Events

Kanner Forum: Craig Santos Perez

In this talk, Professor Frida Beckman will take you on a trip through the contemporary paranoid imaginary. This means a swift but hopefully not too mindboggling tour from the 1950s to the present with flashbacks to Richard von Krafft-Ebing, detours to Jordan B. Peterson, and temporary stops along the way at usual suspects such as...

Mariko and Jillian Tamaki from Drawn & Quarterly will discuss their new graphic novel, Roaming. Books will be available for purchase following the event. Register here to attend the event. Roaming marks a triumphant return to the graphic novel and deft foray into new adult fiction for Caldecott Medal-winning authors Jillian Tamaki (Boundless) and Mariko...

Join UCLA English for a book discussion and reception to celebrate Professor Justin Torres and his new novel, Blackouts. Blackouts is a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction, and has been named A Most Anticipated Read by The New York Times, The Guardian, Literary Hub, The Rumpus, The Bay Area Reporter, Datebook, Electric...

Led by Professor Saree Makdisi

As part of the CMRS-CEGS Research Seminar graduate course for Fall 2023, Money Matters: Between Antiquity and the Enlightenment (ca. 600-1600), guest lecturer, Professor Craig Muldrew (Cambridge, UK) will share about his expertise in British Social and Economic History from 1500 to 1800. Craig Muldrew’s research mainly focuses on the investigation of the economic and...

Led by Professor Christopher Looby

Text/Tech Event Featuring Jessica Luck