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 service. We invite you to join us for a special reception in honor of Professor Sharpe that will bring together colleagues, former students, and friends...
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 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....