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SUMMARY:We Were Here: The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe
DESCRIPTION:We Were Here: The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe sheds light on the overlooked presence of African and Black individuals in Renaissance Europe\, highlighting their depiction in masterpieces by some of the era’s most celebrated artists. \nDirected by award-winning filmmaker Fred Kudjo Kuwornu and produced by Do The Right Films\, this multilingual documentary takes viewers on an expansive journey through the UK\, Italy\, Spain\, Portugal\, the Netherlands\, and France\, offering a compelling reexamination of European art history and its cultural legacy. Featuring insights from leading scholars in Art History\, Black Studies\, and History\, alongside Black activists and curators\, the film provides a rich\, layered perspective on a neglected chapter of European history. \nTo learn more\, please view the trailer here. \n\nThe screening is free to attend with advance registration. \nIt will be held in-person at UCLA Dodd Hall\, Room 147. \nSeating is limited; walk-in registrants are welcome as space permits.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/we-were-here/
LOCATION:147 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Center for 17th & 18th Century Studies,Humanities,William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
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SUMMARY:Between the Minoans and the Mycenaeans: Craft Technologies in the Second Millennium BCE Aegean
DESCRIPTION:Between the Minoans and the Mycenaeans: Craft Technologies in the Second Millennium BCE Aegean \nLecture by Nikolas Papadimitriou (Director\, Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum\, Athens) and Eleni Konstantinidi-Syvridi (Curator\, Department of Prehistoric\, Egyptian\, Cypriot and Near Eastern Collections of Antiquities\, at the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum\, Athens) \nDemonstration by Akis Goumas (contemporary jewelry maker and researcher of ancient crafting technologies) \nHosted by the\nUCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture \nin collaboration with\nThe J. Paul Getty Museum\nand held in conjunction with the exhibition\nThe Kingdom of Pylos: Warrior-Princes of Mycenaean Greece \nSaturday\, November 15\, 2025\n2:00 P.M.\n314 Royce Hall\, UCLA Campus \nRSVP Here \nThe Kingdom of Pylos: Warrior-Princes of Mycenaean Greece exhibition at the Getty Villa brings together some of the most exquisite artistic creations of the second millennium BCE Aegean. Many of these objects were the products of cultural fusion and combined elements from different artistic traditions originating in Minoan Crete\, Mycenaean Greece\, and areas far beyond. This presentation will examine the highly demanding techniques goldsmiths and seal-engravers used to create many of the objects in this exhibition. Following the lecture\, Akis Goumas will demonstrate the main steps of the technical processes involved in Mycenaean gold-working (sheet metal\, wire\, granulation\, etc.) and Minoan seal-engraving (soft materials and hard stones). \n \nDemonstration by Akis Goumas \nThe artist and researcher of ancient technologies Akis Goumas will demonstrate the main steps of the technical processes involved in: \n– Mycenaean gold-working (sheet metal\, wire\, granulation etc.)\n– Minoan seal-engraving (soft materials and hard stones). \nThe demonstration is based on the results of studies conducted in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens\, the Herakleion Archaeological Museum\, other museums in Greece\, and the Coprus of Minoan and Mycenaean Seals at Heidelberg\, Germany\, which involved microscopic examination of artefacts\, archaeometric analyses and experimental reconstructions. \nThe studies have been conducted in collaboration with Dr Eleni Konstantinidi-Syvridi\, of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens\, and Dr Nikolas Papadimitirou\, of the Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum\, Athens. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss with Mr Goumas and try some of the tools and materials used in the experiments. \nBios:\nNikolas Papadimitriou is the Director of the Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum\, Athens\, Greece (www.camu.gr). He specializes in the Aegean Bronze Age\, with an emphasis on Mycenaean burial practices\, cultural interaction in the Mediterranean in the 2nd millennium BCE\, the prehistory of Athens and Attica\, and the study of craft technologies. Previously\, he worked as a Lecturer at the Institute of Classical Archaeology\, Heidelberg University\, Germany\, the Museum of Cycladic Art\, Athens and the Cyprus Department of Antiquities. Currently\, he is co-directing research projects at the archaeological sites of Marathon\, Thorikos (Attica) and Kato Samikon (Elis). He has a rich publication record and has received research fellowships from the Centers of Hellenic Studies at Princeton and Harvard (2011\, 2017). \nEleni