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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

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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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Bilingual Lecture Series: Nonviolence and the Revolution of Values in Iran

121 Dodd Hall 390 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

خشونت پرھیزی و انقلاب ارزش ھا در ایران Nonviolence and the Revolution of Values in Iran Ramin Jahanbegloo Sunday, April 2, 2023 at 4:00pm, Dodd Hall 121 Discussion in Persian Alternate live stream on Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/99540545809 (No need to register in advance, just click the link at 4:00pm on April 2 to join.) In 2009,...

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Dan-el Padilla Peralta | Classicism and other phobias: offense and defense

This talk will outline the contents of a newly drafted book manuscript that queries the relationship(s) between classicism, understood as a system of aesthetic determination and calibration that is not necessarily reducible to or coterminous with classics, and Black life. The main argument is that classics has been overrepresented as if it is or should be...

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Bilingual Lecture Series: Foreign Policy Panel

چرخش بھ شرق: تغییرو تداوم در سیاست خارجی جمھوری اسلامی Turning to the East: Changes and Continuities in the Islamic Republic’s Foreign Policy Sunday, April 9, 2023 I 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM via Zoom Registration Required Looking to the East and the New World Order Kazem Alamdari Main Tenants of Postrevolutionary Iran’s Foreign Policy...

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“Memory, Conflict and Democratization in Post-Junta Greece”, lecture by Professor Kostis Kornetis (Autonomous University of Madrid)

Royce Hall, 306 10745 Dickson Ct, Los Angeles, CA

Date: April 11, 2023 Time: 4:00 PM Location: Royce Hall 306 Introductory remarks, by The Honorable Ioannis Stamatekos, Consul General of Greece in Los Angeles Q&A moderated by Simos Zenios, Associate Director, UCLA SNF Hellenic Center Reception to follow In this talk, Professor Kostis Kornetis will examine how distinct political generations experienced and remember the...

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AchWorks 1 – Identity, Alterity, and the Imperial Impress in the Achaemenid World

314 Royce Hall 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

Identity, Alterity, and the Imperial Impress in the Achaemenid World The Inaugural Symposium of the Achaemenid Workshops Series April 12–14, 2023 | 314 Royce Hall Watch Livestream Morning refreshments and check-in begin at 8:00 am.  Panels begin at 9:00 am.   Download the Conference Program Download the Abstract Booklet   The Pourdavoud Center for the...

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Being in the World: Careers in the Legal Field

On Zoom

April 12, 2023 | 6:00PM – 7:00PM PT Zoom link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/94852021315?pwd=cFBreTBhcndZNnA3TkRoVzRWbVV4dz09 RSVP HERE   Are you considering a career in the legal field but want to explore options beyond being an attorney? Join us for a virtual career panel discussion and Q&A with three UCLA Philosophy alumni who now work in the legal field–one as...

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The Forgotten Canopy: Ecology, Ephemeral Architecture, and Imperialism in the Caribbean, South American, and Transatlantic Worlds Conference 3: Imperialism – DAY 1

–conference organized by Stella Nair (University of California, Los Angeles) and Paul Niell (Florida State University) This project is made possible through support from the Terra Foundation for American Art, and is co-sponsored by the UCLA American Indian Studies Center and UCLA Latin American Institute. Presented in-person at the Clark, and livestreamed on the Center’s YouTube Channel. ...

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