We invite you to the relaunching of the Working Group in Memory Studies. Founded in fall 2018, the Working Group brings together faculty and graduate students from across the humanities and social sciences who are interested in the interdisciplinary field of cultural memory studies. Cultural memory studies focuses on the dynamic interplay between the past […]
Join UCLA English for a reading and reception to celebrate Claire McEachern’s new book, Coyotes and Culture: Essays from Old Malibu. This unique collection of essays offers a gripping exploration of the precarious beauty and peril of California’s iconic coastline. Through essays blending personal narrative, cultural analysis, and history, author Claire McEachern takes us behind […]
Join us for a reading featuring Author in Residence Jean Chen Ho. Drinks and light refreshments will be served. Jean Chen Ho is the author of Fiona and Jane, named one of TIME’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2022; a “Best Book of the Year” (NPR, Vulture, Vogue, Oprah Daily, Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle); and longlisted for […]
Join us for a screening of The Travels of Teodor—a translated adaptation of one of Lope de Vega’s Spanish Golden Age plays, adapted by Melissa Crespo and produced by Red Bull Theater. This event is part of the Revelation Reading Series. Event Details The Travels of Teodor Wednesday, November 19 4:30 PM (approx. 2 hours […]
Co-presented by Zócalo Public Square, Playwrights’ Arena, UCLA Diversifying the Classics, and LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, with generous support from Snap Foundation, Karsh Family Foundation, Broad Foundation, and Olga Garay-English During the artistic and literary boom of Spain’s Golden Age, theater known as comedia helped audiences on both sides of the Atlantic understand their past […]