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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
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SUMMARY:American Literary History Now
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe conference is organized by Yogita Goyal\, professor of English and African American studies at UCLA\, and generously supported by the Luskin Endowment for Thought Leadership in the UCLA College. \nSchedule \nOctober 3\n10-10.30\nWelcome and Introductions\nDean Alexandra Minna Stern\nRuss Castronovo and Yogita Goyal \nSession 1\n10.30-12.30\nChair: Nancy Martinez\n10.30: Sean Teuton\, “Primal Returns: Tribal Storytelling\, Deep Reading\, and the Rise of Native American Literature”\n11.30: Sakiru Adebayo\, “The Americanization of African Literature: A History” \nSession 2\n2-4\nChair: Uri McMillan\n2: Sampada Aranke\, “The Hammons Effect”\n3: Lee Edelman\, “The Hole in the Everything Bagel: Queerness\, Blackness\, and Other Catachreses of Multiversal Non-Singularity” \nReception\n4-5.30\nFaculty Lounge\, 2nd floor\, Kaplan Hall \nOctober 4\n \nSession 3\n10.30-12.30\nChair: Aditya Bahl\n10.30: Patricia Stuelke\, “Dark Academia and the New Cultural Front”\n11.30 : Francisco Robles\, “Poetic Forms\, Desert Time\, and Desert Movements” \nSession 4:\n2-4\nChair: Jonathan Grossman\n2: Sri Basu McCall\, “Revolution’s Racial Masques”\n3: Travis Foster\, “Too Good to Live: Trans Feminine Children and the Sentimental Death Trap” \n4-5.30\nClosing Roundtable\, led by American Literary History co-editors Russ Castronovo and Yogita Goyal; Assistant Editor Noah Terrell and Managing Editor Elijah Levine \n 
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/american-literary-history-now/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 193
CATEGORIES:English
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SUMMARY:Aire Libre film screening + open house for community engaged humanities scholars
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 9\, 2025\n4 – 6 p.m. | 314 Royce Hall \nAll 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. \nAdmission is free; visit this page to register. \nVisit this page to read more about the film. \nAIRE 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 County who live amid the heavy industry\, infrastructure\, and polluting facilities that underpin our fossil-fuel-based economy. AIRE LIBRE is a collaborative project led by artist Erin Cooney\, bringing together East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice\, CONTRA-TIEMPO Activist Dance Company\, L.A.-based poet Rocío Carlos\, and vocalists Carmina Escobar and Joung-A Monica Yum. \nAIRE LIBRE features the stories of East Yard members and CONTRA-TIEMPO dancers\, whose movement materializes the interconnectedness of our bodies with the air we breathe and the ground we tread. The footage documents a range of environments—from transportation hubs along the I-710 Corridor\, including ports\, freeways\, and rail yards\, to industrial zones comprising warehouse complexes\, refineries\, and oil derricks—as well as the residential areas and parks situated within these industrial and manufacturing landscapes. Exide Technologies\, which has contaminated the soil with arsenic and lead and is associated with higher rates of cancer in nearby communities\, figures prominently in the piece. \nFind out more about AIRE LIBRE and the team behind its creation at erincooney.com/airelibre. \nScreening duration: 30 minutes\, followed by a panel discussion. Panel features Erin Cooney\, assistant adjunct professor in the Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies and visual artist; East Yard’s Honey Bizarro and Guadalupe Valdovinos; and Ana María Álvarez\, director of CONTRA TIEMPO Activist Dance Company and associate professor in theater and dance at UC San Diego. \nReception to follow.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/aire-libre-film-screening-and-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Public Humanities
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SUMMARY:Celebrating 40 Years with the Greek Heritage Society: Exploring and Preserving Our Hellenic Identity
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating 40 Years with the Greek Heritage Society: Exploring and Preserving Our Hellenic Identity \nOctober 11\, 2025\n9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Main Event\n3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. – Genealogy Workshop (Special Event – Optional) \n314 Royce Hall\, UCLA campus \n\nRegister Here: https://forms.gle/QrzdvXYGyMi3R9oT6 \n\n\nBecome a Sponsor: https://forms.gle/eA8Maddp4dWuqN11A \n\nJoin 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 understanding the identity of Greeks in Southern California\, and methods to share and preserve stories and heritage. The GHS seeks to open the door to new ideas and ways of embracing Hellenism to keep the love alive for generations to come. This is an event you won’t want to miss! \nPART I:  EXPLORING WHO WE ARE: THE GREEKS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND BEYOND \nPresentations \n\nBessie Karras-Lazaris\, Greek Heritage Society\nGeorge I. Paganelis\, Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection\nDr. Katherine Kelaidis\, National Hellenic Museum\nGregory Kontos\, GreekAncestry.net\n\nLunch and Exhibits \nPART II:  A CELEBRATION OF CULTURE INTO THE FUTURE \nPanel Discussions\nYoung Greek professionals in comedy\, filmmaking\, music\, dance\, sports and more \nFinale\nMusical tribute and reception \nOptional\nGenealogy workshop \nThis is a ticketed event:\nMain event: $50 per person\nGenealogy workshop: $50 per person \nFor inquiries\, email greekheritage@hotmail.com \nPresented by:\n\nSponsored by: \n\n\nUnder the Auspices of:
