Global Antiquity

The UCLA Waystation Initiative invites you to a lecture by Professor Hui Fang (Shandong University) titled Transforming from Yi to Xia: A Bioanthropological Observation on Cultural Transition. The talk will take place on Tuesday, May 7 at 4:00 pm in person in Fowler A222 as well as on Zoom. For the Zoom meeting information, please...

PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED Regal Metamorphosis: A Transcultural Journey of the Achaemenid Royal Women to the East Xiwangmu, also known as the Queen of the West, is a significant deity in ancient Chinese mythology, revered initially as the protector of departed souls. Her representation emerged during the late Western Han period around...

Please note that this event has been postponed Presented by the Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies. Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Religion. Since the Hebrew Bible is a sacred text for Jews and Christians many readers naturally assume it cannot contain any humor. This talk will explore several biblical narratives...

Please note this event has been canceled UCLA's Department of Classics invites you to an International Conference on “Plato and Lyric Poetry” on Friday and Saturday, May 10-11, 2024 in Dodd Hall 248. For more information and the complete program, please click here. Featured Speakers will be: David Blank Michael Brumbaugh Pierre Destrée Marcus Folch...

The Andean Working Group is pleased to announce that Dr. Vladimir G. Gil Ramon (Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru) will be delivering a talk on Monday, May 13. Please check back in the coming weeks for additional information.

Please note that this event has been canceled The UCLA Department of Classics invites you to a lecture by Alex Walthall (Associate Professor of Greek and Roman Archaeology, Classics, UT Austin) titled A City in Transition: Reflections on Recent Investigations at Morgantina (Sicily). The talk will take place on Monday, May 13 at 12:00 pm...

While the usual rendering and  understanding of the Tower of Babel narrative (Gen 11:1–9) presumes the existence of one unified divine and human language (usually Hebrew, but with other candidates) between Eden and Babel, an alternative narrative imagines there having already existed a totality of ‘seventy” languages from the beginning, and only at Babel having...

The Center for the Study of Religion invites you to a talk by Steven D. Fraade on Tuesday, May 14 from 4:00–5:00 pm in Royce 306. While the usual rendering and  understanding of the Tower of Babel narrative (Gen 11:1–9) presumes the existence of one unified divine and human language (usually Hebrew, but with other...

The Graduate Student Association of Archaeology (GSAA) will be holding the 10th annual UCLA Graduate Archaeology Research Conference on Tuesday, May 16 – Wednesday, May 17. This year's theme is Plural Geographies: Exploring Alternative Ecologies and Navigating Through the Field. The conference will take place in person at UCLA, with some hybrid aspects on Zoom. The...