Events

The Environmental Humanities Research Group (EHRG) will host a coffee hour for graduate students and Professor Allison Carruth from 2–3pm in Kaplan 193, followed by Professor Carruth's talk at 4pm in Kaplan 193.

Novel Ecologies challenges the conviction that climate change and other environmental crises must be met with ever larger-scale forms of technological intervention. Against the new worlds conjured by Google, Meta, Open AI, Amazon, SpaceX, and a host of lesser-known start-ups, Carruth marshals writers and artists who imagine provisionally hopeful environmental futures while refusing to forget the...

The English Graduate Union Presents The Spring Athenaeum Thursday, May 15 at 4:00pm – 6:00pm Featuring Miranda Hoegberg and Uri McMillan, with Louise Hornby as respondent. The Athenaeum brings together one dissertation-stage graduate student and one faculty member to present their research, providing a venue for grad student and faculty research to be in conversation...

For our Spring 2025 meeting, we will meet on May 16,  3:00 - 5:00 PM, in Kaplan 193, and we will read the short Middle English poem Wynnere and Wastoure. This peculiar mid-14th century alliterative poem (in Middle English, but don’t be discouraged! Just do your best!) sets two allegorical figures, Winner and Waster, against each...

4th annual Professional Writing Minor Capstone Seminar Colloquium “Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere.” -Anne Lamott About The Event UCLA Writing Programs and the Department of English cordially invite you to our fourth annual Professional Writing Minor Capstone Seminar Colloquium, organized as part of Undergraduate Research Week...

Join us for our annual Academic Conference for English Students! Wednesday, May 21 in Kaplan Hall 193 Zoom livestream link here The full conference schedule is now available: ACES 2025 Conference Program. The Academic Conference for English Students provides a collaborative forum for students of literature to give oral presentations of their research and creative...

Join UCLA English for a book discussion and reception to celebrate Michelle Huneven’s new novel, Bug Hollow. Bug Hollow is a decades-spanning family saga featuring the messy but loving Samuelson clan trying to make sense of the world after the loss of their son Ellis. Register here to attend. Light refreshments will follow the event....

Please join students from our 2024-2025 departmental honors cohort as they showcase their work. Students will speak about the process of crafting their honors theses over the past year. Both critical research and creative works will be featured. Light refreshments will be served. Click here to download the event program. Click here to join the...

Join UCLA English for the Grace M. Hunt Memorial English Reading Room Writers Series: Tea and Conversation with James Lasdun James Lasdun will discuss his writing. This event is followed by Some Favorite Writers: James Lasdun at the Hammer Museum at 7:30pm. Visit the Hammer Museum for full details. Both events are free and open...

James Lasdun has written several books of fiction, memoir and poetry. His essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, Granta and the London Review of Books. His most recent book is the novel Afternoon of a Faun. Lasdun will read from his forthcoming nonfiction work Family Man: The Enigma of Alex Murdaugh, about the...

The English and Writing Programs Honors and Awards Reception will take place at the UCLA Faculty Club on Friday, June 6 at 5:00pm to 7:00pm. Questions about the event? Contact Marta Wallien, Programs and Media Manager mwallien@english.ucla.edu