Events

Join us for the symposium, "Indigiqueer, Trans*, and Two-Spirit Relations and Worldmaking," on Friday, October 10 at 10:00am - 4:30pm in the Founders' Room at the James West Alumni Center. This gathering is open to everyone: students, scholars, and community members. Breakfast snacks and lunch will be served. Register here to attend. Please write Ho’esta...

Edible Entanglements: Race, Environment and Ethics October 14, 2025 (Tuesday) 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., UCLA Royce Hall, Room 314 Full schedule is available here. Free healthy lunch is provided for all attendees. Event is sponsored by UCHRI. Come and hear international leaders in Food Justice including Kathy Freston (New York Times Best Selling Author)...

All are welcome to join us for a seminar titled, "About Looking: John Ruskin and John Berger," on Friday, October 17 from 11am - 4pm in Kaplan 193. This seminar will explore the strange affinities between two major, and yet also marginal, critics of society and art. It will consider the relations in their work...

All are welcome to attend the Medieval Texts Reading Group on Friday, October 17 at 4:30pm to 6:00pm in Kaplan Hall 193. Professor Roberta Morosini (ELTS) will be leadings our discussion on the Proemium to Boccaccio’s Decameron (paired, like a fine wine, with Canto V from Dante’s Inferno). Readings are available here: https://ucla.box.com/s/gj37uqhrba6w8mcb36jythgbtjd358jn

Join us for a special screening of Invierno, a recent staged reading of José Cruz González’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. Kaplan Hall 193 Wednesday, October 22nd 3:00 PM Halloween snacks provided! To help you engage more fully with the performance, you're welcome to explore the following resources ahead of time:  Introduction to José Cruz González’s...

Salem Martinez, “Let’s Start at The End of the World, Shall We?: Sacred Rage as Resistance in N.K. Jemisin’s The Broken Earth Trilogy.”

Kanner Forum with Jasbir K. Puar and Dima Srouji

Día de los Muertos: Mourning and Remembering through Ecological Change will explore cross-cultural grief in the context of environmental and species loss. Join us on November 1 from 11am-1pm at the UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden (707 Tiverton Drive) for ofrendas, art, and talks on topics such as deforestation, extinction, and environmental colonialism and imperialism. Come...

Please join us for a screening of Faustus—an adaptation of Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus, adapted by Devin Brain and produced by Red Bull Theater. This event is part of the Revelation Reading Series. Event Details Faustus Wednesday, November 5th 4:30 PM (performance runs approximately 2 hours 15 minutes) Kaplan Hall 193 See the attached flyer...

Please join us online on November 7 at 9 a.m to 10.30 a.m. PST to celebrate H. A. Kelly's new book, "Criminal-Inquisitorial Trials in English Church Courts From the Middle Agesto the Reformation." Zoom Link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/94091684491

We invite you to the relaunching of the Working Group in Memory Studies. Founded in fall 2018, the Working Group brings together faculty and graduate students from across the humanities and social sciences who are interested in the interdisciplinary field of cultural memory studies. Cultural memory studies focuses on the dynamic interplay between the past...

Join UCLA English for a reading and reception to celebrate Claire McEachern's new book, Coyotes and Culture: Essays from Old Malibu. This unique collection of essays offers a gripping exploration of the precarious beauty and peril of California’s iconic coastline. Through essays blending personal narrative, cultural analysis, and history, author Claire McEachern takes us behind...

Join us for a reading featuring Author in Residence Jean Chen Ho. Drinks and light refreshments will be served. Jean Chen Ho is the author of Fiona and Jane, named one of TIME’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2022; a “Best Book of the Year” (NPR, Vulture, Vogue, Oprah Daily, Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle); and longlisted for...

Join us for a screening of The Travels of Teodor—a translated adaptation of one of Lope de Vega's Spanish Golden Age plays, adapted by Melissa Crespo and produced by Red Bull Theater. This event is part of the Revelation Reading Series. Event Details The Travels of Teodor Wednesday, November 19 4:30 PM (approx. 2 hours...

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