Byzantium Within a Medieval Eurafricasian Literary Polysystem: Historiography, Fictional Tales, and the Practices of Narrative Representation Byzantium and its literature has been excluded from the national canons of European literatures. While there are some obvious reasons for this exclusion in the 18th–19th century, it is woth noting that also Byzantinists supported this exclusion by promoting the alterity of Byzantine culture in relation to “Medieval Europe.” The talk will examine two types of entangled premodern narratives as examples which show the application of new criteria that would allow us to think inclusively in terms of broader “medieval” literary polysystems and…
November 22, 2024 | 4:00PM – 6:00PM Location TBD & Zoom RSVP HERE Join us on November 22, 2024 for a colloquium with Thomas Kelly, Princeton University. The talk will take place from 4:00PM – 6:00PM with a reception to follow. Location TBD. Talk title, abstract, and speaker bio coming soon. 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 /* =…
In person (Kaplan 365) or on Zoom Could knowledge about biodiversity loss be advanced through inquiry into the study of religion? Emerging from a lab that integrates humanities, arts, and sciences into research on coastal change in Virginia, this talk shows how different conceptions of religion and spirituality open unique lines of inquiry into human dimensions of environmental change. RSVP here Willis Jenkins is John Allen Hollingsworth Professor of Ethics and chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. Jenkins writes along intersections of ethics, religion, and environment, including The Future of Ethics, which won an…
October 18, 2024 | 4:00PM – 6:00PM Location TBD & Zoom RSVP HERE Join us on October 18, 2024 for a colloquium with Anil Gomes, Oxford – Trinity College. The talk will take place from 4:00PM – 6:00PM with a reception to follow. Location TBD. Talk title, abstract, and speaker bio coming soon. 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…
UPDATE: This event has been postponed. Stay tuned for the new date. October 4, 2024 | 4:00PM – 6:00PM Royce 306 & Zoom Join us on October 4, 2024 for a colloquium with Alisa Bierria, UCLA Gender Studies. The talk will take place in Royce 306 (and Zoom) from 4:00PM – 6:00PM with a reception to follow. Talk title, abstract, and speaker bio coming soon. 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…
September 30, 2024 | 5:30PM – 7:00PM Royce Hall 306 RSVP HERE Come and meet other first-generation Philosophy students, faculty, and staff! Food and beverages will be served. 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 /* = 0;if(!is_postback){return;}var form_content = jQuery(this).contents().find(‘#gform_wrapper_32’);var is_confirmation = jQuery(this).contents().find(‘#gform_confirmation_wrapper_32’).length > 0;var is_redirect = contents.indexOf(‘gformRedirect(){‘) >= 0;var is_form = form_content.length > 0 && ! is_redirect &&…
September 25, 2024 | 12pm – 2pm Shostak Terrace (in front of Murphy Hall) RSVP HERE Please join us on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 from 12pm – 2pm for the Philosophy Department’s Annual Open House. It will take place at the Shostak Terrace, which is located in front of Murphy Hall, across from Dodd Hall and the Law School. This event is open to current and incoming students. Enjoy pizza and refreshments as you meet Philosophy faculty, staff, and graduate students and learn more about the Philosophy Department in an informal setting. Students interested in learning more about the Philosophy…
September 20-21, 2024 Royce Hall 306 RSVP HERE Please join us for SLIME 3 (Studies in Linguistics, Information, Meaning, and Expression), a workshop at UCLA on September 20-21, 2024. 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 will be available on the workshop website HERE. Speakers Samia Hesni, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Boston University Robert Hawkins, Assistant Professor of Psychology, UW-Madison…
