Led by Professor Christopher Looby Summer Travel Study: Florence Focuses on American Writers and artists abroad. Fulfills two required courses for English and American Lit majors. Open to students in all other majors for upper-div credit. Seats still available for summer 2026! Upcoming Info Session: 1/29 at 4pm in Kaplan 193 or via Zoom
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 text in English translation from across the Global Middle Ages and consider what it tells us about its cultural and literary context. Each discussion will […]
Chris Looby, “Revisiting Jonathan Edwards and the ‘bad books’ controversy.”
In conjunction with Professor King-Kok Cheung’s English 19.1 Fiat Lux seminar All are welcome to attend a Cantonese Opera workshop (in conjunction with Professor King-Kok Cheung’s English 19.1 Fiat Lux seminar) on Friday, February 13 at 4-9pm in Kaplan A51. This event is scheduled to coincide with the visit of Professor Selina Lai-Henderson and MFA […]
Please join us in Royce 306 on Tuesday, February 17 at 4:00pm for Hannah Weaver’s talk, “The Medieval Philomela and Fabricated Communication.” On the basis of manuscript evidence and a textual tradition that includes Ovid, Chrétien de Troyes, and Chaucer, this paper traces the uneven capacity of cloth to communicate. This event is sponsored by […]