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2022-23: Colloquium: Does Institutional Racism Presuppose Racist Ideology?

UCLA Department of English, Kaplan Hall 193 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

May 12, 2023 | 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT Kaplan 193 (and Zoom) Zoom link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/98656610498?pwd=TkRXeUMvdDVkRDlPY1piQVVxZ2gydz09   Join us on May 12, 2023 for a colloquium with Alberto Urquidez, St. Olaf College. The talk will take place in Kaplan Hall Room 193 from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM with a light reception on the Shostak Terrace in front of Murphy Hall to follow.   RSVP HERE   Does Institutional Racism Presuppose Racist Ideology?   What is racism? Standard definitions depict racism as a personal phenomenon thereby inviting questions about personal responsibility. A common definition analyzes racism as a cognitive phenomenon,...

Ephemeral Architecture Symposium, Thursday, May 18, 4-6pm

UCLA Dodd Hall, Room 247 315 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Please join us in Dodd Hall 247, Thursday May 18, from 4-6, for three talks, followed by a discussion with light refreshments. It’s an opportunity to hear about Paul Niell’s research (Stella Nair’s collaborator in “The Forgotten Canopy”) as well as the that of two early career architectural historians who have participated in the Center’s Core Program. We hope to see you there!

Studies in Language, Information, Meaning, and Expression (SLIME)

UCLA Department of English, Kaplan Hall 193 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

May 19-20, 2023 Kaplan Hall 193 RSVP HERE   Please join us for SLIME (Studies in Language, Information, Meaning, and Expression), a workshop at UCLA on May 19-20, 2023. All are welcome.   The conference is pre-view. Each session is 100 minutes. The commentator will start the session with 15-20 min discussion. The speaker may reply for up to 15 minutes. The rest is Q+A.   The most up-to-date schedule and information are available on the workshop website HERE.   RSVP HERE TO ATTEND     Speaker links: Márta Abrusán Judith Fan Carolina Flores Guillermo Del Pinal W. Starr​ Seth...

From Bodies to Things: The Commodification of Human Life in the Early Modern Atlantic – DAY 1

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

–conference organized by Tawny Paul and Andrew Apter (University of California, Los Angeles) Presented in-person at the Clark, and livestreamed on the Center’s YouTube Channel.  This conference will consider the commodification of human labor and life throughout the Atlantic during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Disparate examples of commodification cross geographic and disciplinary boundaries, and they are rarely brought into conversation. Yet considering the range of ways in which human life and labor were commodified offers numerous opportunities to think beyond current paradigms of labor, commerce, and power in the Atlantic world. First, it forces us to think beyond the freedom/unfreedom...

Elemental Readings I: Air

Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, UCLA 425 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, California

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From Bodies to Things: The Commodification of Human Life in the Early Modern Atlantic – DAY 2

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

–conference organized by Tawny Paul and Andrew Apter (University of California, Los Angeles) Presented in-person at the Clark, and livestreamed on the Center’s YouTube Channel.  This conference will consider the commodification of human labor and life throughout the Atlantic during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Disparate examples of commodification cross geographic and disciplinary boundaries, and they are rarely brought into conversation. Yet considering the range of ways in which human life and labor were commodified offers numerous opportunities to think beyond current paradigms of labor, commerce, and power in the Atlantic world. First, it forces us to think beyond the freedom/unfreedom...

Bilingual Lecture Series – Being Woman: Diverse Voices of Women from Afghanistan and Iran

زن بودن : صداهای گوناگون زنان از افغانستان و ایران Being Woman: Diverse Voices of Women from Afghanistan and Iran Roundtable discussion in Persian Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 11:30am Pacific via Zoom Zoom Registration: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZDUx9ZPvSvO_zhNLIzFkKg About the Panelists Haifa Asadi (Youth Generation of Arab Iranian Women) Haifa Asadi is an advocate for gender, racial, and ethnic justice. She grew up in Ahwaz, where she witnessed the struggles of her young Arab classmates academically and emotionally dealing with systemic racism and discrimination. This was the trigger for her to start a life-long fight against injustice practiced against Arab people in Iran,...

Being in the World: Philosophy & MBA Career Panel

On Zoom

May 24, 2023 | 6:00PM – 7:00PM PT Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/93664571311?pwd=NkZaRjN6aFp2Tm5BdkJKcUtVeEx4UT09 RSVP HERE   Are you considering pursuing an MBA after earning your Philosophy degree? Join us for a virtual career panel and Q&A with UCLA Philosophy alumni who completed their MBAs and went on to become senior leads/directors at businesses like Google and Scotiabank.   Find out what our alumni are doing now and how they got there. Walk away with real-world advice for how to approach your post-grad career.   RSVP here to get the Zoom link     Meet the Speakers   Alison Carroll, Executive and Internal Communications...

2022-23 Colloquium: “Art as a Shelter from Science”

Royce Hall 314

May 26, 2023 | 4:00PM – 6:00PM Royce 314 Zoom link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/99826733700?pwd=cGUvN1ZzdXdrZmVibElaVVRTZnJTZz09 RSVP HERE   Join us on May 26, 2023 for a colloquium with C. Thi Nguyen, University of Utah. The talk will take place in Royce 314 from 4:00PM – 6:00PM with a reception on the Royce Patio (3rd floor) to follow.   RSVP HERE   Art as a Shelter from Science   Aesthetic judgment is different from scientific judgment. For many, a key difference is that aesthetic judgment does not proceed via inferences. We cannot infer the existence of an aesthetic property based on the application of...

Study Break with the Philosophy Department

Dodd Hall 399

June 5, 2023 | 5:30PM – 7:30PM Dodd Hall 399 Take a study break and relax with the Philosophy Department while you enjoy some pizza and refreshments in Dodd 399!   RSVP HERE     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)}}); Join our mailing list Sign up for our mailing list to stay up-to-date with future UCLA Philosophy events, conferences, and colloquia! First Name(Required) Last Name(Required) Email(Required) Affiliation(Required) UCLA Student UCLA Faculty or Staff UCLA Alumnus/Alumna Non-UCLA Student Non-UCLA Faculty or Staff General Public Other gform.initializeOnLoaded( function() {gformInitSpinner( 32, 'https://philosophy.ucla.edu/wp-content/plugins/gravityforms/images/spinner.svg', true );jQuery('#gform_ajax_frame_32').on('load',function(){var contents = jQuery(this).contents().find('*').html();var is_postback = contents.indexOf('GF_AJAX_POSTBACK') >=...

Being in the World: Graduate School Panel

On Zoom

June 7, 2023 | 6:00PM – 7:00PM PT Zoom RSVP HERE   Are you considering going to grad school after earning your Philosophy degree? Join us for a virtual career panel discussion and Q&A with UCLA Philosophy alumni who are pursuing graduate degrees in Philosophy, Computer Science, and Visual Studies at Harvard, UC Berkeley, and UC Irvine!   Find out what our alumni are doing now and how they got there. Walk away with real-world advice for how to approach your post-grad career.   RSVP here to get the Zoom link     Meet the Speakers   John Abughattas, Ph.D...