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GRADUATE STUDY GROUPS
Faculty and graduate students in the Department are engaged in various kinds of study groups stressing their areas of specific interest. These groups span the periods from Medieval to Modern American literature.
The 19thc Group is an interdisciplinary colloquium for the study of British literature and culture broadly and openly defined, including trans-Atlantic exchanges, empire and colonial spaces, and more. We are interested in the long nineteenth century--including the late eighteenth century and the Edwardian period. The 19thc Group holds meetings each quarter. Our main purpose is to provide a place for graduate students and faculty can share their work in progress. We also meet to hear papers presented by visiting scholars. Most meetings occur on Tuesdays at 4pm. The faculty liaison is Jonathan Grossman. For more information visit: http://www.english.ucla.edu/faculty/grossman/19thc/.
- THE AMERICANIST RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM
The Americanist Research colloquium meets once or twice each quarter, providing graduate students and interested faculty with an opportunity to gather informally and discuss topics related to American literature and culture. So far, our discussions have ranged from established critical works such as Jehlen's and Bercovitch's Ideology in Classic American Literature to more recent books by Werner Sollors on cultural mediations of "race", Teresa Goddu on new approaches to the American Gothic, and Michael Denning on the 1930s and the Popular Front, reflecting the broad spectrum of intellectual interests in the group. For information about the meetings please contact Robert Sterner; the faculty liaison is Christopher Looby. Note: Non-Americanists are also welcome.
- ASIAN AMERICAN STUDY GROUP
The Asian American Study Group encourages the participation of all faculty and graduate students with a special interest in Asian American literature. Meetings will be held once or twice a quarter to host talks or readings by invited writers or speakers, discuss critical and literary texts, exchange ideas via paper and work-in-progress presentations, and/or aid in exam preparation by holding informal reading and study sessions.
The UCLA Celtic Colloquium is a student-run program under the supervision of Professor Joseph F. Nagy of the English Department. The Colloquium hosts the University of California Celtic Studies Conference every other year, in addition to lectures and symposia on aspects of Celtic languages, literatures, history, folklore, music, and art. Recent speakers have included Kim McCone of St. Patrick's College, Sioned Davies of the University of Wales, and William Gillies of the University of Edinburgh. For more information, contact Andrea Jones.
- FEMINIST STUDIES READING GROUP
This group welcomes graduate students and faculty interested in literature by women and feminist literary theories for informal discussions of current projects and various issues related to women in the academy. For more information, contact Courtney D. Johnson.
- THE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER STUDIES GROUP
This group welcomes all graduate students and faculty to informal discussions of books, articles, and works-in-progress related to LGBT literature, culture, and theory. For more information, please contact Courtney D. Johnson.
The Medieval Symposium was formed to nurture interest in the study of Old and Middle English literature. Activities of the group have included bringing speakers to campus and holding a weekly Old English reading and translation group. Recent speakers have included Michael Calabrese of California State University, Los Angeles, and Christopher McCully of the University of Manchester. For information or suggestions, please contact Dorothy Kim.
- THE NEO-AREOPAGUS SOCIETY
The Neo-Areopagus Society was founded in 1964 by the late Professor James E. Phillips to bring together UCLA graduate students and faculty who share an interest in the Renaissance. Faculty members from other departments and from local colleges and universities, along with scholars working at the Huntington Library, frequently join members of the UCLA English Department at the Society's quarterly meetings. Over the years, Neo-Areopagites have heard many distinguished visiting scholars present papers. The list of past speakers includes Dame Helen Gardner, Paul Oskar Kristeller, Kenneth Muir, and William Ringler; more recently, talks have been given by Henry Ansgar Kelly, Kevin Sharpe, Lawrence D. Green, and Karen Cunningham. The Society is under the direction of Professor Michael J. B. Allen. To have your name added to our mailing list, please e-mail Jeanette Gilkison.
The UCLA Romantic Study Group has been active for the last twenty years. We meet once a quarter in the home of Professor Anne K. Mellor to hear a faculty member deliver a paper on some aspect of British Romantic-era literature, history, or cultural studies, and to join us for discussion, wine and cheese. Faculty and graduate students from the greater Los Angeles area regularly participate - the group's members include faculty and graduate students at UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine, Cal Tech, U of Southern California, Pepperdine, Cal State Long Beach, and elsewhere. All interested faculty and graduate students are urged to attend.
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