The Forgotten Canopy: Ecology, Ephemeral Architecture, and Imperialism in the Caribbean, South American, and Transatlantic Worlds Conference 1: Ecology [Day 2]

Published: November 5, 2022

Saturday, November 5, 2022 @ 10:00 am PDT – 12:45 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. Day 2 held at UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden This conference is free of […]

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Parker Quartet, Chamber Music at the Clark

Published: November 20, 2022

Sunday, November 20, 2022 @ 2:00 pm PST – 4:00 pm PST – NEW! Chamber Music at the Clark tickets are no longer distributed via lottery. Tickets for the Parker Quartet concert will go on sale at https://commerce.cashnet.com/CLARKLIBRARYEVENTS at 12 noon on Tuesday, October 4, 2022. Tickets sales are limited to 2 per person. All attendees must adhere to the UCLA COVID-19 Protocol for Organized Events. This protocol will be in effect until […]

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Markus Groh, Chamber Music at the Clark

Published: December 4, 2022

Sunday, December 4, 2022 @ 2:00 pm PST – 4:00 pm PST – NEW! Chamber Music at the Clark tickets are no longer distributed via lottery. Tickets for the  Markus Groh concert will go on sale at https://commerce.cashnet.com/CLARKLIBRARYEVENTS at 12 noon on Tuesday, October 18, 2022. Tickets sales are limited to 2 per person. All attendees must adhere to the UCLA COVID-19 Protocol for Organized Events. This protocol will be in effect until […]

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Works-in-Progress Session: “Lustrous Matters: Aventurine Glass in the Early Modern World”

Published: December 7, 2022
Aventurine Glass

Wednesday, December 7, 2022 @ 12:00 pm PST – 1:00 pm PST – -presented by Cynthia Fang, Ph.D. Student, Department of Art History, University of California, Los Angeles Hosted by the Early Modern Research Group Online event via Zoom To register for this event, please email the Early Modern Research Group. Glass––and especially aventurine glass––is a compelling material for tracing connections between makers, spaces, agents, trade and diplomatic circuits, as well as desires […]

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Los Angeles Piano Trio, Chamber Music at the Clark

Published: January 8, 2023

Sunday, January 8, 2023 @ 2:00 pm PST – 4:00 pm PST – NEW! Chamber Music at the Clark tickets are no longer distributed via lottery. Tickets for the  Los Angeles Piano Trio concert will go on sale at https://commerce.cashnet.com/CLARKLIBRARYEVENTS at 12 noon on Tuesday, November 15, 2022. Tickets sales are limited to 2 per person. All attendees must adhere to the UCLA COVID-19 Protocol for Organized Events. This protocol will be in […]

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The Short Peace Beyond the Line: Europe and the World, 1595–1620

Published: January 20, 2023

Friday, January 20, 2023–Saturday, January 21, 2023 @ 9:00 am PST – 5:00 pm PST – –Co-sponsored by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK), University of Birmingham, USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute, UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies, and UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library   Between 1598 and 1618, a series of interlocking treaties and truces brought peace to Europe. The Civil Wars in France, the Anglo-Spanish war, the Dutch rebellion, even the […]

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Approaches to Sound in the Early Modern Atlantic World – [ Day 1 ]

Published: February 3, 2023

Friday, February 3, 2023 @ 10:00 am PST – 5:30 pm PST – –conference organized by Barbara Fuchs (University of California, Los Angeles) and Sarah Finley (Christopher Newport University) 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 form below. No registration is needed to watch the livestream. This conference is free […]

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Approaches to Sound in the Early Modern Atlantic World [ Day 2]

Published: February 4, 2023

Saturday, February 4, 2023 @ 10:00 am PST – 1:15 pm PST – –conference organized by Barbara Fuchs (University of California, Los Angeles) and Sarah Finley (Christopher Newport University) 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 form below. No registration is needed to watch the livestream. This conference is free […]

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The Forgotten Canopy: Ecology, Ephemeral Architecture, and Imperialism in the Caribbean, South American, and Transatlantic Worlds Conference 2: Ephemeral Architecture – [Day 1]

Published: February 10, 2023

Friday, February 10, 2023 @ 10:00 am PST – 4:30 pm PST – –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.       This conference is free of charge. It will be held in person at the Clark, and livestreamed […]

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The Forgotten Canopy: Ecology, Ephemeral Architecture, and Imperialism in the Caribbean, South American, and Transatlantic Worlds Conference 2: Ephemeral Architecture – [Day 2]

Published: February 11, 2023

Saturday, February 11, 2023 @ 10:00 am PST – 12:45 pm PST – –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. This conference is free of charge. It will be held in person at the Clark, and livestreamed on the Center’s […]

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Cuarteto Casals, Chamber Music at the Clark

Published: February 26, 2023

Sunday, February 26, 2023 @ 2:00 pm PST – 4:00 pm PST – NEW! Chamber Music at the Clark tickets are no longer distributed via lottery. Tickets for the Cuarteto Casals concert will go on sale at https://commerce.cashnet.com/CLARKLIBRARYEVENTS at 12 noon on Tuesday, January 10, 2023. Tickets sales are limited to 2 per person. Face masks are not required but are strongly recommended at all indoor campus events. Program Joseph Haydn  (1732–1809) Quartet […]

