Vinay Lal – “The Politics of Internet Hinduism”

6275 Bunche Hall

Hinduism’s adherents, particularly in the United States, have displayed in recent years a marked tendency to turn towards various forms of digital media, and in particular the internet, to forge new forms of Hindu identity, furnish Hinduism with a purportedly more coherent and monotheistic form, engage in debates on American multiculturalism, and partake of the […]

Mario Biogioli – “Beyond Publish or Perish: Metrics and the New Ecologies of Academic Misconduct”

Mario Biagioli - School of Law, Science & Technology Studies Program, Department of History, UC Davis. Academic misconduct has traditionally been tied to the stress generated by the “publish or perish” culture and, more recently, to the new opportunities offered by electronic publishing.  I argue, instead, that misconduct is undergoing a radical qualitative transformation, adapting itself to […]

Nile Green – “When Hajji Baba Met Frankenstein: The Middle Eastern Encounter with the Scientific Revolution”

Nile Green to present on "When Hajji Baba Met Frankenstein: The Middle Eastern Encounter with the Scientific Revolution." Sponsored/Co-sponsored by the Center for European and Russian Studies, Center for Near Eastern Studies, Program on Central Asia, Dept. of History, and the Center for the Study of Religion. For more information, please contact UCLA Center for […]

William Marotti – “Engaged Critic, Radical Art”

Link to Facebook eventEngaged Critic, Radical Art: Yoshida Yoshie in Art and Performance.UCLA symposium in honor of the opening of the Yoshida Yoshie CollectionIn commemoration of the donation of the Yoshida Yoshie Collection to UCLA, this symposium will discuss the life and work of critic, organizer, artist, and poet Yoshida Yoshie (1929-2016). The daylong symposium […]

India and the Early Modern World – Symposium on Sanjay Subrahmanyam’s latest books: Europe’s India and Empires Between Islam and Christianity

6275 Bunche Hall

Panel 1 2:00-2:05 Introduction 2:05-2:25 Navina Haidar 2:25-2:45 Philip Stern 2:45-3:05 Kaya Sahin 3:05-3:30 Coffee break Panel 2 3:30-3:50 Kathryn Babayan 3:50-4:10 Rajeev Kinra 4:10-4:30 Sanjay Subrahmanyam 4:30-5:15 Q&A 5:15-6:00 Reception Kathryn Babayan- University of Michigan- (PhD Princeton University, 1993) studies the medieval and early-modern Persianate world and focuses on the cultural, social and political […]

Alden-Berg Lecture

California NanoSystems Institute UCLA

Carla Pestana Professor and Chair Joyce Appleby Endowed Chair of America in the World UCLA Department of History invites you to attend the annual ALDEN-BERG LECTURE featuring David N. Myers Professor and Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History Director, UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy speaking on the topic of "Only in America? How […]

Professor Andrew Robichaud, “Animal City: The Domestication of America”

Zoom

Professor Andrew Robichaud, “Animal City: The Domestication of America” Tuesday, March 2 11am to 12:15pm   Andrew Robichaud, Assistant Professor of History and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Boston University, will be talking about his book Animal City: The Domestication of America (Harvard University Press, 2019)   American cities were once full of animal life: cattle driven through city […]

Indian Ocean Studies: How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going?

Zoom

Indian Ocean Studies: How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going? A Historian's Perspective Speaker: Edward A. Alpers Research Professor (Emeritus) Department of History University of California, Los Angeles RSVP via QR code above or here.

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