This lecture will be held virtually in Dr. Nina Horisaki-Christens’ AH C170A course. All are welcome to attend! Recolonizing the Museum and the GLAM-work of AI This talk addresses the partnerships forged between the GLAM sector and the tech industry, which have been an essential component of AI’s development, particularly in the field of computer vision. It argues that this partnership reprises the colonialist origins of the Euro-American museum for the modern global economy.
Please join us for a Department of Art History Colloquium with featured speaker Meredith Cohen on Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 1 PM in Dodd 275 for her talk, Digital Gothic: Quantifying Change in Medieval Architecture. All are welcome!
The Tangut Xia kingdom flourished in the Ordos region and the Gansu Corridor between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. This talk will provide an introduction to the Tangut Xia kingdom, its unique writing system, and its dynamic religious traditions, highlighting the complex Chinese and Tibetan cultural interactions that shaped its historical development. By integrating elements of Chinese and Tibetan cultures, the Tanguts forged a unique religious and cultural amalgam. The Tangut Xia kingdom flourished in the Ordos region and the Gansu Corridor between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. Despite its relatively brief existence, it developed a distinctive literary culture and…
Seeing Like a Merchant: Jews and Greeks from Ottoman to Greek Rule Lecture by Paris Papamichos Chronakis Lecturer in Modern Greek History, Department of History Royal Holloway, University of London Presented by the UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies and cosponsored by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture February 24, 2026 2:00 P.M. 314 Royce Hall, UCLA Campus This event is part of the Maurice Amado Program in Sephardic Studies This event is moderated by Aomar Boum, Professor, Maurice Amado Endowed Chair in Sephardic Studies, UCLA Department of Anthropology RSVP here How did the…
Ancient Iran and Central Asia: Interactions and Shifting Identities March 4–11, 2026 A Series of Four Lectures at 4:00 pm Royce Hall 314 RSVP Link: https://forms.gle/fiCSCpULf7H3nJ6H8 The Pourdavoud Institute and Yarshater Center welcome Frantz Grenet (Collège de France) in March to deliver the four-part Biennial Yarshater Lecture Series on the theme, “Ancient Iran and Central Asia: Interactions and Shifting Identities.” Lecture 1: Wednesday, March 4, 4:00 pm PST A World between Worlds: Geography, History, and Identity of the Early Kušāns (First Century CE) This geographic and historical introduction to the Kušāns focuses on the multiple cultural affiliations and identities of…
El pensador sudamericano Simón Rodríguez (1769-1854), recordado como maestro de Simón Bolívar, desarrolló en su obra un proyecto pedagógico y político para fundar las nuevas repúblicas sudamericanas. Para presentarla, utilizó singulares composiciones tipográficas que configuran un modo alternativo de escritura. Esta charla explora la imbricación entre educación, republicanismo y experimentación escritural, y sus implicaciones teóricas. Se muestra que la obra de Rodríguez contiene una reflexión sobre cómo los objetos, los cuerpos, las exteriorizaciones técnicas y sus propiedades mediales le dan forma al sujeto y la comunidad política, revelando así la manera en que una compleja teoría de los medios sustenta…
Paula M. Krebs became executive director of the Modern Language Association in August 2017. She administers the programs, governance, and business affairs of the association and is general editor of the association’s publishing and research programs, as well as editor of two association publications. She serves as an ex officio member of all committees and commissions of the association, chairs the committee that oversees the planning of the association’s annual convention, works with the MLA’s trustees in evaluating and implementing investments of the MLA’s endowment funds, and chairs the staff Finance Committee. Dr. Krebs earned a PhD in English from…
The Program in Experimental Critical Theory presents Marx’s Late Writings: Theories of revolutionary change and of alternatives to capitalism A Talk with Kevin Anderson, in Conversation with Aditya Bahl and Emeer Hassanpour Friday, February 20, 2026 3:00-4:30pm Kaplan Hall Room #348 In Person Advanced Registration Advanced registration is required by Wednesday, February 18, 2026. REGISTER TO ATTEND HERE This talk is co-sponsored by the Department of Comparative Literature and the Department of Political Science. About the Talk In his last years (1869-83), Marx sketches three types of revolutionary change. (1) In 1869-70, he speculates that a British…
