where he develops a variety of content\, including investigative reporting\, essays\, photography portfolios\, poetry\, criticism\, and fiction. Before joining VQR\, he was a senior editor with The Oxford American. His work as an editor has led to two National Magazine Awards (as well as several nominations)\, the Overseas Press Club Award\, inclusion in the Pushcart Prize anthology along with regular appearances in the Best American anthologies. His book\, Exiles in Eden\, an investigative narrative of the 2008 housing crisis\, was praised as “a wrenching chronicle of our new hard times” (Publishers Weekly) and “an engrossing memoir of American dreaming and financial devastation” (Mother Jones). His essays and reporting have appeared in VQR\, The Oxford American\, Harper’s\, The New York Times\, Literary Hub\, Mother Jones\, and elsewhere. His writing has earned him a Literature Fellowship in Nonfiction from the National Endowment for the Arts\, a nomination for the Harry Chapin Media Award\, and a nomination for the National Magazine Award in Feature Writing. \n\n\n\nCosponsored by: \n\n\n\nCenter for the Study of Women|Streisand Center\, Division of Social Sciences\, Division of Humanities\, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities\, School of Music\, School of Arts and Architecture\, and School of Theater\, Film\, and Television.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/from-pitch-to-publish-in-the-public-humanities/
LOCATION:314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Humanities Division
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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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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. \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:20260129T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260129T170000
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SUMMARY:After the Catastrophe: Ezra-Nehemiah and the Rebuilding of Community and Identity – Tamara Cohn Eskenazi
DESCRIPTION:The deaths and deportations that accompanied the destruction of the Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 587 BCE mark the turning point in the arc of biblical narrative. The book of Ezra-Nehemiah describes the reconstruction of life in Judah in the aftermath that catastrophe. It is the only book in the Hebrew Bible to depict this period. For over a century\, scholars neglected Ezra-Nehemiah and the period it describes. But the pendulum swung at last\, and in recent decades the book became a focal point for several reasons; among them is the growing consensus that the Pentateuch received its decisive shape during this period. Additionally\, as a story about a return from exile to an ancient homeland\, Ezra-Nehemiah has been embroiled in current political discourse linked with the return to Israel in the 20th century. Detractors and admirers alike concur that its messages had an enduring significance in the past and important messages for the present. This session will explore the book’s contribution to its own time as well as its relevance to today’s challenges. \nTamara Cohn Eskenazi\, Ph.D. is the Effie Wise Ochs Professor Emerita of Biblical Literature and History at Hebrew Union College. She is an award-winning scholar who specializes in writings from the Persian Period (538-333 BCE)\, with special focus on Ezra-Nehemiah. Her book\, In an age of Prose: A Literary Approach to Ezra-Nehemiah (1988) set the study of Ezra-Nehemiah on a new foundation. See also her recent Ezra: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. Anchor Yale Bible Series (2023). Prof. Eskenazi is the first woman professor appointed to the Rabbinical School at Hebrew Union College and a major contributor to Women’s Studies. Her publications include\, The Torah: A Women’s Commentary\, a 1400 page volume (2007) which won “The Book of the Year Award” granted by The Jewish Book Council\, and her JPS Bible Commentary: Ruth (2012\, authored with the late Tikva Frymer-Kensky) which won the award for Women’s Studies. \nModerator: Catherine Bonesho (UCLA) \nRSVP
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/after-the-catastrophe-ezra-nehemiah-and-the-rebuilding-of-community-and-identity-tamara-cohn-eskenazi/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 306\, 306 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bible and the Ancient World Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260127T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260127T163000
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SUMMARY:Satellite Ministries: The Rise of Christian Television in the Middle East
DESCRIPTION:In this book talk\, Febe Armanios (Middlebury College) will present on her recently-published monograph Satellite Ministries\, which explores how modern expressions of faith\, technology\, and political power intersected and clashed across the Global South and beyond through the analysis of sixteen Christian television channels in the Middle East. In 1981\, a satellite television station called Star of Hope began broadcasting from Israeli-occupied South Lebanon. Later renamed Middle East Television (METV)\, its programming included American soap operas\, sports\, and evangelical content alongside innovative Arabic Christian televangelism. METV spurred the growth of competing Christian broadcasters and reshaped the Middle East’s media and religious landscape over the next four decades. Through extensive fieldwork and archival research\, Febe Armanios explores how Western evangelicals and indigenous Christians harnessed terrestrial and satellite technologies to promote Christian television in the Middle East. \nThis is a hybrid event   \nIn- person RSVP – click here. \nRegister here to attend online. \nCo-sponsor: Center for Near Eastern Studies
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/satellite-ministries-the-rise-of-christian-television-in-the-middle-east/
