In a little-known chapter of World War II, Black people living in Nazi Germany and occupied Europe were subjected to ostracization, forced sterilization, and incarceration in internment and concentration camps. In the absence of public commemoration, Black writers and visual artists have preserved the stories of these forgotten victims of the Third Reich. Their works of memoir, poetry, fiction, painting and photomontage illuminate both the relationship between creativity and wartime survival and the role of art in the formation of collective memory. Probing the boundaries of Holocaust memory and representation, this talk draws attention to a largely unrecognized artistic corpus…
Until recently, very few people knew about Rokhl Auerbach, a remarkable woman who survived the Holocaust and then dedicated her life to preserving the memories of its victims. Professor Samuel D. Kassow will discuss Auerbach’s memoir Warsaw Testament, which paints a vivid portrait of that city’s prewar Yiddish literary and artistic community atruction at the hands of the Nazis. This book received a National Jewish Book Award in the category of Holocaust Memoir. Samuel Kassow, Charles H. Northam Professor of History at Trinity College, holds a Ph.D. from Princeton University. He has been been a visiting professor at many institutions…
Fostering public conversations about memory and justice, a reflection on Peru’s forced disappearances from 1980 to 2000. Documentary Screening: Este fue nuestro castigo, by Luis Cintora Wednesday March 11, 11:30 – 1:30 PM in Bunche Hall 10383 Guided Photo Exhibition: Percy Rojas (Ausencias Presentes) Thursday March 12, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM in Rolfe Hall 4302, Lydeen Library Book Reading: Karina Pacheco’s Niños del pájaro azul, with Gisela Ortiz Thursday March 12, 4:00 PM in Rolfe Hall 4302, Lydeen Library
This year’s lecture will be presented by Professor David Schneller, Assistant Professor of Art History, on Monday, March 9, 2026. All are welcome but kindly RSVP in advance by emailing: ycastellanos@support.ucla.edu or call (310) 825-0913 by March 2.
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…
