Name: A Talk with Shazia Jagot: Chaucer’s “Ioveris maladye / Of Hereos,” Avicenna’s Treatise on Love, and an Arabic-Islamic Metaphysics of Love
Start: 2026-02-11T16:30:00-08:00
End: 2026-02-11T18:30:00-08:00
Location: Kaplan Hall 348

May 2025
Peasants in Space: Faulkner, Guha, and South to North Criticism. Program in Experimental Critical Theory Public Talk

May 20, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Kaplan Hall 348 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

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...
CANCELLED Writing History in a Time of Revolutions: The Arab Novel in English and the Quest for a Narrative

May 21, 2025 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Kaplan Hall 348 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

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....
June 2025
Abolition and Constitution. Program in Experimental Critical Theory Public Talk

June 3, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Kaplan Hall 193

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...
October 2025
Modern French Thought and the History of Philosophy

October 17, 2025 - October 18, 2025

Kaplan Hall 348 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

October 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...
November 2025
Working Group in Memory Studies: First Reading Group Meeting

November 13, 2025 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Kaplan Hall 348 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Founded 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...
December 2025
End of Year Gathering

December 5, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Kaplan Hall 348 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The 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...
January 2026
Finding and Applying for Fellowship Funding

January 16 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Friday, 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

January 26 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Kaplan Hall 348 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The 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 ...
February 2026
The Edward W. Said Series Presents: A Brownbag Lunch Seminar with Roxanne Euben

February 10 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Kaplan Hall 348 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Tuesday, 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

February 11 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Kaplan Hall 348 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Wednesday, 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...

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