The UCLA Medieval Texts Reading Group welcomes undergraduate students, graduate students, staff, and faculty interested in medieval literature. On the third Friday of each term, we meet to discuss a…
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CMRS-CEGS co-sponsors “Living Threads” at the Fowler Museum, led by Solsiré Cusicanqui, with master craftswomen from San Miguel, Cajamarca
Published: November 7, 2025
This past Saturday, October 25, the CMRS Center for Early Global Studies (CMRS-CEGS) co-sponsored “Living Threads: Ancestral Textile Knowledge from the Peruvian Andes,” a public program at the Fowler Museum…
Read MoreAssistant Professor Choon Hwee Koh hosts three leading scholars through CMRS-CEGS Research Seminar program
Published: October 22, 2025
This past Spring, Assistant Professor Choon Hwee Koh (History) offered HIST 208A: History of Money through the CMRS-CEGS Research Seminar program. With support from CMRS-CEGS, Koh invited three leading scholars…
Read MoreMedieval Texts Reading Group (Fall 2025)
Published: October 10, 2025
The UCLA Medieval Texts Reading Group welcomes undergraduate students, graduate students, staff, and faculty interested in medieval literature. On the third Friday of each term, we meet to discuss a…
Read More2025-2026 Annual Newsletter
Published: October 9, 2025
Welcome to the new academic year and the start of the Fall Quarter! Please take a look at our annual newsletter, which we’ve shared below, celebrating the past year’s achievements and highlighting…
Read More2026-27 Call for Applications – UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Published: September 8, 2025
The UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies and UCLA American Indian Studies Center in partnership with the Mellon Foundation are pleased to announce two postdoctoral fellow positions for a recent Ph.D. whose work…
Read MoreCMRS-CEGS Associate Director, Oona Paredes, creates 2nd ever book in endangered Philippine Indigenous language
Published: August 19, 2025
Congratulations to Oona Paredes, incoming Associate Director of the CMRS Center for Early Global Studies, whose research with the Higaunon people led to the creation of only the second book…
Read MoreManuscripts in Arabic Script at UCLA: Where Did They Come From?
Published: August 1, 2025
UCLA holds one of the largest groupings of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish manuscripts in the Americas, yet little is known about their provenance. This event will shed light on the…
Read MoreWorks in Progress with Jodie Miller
Published: August 1, 2025
Renart li rous: The Physiognomy of a Traitor The Roman de Renart, an Old French literary cycle composed between the late-twelfth and mid-thirteenth centuries, tells the tale of the fox,…
Read MoreCall for Presenters, Works-in-Progress (WIP) Sessions
Published: May 7, 2025
The CMRS Center for Early Global Studies (CMRS-CEGS) will host WIP sessions to promote intellectual exchange and collegiality within our scholarly community. These sessions are open to UCLA faculty and…
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