34th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference

Royce Hall 314 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

The Program in Indo-European studies proudly invites you to the 34th Annual Indo-European Conference (WeCIEC 34). It will take place on October 27–28 in Royce Hall 314. For additional information or to register, please click on this link and see the program below.

Drew Longacre – Scribes and Their Psalters: Situating Ancient Psalm Collections in Their Scribal Contexts

Kaplan Hall 365 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, California

The textual diversity evident in the Dead Sea Scrolls has forced scholars to reconsider fundamental questions about the history of the Hebrew Psalter and the nature of ancient Hebrew psalmody. In this lecture, Drew Longacre will introduce key methodological and technological developments in the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls as material artifacts that shed...

Autobiography of a Demon with Victoria Wohl

Dodd Hall 248 315 Portolo Plaza, Los Angeles

  The Department of Classics invites you to a talk by Victoria Wohl entitled Autobiography of a Demon on Thursday, November 2 at 4 PM in Dodd 248.

Isolation and Connection: New Progress and Interpretation of Sanxingdui Culture with Zhao Hao

Bunche Hall 10383 11282 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The Center for Chinese Studies at UCLA is pleased to announce a lecture by Zhao Hao titled Isolation and Connection: New Progress and Interpretation of Sanxingdui Culture. The talk will take place on Friday, November 3, 2023 from 1:00–3:00 pm in Bunche Hall 10383. To RSVP, please follow this link. Abstract: The archaeological discoveries made...

Framing Victory: Salamis, the Athenian Acropolis, and the Agora with John Papadopoulos

Cotsen Institute of Archaeology

The Cotsen's Teen Friends of Archaeology group cordially invites you attend “Framing Victory: Salamis, the Athenian Acropolis, and the Agora,” presented by Professor John Papadopoulos. Please follow this link or scan the bardcode below to register. Teens, 13-19 years old, can register for the in-person event. All ages can register to join the lecture on...

Filling The Gap: New Considerations of the East Pediment of the Athenian Parthenon with Vinzenz Brinkmann and Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann

Dodd Hall 247 315 Portolo Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The UCLA Department of Classics Presents: Filling The Gap: New Considerations of the East Pediment of the Athenian Parthenon From the ancient writer Pausanias, we learn that the east pediment of the Athenian Parthenon depicted the birth of Athena. However, the figures in the center of the pediment were probably destroyed as early as in...

Origins of Tang Funerary Stone Sculptures: A Symptom of Tang Imperialism with Zichao Wang

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

The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology is excited to invite you to the fourth in its series of Wednesday afternoon talks. Please join Zichao Wang (Graduate Student in Archaeology IDP, UCLA), who will be speaking on Origins of Tang Funerary Stone Sculptures: A Symptom of Tang Imperialism in Fowler Museum A222 from 12:00–12:50pm.

Literacy in the Late Bronze Age Aegean in the Mirror of Anatolia with Willemijn Waal

Kaplan Hall 365 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, California

The department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and the Program in Indo-European Studies invite you to a talk by Dr. Willemijn Waal on Literacy in the Late Bronze Age Aegean in the Mirror of Anatolia. The lecture will take place on Wednesday, November 8 at 6:00 pm in Kaplan Hall 365. For more information,...

Department of Classics Information Session for Undergraduates

Dodd Hall 247 315 Portolo Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

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.