LOCATION:Bunche Hall 10383
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260127T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260127T153000
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SUMMARY:Prelude to the Holocaust: The Anti-Jewish Pogroms of Summer 1941 – Jeffrey Kopstein
DESCRIPTION:This lecture examines a particularly brutal wave a violence that occurred across hundreds of predominantly Polish and Ukrainian communities in the aftermath of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. The dominant explanations for pogrom violence center around three most frequently cited causes: endemic antisemitism in Eastern European societies\, a desire for revenge for alleged Jewish involvement in Soviet crimes during the occupation of 1939–1941\, and opportunistic appropriation of Jewish property. But a difficult question needs to be posed: why did pogroms occur in some places and not in others? Situating pogroms within the long history of local intercommunal relations sheds light on the sources of mass ethnic violence and the ways in which such gruesome acts might be avoided. \nJeffrey Kopstein is Dean’s Professor of Political Science at the University of California\, Irvine. In his research\, Professor Kopstein focuses on interethnic violence\, voting patterns of minority groups\, antisemitism\, and anti-liberal tendencies in civil society. These interests are central topics in his latest books\, Intimate Violence: Anti-Jewish Pogroms on the Eve of the Holocaust (Cornell University Press\, 2018)\, Politics\, Memory\, Violence: The New Social Science of the Holocaust (Cornell University Press\, 2023)\, and The Assault on the State: How the Global Attack on Modern Government Endangers our Future (Polity\, 2024). Professor Kopstein’s writings also appear in outlets like The Atlantic\, The New York Times\, The Globe and Mail\, and The Washington Post. \n  \nTuesday\, January 27\, 2026 • 314 Royce Hall • 2 PM\nPrelude to the Holocaust: The Anti-Jewish Pogroms of Summer 1941 \nJeffrey Kopstein (UCI)\nModerator: Jared McBride (UCLA) \nThe 1939 Society Program in Holocaust Studies \nRSVP
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/prelude-to-the-holocaust-the-anti-jewish-pogroms-of-summer-1941-jeffrey-kopstein/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:1939 Society Program in Holocaust Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260126T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260126T130000
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SUMMARY:Bilingual Lecture Series: Ali Gheissari
DESCRIPTION:Hasan Pirnia and Constitutional Experience: Articulation of Public Law and the Prospects of Modern State in Iran\, 1905-1925\nAli Gheissari\nUniversity of San Diego\nMonday\, January 26\, 2026 \nLecture in English \nBunche Hall 10383\, 11:00am \nZoom link for hybrid online viewing both days: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/92182697630 \nThe topic of this presentation will be an assessment of the role of Hasan Pirnia (Moshir al-Dowleh) in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution and his contribution to articulating a theory of public law and the institutional requisites of the modern state in Iran. Given the limitations of time—and setting aside biographical details and the extensive accounts of the political events of the period—we shall focus specifically on two interrelated topics concerning the theoretical aspects of Pirnia’s political thought that also reflect the experience of the Constitutional Revolution in Iran. First\, the question of public law; and second\, the institutions necessary for the creation of a modern state. The Constitutional Revolution in Iran was not merely a political event but a transformation in the political mindset of Iranian society. A society that had lived for centuries under the notion of autocratic monarchy was\, at the beginning of the twentieth century\, attempting to experience the idea of a state governed by law and accountable to the nation. In this process\, there were a few statesmen—such as Hasan Pirnia—who\, under Iran’s circumstances at the time\, sought to open a challenging path between traditional structures and the creation of a modern state in Iran. \n  \n  \nAli Gheissari studied law and political science at Tehran University and history at Oxford and later taught at the University of San Diego. He has held visiting appointments at St. Antony’s College\, Oxford\, Brown University\, and the University of California\, Irvine\, and has written extensively in Persian and English on the intellectual history and politics of modern Iran and on modern philosophy and social theory. More recent publications include Iranian Studies: Selected Writings (Brill\, 2026); “Lost and found in translation: Kant in Persian Philosophical Prose” (Sophia Perennis\, Iranian Institute of Philosophy\, 2025); “Fruits of the Gardens: Ethics\, Metaphysics\, and Textual Pleasures in late Qajar Iran” (Journal of Persianate Studies\, 2024); and “Unequal Treaties and the Question of Sovereignty in Qajar and early Pahlavi Iran” (Ann Lambton Memorial Lecture\, 2023). Professor Gheissari has been the Editor-in-Chief of Iranian Studies; is on the Editorial Board of Iran Studies book series (published by Brill); and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Persian Heritage Foundation. His current research is on aspects of legal and constitutional history of modern Iran.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/bilingual-lecture-series-ali-gheissari-2/
LOCATION:10383 Bunche Hall\, 11282 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian,Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
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SUMMARY:Bilingual Lecture Series: Ali Gheissari