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/celebrating-40-years-with-the-greek-heritage-society-exploring-and-preserving-our-hellenic-identity/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,Cultural Heritage,Hellenic,Heritage,History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251014T093000
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SUMMARY:Edible Entanglements: Race\, Environment and Ethics
DESCRIPTION: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. \nCome and hear international leaders in food justice\, including: \nKathy Freston (New York Times best-selling author)\nGwenna Hunter (Founder of Planetary Unity)\nLisa Bloom (Civil rights attorney)\nJulieanna Hever (Dietitian)\nJennifer Jay (Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering\, UCLA)\nDavid Cleveland (Professor of Sustainable Food and Agriculture\, UC Santa Barbara) \nQuestions about the event?\nContact: Arvind Thomas\, arvindthomas@ucla.edu
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/edible-entanglements-race-environment-and-ethics/
LOCATION:314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,English,Public Humanities
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251017
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251019
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SUMMARY:Post-Classical Libraries Conference
DESCRIPTION:Libraries occupied a central place in the organization and reproduction of pre-modern knowledge cultures.  \nTexts 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 perish was a real one. Libraries became places where textual communities studied\, catalogued\, repaired\, and recopied works of this kind. Recent studies have investigated the libraries of the Bronze Age Near East and of the Classical Mediterranean. These were royal or civic\, private or public\, based in temples\, villas\, or educational establishments. A few\, like the Library of Alexandria\, have been mythologized. \nMost of these studies end in the third century CE\, yet libraries also played a crucial role in the passages from antiquity to the Middle Ages. This will be the subject of our conference.  \nSpeaker Abstracts and Titles \n\n\n\nDay 1\n\n\n\n\n10:15\nCoffee\, fresh fruit\, pastries (Royce\, 314)\n\n\n10:30\nWelcome Remarks\n\n\n11:00\nThe “Library of Caesarea” between Gaza and Berytus – Jeremiah Coogan (Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University)\n\n\n11:50\nBreak\n\n\n12:00\nThe Library on the Page: Booklists from Antiquity to the Latin West – Thomas Hendrickson (Stanford)\n\n\n1:00\nLunch\n\n\n2:30\n‘The Fortress of Writing was Burned…’: Archives and Institutions of Learning in Sasanian and Post-Sasanian Iran – Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina (University of Oxford)\n\n\n3:20\nBreak\n\n\n3:30\nNew Approaches to the Early Arabic Library – Michael Cooperson (NELC\, UCLA)\n\n\n4:30\nReception\n\n\n6:00\nDinner (Plateia – participants only)\n\n\nDay 2\n\n\n10:00\nCoffee\, fresh fruit\, pastries\n\n\n10:30\nIrish Libraries in the Early Middle Ages: Home and Abroad – Viktoriia Krivoshchekova (School of Celtic Studies\, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies)\n\n\n11:20\nStrategies of Preservation at Monastic Libraries and Archives in Medieval Italy – Maya Maskarinec (USC)\n\n\n12:10\nBreak\n\n\n12:20\nBooks and libraries in Byzantium (8th–10th centuries) – Daniele Bianconi (University of Rome\, La Sapienza)\n\n\n1:15\nLunch\n\n\n3:00\nClosing Round Table\n\n\n\nOrganizers: Stefania Tutino and Greg Woolf
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/post-classical-libraries/
LOCATION:Royce 306 & 314
CATEGORIES:Conference,Humanities
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251019
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SUMMARY:Modern French Thought and the History of Philosophy
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\nOctober 17: 4 – 7 p.m. PST \nOctober 18: 10:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. PST \n\nKaplan Hall Room 348 \nIn person and Zoom hybrid
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/modern-french-thought-and-the-history-of-philosophy/
LOCATION:Kaplan 348
CATEGORIES:Comparative Literature
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251018T100000
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SUMMARY:The Scapegoat by Sophia Nikolaidou
