Events

2020-21 Packer Lecture Series

Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize Reading

Please join us for a talk by Frank B. Wilderson III Afropessimism and the Status of the Subject On Thursday April 22  at 5:00PM Pacific Time, live via Zoom. Afropessimism, Frank B. Wilderson III’s unique work of literature, philosophy, and memoir, asks the question: why does race—in its myriad manifestations—seem to color almost every pore...

With What Eyes? Anne Carson Sappho

The Academic Conference for English Students provides a collaborative forum for students of literature to give oral presentations of their research and creative work. The event is held annually during UCLA's Undergraduate Research Week. The 2021 conference will feature 8 student panels, with each panel moderated by a Dept. of English faculty member. Please see...

Featuring poets from the UCLA Department of English

Graduate Workshop

Location: Royce Hall 314 and over Zoom. All attendees must register here: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkcuysrjwvH9X2287GIVKY5fD2_Jgs1DVg Event Time: 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM UCLA’s CMRS Center for Early Global Studies Distinguished Visiting Scholar Lecture Susan Phillips (Department of English, Northwestern University) Rescheduled from April 30, 2020. Please see event registration details below. What happens when the schoolmaster is...

Location: Royce Hall 314 & online via Zoom –Organized by Joseph Bristow (University of California, Los Angeles), Neil Hultgren (California State University, Long Beach), and Elizabeth Carolyn Miller (University of California, Davis) This will be a hybrid event, taking place in-person and online simultaneously: Option A: If you wish to attend in-person, please fill out...