Stephen A. Kanter Lecture on California Fine Printing: Not a Hoover

Published: May 11, 2022

Wednesday, May 11, 2022 @ 4:00 pm PDT – 5:00 pm PDT – Stephen A. Kanter Lecture on California Fine Printing –given by Richard Wagener, Mixolydian Editions This lecture was livestreamed on the Center’s YouTube Channel, you can watch it here: https://youtu.be/t4iNxVBWAyk   Richard Wagener will discuss his forty-plus year dialogue with wood engraving, beginning with the origin and evolution of abstraction and representation in his work, along with early and late influences. […]

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2022 Ahmanson-Getty Postdoctoral Roundtable–Cultivating Space: Land, Literature, and Art of the Long Nineteenth Century

Published: May 13, 2022

Friday, May 13, 2022 @ 12:00 pm PDT – 2:00 pm PDT – Organized by Lindsay Wells and Zach Fruit, Ahmanson-Getty Postdoctoral Fellows Online Event via Zoom meeting. Please register in advance: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUucOqrqDIiGdyaEox4Am9wSJHkuAMFFqOm “Cultivating Space: Land, Literature, and Art of the Long Nineteenth Century” is presented by the 2022 UCLA Ahmanson-Getty postdoctoral working group, which builds on themes from the 2021-22 Core Program “Victorian Apocalypse: The siècle at its fin” hosted by UCLA’s […]

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Ying Quartet, Chamber Music at the Clark

Published: May 15, 2022

Sunday, May 15, 2022 @ 2:00 pm PDT – 4:00 pm PDT – Chamber Music at the Clark concert seating is determined via lottery. Concert pricing is $35 per person for general admission, and $10 each for UCLA students with ID. The booking-by-lottery entry form for Ying Quartet concert seats posts here on Thursday, March 24, 2022. Lottery registration closes Thursday, April 14, 2022. Learn more about the booking-by-lottery system for securing Chamber Music at the […]

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Horszowski Trio, Chamber Music at the Clark

Published: May 22, 2022

Sunday, May 22, 2022 @ 2:00 pm PDT – 4:00 pm PDT – Chamber Music at the Clark concert seating is determined via lottery. Concert pricing is $35 per person for general admission, and $10 each for UCLA students with ID. The booking-by-lottery entry form for Horszowski Trio concert seats posts here on Thursday, March 31, 2022. Lottery registration closes Thursday, April 21, 2022. Learn more about the booking-by-lottery system for securing Chamber Music at the […]

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Early Modern Explorations: A Conference in Honor of Mary Terrall

Published: June 3, 2022
Image: R. C. Geoffroy de Villeneuve, Afrique ou histoire, moeurs, usages et coutumes des Africains, 1814.

Friday, June 3, 2022 @ 8:45 am PDT – 5:15 pm PDT – –organized by Theodore Porter (University of California, Los Angeles) Co-sponsored by the UCLA Department of History, UCLA College of Social Sciences Dean’s Office, UCLA Center for Social Medicine and Humanities, and the Huntington Library Dibner Program in the History of Science and Technology. Join us in person on the UCLA campus. Livestream available on the Center’s YouTube Channel All attendees […]

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PUBLIQuartet, Chamber Music at the Clark

Published: June 25, 2022

Saturday, June 25, 2022 @ 3:30 pm PDT – 7:00 pm PDT – Chamber Music at the Clark concert seating is determined via lottery. This concert offers special pricing at $10 per person. The booking-by-lottery entry form for PUBLIQuartet concert seats posts here on Thursday, April 28, 2022. Lottery registration closes Thursday, May 19, 2022. Learn more about the booking-by-lottery system for securing Chamber Music at the Clark seats. All attendees must complete a pre-entry check to […]

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Center & Clark Graduate Student Research Fair: Working with Paul Chrzanowski’s Early Modern Resources

Published: September 20, 2022

Tuesday, September 20, 2022 @ 3:30 pm PDT – 5:30 pm PDT – In fall 2009 Dr. Paul Chrzanowski donated his collection of seventy-two early English books to the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. Nine additional titles followed in 2014. The Paul Chrzanowski Collection is the most valuable and important donation made to the Clark since the original donation of the founder’s collection, deeded in 1926 and transferred to UCLA’s custody in 1934. […]

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Objects Talk: Transformations in Iberian American Art | Los objetos hablan: transformaciones en el arte iberoamericano

