BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//UCLA Humanities - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for UCLA Humanities REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250424T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250424T190000 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250424T001127Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250424T002025Z UID:2191357-1745514000-1745521200@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Naoíse Mac Sweeney | “The Birth of the Ancient Greek World: Migration\, Urbanisation\, and the Emergence of Greekness?” DESCRIPTION:Annual UCLA Joan Palevsky Lecture Professor \nNaoíse Mac Sweeney\, University of Vienna \n“The Birth of the Ancient Greek World: Migration\, Urbanisation\, and the Emergence of Greekness?” \nLecture summary:  By the start of the classical period\, the Greek world stretched from Spain to Cyprus\, and from Libya to the Crimea\, and was comprised of over 1\,000 autonomous polities. In this lecture\, I will consider how this geographically dispersed and politically fragmented Greek world came into being over the course of the 11th to sixth centuries BCE\, focusing in particular on new data from archaeological surveys designed to uncover processes of urbanisation and migration at varying scales. This new data suggests divergent pathways to Greekness in different parts of the Greek world\, with the adoption of Greek lifestyles and cultural traits happening at radically different times and in response to different local contexts. If\, as this evidence suggests\, the Greek world was forged in a more piecemeal and uneven manner than previously thought\, does this have implications for what we assume the Greek world fundamentally was? \nAbout the speaker: Naoíse Mac Sweeney\, professor of Greek archaeology at the University of Vienna\, is the author of books including “Community Identity and Archaeology” (2011)\, “Foundation Myths and Politics in Ancient Ionia” (2013)\, “Troy: Myth\, City\, Icon” (2018) and\, most recently\, “The West: A New History of an Old Idea” (2023). \nKindly RSVP at collegeevents@support.ucla.edu. URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/naoise-mac-sweeney-the-birth-of-the-ancient-greek-world-migration-urbanisation-and-the-emergence-of-greekness/ LOCATION:Fowler Museum CATEGORIES:Humanities,Palevsky Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cropped-PalevskyLect2025_NaoiseMacSweeney.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250426T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250426T173000 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250214T154820Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250227T181029Z UID:2190747-1745658000-1745688600@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:“Hybridity”: In-Between People\, Texts & Objects Across the Early Global World – MEMSA Graduate Student Conference DESCRIPTION:The 5th Annual Conference of the UCLA Medieval and Early Modern Student Association seeks to highlight the innovative work of graduate students on the manifold ways people\, texts\, and objects “in-between” shaped the early global world\, from the early medieval to the late early modern periods. Presentations will engage with the concept of the so-called “hybrid\,” asking: what does it mean to label something as in-between\, mixed\, syncretic\, blended\, amalgamated\, or composite? To what end might something be constituted as “hybrid”? Does “hybridity” as a term still carry meaning when encompassing so much? Does the contact and exchange of people\, things\, and ideas inevitably result in “hybridity”? The event seeks to problematize the term and its synonyms\, thinking about “hybridity” as a threshold of negotiation\, contestation\, in(ter)vention\, interpretation\, translation\, and debate. \nRegister to attend in Royce 306 \nOrganized by the Officers of MEMSA: Chase Caldwell Smith\, Sofía Yazpik\, Miranda Heaner\, and Stanley Wu \nSponsored by the UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/hybridity-in-between-people-texts-objects-across-the-early-global-world-memsa-graduate-student-conference/ LOCATION:Royce 306 CATEGORIES:Humanities,MEMSA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CFP-MEMSA-Conference-Poster-2025-Hybridity-e1739473828451-vOXA5o.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250427T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250427T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250203T184324Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250203T184950Z UID:2190438-1745762400-1745769600@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Chamber Music at the Clark 30th Anniversary presents Borromeo String Quartet DESCRIPTION:Concert presented in honor of Bruce Whiteman \nEach visionary performance of the award-winning Borromeo String Quartet strengthens and deepens its reputation as one of the most important ensembles of our time. Admired and sought after for both its fresh interpretations of the classical music canon and its championing of works by twentieth- and twenty-first-century composers\, the ensemble has been hailed for its “edge-of-the-seat performances” by the Boston Globe\, which called it “simply the best.” \nThe group recently premiered new works written for it by Sebastian Currier and Aaron Jay Kernis at recitals at Carnegie Hall\, Shriver Concerts\, and the Tippet Rise Art Center. The ensemble continues to perform violinist Nicholas Kitchen’s transcriptions of Bach’s Goldberg Variations and the Well-Tempered Clavier Bk. I\, the latter of which the BSQ recently released as an acclaimed premiere recording which hit the billboard charts. \nFurther details and the complete program are on the website. URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/chamber-music-at-the-clark-30th-anniversary-presents-borromeo-string-quartet/ 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Borromeo_Jurgen-Frank_FLYER.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Clark Library":MAILTO:clark@humnet.ucla.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250428T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250428T123000 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250405T050107Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250405T051032Z UID:2191231-1745838000-1745843400@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Teaching for Thinking DESCRIPTION:Join us for the third and final session of our Critical Thinking Focused Teaching Workshop\, hosted by the University of Queensland Critical Thinking Project (UQCTP) and sponsored by the UCLA Department of Philosophy and HumTech. \nThis session challenges the false dichotomy of teaching for thinking and teaching for content knowledge. We will show that developing deep and complex content knowledge demands attention to how students think\, both as they are learning and in how they are using and creating new knowledge. The extent to which we value explicit teaching must carry into the explicit teaching of thinking\, and the language and concepts of how this is best done are critical for effective pedagogical discussions.  A range of concepts and tools will be discussed that demonstrate practical guides to putting key principles of teaching for thinking into action. \nLunch will be provided to allow for informal conversation\, networking\, and deeper reflection on these practices. \nSpace is limited. Please RSVP. URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/teaching-for-thinking-2/ LOCATION:Young Research Library\, YRL 2"d Floor West Classroom 23167\, Los Angeles\, 90095\, United States CATEGORIES:HumTech Event,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Screenshot-2025-04-04-at-11.10.43 AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250428T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250428T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250222T163311Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250227T170639Z UID:2190890-1745848800-1745859600@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Symposium – (Mis)Using the Bible: White Evangelicalism & Christian Nationalism in America DESCRIPTION:White Evangelicalism and Christian Nationalism has occupied an increasingly prominent position since—and in many ways before—the first Trump administration. Events such as January 6 and the second Trump presidency have highlighted the entanglement of politics and religious belief that is central to Christian Nationalism. This symposium brings together several scholars to discuss various aspects of white Evangelicalism and Christian Nationalism\, particularly as they connect to modern and contemporary American politics. The symposium serves as a forum for investigating topics such as tolerance and religious pluralism\, the use of anti-abortion protests\, and the intersection of race and Christian Nationalism. Further\, the symposium opens a discussion on how Evangelicalism and Christian Nationalism use and misuse biblical and historical material to bolster their narratives. \n  \nSpace is limited. RSVP here for the in-person event. \nRegister here for the Zoom link here. \n  \nSymposium Schedule: \n2–2:10: Welcome – Carol Bakhos\, Chair\, Study of Religion \n2:10-2:30: Introduction and Opening Remarks by Gina Konstantopoulos\, Symposium Moderator – “Evangelizing Antiquity: The Museum of the Bible and the Appropriation of the Past” \n2:30-3:00 Sophie Bjork-James – “To Be Pro-life in an Age of Extinction: Abortion\, Christian Nationalism\, and Ecological Denial” \n3:00-3:20: Break \n3:20-3:50: Brooklyn Walker – “Counterpoint in the Heavenly Choir:  Christian Nationalism\, Anti-Christian Nationalism\, and the Multivocality of American Christianity” \n3:50-4:20: Michael R. Fisher\, Jr. – “Race\, Politics\, and Christian Nationalism in the Second Era of Trump” \n4:20-5: Discussion and Q&A \n  \nOpening Remarks: “Evangelizing Antiquity: The Museum of the Bible and the Appropriation of the Past” \nFounded in 2017 by David Green\, the Museum of the Bible stands as an impressive institution: it boasts seven floors and 430\,000 square feet of exhibition space\, all located two blocks from the National Mall in Washington DC. The museum presents a narrative wherein historical and religious evidence and artefacts are utilized to bolster an evangelical perspective. This talk discusses how the Museum of the Bible\, as well as other evangelical institutions\, utilize the past in particular in their attempt to craft—and moreover legitimize—their own\, often very specific\, narrative. \nGina Konstantopoulos is an associate professor in Assyriology and Cuneiform studies in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of California\, Los Angeles. Her research centers on religion\, magic\, and literature in Mesopotamia\, with a focus on the role of demons and monsters. She is the author of The Divine/Demonic Seven and the Place of Demons in Mesopotamia (Brill\, 2023). She has authored articles on demons and monsters in Mesopotamia\, translations of Sumerian and Akkadian texts\, and the reception of Mesopotamia in later pre-modern and modern contexts. \n  \n“To Be Pro-life in an Age of Extinction: Abortion\, Christian Nationalism\, and Ecological Denial” \nWithin Christian Nationalism\, anti-abortion and anti-environmental politics are united. Since white evangelicals adopted an anti-abortion stance between the late 1970s and early 1980s\, they have sought to make it the most significant moral issue of our time. Abortion can then act as a moral pivot\, re-directing concern away from other problems\, especially environmental ones. Drawing on long-term research on white evangelical politics in Colorado\, this talk shows how within Christian Nationalism concern about abortion often serves to occlude care about the environment and the climate crisis. The significance of this is hard to overstate in our current era of climate crisis and species collapse. \nSophie Bjork-James is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University. She has over ten years of experience researching both the US based Religious Right and the white nationalist movements. She is the author of The Divine Institution: White Evangelicalism’s Politics of the Family (Rutgers 2021\, winner of the Anne Bolin & Gil Herdt Book Prize) and the co-editor of Beyond Populism: Angry Politics and the Twilight of Neoliberalism (2020). She has been interviewed on the NBC Nightly News\, NPR’s All Things Considered\, BBC Radio 4’s Today\, and in the New York Times. Her work has received support the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research\, the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion\, the American Academy of Religion\, the National Science Foundation\, and the Mellon Foundation. She is currently working on a new book exploring how young people understand abortion in a state that has implemented a total abortion ban. \n  \n“Counterpoint in the Heavenly Choir:  Christian Nationalism\, Anti-Christian Nationalism\, and the Multivocality of American Christianity” \nThe Bible has been used to give voice to the concepts of rule by religious precept and ethnocentrism central to Christian nationalism. But\, in opposition to religious nationalism\, the Bible has also been used to proclaim themes of pluralism\, equality\, and liberty. Using data drawn from a survey of American Christians\, I explore the extent to which both Christian nationalist and anti-Christian nationalist ideas derived from the Bible have taken hold in the public. Among American Christians\, support for Christian nationalism and anti-Christian nationalism are positively linked. While anti-Christian nationalist ideas have the potential to improve tolerance\, feelings of threat can silence these messages supportive of religious pluralism. \nBrooklyn Walker is an Instructor of Political Science at Hutchinson Community College and will be joining the University of Tennessee-Knoxville as Assistant Professor in the fall of 2025. Brooklyn is interested in how people come to think of themselves as members of politicized groups and in the effects of politicized identities on intergroup relations and public opinion. Her projects have explored the intersections of Christian nationalism and religious and racial group identities. She also researches in the areas of political psychology\, racial and ethnic politics\, and gender and politics. \n  \n“Race\, Politics\, and Christian Nationalism in the Second Era of Trump” \nAlthough Christian nationalism ideology resonates across the United States\, it’s important to recognize that\, like many demographic groups\, supporters of Christian nationalism don’t universally subscribe to the same ideas. Existing research focuses almost exclusively on White Americans who qualify as Christian nationalism adherents and sympathizers (hereafter Christian nationalists) and does so through observational analysis with few exceptions. This presentation leverages observational analysis and causal inference to examine the ideological and political differences between Black\, White\, and Latine Americans who qualify as Christian nationalists. \nMichael R. Fisher Jr.\, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor in the political economy of race/racism in the Department of African American and African Studies and is a Faculty Affiliate at the Center for the Study of Religion at The Ohio State University. Trained as an interdisciplinary scholar\, Dr. Fisher’s areas of specialization include race\, policy\, and socio-economic inequality and race and religion. He holds research appointments at the Metropolitan Policy Center at American University\, the National Initiative of Mixed-Income Communities at Case Western Reserve University\, and the Institute for Gender Studies at the University of South Africa. He is also a 2023–25 Public Fellow with the Public Religion Research Institute and is editor of Confronting Racism and White Supremacy in the US: Twenty-First-Century Theological Perspectives (Friendship Press\, 2024). \n  \nOrganized by Gina Konstantopoulos\nCo-sponsored by the UCLA Department of History and Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/symposium-misusing-the-bible-white-evangelicalism-christian-nationalism-in-america/ LOCATION:Royce Hall 306/Zoom CATEGORIES:CSR ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Christian-nationalism_header-mnRFdM.tmp_.png ORGANIZER;CN="Center for the Study of Religion":MAILTO:csr@humnet.ucla.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250503T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250503T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250202T103308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250227T181030Z UID:2190396-1746264600-1746288000@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:California Medieval Seminar (Spring 2025) 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. \nMore information can be found here. \nRegister to attend in Royce 306 \nRegister to attend via Zoom URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/california-medieval-seminar-spring-2025/ LOCATION:Royce 306 CATEGORIES:California Medieval History Seminar,Humanities ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ceilings-of-the-cappella-palatina-in-palermo-jKzxKH.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250503T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250503T153000 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250203T184930Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250203T184930Z UID:2190445-1746280800-1746286200@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:The Art of Duo: A Journey through Europe to the USA from 1700 to 1930 DESCRIPTION:Ambroise Aubrun\, violin\nSteven Vanhauwaert\, piano \n“ A Journey through Europe to the USA from 1700 to 1930” invites you to an exploration of the violin and piano duo’s rich history. Each piece performed will reflect the evolving styles and cultural influences that shaped the duo’s repertoire from the baroque era to the early 20th century. The performance is complemented by engaging presentations and discussions\, offering a guide to a deeper understanding of this timeless repertoire. \nFurther details and the complete program are on the website. URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/the-art-of-duo-a-journey-through-europe-to-the-usa-from-1700-to-1930/ 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Ambroise-et-Steven-Sm-res-3329.