Core Program
The annual core program—a series of interdisciplinary events developed around a common theme—ranges from three or four consecutive workshops to a series spanning a year or more, with a full complement of symposia, workshops, graduate seminars, and public lectures, held at the Clark or on UCLA’s main campus. Core programs are organized each year by the current Center/Clark Professor or Professors, who are encouraged to design programs that will lead to publication in the Center/Clark series. The Center’s Ahmanson-Getty Fellowships are linked to the core programs as well, both in terms of themes and events.
Past Events
- Browse list of Core Programs, 1991–.
- Read about current and upcoming core programs
Upcoming Events
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13 Oct
Open Edo: Diverse, Ecological, and Global Perspectives on Japanese Art, 1603–1868, Conference 1: Global Edo: Edo in the World and the World in Edo
- Friday, October 13, 2023
- 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
- William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
- 2520 Cimarron Street, Los Angeles, California 90018
Conference organized by Kristopher W. Kersey, University of California, Los Angeles The subject of this initial conference is the longstanding myth that Japan was hermetically sealed from the rest of the world from the 1630s to 1853. While international travel and trade were indeed forbidden, Japan remained networked with those beyond its shores through trade with the continent, the Dutch,...
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2 Feb
Open Edo: Diverse, Ecological, and Global Perspectives on Japanese Art, 1603–1868, Conference 2: Eco Edo: Ecological Perspectives on Early Modern Japanese Art
- Friday, February 2, 2024
- 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
- William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
- 2520 Cimarron Street, Los Angeles, California 90018
Conference organized by Kristopher W. Kersey, University of California, Los Angeles The highly urbanized nature of the Edo period—with its three metropolises of Osaka, Kyoto, and Edo—resulted in massive changes to the natural and built environments. The bustling economies of these cities fueled wide-reaching networks of production, trade, and environmental exploitation. The concept of nature itself, as well as the...
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19 Apr
Open Edo: Diverse, Ecological, and Global Perspectives on Japanese Art, 1603–1868, Conference 3: Edo Outsiders: Ainu and Ryūkyūan Art
- Friday, April 19, 2024
- 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
- William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
- 2520 Cimarron Street, Los Angeles, California 90018
Conference organized by Kristopher W. Kersey, University of California, Los Angeles To this day, many mistake Japan for a culturally homogenous society, yet this nationalistic myth is far from the truth. In an effort to underscore the diversity of early modern Japan, this conference will direct attention to two groups who are often marginalized if not absent in narratives of...