Tuesday, May 19, 2020 @ 4:00 pm PDT – 5:00 pm PDT – Early Modern Cosmopolitanisms Lecture –Andrea Frisch, University of Maryland, College Park Contemporary readers of Jean de Léry’s Histoire d’un voyage en terre de Brésil, first published in 1578, have tended to downplay or outright ignore the context of the work’s composition and repeated publication in the midst of the French Wars of Religion. Though most scholars acknowledge Léry’s status as […]
Read MorePOSTPONED: Archive and Theory: The Future of Anglo-American Early Modern Disability Studies [Day 1]
Published: May 29, 2020
Friday, May 29, 2020 @ 10:00 am PDT – 5:00 pm PDT – This event is postponed, as we continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation daily and follow the public gathering guidelines set by UCLA, our local government officials, and the CDC. Please check our website for future updates. –conference organized by by Helen Deutsch (UCLA), Jason Farr (Marquette University), Paul Kelleher (Emory University), and Jared Richman (Colorado College) Co-sponsored by UCLA’s Dean […]
Read MorePOSTPONED: Archive and Theory: The Future of Anglo-American Early Modern Disability Studies [Day 2]
Published: May 30, 2020
Saturday, May 30, 2020 @ 10:00 am PDT – 12:30 pm PDT – This event is postponed, as we continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation daily and follow the public gathering guidelines set by UCLA, our local government officials, and the CDC. Please check our website for future updates. –conference organized by by Helen Deutsch (UCLA), Jason Farr (Marquette University), Paul Kelleher (Emory University), and Jared Richman (Colorado College) Co-sponsored by UCLA’s Dean […]
Read MoreChamber Music Conversations from the Clark: Cheng² Duo
Published: October 18, 2020
Sunday, October 18, 2020 @ 1:00 pm PDT – 2:30 pm PDT – Presented online via Zoom webinar Cheng² Duo Bryan Cheng, cello Silvie Cheng, piano Captivating audiences and critics alike, the Cheng² Duo (pronounced “Cheng Squared Duo”) distinguishes itself with uncompromising musical integrity, undeniable chemistry, and unparalleled communication. The brother-and-sister pair are cellist Bryan Cheng, playing Canada Council for the Arts’ “Bonjour” Stradivarius (c. 1696), and pianist Silvie Cheng, recipient of the […]
Read MoreBlackness, Immobility, and Visibility in Europe 1600–1800: A New Collaborative Scholarly Resource at Journal 18
Published: October 21, 2020
Wednesday, October 21, 2020 @ 4:00 pm PDT – 5:30 pm PDT – Presented by Zirwat Chowdhury (UCLA) and Louis Susunaga Online event via Zoom This event is free of charge, but you must register to attend in advance. All registrants will receive instructions via email after registering. Click he following link to register directly with Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_10g7QhMCQlG1eEr6ba4PgQ Responding in June 2020 to the rallying cries of Black Lives Matter amid conditions of […]
Read MoreResituating the Comedia, Conference 1: Making Classics: Canonicity and Performance
Published: November 12, 2020
Thursday, November 12, 2020–Friday, November 13, 2020 @ 10:00 am PST – 3:00 pm PST – –organized by Barbara Fuchs (UCLA) Online event via Zoom Webinar This conference is free of charge, but you must register to attend in advance. All audience members will receive instructions via email after registration. Click the following link to register directly with Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_F2r7uurXSAmfToPBXPSL0w Studies of the 17th-century Hispanic comedia have been reinvigorated by a strong turn to both early […]
Read MoreChamber Music Conversations from the Clark: Shanghai Quartet
Published: November 12, 2020
Thursday, November 12, 2020 @ 11:00 am PST – 12:30 pm PST – Presented online Program (Length of video is 1 hour and 32 minutes) Shanghai Quartet Weigang Li, violin Angelo Xiang Yu, violin Honggang Li, viola Nicholas Tzavaras, cello Host Rogers Brubaker, Professor of Sociology, UCLA Prerecorded Concert Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770–1827) String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, op. 59, no. 2, “Razumovsky” Allegro Molto adagio Allegretto Finale: Presto Giacomo Puccini […]