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250508T111500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250508T121500 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250211T153620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250227T170639Z UID:2190644-1746702900-1746706500@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Progressive Activists and the Bible DESCRIPTION:Some of America’s most effective reformers did not just refer to the Bible\, but fused their own struggles with its narratives\, seeing themselves as part of a cosmic divine battle within history. Claudia Setzer will have us consider how abolitionist Frederick Douglass\, Civil Rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer and others used multiple methods of biblical interpretation to make sense of their struggles and to reject despair. We will also consider contemporary activist groups that root themselves in the Bible and religious traditions. \nRegister here for the Zoom link. URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/progressive-activists-and-the-bible/ LOCATION:Online on Zoom CATEGORIES:CSR ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Claudia-Setzer_header-8BRhBl.tmp_.png ORGANIZER;CN="Center for the Study of Religion":MAILTO:csr@humnet.ucla.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250508T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250508T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250422T225826Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250513T174345Z UID:2191350-1746720000-1746723600@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Level Up: Careers in Digital Media DESCRIPTION:Wondering how to apply your UCLA Humanities skills in an increasingly online world? Log on to learn from our alumni panelists\, who will share their experiences curating content\, crafting 21st-century narratives\, and leveraging digital tools. \nTo register\, go to: Level Up: Careers in Digital Media \nMeet our moderator: \nDaniel Scott Snelson \n \nDaniel Scott Snelson is a writer\, editor\, and archivist working as an Assistant Professor in the Departments of English and Design Media Arts at UCLA\, where he serves as faculty for the Digital Humanities\, the Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies\, and the UCLA Game Lab. His online editorial work can be found on PennSound\, Eclipse\, UbuWeb\, Jacket2\, and the EPC. Published books works include Elden Poem (Hysterically Real\, 2022)\, Full Bleed: A Mourning Letter for the Printed Page (Sync\, 2019)\, Apocalypse Reliquary: 1984-2000 (Monoskop\, 2018)\, Radios (Make Now\, 2016)\, EXE TXT (Gauss PDF\, 2015)\, Epic Lyric Poem (Troll Thread\, 2014)\, and Inventory Arousal with James Hoff (Bedford Press/Architectural Association\, 2011). With Mashinka Firunts Hakopian and Avi Alpert\, he performs as one-third of the academic performance group Research Service. His forthcoming book\, The Little Database: A Poetics of Media Formats (University of Minnesota Press\, 2025)\, examines the networked afterlives of media-reflexive works of art and letters. \nMeet our panelists: \nJosh Levine \n  \nJosh Levine is an entrepreneur whose journey has been defined by spotting the gaps where music\, technology\, and culture intersect. As an industry outsider by design\, he brings fresh perspectives to established systems and creates opportunities where others see roadblocks\, which has made him a valuable guide for those navigating their own entrepreneurial paths. \nAs co-founder of Rebel Creator Services\, Josh identified a critical gap in digital rights management costing music artists millions in lost revenue. His company empowers independent musicians to maximize their YouTube earnings in an increasingly complex digital landscape. Josh also leads A Coffee Called Folks\, a coffee brand celebrating hiphop culture\, and co-founded LA TO IBIZA Records with his teenage son Justin – a family business in its early stages launching Justin’s career in house music while creating opportunities for other young artists. \nJosh’s innovative brand-culture partnerships include serving as head of global brand partnerships for Linkin Park\, generating multimillion-dollar collaborations with Mercedes-AMG and Intel. His pioneering work helped Toyota launch its youth-focused Scion brand\, positioned Dr Pepper as an early leader in esports\, and guided 7UP into EDM culture through collaborations with global stars like Tiësto. \nSince 2015\, Josh has hosted the Rebel Radio podcast\, uncovering business and life lessons in over 300 interviews with artists and creative entrepreneurs. His work has been featured in Forbes\, Brand Week\, Advertising Age\, and the Wall Street Journal. \nJosh began his career as a music journalist writing for The Source and Vibe\, before evolving into artist management and founding culture-marketing agency Rebel Industries. A UCLA graduate with a degree in Linguistics and Psychology\, he also holds a Certificate in Business Management from USC’s Marshall School of Business. \n*Josh is available for solo presentations or\, for select topics\, can present alongside his son Justin as a father-son entrepreneurial team discussing their journey building LA TO IBIZA Records together.* \nJordan Galczynski \n \nJordan Galczynski (she/her) manages the Instructional Technology Group within Humanities Technology\, overseeing lab and learning spaces\, a team of graduate students serving as Research and Instructional Technology Consultants (RITCs)\, and internal Digital Humanities projects (DH Accelerator). She received her Ph.D. from UCLA in Egyptology in 2024. Jordan co-hosts a podcast\, Afterlives of Ancient Egypt\, and writes on the Substack Ancient/Now\, discussing the intersection of the ancient and modern worlds. \nEmily Pitcher \n \nEmily Pitcher (aka SonderingEmily) is a game developer and content creator\, sharing her journey making games and her favorite indie games. She’s been featured in Forbes 30 under 30 Games\, The Game Awards Future Class\, Business Insider\, Polygon\, and Entrepreneur. Currently\, she’s making lily’s world XD\, a Y2K inspired horror game about investigating a young girl’s computer. Everything seems normal until you find messages addressed to you. Previously\, she worked at Meta and Yahoo. \nFrancesca Albrezzi \n \nFrancesca Albrezzi\, Ph.D. has worked with museums for over a decade\, including the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (Washington\, D.C.)\, the Institut national d’histoire de l’art (Paris\, France)\, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art\, and the Getty Research Institute (Los Angeles\, California). She completed her doctoral degree in the Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance at UCLA\, as well as a Digital Humanities Graduate Certificate through UCLA’s Center for Digital Humanities. Her dissertation interrogates modes of publishing\, display\, and information capture in museums and archives that illustrate a break from “traditional” models\, and argues that digital modalities provide a distinctly different paradigm for epistemologies of art and culture that offer greater contextualized understandings. Specifically\, she is interested in spectrums of immersive experience within GLAM organizations as offered by technologies such as virtual reality\, augmented reality\, and 360 photo and video capture. Dr. Albrezzi also has significant experience developing digital tools\, such as The Getty Scholars’ Workspace™ for conducting collaborative arts research and preservation. She was aHASTAC Scholar\, has worked and taught within the field of Digital Humanities\, Art History\, and Cultural Studies for eight years\, and helped to produce an online digital art history textbook. Currently\, she is a digital research consultant at the Institute for Digital Research and Education at UCLA. URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/level-up-careers-in-digital-media/ LOCATION:On Zoom CATEGORIES:Humanities Division ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Career-Panel-Series-banner-updated-2022.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250513T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250513T133000 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250213T153336Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250227T170640Z UID:2190712-1747139400-1747143000@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Power and Alterity in Black Religious Thought DESCRIPTION:Who is the human? What is legitimate religion? Who is left out of these discourses? Questions of power\, humanity\, and alterity animate religious discourse and responses to oppression. Leveraging the Rastafari movement and interrogating religious racism this talk will allow us to grapple with 20th century Black religious discourses and their continued relevance for thinking about how to protect religious freedom in the contemporary moment. \nRSVP here for in-person event. \nRegister here for Zoom link. \nShamara Wyllie Alhassan is Assistant Professor of African American Studies at the University of California – Los Angeles. Alhassan comes to UCLA from Arizona State University where she was Assistant Professor of Religious Studies in the School of Historical\, Philosophical and Religious Studies. As a transdisciplinary Africana Studies scholar of religion\, philosophy\, and gender theory\, Alhassan transnational ethnographic work focuses on Black women’s radical epistemologies in Africa and the Caribbean. She is interested in the healing