A New Vision of the Ancient Worlds

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The UCLA Cunard Center for Global Antiquity is a leading academic hub for ancient studies. Through its projects, research, and curricula, it seeks to be a disciplinary home to stimulating intellectual encounters and exchanges for scholars working on the ancient world.

About Global Antiquity

‘A new, higher form of humanism’

Announcing the UCLA Jeffrey P. Cunard Center for Global Antiquity

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Latest News

Lothar von Falkenhausen Elected as Foreign Associate of Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-LettresJuly 10, 2026

UCLA Announces the Jeffrey P. Cunard Center for Global AntiquityJune 24, 2026

New Message from the DirectorJune 24, 2026

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Recent Cunard Center Events

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Sören Stark: Excavating the City of Bukhara

Fri May 8, 20264:00 pm–6:00 pmRoyce Hall 306

"Elephantine Goes Global: Island of the Millennia," Pourdavoud Lecture Series delivered by Verena Lepper.

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Verena Lepper: Elephantine Goes Global

Wed February 25, 20264:00 pmRoyce Hall 306 & Livestream Zoom

Distinguished Speaker Series

David Stuart: Myth, Time and Cosmology in the Ancient Maya Murals of San Bartolo

Fri February 13, 20264:00 pm–6:30 pmRoyce Hall 306

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Global Antiquity Video Library

The Cunard Center’s Video Library is a free, digital repository of cutting-edge lectures delivered by distinguished faculty and scholars at our events.

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Research

Workshops & Lecture Series

Global Antiquity hosts a robust program of events, workshops, and lectures, including the Distinguished Speaker Series program and a biennial international workshop on Global Antiquity.

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