Since antiquity, artists have visualized the known world through the female (sometimes male) body. In the age of exploration, America was added to figures of Europe, Asia, and Africa who…
Read More
Search Results for: new book salon
New Book Salon, “The Enemy in Italian Renaissance Epic”
Professor Andrea Moudarres, UCLA Department of Italian, discusses his recent book, The Enemy in Italian Renaissance Epic with Professor Gerry Milligan (Director of College Honors Programs, CUNY College of Staten…
Read MoreNew Book Salon, “Dating Beowulf: Studies in Intimacy”
Erica Weaver, Assistant Professor of English at UCLA, and co-editor Daniel C. Remein, Associate Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Boston, discuss their book Dating Beowulf: Studies in…
Read MoreRecipients of Ahmanson Research Fellowships for the Study of Medieval and Renaissance Books and Manuscripts
2020-21 Kate Driscoll (PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 2020) specializes in late medieval and early modern Italy and Europe. Her research interests include the relationship between literature and politics, issues…
Read MoreDirector’s Annual Letter, Fall 2021
Over the past year and a half of the continuing biggest upheaval – racial, social, political, health – that we have known in our lifetimes, it was essential to continue…
Read MoreDirector’s Statements / Programmatic Overview
Opening Remarks and Overview from “The Western Mediterranean and the Global Middle Ages”, October 21, 2023 Director’s Annual Letter, Fall 2023 Associate Director’s Annual Letter, Fall 2023 Opening Remarks and…
Read MoreEnd-of-Year Director’s Statement, 2020-21
Dear Friends, A year ago, in June 2020, we released a statement in support of Black Lives Matter. We promised to continue systemic and programmatic changes that we initiated in…
Read MoreDirector’s Letter, Fall 2020
The Director’s annual letter is a serious task because it conveys a commitment to the project of the coming academic year and to a vision of a long-term future. But…
Read MorePodcasts
FROM UCLA and UC FACULTY The World of Plymouth Plantation – New Book Salon Author CARLA GARDINA PESTANA (Professor, UCLA Department of History) joins Assistant Professor ALEX MAZZAFERRO (UCLA Department…
Read MoreArchives
Annual Armand Hammer Art History Lectures Annual Newsletters Annual Will & Lois Matthews Samuel Pepys Lectures CMRS-CEGS/Getty Symposia Conference and Seminar Brochures Director’s Statements / Programmatic Overview Distinguished Visiting Scholars…
Read More