Konstantinidi-Syvridi is Curator at the Department of Prehistoric\, Egyptian\, Cypriot and Near Eastern Collections of Antiquities at the National Archaeological Museum\, Athens (https://www.namuseum.gr/en/). She graduated from the University of Ioannina\, Greece\, and received her PhD at the University of Birmingham\, UK. Her research focuses on the Late Bronze Age Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean\, with special interest in Mycenaean jewelry and dress. She has given seminars and lectures on the history and technology of Mycenaean jewelry in Greece and abroad and has written articles and book chapters on various Late Bronze Age issues. For the past decade\, she has been co-directing a multi-disciplinary project for the reconstruction of ancient gold-working techniques\, while she is currently studying the corpus of metal signet rings housed in the Mycenaean Collection of the National Archaeological Museum. \nAkis Goumas is a contemporary jewelry maker and researcher of ancient crafting technologies. After receiving a Diploma in Economics (1978)\, he was trained as a jeweler and silversmith. From 1982 to 1986 he studied gemology and seal engraving in Greece and Germany. Between 1990 and 2006 he was the head designer in the jewelry company ONAR. Since 2000\, he has been teaching creative jewelry at the Chalkis School of Art\, and since 2017 at the ANAMMA Jewelry School in Athens\, and the ALCHIMIA Contemporary Jewelry School in Florence. Since 2006\, he is member of an interdisciplinary group of researchers\, who study ancient gold-working and seal-engraving techniques. In 2021 he was a Visiting Artist at the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies. Ιn 2023-24\, he was the holder of a Homo Faber fellowship\, established by Jaeger LeCoultre and Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship. In 2024-25 he participated in the organization of the exhibition “Art in Gold. Jewelry in Hellenistic Times” at the Benaki Museum\, Athens\, Greece. \nThis event is organized by Professor David Schneller (UCLA) and Dr. Claire Lyons (Getty) and is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nCo-Sponsored by: \nUCLA College\, Division of Humanities\nThe Peter J. and Caroline B. Caloyeras Endowment for the Arts\nThe George P. Kolovos Family Centennial Term Chair in Hellenic Studies\nGefyra\nUCLA Global Antiquity\nThe Joan Palevsky Chair of Classics at UCLA\nUCLA Department of Art History\nUCLA Department of Classics\nUCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures\nUCLA David C. Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design \nDon’t miss our other upcoming programs in collaboration with the J. Paul Getty Museum here: \nSaturday\, November 22\, 2025Pylos and Minoan Crete \nSaturday\, December 6\, 2025\nMessenia to Mesopotamia: New Directions in the Art and Archaeology of the Second Millennium BCE Symposium
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/between-the-minoans-and-the-mycenaeans-craft-technologies-in-the-second-millennium-bce-aegean/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural Heritage,Gefyra,Hellenic,Heritage,History,Humanities,Lecture,Reception
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SUMMARY:La Xirgu: la pelicula
DESCRIPTION:Barcelona\, 1927. Only a few hours remain before Margarita Xirgu is set to premiere “Mariana Pineda” written by then-unknown Federico Garcia Lorca. The authorities threaten her with prison or exile if she dares to stage this libertarian play. Yet nothing seems to shake her determination\, Until her friend and mentor\, Valle-Inclán\, also turns against her.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/la-xirgu-la-pelicula/
LOCATION:Rolfe Hall 4302\, Lydeen Library\, Rolfe Hall 4302\, Lydeen Library
CATEGORIES:Humanities,Upcoming Events
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SUMMARY:Chamber Music at the Clark presents: Modigliani Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Founded in 2003\, the Modigliani Quartet is recognized as one of today’s most sought-after quartets\, featuring regularly in prominent international series and on the world’s most prestigious stages. \nIn addition to annual tours in the United States and in Asia\, the quartet’s numerous European tours have brought them to Wigmore Hall\, the Paris Philharmonie\, the Théâtre des Champs- Elysées\, the Berlin Philharmonie\, the Vienna Konzerthaus\, the Saint-Petersburg Philharmonia\, and the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. \nThe Modigliani Quartet has been recording for the Mirare label since 2008 and has released 13 award-winning albums. In January 2024\, the quartet’s latest album with string quartets by Grieg and Smetana was released and received enthusiastically by the international press. Since 2024\, the quartet has dedicated itself to the greatest challenge in the life of a string quartet: recording all 16 string quartets by Beethoven. \nFor further details and a the full program\, please visit our website.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/modigliani-quartet/