communities Rastafari women form to combat anti-black gendered racism and religious discrimination. Her forthcoming book tentatively titled\, Re-Membering the Maternal Goddess: Rastafari Women’s Intellectual History and Activism in the Pan-African World is the winner of the National Women’s Association and University of Illinois Press First Book Prize. She is the co-editor of the book\, Black Women and Da Rona: Community\, Consciousness\, and Ethics of Care\, published with the Feminist Wire Series Books at the University of Arizona Press in 2023. Her published work also appears in Callaloo\, the National Political Science Review\, Religions\, The Black Scholar\, IDEAZ journal\, Political Theology Network\, the Immanent Frame\, and Caliban’s Readings. She is a Crossroads Arts Fellow with The Crossroads Project Black Religious\, Histories\, Communities and Cultures at Princeton University. Currently\, she serves as the Secretary of Rastafari Thought at the Caribbean Philosophical Association\, on the board of the Religion\, Medicines\, and Healing Unit at the American Academy of Religion\, and an organizer of the Collaborative for Research on Black Women and Girls. URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/power-and-alterity-in-black-religious-thought/ LOCATION:Kaplan 365 CATEGORIES:CSR ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Shamara-Wyllie-Alhassan_header-GSYT95.tmp_.png ORGANIZER;CN="Center for the Study of Religion":MAILTO:csr@humnet.ucla.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250514T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250514T180000 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250213T074926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250512T224844Z UID:2190705-1747238400-1747245600@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Pourdavoud Lecture Series: Wu Xin DESCRIPTION:Imperial Foundations of the Silk Road: Persian Roads and Han Walls\n \nWhile the Silk Road is often celebrated as a pivotal example of early globalization\, scholarship has primarily focused on the consequences of its connectivity\, neglecting the crucial question of its formation and operational logistics. This lecture re-examines the origins and mechanisms of this trans-Eurasian network during the latter half of the first millennium BCE. It posits that the imperial ambitions of the Achaemenid Persian and Han Chinese dynasties were fundamental in establishing this communication network. Specifically\, the Persian Royal Road facilitated movement from Central Asia to the Mediterranean\, while the Han dynasty’s extensive wall systems provided security and strategic control from Chang’an to Samarkand. This analysis\, drawn on archaeological discoveries from Central Asia and wester China\, argues that the combined infrastructural investments of these geographically and temporally distinct empires laid the groundwork for the roads that ultimately interconnected the ancient Eurasian world. \nAbout the Speaker  \nWu Xin received her undergraduate and master’s training at Beijing University\, focusing on Chinese archaeology and Central Asian Buddhist Art. She earned her PhD at the University of Pennsylvania\, specializing in the art and archaeology of the ancient Near East. Her dissertation\, titled “Central Asia in the Context of the Achaemenid Persian Empire (6th to 4th Centuries B.C.)\,” reflects her interest in the interactions between Central Asia and the Achaemenid imperial power. With extensive experience in archaeological projects\, Wu Xin directed the Kyzyltepa Project in Uzbekistan and is finalizing a monograph titled Persia and the East\, which presents her renewed scholarship on the relationships between Central Asia\, the Eurasian steppe\, and the Achaemenid Empire. Previously a professor in the Department of History at Fudan University in Shanghai\, Wu Xin currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology at Bryn Mawr College. \n \n\n\nPourdavoud Lecture Series – Wu Xin\n\n \n\n\n\nName*\n\n \n \n First\n \n \n \n Last\n \n\nEmail*\n\n \n \n\nAffiliation*\n\n\n\n \n UCLA Student\n \n\n \n UCLA Faculty or Staff\n \n\n \n UCLA Alumnus/Alumna\n \n\n \n Non-UCLA Student\n \n\n \n Non-UCLA Faculty or Staff\n \n\n \n General Public\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\nAttending Online or In-Person?\n\n\n\n \n In-Person\n \n\n \n Online URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/pourdavoud-lecture-series-wu-xin/ LOCATION:306 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Pourdavoud-Lecture-Series-Wu-Xin-web-7gg3Wl.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250517T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250517T110000 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250516T171924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250611T235006Z UID:2191640-1747476000-1747479600@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Gefyra Book Club: “Niki: A Novel” by Christos Chomenidis DESCRIPTION:Gefyra Book Club: Niki: A Novel by Christos Chomenidis\, trans. Patricia Felisa Barbeito\n(Other Press\, 2023) \nDiscussion led by Professor Sharon Gerstel\, Director\, UCLA SNF Hellenic Center\nand Dr. Eirini Kotsovili\, Senior Lecturer\, Global Humanities at Simon Fraser University \nSaturday\, May 17\, 2025\n10 a.m. Los Angeles / 8 p.m. Greece\nVia Zoom \nRSVP here: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tOd7OiJDRcCfM5-T2u0Ecg \nThis academic year’s book club is held in English and will feature Greek books in translation. For future book selections and meeting dates\, click here. \nBorn in 1938\, Niki\, the daughter of the deputy secretary general of the Greek Communist Party\, is swept up in turmoil before her first birthday: her parents are arrested\, and she joins her mother in exile on an island near Santorini. Growing up\, she experiences the Italian and German invasion\, the Nazi occupation\, and the civil war that came after\, often caught between her socialist values and those of the right-wing establishment\, to which half her relatives belong. Through her memories and the stories of her family\, with roots on both coasts of the Aegean Sea\, Niki also tells the history of Greece and Asia Minor from the late nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth. Her remarkable tales\, full of humor and verve in spite of hardship\, are populated by working-class heroes\, privileged elites\, daring revolutionaries\, and free-spirited bohemians. \nChristos Chomenidis was born in Athens\, Greece. In addition to writing novels\, Chomenidis has hosted his own nationally broadcast radio show\, written scripts for cinema and television\, and writes a column for Greece’s largest newspaper\, Ta Nea. His novel Νiki won the 2021 European Book Prize\, and his works have been translated into numerous languages. \nPatricia Felisa Barbeito is Professor of American Literatures at the Rhode Island School of Design and a translator of modern Greek fiction and poetry. Her translations include Elias Maglinis’s The Interrogation\, which was awarded the 2013 Modern Greek Studies Association’s Constantinides Memorial Translation Prize\, M. Karagatsis’s The Great Chimera\, and Amanda Michalopoulou’s God’s Wife\, which was short-listed for the 2020 National Translation Award. \nThis program is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nLinks to purchase book: \nhttps://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/niki-christos-chomenidis/1142242207?ean=9781635421972 \nhttps://otherpress.com/product/niki-9781635421972/ \nhttps://www.amazon.com/Niki-Novel-Christos-Chomenidis/dp/1635421977 \nThe Gefyra Book Club meeting is part of Gefyra (Bridge)\, a collaborative program established by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and the Simon Fraser University SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies with support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/gefyra-book-club-niki-a-novel-by-christos-chomenidis/ LOCATION:by Zoom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Niki-A-Novel-8QJXaw.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250519T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250521T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250512T202418Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250516T170539Z UID:2191535-1747648800-1747843200@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Professional Writing Minor Capstone Seminar Colloquium DESCRIPTION:4th annual Professional Writing Minor Capstone Seminar Colloquium\n“Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere.”