DESCRIPTION:Hasan Pirnia and Constitutional Experience: Articulation of Public Law and the Prospects of Modern State in Iran\, 1905-1925\nAli Gheissari\nUniversity of San Diego\nSunday\, January 25\, 2026 \nLecture in Persian \nRoyce Hall 314\, 4:00pm \nZoom link for hybrid online viewing both days: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/92182697630 \nThe topic of this presentation will be an assessment of the role of Hasan Pirnia (Moshir al-Dowleh) in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution and his contribution to articulating a theory of public law and the institutional requisites of the modern state in Iran. Given the limitations of time—and setting aside biographical details and the extensive accounts of the political events of the period—we shall focus specifically on two interrelated topics concerning the theoretical aspects of Pirnia’s political thought that also reflect the experience of the Constitutional Revolution in Iran. First\, the question of public law; and second\, the institutions necessary for the creation of a modern state. The Constitutional Revolution in Iran was not merely a political event but a transformation in the political mindset of Iranian society. A society that had lived for centuries under the notion of autocratic monarchy was\, at the beginning of the twentieth century\, attempting to experience the idea of a state governed by law and accountable to the nation. In this process\, there were a few statesmen—such as Hasan Pirnia—who\, under Iran’s circumstances at the time\, sought to open a challenging path between traditional structures and the creation of a modern state in Iran. \n  \n  \nAli Gheissari studied law and political science at Tehran University and history at Oxford and later taught at the University of San Diego. He has held visiting appointments at St. Antony’s College\, Oxford\, Brown University\, and the University of California\, Irvine\, and has written extensively in Persian and English on the intellectual history and politics of modern Iran and on modern philosophy and social theory. More recent publications include Iranian Studies: Selected Writings (Brill\, 2026); “Lost and found in translation: Kant in Persian Philosophical Prose” (Sophia Perennis\, Iranian Institute of Philosophy\, 2025); “Fruits of the Gardens: Ethics\, Metaphysics\, and Textual Pleasures in late Qajar Iran” (Journal of Persianate Studies\, 2024); and “Unequal Treaties and the Question of Sovereignty in Qajar and early Pahlavi Iran” (Ann Lambton Memorial Lecture\, 2023). Professor Gheissari has been the Editor-in-Chief of Iranian Studies; is on the Editorial Board of Iran Studies book series (published by Brill); and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Persian Heritage Foundation. His current research is on aspects of legal and constitutional history of modern Iran.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/bilingual-lecture-series-ali-gheissari/
LOCATION:314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Ct\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iranian,Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260121T160000
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SUMMARY:A Tattered Leaf Covers the Torn: Class Dynamics of Buddhist Charity in Vietnam
DESCRIPTION:Professor Sara Ann Swenson (Dartmouth College) presents new research on how global trends in humanitarianism are enacted at the local level through the everyday ethics and informal practices of low-income and middle-class Buddhist volunteers in Vietnam. \nStudies of humanitarianism tend to focus on the large-scale. They analyze disaster relief\, international diplomacy\, development politics\, and privatized welfare. These studies highlight trends and policies that suggest generosity is becoming homogenized into “industrialized philanthropy.” Yet when global trends actualize in local communities\, diverse ethics and interpretations of care reemerge. Differences flourish and conflicts arise over how to best care for others.  \nSara Ann Swenson’s research examines the point at which national trends toward philanthropy are enacted on the ground by focusing on the role of low-income and middle-class Buddhist volunteers in Vietnam. Informal giving and “random acts of kindness” are difficult to quantify\, meaning they are often overlooked among large-scale studies of humanitarianism. Yet these everyday ethics of care are also a major way that citizens—particularly low-income earners and middle-class workers—transform ethics of care into civic engagement and moral citizenship. Moreover\, as volunteers draw on Buddhist teachings and practices to explain care in Vietnam\, their religious ethics permeate secular and public institutions such as hospitals\, universities\, and social service programs. Close qualitative research shows how—even as processes of giving are increasingly globalized—the motivations\, experiences\, and relationships that arise from giving can vary greatly by context\, depending on intersectional dynamics between donors and recipients. Researchers must always attend to questions of who is giving to whom and why for a comprehensive understanding of how social service needs are being met amid high-speed development and privatization in late socialist countries like Vietnam. \nRegister here. \nSara Ann Swenson is an Assistant Professor in Religion at Dartmouth College. She researches contemporary Buddhism in Vietnam. She holds a PhD and MPhil in Religion from Syracuse University\, an MA in Comparative Religion from Iliff School of Theology\, and a BA in English from the University of Minnesota Duluth. Her book Near Light We Shine: Buddhist Charity in Urban Vietnam is forthcoming with Oxford University Press. \nSponsor(s): Center for Buddhist Studies\, Center for the Study of Religion\, Center for Southeast Asian Studies
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/a-tattered-leaf-covers-the-torn-class-dynamics-of-buddhist-charity-in-vietnam/
LOCATION:Royce 243
CATEGORIES:CSR
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