Published: October 1, 2022

Saturday, October 1, 2022 @ 9:00 am PDT – 5:30 pm PDT – Bilingual Scholar’s Day | Coloquio bilingüe –conference organized by Ilona Katzew (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), Charlene Villaseñor-Black (University of California, Los Angeles), Susan Deans-Smith (University of Texas, Austin) This conference will be held in person at the Clark Library and livestreamed on the Center’s YouTube Channel. To attend the conference in person, you must register by submitting the booking […]

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Archive and Theory: The Future of Anglo-American Early Modern Disability Studies [DAY 1]

Published: October 7, 2022

Friday, October 7, 2022 @ 9:00 am PDT – 5:00 pm PDT – –conference organized by Helen Deutsch (University of California, Los Angeles), Jason Farr (Marquette University), Paul Kelleher (Emory University), and Jared S. Richman (Colorado College) Co-sponsored by UCLA’s Dean of Humanities, CMRS Center for Early Global Studies, Undergraduate Education Initiatives-Disability Studies, Department of English, Department of History, and Joyce Appleby Endowed Chair of America in the World This conference is free […]

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Archive and Theory: The Future of Anglo-American Early Modern Disability Studies [DAY 2]

Published: October 8, 2022

Saturday, October 8, 2022 @ 9:00 am PDT – 3:30 pm PDT – –conference organized by Helen Deutsch (University of California, Los Angeles), Jason Farr (Marquette University), Paul Kelleher (Emory University), and Jared S. Richman (Colorado College) Co-sponsored by UCLA’s Dean of Humanities, CMRS Center for Early Global Studies, Undergraduate Education Initiatives-Disability Studies, Department of English, Department of History, and Joyce Appleby Endowed Chair of America in the World This conference is free […]

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Gulliver, performed by Box Tale Soup

Published: October 22, 2022

Saturday, October 22, 2022 @ 2:00 pm PDT – 3:30 pm PDT – –An original adaptation of Jonathan Swift’s novel Gulliver’s Travels commissioned by the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library All attendees must adhere to the UCLA COVID-19 Protocol for Organized Events. This protocol will be in effect until further notice and adjusted as needed to respond to evolving public health conditions. Face masks: It is strongly recommended that all attendees at indoor campus […]

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Gulliver, performed by Box Tale Soup

Published: October 22, 2022

Saturday, October 22, 2022 @ 5:30 pm PDT – 7:00 pm PDT – –An original adaptation of Jonathan Swift’s novel Gulliver’s Travels commissioned by the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library All attendees must adhere to the UCLA COVID-19 Protocol for Organized Events. This protocol will be in effect until further notice and adjusted as needed to respond to evolving public health conditions. Face masks: It is strongly recommended that all attendees at indoor campus […]

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Disability Scholarships in Light of English Sources to 1666: Milton’s Sightlessness and the Depiction of Space in “Paradise Lost”

Published: October 25, 2022

Tuesday, October 25, 2022 @ 4:00 pm PDT – 5:00 pm PDT – –given by Karmiole Fellow Joseph Nicolello (Temple University) This presentation was recorded and is made available for viewing on the Center’s YouTube Channel https://youtu.be/KHz-ndp9atE What is Milton talking about when he speaks of Pandemonium or the Garden as though they are actual places–and why did it take blindness for this vision to crystallize in earnest? The theoretical dimension of disability […]

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Sammelband Scientia: Collecting Dürer’s Books and Printing Instruments

Published: October 27, 2022

Thursday, October 27, 2022 @ 4:00 pm PDT – 5:30 pm PDT – Seventeenth Kenneth Karmiole Lecture on the History of the Book Trade –lecture given by Suzanne Karr Schmidt (Newberry Library) This lecture is free of charge. It will be held in person at the Clark Library and livestreamed on the Center’s YouTube Channel. To attend the lecture in person, you must reserve your space by submitting the booking form at the bottom […]

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The Forgotten Canopy: Ecology, Ephemeral Architecture, and Imperialism in the Caribbean, South American, and Transatlantic Worlds Conference 1: Ecology [Day 1]

Published: November 4, 2022

Friday, November 4, 2022 @ 10:00 am PDT – 4:30 pm PDT – –conference organized by Stella Nair (University of California, Los Angeles) and Paul Niell (Florida State University) This project is made possible through support from the Terra Foundation for American Art, and is co-sponsored by the UCLA American Indian Studies Center and UCLA Latin American Institute. This conference is free of charge. It will be held in person and livestreamed on […]

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