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Chamber Music at the Clark presents: Cuarteto Casals

William Andrews Clark Memorial Library 2520 Cimarron Street, Los Angeles, CA

Founded in 1997 at the Escuela Reina Sofía in Madrid, Cuarteto Casals’ 25th anniversary will be celebrated in the 2022–23 season. Highlights of the 2021–22 season include the opening concert at the String Quartet Week at Boulez Saal in Berlin in May 2022, performances at the String Quartet Biennales in Paris and Lisbon, and at the...

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Bilingual Lecture Series: Houchang Chehabi

121 Dodd Hall 390 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

Mohammad Mossadegh, the Capitulations, and the “Standard of Civilization” Houchang Chehabi Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 4:00pm, Dodd Hall 121 Discussion in Persian Alternate live stream on Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/94870537712 (No need to register in advance, just click the link at 4:00pm on February 26 to join.) In the Age of Empire, Iran was one of...

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Kepler and Descartes on Nature and Its Representation

Royce Hall – Room 306

February 27, 2023 | 11:30AM – 2:00PM Royce 306   Join us on Monday, February 27, 2023 for lunch and a lecture by Brian Baigrie, University of Toronto. Sandwiches will be served at 11:30AM and the talk will begin at 12:00PM.   RSVP below to save your spot!   If you can’t make it to...

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Being in the World: Law Career Panel

Royce Hall – Room 306

February 28, 2023 | 6:00PM – 7:30PM Royce 306   Considering a career in law after earning your Philosophy degree? Join us for a panel discussion and reception with UCLA Philosophy alumni who have built successful careers in the field of law!   Find out what our alumni are doing now and the steps they...

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Iranian Studies Lecture Series: Houchang Chehabi Lecture 3

314 Royce Hall 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

Aspects of Everyday Life in Iran Between Religion, State, and the Lure of the West A series of four lectures by Houchang Chehabi Professor Emeritus of International Relations Boston University Lecture 3: Food and Drink March 1, 2023 | Royce Hall 314 | 4:00 pm Registration Requested for In-Person Attendance A hybrid Zoom live stream...

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Investigating the Clark Family’s Perceptions of Butte in the Montana Collections

–lecture given by Gwendolyn R. Lockman, PhD Candidate in History, University of Texas at Austin Recipient of the 2022–23 Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Graduate Research Fellowship This event is free of charge, but you must register to attend in advance. All audience members will receive instructions via email after registration.  Visit our website to register for...

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Pourdavoud Center Lecture Series: Eve MacDonald

Telling Tales: Constructing Sasanian History in the Landscape The narrative stories and physical landscapes of the Sasanian Empire run parallel to each other, intersecting in areas where historical source and physical remnant of the material culture collide.  This is specifically relevant in the borderlands of the Sasanian’s vast realm, between the lands of Eran and...

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Adriana Vazquez | Reading Latin Subtexts in the Vernacular Poetry of the Brazilian Colonial Period

Dodd Hall 248 CA

Departmental Brownbag Workshop Professor Adriana Vazquez: “Reading Latin Subtexts in the Vernacular Poetry of the Brazilian Colonial Period” In his contribution to the 2020 volume Conversations: Classical Imitation in Renaissance Literature, Stephen Hinds, analyzing the parallel Latin and vernacular poems of Marvell and Milton, concludes by offering the provocative suggestion of the ‘virtual diptych’: for...

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2022-23 Colloquium: Examining Social Norms in Animal Cultures

Dodd Hall 121

March 3, 2023 | 4:00PM – 6:00PM Dodd 121   Join us on March 3rd, 2023 for a colloquium with Kristin Andrews, York University. The talk will take place in Dodd 121 from 4:00PM – 6:00PM with a reception on the Shostak Terrace (in front of Murphy Hall) to follow.   RSVP HERE   Social...

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Item Not Found: Accounting for Loss in Libraries, Archives, and Other Heritage and Memory Organizations

Wednesday, March 8 & Thursday March  9, 2023 This is a two day conference –A Virtual Conference organized by Anna Chen (Clark Library, UCLA), Rebecca Fenning Marschall (Clark Library, UCLA), Molly McGuire (Oakland University Libraries), Nina Schneider (Clark Library, UCLA), and Emily Spunaugle (Oakland University Libraries) This event is free of charge, but you must...