DESCRIPTION:Design by: Christopher King \nGefyra Book Club: \nThe Scapegoat by Sophia Nikolaidou\, trans. Karen Emmerich\n(Melville House\, 2015) \nDiscussion led by Professor Sharon Gerstel\, Director\, UCLA SNF Hellenic Center\nand Dr. Eirini Kotsovili\, Senior Lecturer\, Global Humanities at Simon Fraser University \nSaturday\, October 18\, 2025\n10 A.M. Los Angeles / 8 P.M. Greece\nVia Zoom \nRSVP Here \nFrom the Publisher:\nIn 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 result of torture. \nFlash forward to contemporary Greece\, where a rebellious young high school student is given an assignment for a school project: find the truth. And as he begrudgingly takes it on\, he begins to make a startling series of gripping discoveries–about history\, love\, and even his own family’s involvement. \nBased on the real story of famed CBS reporter George Polk—journalism’s prestigious Polk Awards were named after him—The Scapegoat is a sweeping saga that brings together the Greece of the post-World War II era with the Greece of today\, a country facing dangerous times once again. \nAs told by key players in the story—the dashing journalist’s Greek widow; the mother and sisters of the convicted man; the brutal Thessaloniki Chief of Police; a U.S. Foreign Office investigator\, and\, finally\, the modern-day student\, in the novel’s most stirring narration of all–The Scapegoat confronts questions of truth\, justice\, and sacrifice…and how the past is always with us. \nAbout the Author:\nSophia Nikolaidou was born in Thessaloniki in 1968. She teaches literature and creative writing and writes criticism for various newspapers\, including Ta Nea. She has published two collections of short stories and three novels\, all of which have been translated into eight languages. Her last novel\, Tonight We Have Friends\, won the 2011 Athens Prize for Literature\, and The Scapegoat was shortlisted for the 2012 Greek State Prize for Fiction. \nKaren Emmerich’s translations include Rien ne va plus by Margarita Karapanou\, Landscape with Dog and Other Stories by Ersi Sotiropoulos\, I’d Like by Amanda Michalopoulou\, and Poems (1945-1971) by Miltos Sachtouris. She received the 2013 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation for her translation\, with Edmund Keeley\, of Yannis Ritsos’ Diaries of Exile. \nThis program is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nLink to purchase book: \nhttps://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?isbn=1612193846&clickid=SNaQmzT01xyKTPw2A70VbTfEUksWhC2WzTQ7zI0&cm_mmc=aff-_-ir-_-64613-_-77416&ref=imprad64613&afn_sr=impact&ref_=aff_ir_64613_77416 \nhttps://livebrary.overdrive.com/media/1903986
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/the-scapegoat-by-sophia-nikolaidou/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Hellenic,Literature,Modern Greece
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SUMMARY:Careers in Publishing: A Humanities Career Panel Series event
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\nTo register\, go to Careers in Publishing \n\n\n\nMeet our moderator: Laura Hartenberger \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLaura 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 a freelance editor and a writer in the tech field\, and her fiction and essays have been published in various magazines and literary journals\, including Noema\, CRAFT Literary\, Ninth Letter\, Redivider\, Massachusetts Review\, and others. Laura has a B.A. in English from Yale University and an M.A. in English and Creative Writing from the University of Toronto. \n\n\n\nMeet our panelists:James Faccinto \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJames Faccinto is the founder and principal at Full Complement Communications\, an independent\, Los Angeles-based company specializing in literary publicity & publishing strategy. James combines his background in creative writing with extensive experience representing bestselling literary titles across all genres for both “Big Five” and independent publishers. He approaches every project or campaign with a storyteller’s sense of creativity\, detail\, and energy. \n\n\n\nIrene Yoon \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIrene Yoon is the Executive Director of LARB\, where she oversees the day-to-day operations and broader strategic vision and planning for the organization. For the last four years\, Irene has also served as Director of the LARB Publishing Workshop. She earned her doctorate in English from UC Berkeley\, where she also managed an interdisciplinary writing program and trained new teachers as the English Department’s Assistant Pedagogy Chair. Irene has worked with several authors to prepare books and articles for publication\, and her own writing has appeared in journals such as Twentieth Century Literature\, Transition Magazine\, and Los Angeles Review of Books.  \nAndy Etzkorn \n   \nAndy Etzkorn is currently Lead Marketing Manager at the University of California Press where he oversees the implementation of marketing plans for all upcoming books and also serves on committees for DEI and FirstGen Scholars. For nearly twenty years\, he has served in various marketing roles for “Big Five” publishers as well as academic and university book publishers. Andy has a B.A. in English from UCLA and an M.A. in English Literature from Fordham University. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/careers-in-publishing/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251021T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251021T183000
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SUMMARY:A Conversation with Author and Professor Catherine Conybeare
DESCRIPTION: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. \nAll are welcome!
