The new Wilde-Holland Fellowship supports 1–2 months of research at the Clark Library in its Oscar Wilde collection. The award is funded by an endowment established by William Zachs and Martin Adam. In 2007 these benefactors also endowed the biennial William Andrews Clark Lecture on Oscar Wilde (held at the Clark Library), which focuses on…
Read MoreForging Ahead: Fakes, Fabrications, and Facsimiles in Cultural and Literary History—Medieval to Modern A two-day conference: Thursday, May 5–Friday, May 6, 2022 William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles Plenary speakers: Siân Echard (Professor of English, University of British Columbia); Aaron T. Pratt (Carl & Lily Pforzheimer Curator of Early Modern Books…
Read MoreWe are pleased to present our annual calendar of events for the 2021–22 academic year. Please download our printable 2021–22 PDF Calendar. Information for upcoming programs will be added to our Events calendar as details are confirmed.
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It is our great pleasure to introduce our new Instruction and Engagement Librarian, Ikumi Crocoll, who started in August 2021. Ikumi brings with her a depth of experience in special collections librarianship. Previously, she managed the Manuscripts Collection at the Daughters of the American Revolution Library. Prior to her appointment there, Ikumi provided reference and…
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The UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies and William Andrews Clark Memorial Library are inviting proposals for works-in-progress sessions to take place online via Zoom during the 2021–22 academic year (Fall and Winter quarters). Academic programs supported by the Center/Clark explore the latest research in the early modern period (including the long eighteenth century,…
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Core faculty member and former director, Barbara Fuchs, was recently honored by the Spanish governments’ Cervantes Institute for her work disseminating Spanish language and culture through theater and literature. Fuch’s will be awarded the institutes’ inaugural Ñ Prize in October in a ceremony presided over by Spain’s King Felipe VI. Read more on this from…
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UCLA’s Fowler Museum reopened in July, 2021 after an extended pandemic closure. One of the two fascinating exhibits that mark the reopening is “The Map and the Territory: 100 Years of Collecting at UCLA“. The “Map and the Territory” exhibit features materials from the Clark Library collection, which include maps, books, a model ship, and…
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Please join us online via Zoom for The 2021 Henry J. Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival which runs from July 23 through August 5, 2021. Artistic Director, Ambroise Aubrun, D.M.A. has brought together five fascinating Chamber Music performances for this year’s festival: Friday, July 23 Neave Trio Tuesday, July 27 …
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Did you miss our recent “Philomela at the Fin de Siècle” lecture given by 2020–21 Karmiole fellow, Tara Thomas? This fascinating lecture, illustrated with beautiful Wildeana from the Clark collection, is now available on our YouTube channel. Thomas’ talk examines Oscar Wilde and Michael Field’s engagement with the Philomela myth from Greco-Roman mythology. Wilde engages…
Read MoreThe Center for 17th– & 18th-Century Studies has received funding for three Graduate Student Researcher (GSR) positions for Fall, Winter, and Spring Quarters 2021–22. Applications for UCLA graduate students who wish to apply for GSR positions and requests from UCLA faculty for GSR assistance are due by Friday, May 14, 2021. Graduate students can find…
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LA Times theater critic, Charles McNulty, is a participant in our current core program roundtables organized by this year’s Clark Professor, Barbara Fuchs. The 2020–21 core program entitled “Resituating the Comedia” presents its second “For a Theater of the Future” zoom roundtable on January 15th at 2 p.m. McNulty presents a thoughtful and provocative response…
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Dear Alumni and Friends, I am writing to share news from the UCLA Center for 17th-and 18th-Century Studies and William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. As many of you are already aware, Helen Deutsch will complete her three-year term as director for the Center and the Clark Library at the end of the calendar year, which…
Read MoreThrough a generous donation by the collectors Robert and Toni Crisell, the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library at UCLA has received a large archive of the work of Southern California wood engraver, Paul Landacre. The items in this archive comprise prints, print proofs, preliminary drawings and page layouts, chapbooks, correspondence, catalogs, clippings, magazines, photographs, and…
Read MoreWe are pleased to present our annual calendar of events for the 2020–21 academic year. Please download our 2020–21 PDF Calendar.
Read MoreAs a result of Clark Library’s closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Center for 17th– & 18th-Century Studies and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library’s Fellowship Program is suspending applications for the 2021–2022 fiscal year (July 2021–June 2022) for all Short-Term, ASECS/Clark, Predoctoral, Clark Bibliographical, Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Graduate Research, and Kanner Fellowships in…
Read MoreWe have received the sad news that our former director, Professor Emeritus Norman Thrower, passed away at his home in Pacific Palisades on September 2, 2020. Professor Thrower had a long and verdant association with the Clark Library, and he served as its director from 1981–1987. He was instrumental in the founding of the Center…
Read MoreAs part of our ongoing effort to sustain intellectual community and enable scholarly exchange, and in order to support and encourage the work many of us are doing in a range of public forums during this unprecedented time, the UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies and William Andrews Clark Memorial Library are accepting proposals…
Read MoreThe Clark Library stands proudly within a community that, like most neighborhoods in Los Angeles, is made up of diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. This community has recently seen rapid changes that emphasize long-standing inequalities for marginalized communities. As librarians, our duty is to make sure there is room for everyone. The Clark’s mission to…
Read MoreDue to current state and local public health orders in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we regret to announce that the Henry J. Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival has been cancelled for 2020. We look forward to hosting a full slate of concerts in the summer of 2021.
Read MoreDear Center/Clark Subscribers and Supporters, We hope you and your families are all staying healthy and safe during this challenging moment. Our greatest priority continues to be the health and well-being of our community and staff, and I’d like to provide another update on additional steps we have taken since last week. We continue to…
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