January 10, 2025
King-Kok Cheung | UCLA

King-Kok Cheung is a UCLA research professor of English and professor emeritus of English and Asian American studies. A member of the UCLA faculty since 1984, she was honored in 2023 with a lifetime achievement award from the Association for Asian American Studies. The following is adapted from an article she wrote for the journal Literature, which she co-edited with former doctoral students Robert Kyriakos Smith and Hannah Nahm.

December 11, 2024
Jessica Wolf I UCLA

Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” is often described as a cornerstone of modern theater.

December 5, 2024
Sean Brenner I UCLA

On the eve of a symposium in his honor, colleagues pay tribute to Richard Yarborough

November 6, 2024
Dilara Bahadir I Daily Bruin

With elves, giants and magic, the Medieval Texts Reading Group builds community one whimsical text at a time.

November 1, 2024

This fall we welcomed ten graduate students into our 2024 Ph.D. cohort. We caught up with a few of these students to learn more about their decision to study at UCLA, current reading interests, and more.

October 28, 2024
Ashna Madni I UCLA

What happens to an ecosystem when wildlife can’t move freely due to colossal freeways and other human-made infrastructure? In her first book for young readers, UCLA Writing Programs lecturer Teddi Chichester sheds light on that complex problem.

October 24, 2024
Sean Brenner I UCLA

Ursula Heise, a distinguished professor of English and UCLA’s Marcia H. Howard Professor of Literary Studies, has earned an international honor for her leading role in advancing the field of environmental humanities.

October 18, 2024
UCLA Film & Television Archive

A film festival beginning Nov. 1 will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the founding of “Giant Robot,” the Asian and Asian American culture magazine co-founded by UCLA alumni Eric Nakamura and Martin Wong.

October 17, 2024

The UCLA Medieval Texts Reading Group welcomes undergraduate students, graduate students, staff, and faculty interested in medieval literature.

October 11, 2024
Sean Brenner I UCLA

In a recent appearance on Spectrum News 1, Marissa López spoke about the widespread erasure of Los Angeles’ Mexican history — and a mobile app she created to help keep that history alive.