LOCATION:William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, 2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Center for 17th & 18th Century Studies,Concerts,Humanities,William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
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SUMMARY:Saving our Survivors: How American Jews Learned about the Holocaust – Rachel Deblinger
DESCRIPTION:Drawing on previously unexamined archives and postwar cultural materials\, Saving Our Survivors explores how American Jews constructed meaning out of devastation—and how humanitarian aid became intertwined with public memory. The book uncovers how American Jewish communities first came to learn about and respond to the Holocaust through communal campaigns\, radio broadcasts\, speeches\, short films\, and urgent calls to action. Rachel Deblinger highlights the messy\, diffuse\, and contested nature of memory construction in the immediate aftermath of the Holocaust and raises larger questions about how historical tragedies are narrated in moments of crisis. \nRachel Deblinger is the author of Saving Our Survivors: How American Jews learned about the Holocaust (2025\, Indiana University Press). Her research focuses on Holocaust memory in America\, media technology\, and the intersection of philanthropy and representation. Deblinger is also the Director of the Modern Endangered Archives Program (MEAP) at the UCLA Library\, a granting program that funds the digitization and preservation of at-risk cultural heritage materials from around the world. MEAP grants facilitate archival documentation and open access to diverse global collections. \n \nTuesday\, November 18\, 2025 • 314 Royce Hall • 2 PM  \nSaving our Survivors: How American Jews Learned about the Holocaust \nRachel Deblinger (UCLA) \nThe 1939 Society Program in Holocaust Studies\nThe Alan D. Leve Program for Public History \nRSVP
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/saving-our-survivors-how-american-jews-learned-about-the-holocaust-rachel-deblinger/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:1939 Society Program in Holocaust Studies,Alan D. Leve Program for Public History
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SUMMARY:Fiebre de carnaval: una  conversación con Yuliana Ortiz  Ruano
DESCRIPTION:Yuliana Ortiz Ruano is an Afro-Ecuadorian writer\, poet\, and teacher\, as well as a DJ of Afro-Caribbean music. She has published several books of poetry and prose\, including the multi award-winning Fiebre de carnaval (Carnaval Fever)\, which was chosen as one of the 50 best books of 2022 by El País. She is also the author of the poetry books Sovoz\, Canciones del fin del mundo\, y Cuaderno del imposible retorno a Pangea\, and the book of short stories Litorales. She was selected by the International Writers in Residence program in Granada\, Spain in 2023\, and was chosen for the Translator Choice II award at the LATINALE Latin America Literature Festival in Berlin. Her first novel\, Carnaval Fever\, won the Joaquín Gallegos Lara Award (Ecuador)\, the Primo Romanzo Latinoamericano Award (Italy)\, and the PEN Translation Award (UK).
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/fiebre-de-carnaval-una-conversacion-con-yuliana-ortiz-ruano/
LOCATION:Rolfe Hall 4302\, Lydeen Library\, Rolfe Hall 4302\, Lydeen Library
CATEGORIES:Humanities,Upcoming Events
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SUMMARY:Scotland’s Gutenberg: William Ged and the Invention of Stereotype Printing\, 1725–49
DESCRIPTION:Twentieth Kenneth Karmiole Lecture on the History of the Book Trade \nLecture by William Zachs\, Director of the Blackie House Library and Museum \nIn this lecture\, William Zachs outlines the origins of stereotype printing (print production from metal plates rather than moveable type)\, then turns his focus to the “non-moveable type” productions of Edinburgh goldsmith William Ged (c. 1683–1749). Taking a forensic look at Ged’s few known works\, Zachs hypothesizes the existence of a group of previously unknown stereotyped books\, thus offering a revised history of alternative methods of book production in Britain in the first half of the 18th century. \nDr. William Zachs is the Director of the Blackie House Library and Museum\, a registered Scottish charity with a mission to bring Scottish culture to a wider audience. He is the author of numerous books and articles on book history and book collecting. In 2013\, the University of Edinburgh awarded him an honorary Doctor of Letters for his contributions to book historical studies and book curation. He is a Fellow of the National Library of Scotland and an Honorary Fellow at the universities of Edinburgh and Stirling. \n\nThis event is free to attend with advance registration and will be held in person at the Clark Library. \nRegistration will close on Monday\, November 17 at 5:00 p.m. \nCapacity is limited at the Clark Library; walk-in registrants are welcome as space permits. \nThis lecture will also be livestreamed on the Center’s YouTube Channel.
