2026 USC-UCLA Graduate Conference in Philosophy

Royce Hall 314

Saturday, April 18, 2026 UCLA, Royce Hall 314 RSVP HERE   Join us for the 2026 USC-UCLA Graduate Student Conference in Philosophy happening on Saturday, April 18, 2026 at UCLA, Royce Hall, Room 314!   The USC-UCLA Graduate Student Conference began in 2006. Each year, the graduate students of the University of Southern California and the University of California, Los Angeles solicit high-quality papers in all areas of philosophy from graduate students studying at other departments to be presented at the annual conference.   This year’s keynote address will be given by Julia Staffel (University of Colorado, Boulder), whose talk is...

The Art of Duo | Musical Salon: From Lekeu to Los Angeles

William Andrews Clark Memorial Library 2520 Cimarron Street, Los Angeles

Ambroise Aubrun, violin Steven Vanhauwaert, piano This concert pays tribute to the refined tradition of musical salons, tracing their influence from nineteenth-century Vienna to early twentieth-century Los Angeles. At its heart is Guillaume Lekeu’s Violin Sonata, performed in homage to Alfred Megerlin, the Belgian violin virtuoso and concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the 1920s. The L.A. Philharmonic itself was founded by William Andrews Clark Jr., a passionate patron of the arts who likely hosted intimate musical gatherings in the Drawing Room at the Clark Library. Through works by Schubert, Fauré, Debussy and others, the program evokes the elegance, intimacy, and...