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/a-conversation-with-author-and-professor-catherine-conybeare/
LOCATION:247 Dodd Hall\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251024T120000
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SUMMARY:Practice and Theory: Next Steps in Kantian Practical Philosophy
DESCRIPTION:October 24 – 25\, 2025\nHershey Hall Salon (Room 158)\nRSVP HERE\n  \nPlease join us for Practice and Theory: Next Steps in Kantian Practical Philosophy\, a workshop at UCLA from Friday & Saturday\, October 24-25\, 2025. \n  \nWorkshop Program\n\nFriday\, October 24th\n12:00 – 1:00 PM: Lunch \n1:00 – 3:00 PM: Nataliya Palatnik (Milwaukee) “‘Not So Completely an Animal’: Kant on Moral Sensibility and Moral Constraint” \n3:00 – 3:30 PM: Break \n3:30 – 5:30 PM: Thomas Pendlebury (Chicago) “The Will and the Good” \n5:30 PM: Reception in Hershey Hall Salon \n  \nSaturday\, October 25th\n10:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Jordan Pascoe (Binghamton) “Kant\, Structural Injustice\, and Universalism” \n12:00 – 1:00 PM: Lunch \n1:00 – 3:00 PM: Japa Pallikkathayil (Pittsburgh) “Constitutional Constraints in the Kantian State” \n3:00 – 3:30 PM: Break \n3:30 – 5:30 PM: Rafeeq Hasan (Amherst) “What’s the Point of Kantian Independence?” \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \nDirections to Hershey Hall: head toward the Terasaki Life Sciences Building just south of Parking Structure 2\, go down the steps or the nearby ramp and through the building’s underpass\, and you’ll see the entrance to Mira Hershey Hall on your left. Look for the signs that direct you to “Practice and Theory: Next Steps in Kantian Practical Philosophy.” \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/practice-and-theory-next-steps-in-kantian-practical-philosophy/
LOCATION:Hershey Hall Salon (Room 158)
CATEGORIES:Work Shops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251028T140000
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SUMMARY:Webs of Life: Domestic Jewish Worlds in Early Modern Venice – Federica Francesconi
DESCRIPTION: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 also enduring ties to memory\, mobility\, and diasporic identity. By examining the interplay of people\, objects\, and spaces\, the lecture foregrounds the Jewish home in the ghetto as a dynamic meshwork—extending both vertically and horizontally\, and connecting domestic life to the broader urban fabric\, natural surroundings\, and the wider Mediterranean world. \nFederica Francesconi is Associate Professor of History and Director of the Judaic Studies Program at the University at Albany\, SUNY. Her research and publications focus on the social\, religious\, and cultural dimensions of early modern Jewish life in Italy\, with particular attention to the politics and dynamics of the ghetto. She has held fellowships in Europe\, Israel\, and the United States. Her recent book\, Invisible Enlighteners: The Jewish Merchants of Modena\, from the Renaissance to the Emancipation (University of Pennsylvania Press\, 2021)\, won the 2022 Helen and Howard R. Marraro Prize from the American Historical Association and was the finalist for the 2021 National Jewish Book Awards’ JDC-Herbert Katzki Award for Writing Based on Archival Material. She is currently working on a new monograph\, The Jewish Home in Early Modern Venice: Cosmopolitan Intimacy\, Global Networks\, and Diasporic Material Culture\, which examines the Jewish home in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Venice as a multi-religious and multi-ethnic nexus of individuals\, communities\, and objects in motion. This project has been supported by the Gladys Krieble Delmas\, the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture\, and I Tatti\, The Harvard University Center for Renaissance Studies in Florence. \nTuesday\, October 28\, 2025 • 314 Royce Hall • 2 PM\nWebs of Life: Domestic Jewish Worlds in Early Modern Venice \nFederica Francesconi (University at Albany)\nModerator: Stefania Tutino (UCLA)\nViterbi Program in Mediterranean Jewish Studies \nRSVP
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/webs-of-life-domestic-jewish-worlds-in-early-modern-venice-federica-francesconi/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Viterbi Program in Mediterranean Jewish Studies
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SUMMARY:Literary Studies\, Professionalization\, and the Public Sphere
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Gabriela Adamo \nDate: October 30\, 2025 \nTime: 4:00 PM \nLocation: Rolfe Hall\, Lydeen Library \n  \nSpeaker’s statement: \nThe 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. \n  \nAbout the speaker: \nGabriela Adamo has worked as an editor for several of the most prominent publishing houses in Latin America. She served as executive director of both the Buenos Aires Book Fair and the International Literature Festival\, and also led the Literature Department at the TyPA Foundation. She currently works as a consultant for various literary projects\, including FILNYC (the Spanish Book Fair in New York City). She teaches in the Master’s program in Cultural Management at Universidad de San Andrés. \n  \nFor more information\, visit the UCLA Department of Spanish and Portuguese website.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/literary-studies-professionalization-public-sphere/
LOCATION:Lydeen Library\, Rolfe 4302\, 345 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90024\, United States
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