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/karmiole_lecture_zachs/
LOCATION:William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, 2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Center for 17th & 18th Century Studies,Humanities,William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
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SUMMARY:Pylos and Minoan Crete
DESCRIPTION:The “Ring of Nestor”\, c. 1500 BC\, Oxford\, Ashmolean Museum. \nPylos and Minoan Crete \nLecture by Professor Andreas Vlachopoulos\, University of Ioannina \nHosted by the\nUCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture\nin collaboration with\nThe J. Paul Getty Museum\nand held in conjunction with the exhibition\nThe Kingdom of Pylos: Warrior-Princes of Mycenaean Greece\n(June 27\, 2025 – January 12\, 2026 at The Getty Villa) \nSaturday\, November 22\, 2025\n4:00 p.m.\n314 Royce Hall\, UCLA Campus\nReception to follow \nRSVP Here \nDescription: \nPylos is a sunny\, fertile coastal area of Messinia (Southwestern Peloponnese)\, with many features of the land and its natural resources resembling those of the palatial Knossos. In the heyday of the New Palace period of Crete (c. 1600-1500 BC) the area of Pylos gradually became the seat of powerful rulers of the Mycenaean elite\, whose way of life reflected not only a strong influence from the art and aesthetics of the Minoans\, but also a high degree of ideological and religious osmosis of the two societies. The lecture entitled Pylos and Minoan Crete will follow the historical course of the two Aegean cultures and will try to interpret the broad Minoan influence on Pylos and the other Helladic regions where the palatial Mycenaean world of early Greece will gradually emerge. \nBio:  \nAndreas G. Vlachopoulos is Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology at the University of Ioannina. He completed undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Archaeology at the University of Athens\, specializing in Aegean Prehistory. His 1995 dissertation on the Post-Palatial period on Naxos and the Aegean received the Michael Ventris Award. He has been a Research Fellow at Princeton University (1998-99) and at the New York University Institute of Fine Arts (2001-02). Currently\, Andreas directs the Vathy\, Astypalaia Archaeological Project and the Kokkino Vouno Project at Akrotiri\, Thera. Among his main research interests are the Mycenaean Cyclades\, the Mycenaean period in Pylos\, the Thera frescoes\, and the Aegean Early Bronze Age. He is the author of monographs on Mycenaean Naxos and Astypalaia and the editor of two volumes on Aegean Prehistory (Argonautes and Paintbrushes) and seven volumes on Greek archaeology. He is a Fellow of the Archaeological Society at Athens and a Corresponding Member of the German Archaeological Institute. \nThis event is organized by Professor David Schneller (UCLA) and Dr. Claire Lyons (Getty) and is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). \nCo-Sponsored by: \nUCLA College Division of Humanities\nThe Peter J. and Caroline B. Caloyeras Endowment for the Arts\nThe George P. Kolovos Family Centennial Term Chair in Hellenic Studies\nGefyra\nUCLA Global Antiquity\nThe Joan Palevsky Chair of Classics at UCLA\nUCLA Department of Art History\nUCLA Department of Classics\nUCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures\nUCLA David C. Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design \nDon’t miss our other upcoming programs in collaboration with the J. Paul Getty Museum here: \nSaturday\, November 15\, 2025Between the Minoans and the Mycenaeans: Craft Technologies in the Second Millennium BCE Aegean \nSaturday\, December 6\, 2025\nMessenia to Mesopotamia: New Directions in the Art and Archaeology of the Second Millennium BCE Symposium \n 
URL:https://humanities.ucla.edu/event/pylos-and-minoan-crete/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 314 Royce Hall\, 10745 Dickson Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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