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Monday, September 29, 2025 5:30 – 7:00 PM Royce Hall 306 RSVP HERE Come and meet other first-generation Philosophy students, faculty, and staff! Food and beverages will be served. Join our mailing list! Sign up for our mailing list to stay up-to-date with future UCLA Philosophy events, conferences, and colloquia! SIGN UP HERE |
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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... 
Join us for a conference on American literary history to discuss origins, paradigms, and future directions of the field. The conference explores how the study of American literature has evolved in relation to its Cold War origins, its reinvention in response to the social movements of the 1960s and 1970s, and its reinvigoration through cultural studies. Leading figures present research on American literature from its inception to the present, staging a lively discussion about current critical challenges, approaches, and methods. The conference is organized by Yogita Goyal, professor of English and African American studies at UCLA, and generously supported by...
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Thursday, October 9, 2025 4 - 6 p.m. | 314 Royce Hall All community- and publicly engaged scholars and students in the humanities are invited to a community event with a screening of the film AIRE LIBRE. The event is cosponsored by the Division of Humanities, the Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies, and the Center for Community Engagement. Admission is free; visit this page to register. Visit this page to read more about the film. AIRE LIBRE is a dance-based film that examines the disproportionate effects of toxic air and soil pollution on lower-income communities of color in LA...
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Celebrating 40 Years with the Greek Heritage Society: Exploring and Preserving Our Hellenic Identity
Celebrating 40 Years with the Greek Heritage Society: Exploring and Preserving Our Hellenic Identity
Celebrating 40 Years with the Greek Heritage Society: Exploring and Preserving Our Hellenic Identity October 11, 2025 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Main Event 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. – Genealogy Workshop (Special Event – Optional) 314 Royce Hall, UCLA campus Register Here: https://forms.gle/QrzdvXYGyMi3R9oT6 Become a Sponsor: https://forms.gle/eA8Maddp4dWuqN11A Join the Greek Heritage Society (GHS) of Southern California for a very special celebration of their 40th Anniversary with a unique informational, interactive, and invigorating multigenerational event filled with presentations, exhibits, and inspirational discussions, as well as the opportunity to explore genealogy through a personalized expert workshop. The event will explore... |
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Full schedule is available here. Free healthy lunch is provided for all attendees. Event is organized by UCLA English Professor Arvind Thomas and sponsored by the University of California Humanities Research Institute. Come and hear international leaders in food justice, including: Kathy Freston (New York Times best-selling author) Gwenna Hunter (Founder of Planetary Unity) Lisa Bloom (Civil rights attorney) Julieanna Hever (Dietitian) Jennifer Jay (Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UCLA) David Cleveland (Professor of Sustainable Food and Agriculture, UC Santa Barbara) Questions about the event? Contact: Arvind Thomas, arvindthomas@ucla.edu
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Libraries occupied a central place in the organization and reproduction of pre-modern knowledge cultures. Texts had been assembled in archives of various kinds from the Bronze Age, but most were of only ephemeral interest. Only when writing was deployed to create works intended to have lasting value – as literature, as contributions to science, or as records of historical investigations or sacred revelations – did it become necessary to actively curate them. In a world before printing, the risk that any given book – on papyrus or parchment, clay tablets or wooden ones, on rolls or in codices –would simply... 
In person attendance is encouraged but Zoom attendance also available. Your advance registration will help determine the event catering order. The Zoom meeting link will be sent EOD on October 15. For any questions or concerns, please contact Lisset at lisset@humnet.ucla.edu. October 17: 4 - 7 p.m. PST October 18: 10:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. PST Kaplan Hall Room 348 In person and Zoom hybrid |
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Design by: Christopher King Gefyra Book Club: The Scapegoat by Sophia Nikolaidou, trans. Karen Emmerich (Melville House, 2015) Discussion led by Professor Sharon Gerstel, Director, UCLA SNF Hellenic Center and Dr. Eirini Kotsovili, Senior Lecturer, Global Humanities at Simon Fraser University Saturday, October 18, 2025 10 A.M. Los Angeles / 8 P.M. Greece Via Zoom RSVP Here From the Publisher: In 1948, the body of an American journalist is found floating in the bay off Thessaloniki. A small-time Greek journalist is tried and convicted for the murder… but when he’s released twelve years later, he claims his confession was the...
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Discover what it’s really like to work in the fast-changing world of digital and print publishing whether you're passionate about classic paperbacks or all-in on e-readers. Join us for an inside look at the industry, and hear from Humanities alumni who’ve turned their degrees into exciting careers in publishing, publicity, editing, digital media and more. To register, go to Careers in Publishing Meet our moderator: Laura Hartenberger Laura Hartenberger is a Continuing Lecturer in UCLA's Writing Programs, where she teaches courses in the Professional Writing Minor and Writing I program, and works on projects related to writing assessment. She has been...
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Please join us for a book event featuring author and professor Catherine Conybeare. Professor Michele Salzman (UC Riverside) will facilitate a conversation with the author about her new book. Augustine the African is an extraordinary work of revisionist history that centers Africa in the life of one of the greatest philosophers. All are welcome!
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October 24 – 25, 2025 Hershey Hall Salon (Room 158) RSVP HERE Please join us for Practice and Theory: Next Steps in Kantian Practical Philosophy, a workshop at UCLA from Friday & Saturday, October 24-25, 2025. Workshop Program Friday, October 24th 12:00 – 1:00 PM: Lunch 1:00 – 3:00 PM: Nataliya Palatnik (Milwaukee) “‘Not So Completely an Animal’: Kant on Moral Sensibility and Moral Constraint” 3:00 – 3:30 PM: Break 3:30 – 5:30 PM: Thomas Pendlebury (Chicago) “The Will and the Good” 5:30 PM: Reception in Hershey Hall Salon Saturday, October 25th 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM:... |
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This lecture explores domestic life in the Venetian ghetto as both a site of physical segregation, housing scarcity, and oppression, and a space of cultural negotiation and transformation. Drawing on unpublished archival sources, surviving material culture, and the built environment, it traces how Venetian Jews actively shaped their living spaces through engagement with objects, furnishings, and architectural features. From the central portego (the central space in Venetian houses) to repurposed Islamic carpets and gilt leather panels, the home emerged as a site of transculturation where Jewish, Islamic, and Renaissance aesthetics intersected. These material choices reveal not only practical adaptation but... |
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Speaker: Gabriela Adamo Date: October 30, 2025 Time: 4:00 PM Location: Rolfe Hall, Lydeen Library Speaker's statement: The publishing industry offers one of the most diverse and rewarding career paths for graduates in the Humanities. In this presentation, I’ll outline the wide range of roles available—from scouting and scriptwriting to organizing literary festivals. Drawing on thirty years of experience in the field, I will explore the key steps and practical tools needed to enter the profession and highlight the growing international opportunities within the industry. About the speaker: Gabriela Adamo has worked as an editor for several of... |
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Día de los Muertos: Mourning and Remembering through Ecological Change will explore cross-cultural grief in the context of environmental and species loss. Join us on November 1 from 11am-1pm at the UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden (707 Tiverton Drive) for ofrendas, art, and talks on topics such as deforestation, extinction, and environmental colonialism and imperialism. Come early for a guided Garden tour at 10am (provided by the Botanical Garden). We’ll have snacks and drinks including champurrado and a variety of pan dulces. This event is free and open to the public; it is hosted by the Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies... |
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