Events

A 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 asks a version of the question at the core of discourse about the anticolonial movement that gripped Kenya in the 1950s: “What is this thing...

A 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 UCLA African Studies Center students.   Related Document: Workshop Chapter The chapter we will be discussing in this workshop examines a key episode in the...

A 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 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...

A 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)   This talk is part of the Edward W. Said Series organized by Dr. Anjali Prabhu, Professor and Edward W. Said Chair in Comparative Literature....

A 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...