What is this thing called Mau Mau? The “Storm in Kenya” in Global Perspectives
Kaplan Hall 348 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CAA Talk by Christian David Alvarado Kaplan Hall Room #348 5:00-8:00 PM In the opening pages of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s 1967 novel A Grain of Wheat, a European district officer...
“The Same Frame of Mind, but a Different Villain”: Conspiracist Narratology and the Decolonization of Africa
Kaplan Hall 348 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CAA workshop with Christian David Alvarado KAPLAN HALL ROOM #348 1:00-2:30pm Workshop 2:30-3:00pm Reception This workshop is open to UCLA Comparative Literature graduate students, UCLA English graduate students, and...
Women of the World
ELTS third floor balcony, Royce Hall
What can we expect from analysis today? A Talk with Dr. Luis Izcovich
Kaplan Hall 193 CAFriday, April 18, 2025 Kaplan Hall Room #193 (first floor) 4:00pm Light refreshments will be provided This talk is co-sponsored by the UCLA Department of Comparative Literature, the UCLA...
Good Enough Art: A Few Theses on Middling Mediation. Program in Experimental Critical Theory Public Talk
Bunche Hall 4357A Talk with Anna Kornbluh Tuesday, May 6, 2025 bUNCHE HALL ROOM #4357 (FOURTH floor) 4:00-6:00pm Talk 6:00pm Reception This year’s ECT Seminar, “Whither Marxism and Psychoanalysis?”, is...
Peasants in Space: Faulkner, Guha, and South to North Criticism. Program in Experimental Critical Theory Public Talk
Kaplan Hall 348 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CAA Talk with Hosam Aboul-Ela Tuesday, May 20, 2025 Kaplan Hall Room #348 (third floor) 4:00-6:00pm Talk 6:00pm Reception This year’s ECT Seminar, “Whither Marxism and Psychoanalysis?”, is led by Professor...
CANCELLED Writing History in a Time of Revolutions: The Arab Novel in English and the Quest for a Narrative
Kaplan Hall 348 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CAA Conversation with Alexis Tadié THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ADVANCED REGISTRATION REQUIRED BY 12PM PST ON 5/19/25 Wednesday, May 21, 2025 3:00-5:00pm PST Kaplan Hall Room #348 (third floor)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...