The Berenike Buddha: Early Buddhism and Indian Trade Diaspora in the Red Sea

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Monday, March 25, 2024 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Pacific Time) Via Zoom Global Antiquity, the Center for Buddhist Studies, and the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology are pleased to invite you to a workshop titled The Berenike Buddha: Early Buddhism and Indian Trade Diaspora in the Red Sea. The workshop will focus on a group...

Archaeology of Imperial Sacred Landscapes in Early China

Young Research Library Presentation Room 280 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Thursday, March 28 | 1:00–5:00 pm Presentation Room, Young Research Library and via Zoom The UCLA Chinese Archaeology Workshop is pleased to invite you to a series of lectures presented by two archaeologists from the Shaanxi Provincial Academy of Archaeology. The event will take place on Thursday, March 28 from 1:00–5:00 pm in the Presentation Room of Young Research Library....

Patterns of Anomaly in African Ivories with Suzanne Blier

Royce Hall 314 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

The UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies invites you to a Hammer Art History Lecture by Suzanne Blier (Harvard University) on Patterns of Anomaly in African Ivories on Tuesday, April 2 from 5:00–6:00 pm. To register to attend in person in Royce 314, please click here.  To register for the Zoom link, please click...

The Way and Its Poor: Bareness of Life in Roman Aesthetic Theory with Alex Dressler

Dodd Hall 248 315 Portolo Plaza, Los Angeles

The UCLA Department of Classics invites you to a talk by Professor Alex Dressler (University of Wisconsin-Madison) titled The Way and Its Poor: Bareness of Life in Roman Aesthetic Theory. The lecture will take place on Thursday, April 4 at 4:00 pm in Dodd 248 and will be followed by a reception.

Heritage at High Tide: Archaeology and Climate Crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean – A Deep Dive into Cyprus’ and Greece’s Imperiled Treasures

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a panel discussion organized by Professor Ioanna Kakoulli (Acting Director, UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture) April 6-7, 2024 8:30 to 11:30 a.m PST 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. EET (Cyprus/Greece) 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. CET (Central Europe)  via Zoom RSVP here: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMpcuGppzgtG9MXuDP_KRmVSgGN_KqFrSMP#/registration The Eastern Mediterranean, a cradle of ancient civilizations, stands at the...

The Myth of the Twelve Tribes of Israel with Andrew Tobolowsky

Royce Hall 314 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

Presented by the Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies. Co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for the Study of Religion and the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures. The story of the Twelve Tribes of Israel begins in the Hebrew Bible. But all around the world, there are stories about what happened next...

Archaeology in Space: The Sampling Quadrangle Assemblages Research Experiment (SQuARE) on the International Space Station with Justin Walsh

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

The UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology invites you to the first in its regularly scheduled Wednesday lunch talks of Spring Quarter. On Wednesday, April 10 at 12:00 pm in Fowler A222, Professor Justin Walsh (Department of Art, Chapman University) will speak on Archaeology in Space: The Sampling Quadrangle Assemblages Research Experiment (SQuARE) on the International...

Global Antiquity Lunch Series, “Cities in Situ: Landscape in Dio Chrysostom’s Urban Orations” with Bryant Kirkland

Royce Hall 306 10745 Dickson Court, Los Angeles, California

Global Antiquity is pleased to announce the next in its series of brownbag lunch talks featuring Professor Bryant Kirkland (Classics), who will speak on Cities in Situ: Landscape in Dio Chrysostom's Urban Orations in Royce 306 on Monday, April 15. Lunch will be provided at 12:00 pm with the talk beginning shortly thereafter and followed by a discussion until 1:30...

Pourdavoud Lecture Series with Hilmar Klinkott

Royce Hall 306 10745 Dickson Court, Los Angeles, California

Consolidation of Law, Legal Order, and the Question of Constitutionalizing Processes in the Achaemenid Empire The Old Persian inscriptions of Darius I deal with a range of legal, particularly constitutional questions. The famous grave inscription from Naqsh-i Rustam (DNb) constitutes the conceptional center of a thematical text corpus, exemplified in specific details and different legal...

The Colorblindness Gap: From Roman Diversity Beyond Affirmative Action? with Nandini Pandey

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

UCLA's Department of Classics Presents The Annual UCLA Joan Palevsky Lecture Professor Nandini Pandey, Johns Hopkins University The Colorblindness Gap: From Roman Diversity Beyond Affirmative Action? The Department of Classics is pleased to invite you to the annual UCLA Joan Palevsky Lecture. The event will take place on Thursday, April 25, with a reception beginning...