\n-Anne Lamott \nAbout The Event\nUCLA Writing Programs and the Department of English cordially invite you to our fourth annual Professional Writing Minor Capstone Seminar Colloquium\, organized as part of Undergraduate Research Week 2025. In this series of panels\, students from the Professional Writing Minor (PWM) will present an exciting array of capstone seminar projects. \nA new and growing minor with just eleven graduating seniors in 2020\, forty-three of the PWM’s eighty-one graduating seniors in AY 24-25 will present on a rich diversity of topics that exemplify the range\, depth\, and individualized paths possible within the Professional Writing Minor. From Rachel Zegler to the Armenian diaspora\, urban planning to the effects of SSRIs during pregnancy\, students from diverse majors will share their original work in a range of genres including memoirs\, websites\, zines\, research articles\, and digital marketing campaigns. \nThe colloquium is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Friends\, family\, faculty\, staff\, and students are welcome to attend. Join us to experience writing as an act of both communication and exploration as these emerging writers and soon-to-be graduates share their insights and discoveries. \nSchedule\n \nList of Presenters\nAnnika Anbiai-Fard\nMatthew Beymer\nMadison Browning\nAngelica Catalan\nNatalie Chapin\nLeila Chiddick\nDanielle Cho\nNaomi Chou\nJonathan Cohn\nNatalie Denhardt\nEmmy Etlin\nDelia Falliers\nMiranda Fogel\nLuciaceleste Garcia\nSarah Gauger\nRoxanne Ha\nLucy Herlihy\nMicah Hoffman\nAda Jack\nOlivia Johnson\nAmariyah Lane-Volz\nSophie Lattu\nSophia Manos\nAlex McCullough\nJacob Mora\nAutumn Morgan\nKimberly Muro\nPacheco Nicole\nIsabella Orr\nKristen Perez\nValerie Prado\nMaya Rego\nIsabel Rodriguez\nOluwadamilola Salami\nDiana Sargsyan\nLeah Snyderman\nJane Sonnichsen\nJanelle Soriano\nCitlali Tejeda\nSoraya Tofighrad\nTaylor Wallace\nSiena Wong\nEsther Zhang \nThe PWM Capstone Seminars are led in Sp25 by Writing Programs faculty\, Drs. Amber West\, Dana Cairns Watson\, Laurel Westrup\, and Maja Manojlovic. \nEvent flyer links: 8.5×11 / Square URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/professional-writing-minor-capstone-seminar-colloquium/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Writing Programs Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250521T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250521T180000 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250512T224844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250512T224844Z UID:2191545-1747843200-1747850400@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Pourdavoud Lecture Series: Gunvor Lindström DESCRIPTION:The Denavar Satyrs as Time Travelers: From Ancient Persia to Greece\, Rome\, and 20th Century Collections\n \nThe influence of Greco-Roman artistic traditions on the Parthian Empire (c. 250 BCE–225 CE) remains a subject of debate\, with little direct evidence attesting to their presence. One long-overlooked artifact that challenges this assumption is the recently reconstructed Denavar Vase\, a monumental stone bowl adorned with a satyr frieze in the Greek style. The reconstruction of this bowl—its fragments now dispersed across museums and collections on three continents—suggests that it once formed part of a local ruler’s palace décor\, reflecting a deep engagement with the visual language of the Roman elite. The second part of this lecture traces the biographies of these fragments since their discovery around 1914. It will follow the track of famous scholars and connoisseurs who incorporated the pieces into their collections\, and go on a varied journey through the art history and historiography of Hellenistic and Parthian art. This journey also explores 19th-century decorative arts and museum presentations\, ultimately navigating the political history from the First to the end of the Second World War. \nAbout the Speaker \n\n \nDr. Gunvor Lindström is a Classical Archaeologist with a deep engagement in neighboring disciplines. A leading expert on Hellenism in the Ancient East\, she has conducted extensive research across Central Asia\, Iran\, and Mesopotamia\, focusing on the Hellenistic and Parthian periods. Since 2004\, she has conceived and led several high-profile projects at the German Archaeological Institute’s Eurasia Department. Her work on Hellenistic and Kushan Bactria includes studies of votive practices\, notably the offerings from the famous Oxus Temple. She also discovered and excavated a Hellenistic sanctuary at Torbulok in modern Tajikistan (2013–2018)\, now a key reference point for Hellenistic Bactria. In recent years\, she has focused on Hellenistic art in Central Asia and Iran\, conducting the first systematic study of bronze and marble statues from Kale-e Chendar in Khuzestan (better known as Shami) and reconstructing a monumental bronze portrait statue of a Hellenistic ruler in the National Museum of Iran. \n\n\n\nPourdavoud Lecture Series – Gunvor Lindström\n\n \n\n\n\nName*\n\n \n \n First\n \n \n \n Last\n \n\nEmail*\n\n \n \n\nAffiliation*\n\n\n\n \n UCLA Student\n \n\n \n UCLA Faculty or Staff\n \n\n \n UCLA Alumnus/Alumna\n \n\n \n Non-UCLA Student\n \n\n \n Non-UCLA Faculty or Staff\n \n\n \n General Public\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\nAttending Online or In-Person?\n\n\n\n \n In-Person\n \n\n \n Online URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/pourdavoud-lecture-series-gunvor-lindstrom/ LOCATION:306 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Pourdavoud-Lecture-Series-Lindstroem-web-image-OcGkpI.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250523T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250523T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250516T171412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250516T171412Z UID:2191634-1748012400-1748030400@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Meditations Journal Conference 2025 DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 23\, 2025\n3:00 – 8:00 PM\nDodd Hall 399\n  \nPlease join us on Friday\, May 23\, 2025 at 3:00 PM in Dodd Hall 399 for the 2025 Meditations Journal Conference. \n  \nIn 2014\, the Philosophy Club at UCLA proudly hosted its first conference on behalf of Meditations: The Undergraduate Journal of Philosophy at UCLA. All participating authors and editors of the journal are undergraduate students who have dedicated several months to this philosophical project. This conference is an exciting opportunity to honor their hard work and hear them present their original ideas. \n  \nConference Program\n  \nComing soon! \n  \n  \nIf you have any questions\, please reach out to meditations.philosophy.journal@gmail.com. \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/meditations-journal-conference-2025/ LOCATION:Dodd Hall 399 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MEDITA-45pEZn.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250528T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250528T120000 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250522T224913Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250522T224913Z UID:2191663-1748430000-1748433600@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Works-in-Progress Session: Earth and Exchange: Tapia and the Construction of Early Modern Iberia DESCRIPTION:Presented by Rachel Schloss\, Doctoral Candidate\, University of California\, Los Angeles\n\nHosted by the Early Modern Research Group \nOnline event via Zoom\nTo register\, please visit: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/qHytTYlcTiiINu5XzDQiew\n \nEarthen materials have played a critical role in political and social development on the Iberian Peninsula. The unique geology of the Peninsula harbors rich soils\, minerals\, and clays that have featured in the built environment and material culture of diverse peoples and practices across the region up to the present: Spain and Portugal together are two of the world’s largest exporters of ceramics. Iberian earthen architectural traditions are part of this suite of practices\, but their deep importance to cultural and political realities is underexplored. \nIn this presentation\, Rachel Schloss analyzes the social\, cultural\, and technological history of tapia\, a system of rammed-earth building utilized on the Iberian Peninsula from the 11th to 17th centuries CE\, from which impressive large-scale structures were built\, including the Alhambra in Granada. In particular\, Schloss considers how the shifts and changes in the material and construction technology over time were underwritten by political developments and exchange of knowledge as well as shifting relationships with the environment and the earth. As tapia originated in the Near East\, Schloss reflects on the question: Is there such a thing as Iberian tapia? Finally\, by understanding tapia as a means to sculpt the Iberian built landscape out of earth\, Schloss demonstrates how the technology tells a story of the construction of Early Modern Iberian identity into the age of conquest\, where Iberians exported earthen practices and values to new places. \nRachel Schloss is a doctoral candidate in the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology\, where she studies early modern Andean and Iberian earthen practices\, and their roles in shaping built environments and the construction of Inca history. In her doctoral research\, Schloss combines methods from Archaeology\, Art and Architectural History\, Indigenous Studies\, and Geology. Additionally\, Schloss co-coordinates the Architecture Lab and Architecture Working Group at UCLA. Her research has been supported by UCLA’s Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies\, Latin American Institute\, Cotsen Institute\, and the Division of Graduate Education\, and by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada\, the Society of Architectural Historians\, and the Vernacular Architecture Forum. URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/works-in-progress-session-earth-and-exchange-tapia-and-the-construction-of-early-modern-iberia/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Center for 17th & 18th Century Studies,William Andrews Clark Memorial Library ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Schloss-WIP-Tapia.