Events

What does it mean to think collaboratively without the body? Please join us on Friday May 2nd and Saturday May 3rd at Hershey Hall on the UCLA campus to hear—and participate in—a series of conversations on this subject. This two-day event gathers a group of scholars working broadly in eighteenth-century studies under the heading of what we...

Please join us on Friday May 2nd at 1:30pm for a public lecture by Emily Hodgson Anderson, “Ghost Writing: The Secret History of the No Bodies Who Write.” Location: Hershey Hall Salon Lunch is offered; RSVP here to attend. “Ghost Writing: The Secret History of the No Bodies Who Write.” We’ve probably all had this thought,...

What does it mean to think collaboratively without the body? Please join us on Friday May 2nd and Saturday May 3rd at Hershey Hall on the UCLA campus to hear—and participate in—a series of conversations on this subject. This two-day event gathers a group of scholars working broadly in eighteenth-century studies under the heading of what we...

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...