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Department of English Commencement
Congratulations, class of 2026! We look forward to celebrating with you at our departmental commencement event in June. EVENT DETAILS AND EXPECTATIONS: The departmental event is a smaller, more personal ceremony for our graduates and their families. You will be able to celebrate your accomplishment with your fellow classmates and the English department's faculty and...
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Ecology, Memory, Poetry: Reading Paul Celan in the Anthropocene
Kaplan Hall 193 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CAThe Lab for Environmental Narrative Strategies (LENS) and the Working Group in Memory Studies present: Ecology, Memory, Poetry: Reading Paul Celan in the Anthropocene Paul Celan, one of the most important poets of post-World War II literature, is famous for his lyrical engagements with memory and the Holocaust. In recent years, he has also been...
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Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History
Kaplan Hall 193 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CAJoin us for our Kanner Forum featuring Benjamin Moser, author of Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History. In Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History, Benjamin Moser uncovers a suppressed tradition that has shaped Jewish thought for generations. Through a cast of artists, rabbis, poets, lawyers, activists, journalists, and politicians—from Europe and Africa and Asia and Latin America—Moser traces a lineage...
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40th Anniversary Celebration of the Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies
Royce Hall 314 10745 Dickson Ct, Los Angeles, CAJoin us in celebrating the 40th anniversary of the UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies, the nation’s first research center for early modern studies. Founded in 1985, the Center provides a forum for the discussion of central issues in the field of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studies, and organizes a wide range of academic and...
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Southernmost Sonnets: A Poetry Reading with Leo Boix
Kaplan Hall 193 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CAPlease join us for a poetry reading with visiting poet, Leo Boix on October 6, 2026. Kaplan Hall 193, 4pm-5pm, followed by a reception. Open to all. Students interested in participating in a poetry workshop, “The Sonnet, the Polyglot Poem and the Borderland: Writing Between Forms, Languages and Places,” with Leo Boix should fill out this form to...