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Investigating the Clark Family’s Perceptions of Butte in the Montana Collections

Published: March 2, 2023
Decorative photo

Thursday, March 2, 2023 @ 12:00 pm PST – 1:00 pm PST – –lecture given by Gwendolyn R. Lockman, PhD Candidate in History, University of Texas at Austin. Recipient of the 2022–23 Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Graduate Research Fellowship Watch this lecture on our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/live/fiVOuqKAn6k William Andrews Clark Sr. made the family fortune on his shrewd business decisions beginning with trading in goods from Salt Lake City to the mining camps of […]

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A Greater History of Music in the Age of Enlightenment: Colonial Gaze and Uses of Non-European Acoustic Objects

Published: March 6, 2023
Decorative image, The Lad Taiyota, Native of Otaheite, in the dress of his Country, from Sydney Parkinson, A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in his Majesty's Ship the Endeavour, London.

Monday, March 6, 2023 @ 12:00 pm PST – 1:00 pm PST – –lecture on Zoom given by Mélanie Traversier, Professor of Early Modern History at the Université de Lille Presented by the UCLA Program in Experimental Critical Theory which is generously supported by the Deans of the Humanities and Social Sciences, the Department of Comparative Literature, and the Department of Political Science. This lecture is co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for 17th- […]

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Item Not Found: Accounting for Loss in Libraries, Archives, and Other Heritage and Memory Organizations

Published: March 8, 2023
Decorative photo collage of card catalog cards and newspaper clippings relating to the disappearance of the 1741 manuscript receipt signed by Eliza Haywood that was discovered missing from Oakland University in the early 1980s.

Wednesday, March 8, 2023–Thursday, March 9, 2023 @ 9:00 am PST – 1:00 pm PST – A Virtual Conference 9 a.m.–1 p.m. PST –conference organized by Anna Chen (Clark Library, UCLA), Rebecca Fenning Marschall (Clark Library, UCLA), Molly McGuire (Oakland University Libraries), Nina Schneider (Clark Library, UCLA), and Emily Spunaugle (Oakland University Libraries) This event is free of charge, but you must register to attend in advance. All audience members will receive instructions via email after […]

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The Past, Present, And Future of “Le Rapt De La Négresse”

Published: March 16, 2023
Decorative photo of Joanna Woodall

Thursday, March 16, 2023 @ 5:30 pm PDT – 6:30 pm PDT – –Joanna Woodall (Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London) Event co-sponsored by UCLA Department of Art History and the UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies. Made possible by Edward W. Carter Program Funds for European Art Joanna Woodall is Professor Emerita at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. She has specialised in Netherlandish visual culture during the […]

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Telegraph Quartet with Soprano Abigail Fischer, Chamber Music at the Clark

Published: March 19, 2023

Sunday, March 19, 2023 @ 2:00 pm PDT – 4:00 pm PDT – NEW! Chamber Music at the Clark tickets are no longer distributed via lottery. Tickets for the Telegraph Quartet with Soprano Abigail Fischer concert will go on sale at https://commerce.cashnet.com/CLARKLIBRARYEVENTS at 12 noon on Tuesday, January 31, 2023. Tickets sales are limited to 2 per person. Face masks are not required but are strongly recommended at all indoor campus events. Program […]

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The Forgotten Canopy: Ecology, Ephemeral Architecture, and Imperialism in the Caribbean, South American, and Transatlantic Worlds Conference 3: Imperialism [Day 1]

Published: April 14, 2023

Friday, April 14, 2023 @ 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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The Forgotten Canopy: Ecology, Ephemeral Architecture, and Imperialism in the Caribbean, South American, and Transatlantic Worlds Conference 3: Imperialism [Day 2]

Published: April 15, 2023

Saturday, April 15, 2023 @ 10:00 am PDT – 12:45 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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Augustin Hadelich, Chamber Music at the Clark

Published: April 23, 2023

Sunday, April 23, 2023 @ 2:00 pm PDT – 4:00 pm PDT – NEW! Chamber Music at the Clark tickets are no longer distributed via lottery. Tickets for the Augustin Hadelich concert will go on sale at https://commerce.cashnet.com/CLARKLIBRARYEVENTS at 12 noon on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Tickets sales are limited to 2 per person. Face masks are not required but are strongly recommended at all indoor campus events. Program Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) […]

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Balourdet Quartet, Chamber Music at the Clark

Published: May 7, 2023

Sunday, May 7, 2023 @ 2:00 pm PDT – 4:00 pm PDT – Tickets for the Balourdet Quartet concert are now sold out. Face masks are not required but are strongly recommended at all indoor campus events. Program Douglas J. Cuomo (1958– ) A White Rose in the Blue Ground Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) String Quartet No. 4 in E Minor, op. 44 no. 2 I. Allegro assai appassionato II. Scherzo. Allegro di molto III. […]

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