Abolition and Constitution. Program in Experimental Critical Theory Public Talk
Kaplan Hall 193A Talk with Michael Hardt Tuesday, June 3, 2025 Kaplan Hall Room #193 (First floor) 4:00-6:00pm Talk 6:00pm Reception This year’s ECT Seminar, “Whither Marxism and Psychoanalysis?”, is led by Professor Nouri Gana in the Spring Quarter of 2025. Guest talks are generously co-sponsored by the Department of Comparative Literature, the Department of Political Science, the Department of European Languages...
Modern French Thought and the History of Philosophy
Kaplan Hall 348 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CAOctober 17, 2025: 4:00-7:00 pm PST October 18, 2025: 10:30 am-6:30 pm PST Kaplan Hall Room #348 (third floor) In person and Zoom hybrid REGISTER TO ATTEND HERE In person attendance is encouraged but Zoom attendance also available. Your advance registration will help determine the event catering order. The Zoom meeting link will be...
Interocepción insular: Lo patológico en la imaginación literaria del laboratorio Caribe
Rolfe Hall 4302, Lydeen LibraryWhen: Wednesday, November 12, 4:30 PM Location: Rolfe Hall 4302 – Lydeen Library Interocepción insular (UNC Press, 2025) examines literary representations of disease and disability to reconceptualize the Hispanic Caribbean as a site of scientific, economic, and political experimentation. Exploring how individuals subjected to various forms of testing—eugenic, medical, neoliberal, or otherwise—hyper-monitor a corporeality that is at...
Working Group in Memory Studies: First Reading Group Meeting
Kaplan Hall 348 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CAFounded in fall 2018, the Working Group in Memory Studies brings together faculty and graduate students from across the humanities and social sciences who are interested in the interdisciplinary field of cultural memory studies. Cultural memory studies focuses on the dynamic interplay between the past and the present in local, national, and transnational...
End of Year Gathering
Kaplan Hall 348 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CAThe UCLA Comparative Literature department invites faculty and students to the annual Holiday Celebration on Friday, December 5th from 2-4pm in Kaplan 348. Join fellow faculty and students as we mark the end of the year with hot chocolate & cookies, and an optional book swap. Interested in participating in the optional book swap? Please bring...
Finding and Applying for Fellowship Funding
Kaplan Hall 348 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CAFriday, January 16, 2026 2:30-4:00pm PST Kaplan Hall Room #348 (third floor) and via Zoom Advanced registration Advanced registration is required by Wednesday, January 14th. The Zoom meeting link will be sent on Thursday, January 15th. REGISTER TO ATTEND IN PERSON AND VIA ZOOM HERE Presented by Lika Balenovich (PhD Candidate, Graduate Writing...
Structuralism to Poststructuralism: Derrida on Lévi-Strauss. A Talk with Jonathan Culler │ Program in Experimental Critical Theory
Kaplan Hall 348 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CAThe Program in Experimental Critical Theory presents Structuralism to Poststructuralism: Derrida on Lévi-Strauss A Talk with Jonathan Culler Monday, January 26 3:00-4:30pm PST Via Zoom Advanced Registration Advanced registration is required by Friday, January 23. The Zoom meeting link will be sent end of day on January 23, 2026. REGISTER TO ATTEND VIA ZOOM HERE ...
The Edward W. Said Series Presents: A Brownbag Lunch Seminar with Roxanne Euben
Kaplan Hall 348 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CATuesday, February 10, 2026 Kaplan Hall Room #348 (third floor) 12:30pm PST In-person only. Please feel free to bring your lunch. Advanced Registration Advanced registration is required by Friday, February 6th. PLEASE REGISTER TO ATTEND HERE. This talk is part of the Edward W. Said Series organized by Dr. Anjali Prabhu, Professor and Edward...
A Talk with Shazia Jagot: Chaucer’s “Ioveris maladye / Of Hereos,” Avicenna’s Treatise on Love, and an Arabic-Islamic Metaphysics of Love
Kaplan Hall 348 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CAWednesday, February 23, 2026 4:30-6:30pm Kaplan Hall Room #348 (third floor) The CMRS Center for Early Global Studies, the Near Eastern Languages and Cultures department, and the Comparative Literature department are pleased to present a talk with Shazia Jagot (York University) titled Chaucer’s “Ioveris maladye / Of Hereos,” Avicenna’s Treatise on Love, and an...
Marx’s Late Writings: Theories of revolutionary change and of alternatives to capitalism. A talk with Kevin Anderson, in conversation with Aditya Bahl and Emeer Hassanpour | Program in Experimental Critical Theory
Kaplan Hall 348 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CAThe Program in Experimental Critical Theory presents Marx’s Late Writings: Theories of revolutionary change and of alternatives to capitalism A Talk with Kevin Anderson, in Conversation with Aditya Bahl and Emeer Hassanpour Friday, February 20, 2026 3:00-4:30pm Kaplan Hall Room #348 In Person Advanced Registration Advanced registration is required by Wednesday, February 18, 2026....
Psychoanalysis and Structure. A Talk with A. Kiarina Kordela | Program in Experimental Critical Theory
The Program in Experimental Critical Theory presents Psychoanalysis and Structure A Talk with A. Kiarina Kordela Monday, February 23, 2026 3:00-4:30pm PST Via Zoom Advanced Registration Advanced registration is required by Friday, February 20, 2026. The Zoom meeting link will be sent end of day on February 20. REGISTER TO ATTEND HERE About...
CANCELLED Undergraduate Research Resources
Kaplan Hall 348 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CATHIS EVENT IS CANCELLED Wednesday, February 25, 2026 1:30-2:30 pm Kaplan Hall Room #348 (third floor) Join us for an event highlighting undergraduate research resources and opportunities, featuring guest speaker Dr. Jacquelyn Ardam, Director of the Undergraduate Research Center for the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.