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250528T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250528T153000 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250516T165923Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250516T165923Z UID:2191625-1748440800-1748446200@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Writing Your Future: Careers and Pathways for Writers DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation with professionals from diverse fields who will share their career journeys—from the challenges and rewards of making a living as a writer to finding fulfilling work that keeps writing at the center. Whether you’re on a traditional career path or wondering how to build a life around writing\, this discussion will offer valuable insights into the many professional opportunities available to strong communicators. Bring your questions and learn how to turn your writing skills into a rewarding career after graduation. \nPanelists: \nLaShea Delaney\, Freelance Writer\, Theatermaker\, Wine Pro\nJeffrey Janis\, UCLA Peace Corps Campus Recruiter and Returned Volunteer (Ukraine)\nWilla Needham\, Communications Specialist\, UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (and UCLA alumna\, class of 2024)\nCarolyn Nelson Rowan\, J.D.\, Editor-in-Chief & Practicing Attorney\, Miller Starr Regalia \nWeek 9\, Wednesday \nMay 28\, 2025\n2:00 – 3:30 pm\n193 Kaplan Hall \nThis event is free and open to Professional Writing minors and other interested students. \nOrganized by UCLA Writing Programs’ Sp25 ECM185 instructors with grant support from the Teaching & Learning Center; for more information: wpinfo@humnet.ucla.edu. \n  \n  URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/writing-your-future-careers-and-pathways-for-writers-2/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Writing Programs Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Writing-Your-Future-Sp25-W9-PWM-panel-JBob2H.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250531T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250531T140000 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250522T220356Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250612T173711Z UID:2191660-1748689200-1748700000@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Clark Library Nature and Garden Festival DESCRIPTION:The Clark Library preserves and provides access to over 130\,000 books\, manuscripts\, and artworks dating from the 15th century to the present. But there is a library of living things on the five acres outside the library’s building\, too\, and this event will celebrate the urban nature and green spaces at the Clark – and across LA! \nAttendees can get garden advice from an expert UC Master Gardener\, go on bird walks with experienced guides from UCLA’s Bruin Birding Club\, and learn more about how people thought and learned about gardens and wild creatures in the 1700s through rare books on display inside the historic library building. Attendees will also be able to make their own field notebooks\, participate in a Clark Library Biodiversity survey on iNaturalist to help expand our knowledge of the library’s outdoor collections\, plant seeds to take home from our heirloom seed library\, trade plant cuttings and seeds with other attendees – and more! \nAll ages are welcome! Registration is free\, but limited; please fill out the form below. Guests are welcome to bring a lunch and picnic on the Clark grounds\, and to explore all of the day’s activities at their own pace. The Clark can be reached via LA Metro and LADOT Dash public transit\, and free parking and bike racks are available on site; please see here for more information and directions. URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/garden-festival/ 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Biomes_img_Revised-e1747951413392.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250614T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250614T143000 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250519T200515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250519T232339Z UID:2191642-1749906000-1749911400@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Humanities Division Commencement DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, June 14\, 2025\, 1 p.m.\, Royce Hall\nJoin us in historic Royce Hall as we celebrate this year’s graduating students from across the Humanities Division. \nOur distinguished commencement speaker be Carribean Fragoza\, award-winning author\, journalist\, editor\, artist and teacher. Fragoza earned degrees in comparative literature and Chicana and Chicano studies from UCLA in 2003. She is the author of the short story collection “Eat the Mouth That Feeds You” (2021) and “Writing Home: New Terrains of California” (2024) a collection of essays. (Read more about Carribean Fragoza here.) \nThe Humanities Division ceremony is for 2025 graduates in the following departments and programs: Art History; Asian Languages and Cultures; Classics; Comparative Literature; Digital Humanities; European Languages and Transcultural Studies; Near Eastern Languages and Cultures; Slavic\, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures; the Study of Religion IDP; and Spanish & Portuguese. \nPlease note that the English Department (Sunday\, June 15\, 2025\, 2 p.m.\, Dickson Court North)\, Linguistics Department (Sunday\, June 15\, 2025\, 5:30 p.m.\, Royce Hall) and Philosophy Department (Saturday\, June 14\, 2025\, 3:30 p.m.\, Royce Hall) each have their own departmental ceremonies. \nFor complete information about the Humanities Commencement\, including ticket information\, event guidelines and eligibility\, please visit the Humanities Division Commencement page. \nFor information about UCLA College Commencement\, visit the College Commencement page. \n  URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/humanities-division-commencement/ LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 10945 Dickson Drive\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States CATEGORIES:Humanities Division ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Graduates-tossing-caps-Royce-Hall.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250707T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250707T120000 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250626T231733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250626T232146Z UID:2191994-1751882400-1751889600@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:AI Ethics for Humanities and Social Science DESCRIPTION:Monday\, July 7\, 2025\, 10 a.m. – 12 noon\, Hybrid Event \nThis follow-up to the previous “Introduction to AI/ML/LLM for Humanities and Social Science” workshop builds upon the skills and techniques of using and implementing AI to discuss the technology’s social\, ethical\, and political ramifications\, along with guidelines to using AI for research and teaching. \nThe workshop will address critical ethical concerns surrounding AI\, including bias\, the network effects of dis- and misinformation\, and the authenticity of historical records and provide illustrative use case examples. Discussions will highlight issues of fairness\, intellectual property\, and academic integrity\, drawing from key scholarship in algorithmic ethics and data justice. \nBy the end of the session\, participants will gain a foundational understanding of AI’s role in the humanities\, along with practical tools and frameworks for critically engaging with these technologies in their own research and teaching. The workshop will devote significant time to group discussion\, where participants’ specific concerns and questions about the ethical and practical use of AI can be addressed. \nParticipants are also encouraged to reach out to the workshop organizers in advance with any questions or topics of interest\, which will be integrated into the workshop. \nHybrid Workshop (OARC Portal and Zoom): \n\nIn-person: Math Sciences 5628\nZoom: Link will be emailed to you \n\nFollow this link to register. URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/ai-ethics-for-humanities-and-social-science/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Screenshot-2025-06-26-161942.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250729T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250729T130000 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250630T225233Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T225450Z UID:2192001-1753790400-1753794000@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival: Webern Quartet DESCRIPTION:The Henry J. Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival is held in Lani Hall\, a 133-seat auditorium located in the Schoenberg Music Building on the UCLA campus. All concerts are free of charge\, and no reservations are required. Seating is available on a first-come\, first-served basis. \nLot 2 is the closest campus parking lot; click here for full details on UCLA visitor parking\, including campus parking maps and rates. \nThis year’s Festival will be livestreamed on the Center’s YouTube Channel. Please subscribe to our channel to be notified when the concerts go live. \n  \nFounded in Los Angeles in 2022\, the Webern Quartet has been featured in The New Yorker\, where they were praised as having “found the through line of Schoenberg’s personality.” \nThe Webern Quartet chose the name of Anton Webern\, former student of Arnold Schoenberg\, whose important string quartet oeuvre has been the starting point of the quartet. Next to their dedication to the works of the composers from the Second Viennese School\, the Webern Quartet is known for its committed and intimate interpretations of works from the classical repertoire to newly written music. \nIn 2023\, the Webern Quartet held an extensive residency at the Arnold Schoenberg Center in Vienna where they performed the complete Schoenberg quartets at two concerts on the same day. Through their work in Vienna with Henk Guittart of the Schoenberg Quartet (which in its time coached with Eugene Lehner of the renowned Kolisch Quartet\, Schoenberg’s preferred performers)\, the Webern Quartet is privileged to honor and continue an interpretive tradition of these quartets. \nThe quartet’s members are from Italy\, Japan\, South Korea\, and the U.S. \nProgram \nWolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–91)\nQuartet in F Major No. 23\, K. 590 \nI. Allegro moderato\nII. Andante/Allegretto\nIII. Menuetto: Allegretto – Trio\nIV. Allegro \nMaurice Ravel (1875–1937)\nString Quartet in F Major \nI. Allegro moderato – très doux\nII. Assez vif – très rythmé\nIII. Très lent\nIV. Vif et agité \nWebern Quartet\nBenjamin Hoffman\, violin\nChiai Tajima\, violin\nAlex Granger\, viola\nStella Cho\, cello  URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/bruman-summer-chamber-music-festival-webern-quartet/ LOCATION:Lani Hall\, Schoenberg Music Building CATEGORIES:Center for 17th & 18th Century Studies,Concerts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Webern-Quartet.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250731T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250731T130000 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250630T230004Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T230004Z UID:2192005-1753963200-1753966800@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival: Strings and Keys DESCRIPTION:The Henry J. Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival is held in Lani Hall\, a 133-seat auditorium located in the Schoenberg Music Building on the UCLA campus. All concerts are free of charge\, and no reservations are required. Seating is available on a first-come\, first-served basis. \nLot 2 is the closest campus parking lot; click here for full details on UCLA visitor parking\, including campus parking maps and rates. \nThis year’s Festival will be livestreamed on the Center’s YouTube Channel. Please subscribe to our channel to be notified when the concerts go live. \nStrings and Keys: A University of Utah Faculty Recital \nMichael Kaufmann\, cello\nSteven Vanhauwaert\, piano \nProgram \nClaude Debussy (1862–1918)\nSonata for Cello and Piano\, L. 135 \nI. Prologue\nII. Sérénade\nIII. Finale \nNadia Boulanger (1887–1979)\nTrois Pièces for Cello and Piano \nI. Modéré\nII. Sans vitesse et à l’aise\nIII. Vite et nerveusement rythmé \nGabriel Fauré (1845–1924)\nÉlégie\, op. 24 \nMaurice Ravel (1875–1937)\nPièce en Forme de Habañera\, M. 51 \nCamille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)\nSonata No. 1 in C Minor\, op. 32 \nI. Allegro\nII. Andante tranquillo e sostenuto\nIII. Allegro moderato \n  URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/bruman-summer-chamber-music-festival-strings-and-keys/ LOCATION:Lani Hall\, Schoenberg Music Building CATEGORIES:Center for 17th & 18th Century Studies,Concerts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Vanhauwaert-and-Kaufmann.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250801 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250803 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250512T203444Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250727T115644Z UID:2191540-1754006400-1754179199@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:New Directions in Philosophy of Social Science DESCRIPTION:August 1-2\, 2025\nRoyce Hall 306\nRSVP HERE\n  \n  \nPlease join us on August 1-2\, 2025 in Royce Hall 306 for a workshop on New Directions in Philosophy of Social Science. \n  \nIn recent years\, the philosophy of social science has undergone significant transformations\, spurred by advances in interdisciplinary research\, the growing complexity of social phenomena\, and evolving methodologies. This conference seeks to explore these emerging frontiers and chart new directions for the philosophy of social science. By bringing together a diverse group of leading scholars in the field\, we aim to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and cultivate innovative approaches to understanding the nature\, methods\, and aims of social inquiry. \n  \n\nConference Program\nClick to view talk abstracts. \n\n  \nFriday\, August 1st\n9:00 – 9:30 AM: Coffee & Light Breakfast \n9:30 – 10:15 AM: Kareem Khalifa\, UCLA: “Philosophy of Social Science: Setting the Agenda” \n10:15 – 11:30 AM: Ron Mallon\, Washington University in St. Louis: “The Resilience of Social Forms” \n11:30 – 11:45 AM: Break \n11:45 AM – 1:00 PM: Cailin O’Connor\, UC Irvine: “When is a Science not Really a Science?” \n1:00 – 2:00 PM: Lunch \n2:00 – 3:15 PM: Jennifer Jhun\, Duke University: “Revisiting the Question of Reduction in Economics” \n3:15 – 3:30 PM: Break \n3:30 – 4:45 PM: Paul A. Roth\, UC Santa Cruz: “Curbing Narrative Anxiety: Analytical Philosophy of History and the Norming of Narrative” \n  \nSaturday\, August 2nd\n9:30 – 10:00 AM: Coffee & Light Breakfast \n10:00 – 11:15 AM: Jonathan Y. Tsou\, University of Texas at Dallas: “Cross-Cultural Human Kinds and the Naturalness of Social Categories” \n11:15 – 11:30 AM: Break \n11:30 AM – 12:45 PM: David Henderson\, University of Nebraska-Lincoln: “Doing the Same Thing? Beating around the Bush.” \n12:45 – 2:00 PM: Lunch \n2:00 – 3:15 PM: Mark Risjord\, Emory University: “Closing the Gap of Inductive Risk: An Argument for Inquisitive Impartiality” \n3:15 – 3:30 PM: Break \n3:30 – 4:45 PM: Armin Schulz\, University of Kansas: “Agency: The Case for an Eliminative Pluralism” \n  \nDownload Conference Program\n  \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/new-directions-in-philosophy-of-social-science/ LOCATION:Royce Hall – Room 306 CATEGORIES:Work Shops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/NDPSS-Wordpress-Image-v2-tFG4Uo.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250805T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250805T130000 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250630T230556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T230826Z UID:2192008-1754395200-1754398800@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival: From Provence to Florence DESCRIPTION:The Henry J. Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival is held in Lani Hall\, a 133-seat auditorium located in the Schoenberg Music Building on the UCLA campus. All concerts are free of charge\, and no reservations are required. Seating is available on a first-come\, first-served basis. \nLot 2 is the closest campus parking lot; click here for full details on UCLA visitor parking\, including campus parking maps and rates. \nThis year’s Festival will be livestreamed on the Center’s YouTube Channel. Please subscribe to our channel to be notified when the concerts go live. \nSouthern Notes: From Provence to Florence\nMartin Chalifour\, violin\nAmbroise Aubrun\, violin\nPaul Coletti\, viola\nKate Hamilton\, viola\nCharlie Tyler\, cello\nGregory Hamilton\, cello \nProgram \nSergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)\nSonata for Two Violins in C Major\, op. 56 \nI. Andante cantabile\nII. Allegro\nIII. Commodo (quasi allegretto)\nIV. Allegro con brio \nMartin Chalifour\, Ambroise Aubrun\, violins \nPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–93)\nString Sextet in D Minor\, op. 70 (“Souvenir de Florence”) \nI. Allegro con spirito\nII. Adagio cantabile e con moto\nIII. Allegretto moderato\nIV. Allegro con brio e vivace URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/bruman-summer-chamber-music-festival-from-provence-to-florence/ LOCATION:Lani Hall\, Schoenberg Music Building CATEGORIES:Center for 17th & 18th Century Studies,Concerts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Florence_Cathedral.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250807T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250807T130000 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250630T231342Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T231342Z UID:2192011-1754568000-1754571600@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival: Mozart and Fauré Piano Quartets DESCRIPTION:The Henry J. Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival is held in Lani Hall\, a 133-seat auditorium located in the Schoenberg Music Building on the UCLA campus. All concerts are free of charge\, and no reservations are required. Seating is available on a first-come\, first-served basis. \nLot 2 is the closest campus parking lot; click here for full details on UCLA visitor parking\, including campus parking maps and rates. \nThis year’s Festival will be livestreamed on the Center’s YouTube Channel. Please subscribe to our channel to be notified when the concerts go live. \nMozart and Fauré Piano Quartets\nZachary Deak\, piano\nAmbroise Aubrun\, violin\nVirginie D’Avezac\, viola\nSophie Chauvenet\, cello \nProgram \nWolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–91)\nPiano Quartet in E-flat Major\, K.493 \nI. Allegro\nII. Larghetto\nIII. Allegretto \nGabriel Fauré (1845–1924)\nPiano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor\, op. 15 \nI. Allegro molto moderato\nII. Scherzo\, Allegro vivo\nIII. Adagio\nIV. Allegro molto URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/bruman-summer-chamber-music-festival-mozart-and-faure-piano-quartets/ LOCATION:Lani Hall\, Schoenberg Music Building CATEGORIES:Center for 17th & 18th Century Studies,Concerts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Mozart-at-keyboard.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250921 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250723T224104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T213055Z UID:2192185-1758240000-1758412799@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:SLIME 4 (Studies in Language\, Information\, Meaning and Expression) DESCRIPTION:September 19-20\, 2025\nRoyce Hall 314\nRSVP HERE\n  \nPlease join us for SLIME 4 (Studies in Language\, Information\, Meaning and Expression)\, a workshop at UCLA from September 19-20\, 2025. \n  \nThe conference is “pre-view”: recorded talks will be available ahead of time.  Discussion is led by a commentator (20 min)\, followed by replies from the speaker (20 min) and Q+A (60 min). We ask that all attendees view or read the talks prior to the day when they are being discussed. \n  \nThe most up-to-date schedule and information will be available on the workshop website HERE. \n  \nSpeakers\n\nAlan Fiske\, UCLA Anthropology\nAllison (Ari) Koslow\, UC Irvine Philosophy\nEllen Lau\, University of Maryland Linguistics\nKaren Lewis\, Barnard/Columbia Philosophy\nThi Nguyen\, University of Utah Philosophy\, & Ethan Nowak\, Stanford Philosophy\nMatthew Stone\, Rutgers Computer Science\n\n  \nCommentators\n\nEric Acton\, Eastern Michigan English Language & Literature\nIdan Asher Blank\, UCLA Psychology\nRosa Cao\, Stanford Philosophy\nDaniel Harris\, Hunter College Philosophy/CUNY Graduate Center\nRachel Rudolph\, UC San Diego Philosophy\nEvan Westra\, Purdue Philosophy\n\n  \nFaculty organizers: Joshua Armstrong\, Sam Cumming\, and Gabriel Greenberg \nEvents coordinator: Ashna Madni \n  \nWorkshop Program\n\nFriday\, September 19th\n10:00 AM – 11:40 AM: Matthew Stone & Una Stojnic\, “Meaning in Chatbots: A Critical Approach” / Commentator: Rosa Cao \n11:40 AM – 1:00 PM: Lunch \n1:00 PM – 2:40 PM: Alan Fiske\, “Representations of Social Relationships: Modes of Thought\, Means of Coordination” / Commentator: Evan Westra \n3:00 PM – 4:40 PM: Karen Lewis\, “Gamified Language Games” / Commentator: Dan Harris \n  \nSaturday\, September 20th\n10:00 AM – 11:40 AM: Ellen Lau\, “New directions for neurobiology of semantics: mental particulars and long-term knowledge” / Commentator: Idan Asher Blank \n11:40 AM – 1:00 PM: Lunch \n1:00 PM – 2:40 PM: Ari Koslow\, “What conceptual amelioration is good for” / Commentator: Rachel Rudolph \n3:00 PM – 4:40 PM: Thi Nguyen & Ethan Nowak\, “Slang is better” / Commentator: Eric Acton \n  \nRSVP HERE\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/slime-4-studies-in-language-information-meaning-and-expression/ LOCATION:Royce Hall 314\, 340 Royce Drive\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States CATEGORIES:Work Shops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SLIME-4-Wordpress-Image-v2-eAOqjz.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250924T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250924T140000 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250831T172111Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T213055Z UID:2192887-1758715200-1758722400@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:2025-26 Philosophy Department Open House DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, September 24\, 2025\n12:00 – 2:00 PM\nHershey Hall Salon (Room 158) & Courtyard\nRSVP HERE\n  \nPlease join us on Wednesday\, September 24\, 2025 from 12:00 – 2:00 PM for the Philosophy Department’s Annual Open House. It will take place at the Hershey Hall Salon (Room 158) & Courtyard. This event is open to current and incoming students. \n  \nEnjoy pizza and refreshments as you meet philosophy faculty\, staff\, and graduate students and learn more about the philosophy department in an informal setting. Students interested in learning more about the philosophy major/minor\, philosophy student clubs/organizations\, and philosophy courses in general are encouraged to attend! \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/2025-26-philosophy-department-open-house/ LOCATION:Hershey Hall Salon (Room 158) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2409-Open-House-Flyer-900-x-600-px-4KCRWf.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250924T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250924T140000 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250729T171322Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250808T172956Z UID:2192253-1758718800-1758722400@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:ELTS 2025 Fall Open House DESCRIPTION:  \n \nJoin us to explore all that ELTS has to offer—connect with faculty\, your academic counselor\, and fellow students\, and discover meaningful ways to engage with our vibrant community. \n  \nWednesday\, September 24th | 1pm – 2pm | Royce Hall 236 URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/elts-2025-fall-open-house/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250929T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250929T190000 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250831T172111Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250929T104434Z UID:2192888-1759167000-1759172400@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Philosophy First-Gen Welcome Party DESCRIPTION:Monday\, September 29\, 2025\n5:30 – 7:00 PM\nRoyce Hall 306\nRSVP HERE\n  \nCome and meet other first-generation Philosophy students\, faculty\, and staff! Food and beverages will be served. \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/philosophy-first-gen-welcome-party/ LOCATION:Royce Hall – Room 306 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2410-First-Gen-Welcome-Party-CwfIuJ.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251003 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251005 DTSTAMP:20260404T103435 CREATED:20250729T173616Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250808T172943Z UID:2192261-1759449600-1759622399@humanities.ucla.edu SUMMARY:On Land and Across the Sea: Boccaccio’s Other Wor(l)ds. Junctions and Interweavings Conference DESCRIPTION:To mark 650 years since Boccaccio’s death\, a conference on Boccaccio’s Other Wor(l)ds invites exploration of Boccaccio’s “Other Words” and “Other Worlds.” Boccaccio’s narratives—not limited to the Decameron—vividly depict cultural and intellectual exchanges\, emphasizing human behavior\, morality\, and societal complexities across the Mediterranean and beyond\, including Cathay. In the Decameron\, the Levant serves as a crucial geographical and cultural reference\, highlighting its role as a crossroads of commerce\, religion\, and cultural interaction. For instance\, Nathan’s house in Decameron X.3 is described as being situated at the crossroads “from the West eastward\, or from the East westward.” Similarly\, in Genealogy of the Pagan Gods\, Boccaccio extols the invention of the boat and maritime navigation\, celebrating their benefits for humanity. He reflects on the immense advantages of trade and cultural exchanges and how they foster trust and friendships. Boccaccio notes that such interactions enable mutual teaching and learning of languages\, bridging geographical distances and overcoming estrangement. \nInspired by Boccaccio’s fascination with other worlds and words\, the Conference encourages geocritical approaches to Boccaccio’s works and explores this “hybrid point of connectivity” across society\, politics\, gender\, religion\, and economics. It aims to further investigate labor conditions and slavery in the medieval Mediterranean\, with particular attention to the art and commerce of textiles and textual weaves. The focus extends from the silent labor of women weaving baskets across the Mediterranean basin to female textile workers in Florence\, highlighting references to women’s labor both within and beyond the sea. URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/on-land-and-across-the-sea-boccaccios-other-worlds-junctions-and-interweavings-conference/ LOCATION:Royce 314\, 10745 Dickson Ct\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States CATEGORIES:Conference,Humanities ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://humanities.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/CFP-Boccaccio-e1734552205159-eBFKHm.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR