Dear Graduate Students, Applications are now open for CMRS-CEGS Fellowships for the 2026–27 academic year. The deadline to apply is Friday, April 17, 2026. Please review the application procedure carefully…
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Articles Tagged: humanities
Works-in-Progress
Published: March 24, 2026
Guest Speaker: Jiakai Zhang The presentation will focus on the Xiqin Quyi 西琴曲意(Eight Songs for Western Keyboard) composed by Matteo Ricci 利瑪竇 (1552-1610) in classical Chinese. Ricci was a Jesuit…
Read MoreCMS Community Celebrates Multiple Recognitions from the Medieval Academy of America
Published: February 12, 2026We’re pleased to share that members of our stellar California Medieval Seminar Steering Committee have recently received a series of well-deserved recognitions. Rowan Dorin received the Medieval Academy of America’s…
Read MoreWorks in Progress with Rebeca Martínez-Tibbles
Published: January 22, 2026
“Ilícita Amistad: Women’s Plural Relationships in Bigamy Cases of Colonial Mexico” Guest Speaker: Rebeca Martínez-Tibbles (History) This paper examines ilícita amistad—illicit or informal romantic relationships—as a central feature of women’s lives…
Read MoreCall for Papers –Translations: People, Texts & Objects in Motion Across the Early Global World
Published: January 9, 2026
The UCLA Medieval and Early Modern Student Association, sponsored by the UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies, is pleased to announce the call for papers for our 6th Annual…
Read MoreNew Book Salon, “Turning Away”
Published: January 9, 2026
A sweeping account of how we are at our most human when we turn away from the pains of the world. “This is a book that makes a difference, not…
Read More“Translations: People, Texts & Objects in Motion Across the Early Global World”– MEMSA Graduate Student Conference
Published: November 12, 2025 In his landmark 1611 dictionary, the Tesoro de la le lengua castellana, the Castilian linguist Sebastián de Covarrubias noted that the verbs “to translate” in Spanish, traducir and trasladar, possessed…
Read MoreMedieval Texts Reading Group (Winter 2026)
Published: November 12, 2025
Previously scheduled for January 23, 2026. The UCLA Medieval Texts Reading Group welcomes undergraduate students, graduate students, staff, and faculty interested in medieval literature. On the third Friday of each…
Read MoreCMRS-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…
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