Post-screening conversation with UCLA English Professor Elizabeth DeLoughrey, UCLA Design Media Arts Professor Rebeca Méndez, and the film’s co-director, investigative journalist Rosanna Xia. Co-presented with the UCLA Department of Media Arts and the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. From the Los Angeles Times and Pulitzer Prize-finalist Rosanna Xia, Out of Plain Sight is […]
The UCLA Medieval Texts Reading Group welcomes undergraduate students, graduate students, staff, and faculty interested in medieval literature. Once each term, we get together to discuss a text in English translation from across the Global Middle Ages, to think about what it tells us about its cultural and literary context. Each discussion will be led […]
Join us for a screening of Cymbeline, Refinished, directed by Michael Sexton and produced by Red Bull Theater. This event is part of the Revelation Reading Series. Cymbeline, Refinished Friday, May 22nd 4:00 PM (approx. 2 hours 15 minutes) Kaplan Hall 193 The reading will feature Shakespeare’s original play, with Shaw’s reimagined final act, giving […]
Join UCLA English on Tuesday, May 26 and Thursday, May 28 for the Barbara L. Packer lectures featuring Caleb Smith, professor of English and American Studies at Yale University. In addition to his formal lectures, Professor Smith will lead a graduate workshop on Wednesday, May 27. All events include a light lunch. An RSVP is […]
Join UCLA English on Tuesday, May 26 and Thursday, May 28 for the Barbara L. Packer lectures featuring Caleb Smith, professor of English and American Studies at Yale University. In addition to his formal lectures, Professor Smith will lead a graduate workshop on Wednesday, May 27. All events include a light lunch. An RSVP is […]
The Barthes Fantastic: John Lurz in conversation with Louise Hornby Wednesday, May 27 at 4:00 pm Kaplan 193 John Lurz explores the intersection of literature and everyday life in the work of Roland Barthes. Doing so allows him to develop an expanded understanding of the fantastic as a conceptual category—a way of thinking—in which the […]
Join UCLA English on Tuesday, May 26 and Thursday, May 28 for the Barbara L. Packer lectures featuring Caleb Smith, professor of English and American Studies at Yale University. In addition to his formal lectures, Professor Smith will lead a graduate workshop on Wednesday, May 27. All events include a light lunch. An RSVP is […]
The English and Writing Programs Honors and Awards Reception will take place at the UCLA University Club in the Morrison room on Friday, May 29 at 5:00pm to 7:00pm. Questions about the event? Contact Marta Wallien, Programs and Media Manager mwallien@english.ucla.edu
Looking for a fun way to celebrate the end of spring quarter? Come hang out with us at the Creative Writing Prose Reading Tuesday, June 2 at 5 PM in Kaplan 193. Students from the Creative Writing Program will read from their work. Bring your friends, grab some pizza and drinks, and enjoy the party. […]
You are cordially invited to the department’s upcoming honors showcase, to be held in Kaplan 193 on Thursday, June 4 from 12 noon – 4 pm. Members of the graduating 2025-2026 departmental honors cohort will speak about the process of crafting their honors theses over the past year. Please see the attached program for the […]