The Department of Classics is organizing a majors/minors information session on Monday, November 13 at 12:00 pm. Any undergraduate students interested in Classics and/or ancient studies are encouraged to attend! Pizza will be provided. For more information, please see the flyer below.
Ancient Studies Social Hour is back this coming Tuesday, Nov. 14 (week 7) with not one but two guests of honor! Please join us for casual conversation in the dining hall with your fellow students + Professors Sarah Morris and John Papadopoulos. The group will meet outside Epic (Covel) at 5:30 pm. Those without meal plans are welcome to attend!...
The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology is excited to invite you to the fifth in its series of Wednesday afternoon talks. Please join Huang Yizhi (Visiting Graduate Scholar, UCLA), who will be speaking on The Specialized Production of Proto-porcelain Production in Lower Yangtze River (ca. 1600–200 BCE) in Fowler Museum A222 from 12:00–12:50pm.
November 28th, 2:00–3:15 pm in person (Kaplan 365) or on Zoom Register here for both in-person or Zoom attendance The Center for the Study of Religion invites you to lecture by Walid Saleh (University of Toronto), who, back by popular demand, provides an overview of the major features of Classical Islam that solidified during the...
The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology is excited to invite you to the final Wednesday afternoon talk of Fall Quarter. Please join Wolfgang Alders (Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Arkansas), who will be speaking on Integration and Autonomy in the Island Hinterland of Zanzibar Stone Town, 8th–19th centuries CE in Fowler Museum A222 from 12:00–12:50pm.
(Re)envisioning Ancient Worlds A Forum for Exchanges on Ancient Studies at UCLA December 5–6, 2023 | Royce Hall 306 Global Antiquity is convening a workshop titled (Re)envisioning Ancient Worlds. This event, held at UCLA over two days, December 5–6, 2023, will include invited speakers from the University of California and the greater Los Angeles area whose...
The Getty invites you to a day of Getty Villa Scholar Lectures on Thursday, December 7 beginning at 10:00 am. Please RSVP before December 1 by clicking here.
Please join us the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology for its 50th Anniversary Ground Breaking series on December 7, 2023 at 6 pm. David Carballo will present a talk titled Collision of Worlds: A Deep History of the Fall of Aztec Mexico and the Forging of New Spain in the Founders Room in the James West Alumni Center....
In conjunction with the Archaeology Mentorship Program, the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology invites any interested undergraduate students to an informal open house Friday 12/8 in the Cotsen from 12:30-3pm. Please join faculty for food at 12:30 in A222 followed by informal tours of labs. There will then be a short presentation about research opportunities and...
Elagablus and Buddha: Religion and Performance in the Global 3rd Century CE A Lecture by Dr. Yanxiao He Tuesday, January 9 | Royce 306 Global Antiquity and the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies invite you to a lecture on the intersection of Roman Mediterranean performance traditions with religious cults and propaganda during the 3rd century...
