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...
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...
The 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....
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...
Waiting on Forever by Franco The Creator Mbilizi. Image courtesy of Stephanie Bosch Santana. Friday, March 6, 2026 2:30pm Kaplan Hall Room #348 (third floor) In person REGISTER TO ATTEND HERE About the Talk In this talk, Stephanie Bosch Santana discusses her first monograph, Forms of Mobility: Genre, Language, and...
The Program in Experimental Critical Theory presents Living on After Failure A Talk with Irving Goh Tuesday, April 14, 2026 5:00pm PDT Kaplan Hall Room #348 In person Advanced Registration Advanced registration is required by Friday, April 10, 2026. REGISTER TO ATTEND HERE About the Talk In this talk, Irving Goh will...