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Global Antiquity Faculty Lunch Series- Composite Creations: Cross-Cultural Artistic Experimentation in the Eastern Mediterranean with David Schneller

Royce Hall 306 10745 Dickson Court, Los Angeles, California

Global Antiquity is pleased to invite you to the next in its 2024–2025 Faculty Lunch Series talks, featuring Professor David Schneller (Art History, UCLA). On Friday, December 6 from 12:00–1:30 pm in Royce 306, he will speak on Composite Creations: Cross-Cultural Experimentation in the Eastern Mediterranean. Lunch and refreshments will be served at 12:00 pm followed immediately by the...

Unseen-Untold: Stories of Ancient Non-elite Communities

Leiden University , Netherlands

NINO (Netherlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten) invites you the NINO Postdoctoral Research Fellow 5th Annual Conference, Unseen-Untold: Stories of Ancient Non-elite Communities. The event will take place in person at Leiden University from December 18–20, 2024, but it will also be livestreamed. Following the general call in social sciences to focus on those forgotten by...

Postponed: Global Antiquity Faculty Lunch Series- Lineage Histories in Early Chinese Historiography with David Schaberg

Royce Hall 306 10745 Dickson Court, Los Angeles, California

Please note that due to recent events and the campus closure, this event has been postponed. Global Antiquity is pleased to invite you to its first Faculty Lunch Series talk of the new year, featuring Professor David Schaberg (Asian Languages and Cultures, UCLA). On Friday, January 10 from 12:00–1:30 pm in Royce 306, he will speak on Lineage Histories in...

Cotsen Wednesday Talk- Approaching Mountain Landscapes: The Case of the Pindos Mountains with Sofia Pitouli

Fowler Museum A222 308 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology is pleased to announce its first Wednesday Lunch Talk of winter quarter. On January 22 at 12:00 pm in Fowler A222, UCLA graduate student, Sofia Pitouli (Art History) will deliver a lecture titled Approaching Mountain Landscapes: The Case of the Pindos Mountains. For more information, please see the flyer above.

POSTPONED- Global Antiquity Distinguished Speaker Series: Myth, Time and Cosmology in the Ancient Maya Murals of San Bartolo with David Stuart

Royce Hall 314 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

Due to the ongoing uncertainty caused by the fires in the Los Angeles area, please be aware that this lecture has been postponed. This talk will present new interpretations of one of the most important artworks from ancient Maya civilization — the wall paintings of San Bartolo, Guatemala. Discovered in a buried room in 2001,...

Beyond the Horizon: Pericentric Complexity in the Chavín Phenomenon at Atalla, Peru

Fowler Museum A222 308 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The Andean Working Group invites you to a talk titled Beyond the Horizon: Pericentric Complexity in the Chavín Phenomenon at Atalla, Peru by Professor Michelle Young (Anthropology, Vanderbilt). The event will take place on Monday, January 27 at 5:00 pm in Fowler A222 and on Zoom. Registration is required for in-person and virtual participation. To...

Pourdavoud Lecture Series- The Rise of Persian with Carlo Cereti

Royce Hall 306 10745 Dickson Court, Los Angeles, California

The Pourdavoud Institute for the Study of the Iranian World invites you to the next in its lecture series featuring Professor Carlo Cereti (Classics and Religions, UC Irvine), who will speak on The Rise of Persian: Understanding the Evolution of Writing in the Sasanian and Early Islamic Periods. The event will take place on Wednesday,...

After Antiquity Graduate Colloquium

Kaplan Hall 365 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, California

The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures is pleased to announce the next ‘After Antiquity’ Graduate Colloquium, sponsored by the UCLA Humanities Division. The event will take place on Wednesday, February 5 at 12:00 pm in Kaplan 365. Lunch is provided for UCLA students and faculty who RSVP. The ‘After Antiquity’ Graduate Colloquium is...

Sustaining Heritage and Empowering Communities: The Dynamic Legacy of the Ifugao Rice Terraces

Fowler Museum, Lenart Auditorium 308 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The Ifugao Rice Terraces, a UNESCO World Heritage site in the Philippines, represent a living cultural landscape shaped by centuries of Indigenous knowledge and community resilience. This lecture will explore the multifaceted efforts to preserve and sustain this iconic heritage amid challenges posed by climate change, modernization, and globalization. Drawing on his extensive experience with community-led...

Meet the People Who Built Japan: Early Medieval Craft and Technology in the Aftermath of Disaster with Ariel Stilerman

Royce Hall 243 10745 Dickson Court, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The Yanai Initiative presents a lecture by Professor Ariel Stilerman (East Asian Languages and Cultures, Stanford), who will deliver a talk titled Meet the People Who Built Japan: Early Medieval Craft Technology in the Aftermath of Disaster. This event will take place on Sunday, February 23 from 4:00–5:30 pm in Royce 243.