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Sara Brill | “Use of Birth: Biopolitics, Biotechnics, and Natal Alienation”

Bunche Hall Room 4276

Professor Sara Brill (Fairfield University) will be delivering a paper entitled “Use of Birth: Biopolitics, Biotechnics, and Natal Alienation” in Giula Sissa’s graduate seminar on Historicity and Michel Foucault. All welcome! 11:00 am – Lecture 12:30 pm – Lunch will be served RSVP is requested at sissa@ucla.edu by March 5th

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Iranian Studies Lecture Series: Houchang Chehabi Lecture 4

314 Royce Hall 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

Aspects of Everyday Life in Iran Between Religion, State, and the Lure of the West A series of four lectures by Houchang Chehabi Professor Emeritus of International Relations Boston University Lecture 4: Dress March 10, 2023 | Royce Hall 314 | 4:00 pm Registration Requested for In-Person Attendance A hybrid Zoom live stream option is...

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2022-23 Colloquium: Being Called

Dodd Hall 121

March 10, 2023 | 4:00PM – 6:00PM Dodd 121   Join us on March 10th, 2023 for a colloquium with Una Stojnić, Princeton University. The talk will take place in Dodd 121 from 4:00PM – 6:00PM with a reception in Dodd 399 to follow.   RSVP HERE     In the context of attempting to...

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Study Break with the Philosophy Department

Dodd Hall 399

March 13, 2023 | 5:00PM – 7:00PM Dodd Hall 399   Take a study break and relax with the Philosophy Department while you enjoy some pizza and refreshments in Dodd 399!   var gform;gform||(document.addEventListener("gform_main_scripts_loaded",function(){gform.scriptsLoaded=!0}),window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){gform.domLoaded=!0}),gform={domLoaded:!1,scriptsLoaded:!1,initializeOnLoaded:function(o){gform.domLoaded&&gform.scriptsLoaded?o():!gform.domLoaded&&gform.scriptsLoaded?window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",o):document.addEventListener("gform_main_scripts_loaded",o)},hooks:{action:{},filter:{}},addAction:function(o,n,r,t){gform.addHook("action",o,n,r,t)},addFilter:function(o,n,r,t){gform.addHook("filter",o,n,r,t)},doAction:function(o){gform.doHook("action",o,arguments)},applyFilters:function(o){return gform.doHook("filter",o,arguments)},removeAction:function(o,n){gform.removeHook("action",o,n)},removeFilter:function(o,n,r){gform.removeHook("filter",o,n,r)},addHook:function(o,n,r,t,i){null==gform.hooks&&(gform.hooks=;null==i&&(i=n+"_"+e.length),gform.hooks.push({tag:i,callable:r,priority:t=null==t?10:t})},doHook:function(n,o,r){var t;if(r=Array.prototype.slice.call(r,1),null!=gform.hooks&&((o=gform.hooks).sort(function(o,n){return o.priority-n.priority}),o.forEach(function(o){"function"!=typeof(t=o.callable)&&(t=window),"action"==n?t.apply(null,r):r=t.apply(null,r)})),"filter"==n)return r},removeHook:function(o,n,t,i){var r;null!=gform.hooks&&(r=(r=gform.hooks).filter(function(o,n,r){return!!(null!=i&&i!=o.tag||null!=t&&t!=o.priority)}),gform.hooks=r)}}); RSVP: Study Break with the Philosophy Department - March 13, 2023 First Name(Required) Last Name(Required) Email(Required)...

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Being in the World: Careers in Academia

On Zoom

March 14, 2023 | 6:00PM – 7:00PM PT Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/93202698666?pwd=Vmk1ai9BK081ZTFKV3lidGxKb2tLQT09   Considering a career in academia after earning your Philosophy degree? Join us for a virtual career panel discussion and Q&A with UCLA Philosophy alumni who are now working as professors at institutions such as the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, the University...

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2022-23 Colloquium: Strong Determinism

Dodd Hall 121

March 17, 2023 | 4:00PM – 6:00PM Dodd 121   Join us on March 17th, 2023 for a colloquium with Eddy Keming Chen, UC San Diego. The talk will take place in Dodd 121 from 4:00PM – 6:00PM with a reception to follow.   RSVP HERE     A strongly deterministic theory of physics is...

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Chamber Music at the Clark presents: Telegraph Quartet with Soprano Abigail Fischer

William Andrews Clark Memorial Library 2520 Cimarron Street, Los Angeles, CA

The Telegraph Quartet formed in 2013 with an equal passion for the standard chamber music repertoire and contemporary, non-standard works alike. Described by the San Francisco Chronicle as “…an incredibly valuable addition to the cultural landscape” and “powerfully adept… with a combination of brilliance and subtlety,” the Telegraph Quartet was awarded the prestigious 2016 Walter...

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