Events

Professor Jenny Sharpe, a renowned scholar of postcolonial studies, the Black Atlantic, and cultural theories of globalization, is retiring after a 32-year distinguished career marked by groundbreaking scholarship and dedicated...

READING, INTERVIEW, Q&A, RECEPTION

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...