Read MoreCategories, Identity and Objects: American Indian Art
Published: November 17, 2020
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 @ 4:00 pm PST – 5:30 pm PST – Online Event Presented by Rebecca Hernandez, MFA, Ph.D., Director, American Indian Resource Center, University of California, Santa Cruz Hosted by the Indigenous Material & Visual Culture of the Americas (IMVCA) Working Group Co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies, UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, and the UCLA American Indian Studies Center This presentation examines the inherent […]
Read MoreWork-in-Progress Session: Insufficiency as World-Remaking: Andrew Marvell’s “Upon Appleton House”
Published: November 18, 2020Wednesday, November 18, 2020 @ 12:00 pm PST – 1:30 pm PST – –presented by Joseph Torres, UCLA Hosted by Helen Deutsch, Director and Professor of English, UCLA Moderated by Lowell Gallagher, Professor of English, UCLA This event is free of charge, but you must register to attend in advance. All audience members will receive instructions via email after registration. Click the following link to register directly with Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvc–vrj0pGtQGDaQqzDu-1z-AJuL0xYw_ As part of […]
Read MoreWork-in-Progress Sessions: Summer Mentorship Research Projects
Published: November 20, 2020Friday, November 20, 2020 @ 2:00 pm PST – 4:00 pm PST – –presented by Laura Hutchingame (UCLA) and Leah Marangos (UCLA) Online event via Zoom Hosted by the Early Modern Research Group For registration details, please email the Center at c1718cs@humnet.ucla.edu The Graduate Certificate in Early Modern Studies, administered by the Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies, offers UCLA graduate students an avenue to explore the increasingly transnational and interdisciplinary nature of […]
Read MoreBetween Fait-divers and Grand récit: The French Wars of Religion and the Genres of Historiography in the Sixteenth Century
Published: December 2, 2020Wednesday, December 2, 2020 @ 12:00 pm PST – 1:30 pm PST – Early Modern Cosmopolitanisms Lecture –Andrea Frisch (University of Maryland) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJl9LS1Q4MU Online event via Zoom. This event is free of charge, but you must register to attend in advance. All registrants will receive instructions via email after registering. Click he following link to register directly with Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XNsdI9SWS8eJtgvDZWHufQ As was the case with many events of the European sixteenth century, the […]
Read MoreResituating the Comedia Roundtable: For a Theater of The Future, Part I
Published: December 4, 2020
Friday, December 4, 2020 @ 2:00 pm PST – 4:00 pm PST – –organized by Barbara Fuchs (UCLA) Online event via Zoom This event is free of charge, but you must register in advance to attend. All audience members will receive instructions via email after registration. Click the following link to register directly with Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcrde-prz8iGdFix0bWId6_sqiyacfNGg2Q The history of theater is intimately bound up with the creation of public fora, the development of […]
Read MoreWork-in-Progress Session: Water on the Arno: Giulio Parigi’s Designs for the 1608 Argonautica
Published: December 9, 2020Wednesday, December 9, 2020 @ 4:00 pm PST – 5:30 pm PST – –presented by Laura Hutchingame, UCLA Hosted by Helen Deutsch, Director and Professor of English, UCLA This event is free of charge, but you must register to attend in advance. All audience members will receive instructions via email after registration. Click the following link to register directly with Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcsdOCsrjIrH9QeCEeKM3ZQKRKT1u08BRKT As part of our ongoing effort to sustain intellectual community and […]
Read MoreChamber Music Conversations from the Clark: Gryphon Trio
Published: December 13, 2020
Sunday, December 13, 2020 @ 1:00 pm PST – 2:30 pm PST – Presented online via Zoom webinar on 12/13/2020 Join us for an exclusive online event featuring a concert performed by the Gryphon Trio just for our audience, followed by a live Q & A with the musicians moderated by Bruce Whiteman, Clark Librarian Emeritus. Audience members will have the opportunity to pose questions via Zoom Group Chat. To learn more about […]
Read MoreResituating the Comedia Roundtable: For a Theater of The Future, Part II
Published: January 15, 2021
Friday, January 15, 2021 @ 2:00 pm PST – 5:30 pm PST – –organized by Barbara Fuchs (UCLA) Online event via Zoom This event is free of charge, but you must register in advance to attend. All audience members will receive instructions via email after registration. Click the following link to register directly with Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldTrUpWDQCCkrW7J9fKGwQ The Covid-19 pandemic has both exposed and exacerbated crises in the world of theater. There is a […]
Read MorePOSTPONED: Polonsky-Shifrin-Wiley Trio
Published: January 31, 2021Sunday, January 31, 2021 @ 2:00 pm PST – 4:00 pm PST – POSTPONED Chamber Music at the Clark is made possible by the generous support of The Ahmanson Foundation; The Colburn Foundation; Martha Bardach; Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Ph.D. and Barbara Timmer; Dr. Marla C. Berns; Dr. Rogers Brubaker; Patricia Chock; Regina and Bruce Drucker; Beth S. Farb; Susan Harris; Judy and Sam Hellinger; Henry J. Bruman Endowment for Chamber Music; Dr. Sheldon […]
Read MoreResituating the Comedia, Conference 2: Made for the Stage: Translation and Performance
Published: February 5, 2021
Friday, February 5, 2021–Saturday, February 6, 2021 @ 9:00 am PST – 4:00 pm PST – –organized by Barbara Fuchs (UCLA) Friday, February 5, 2021 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Saturday, February 6, 2021 9:00–11:00 a.m. Workshop on Translating for Performance Saturday, February 6, 2021 11:15 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Zoom Meetings This conference is free of charge, but you must register for each session in advance to attend. All audience members will receive instructions via email after registration. Click […]
Read MoreCritical Conversation: Exploring Visual Materials in the Early Modern World—Opportunities and Challenges for Global History
Published: February 18, 2021
Thursday, February 18, 2021 @ 4:00 pm PST – 5:15 pm PST – Presented by Chase Caldwell Smith, UCLA and Jeffery C. J. Chen, Stanford University Zoom Meeting This event is free of charge, but you must register to attend in advance. All audience members will receive instructions via email after registration. Click the following link to register directly with Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcsfuGpqD0uHdE7hCNvCtUMxGfIz8Ft5lMw Host – Zirwat Chowdhury, Assistant Professor of Art History, UCLA Respondent […]
Read MoreChamber Music Conversations from the Clark: Ying Quartet
Published: February 21, 2021
Sunday, February 21, 2021 @ 1:00 pm PST – 2:30 pm PST – Presented online via Zoom webinar on 2-21-21 https://youtu.be/alwAhPA8_2M Join us for an exclusive online event featuring a concert performed by the Ying Quartet just for our audience, followed by a live Q & A with the musicians moderated by Bruce Whiteman, Clark Librarian Emeritus. Audience members will have the opportunity to pose questions via Zoom Group Chat. To learn more […]
Read MoreAllan Ramsay and Augustan Edinburgh
Published: February 25, 2021Thursday, February 25, 2021 @ 5:00 pm PST – 6:00 pm PST – –Taylor Walle (Washington and Lee University) Southern California Eighteenth-Century Group Talks The Southern California Eighteenth-Century Group meets quarterly to discuss literary, historical, and cultural matters from 1660 to the early nineteenth century. Drawing on the vibrant eighteenth-century community in Los Angeles, the group invites a scholar who is visiting the Huntington or the Clark Library, or a faculty member from […]
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