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At the Butterfly House: Nahua Ambassadors in the Ruins of Rome, 1529.
1+ week, 2+ day ago (411+ words) At the Butterfly House: Nahua Ambassadors in the Ruins of Rome, 1529.UCI School of Humanities - Core Faculty for the LAS Minor and Graduate Emphasis At the Butterfly House: Nahua Ambassadors in the Ruins of Rome, 1529. Join the Early Modern Iberian…...
Merry Wives of Windsor Cove: Inside the Art of Musical Adaptation
1+ week, 3+ day ago (227+ words) In honor of Shakespeare's Birthday, please join us for a seminar with Artistic Director Eli Simon, his co-adapter Anna Fitzgerald, and composer Zachary Dietz. They will take you inside the creative process behind this season's original musical adaptation, The Merry…...
Revisiting an age of natural history
2+ week, 21+ hour ago (424+ words) History professor's new book explores how knowledge was produced and circulated in the early 1800s In August 1816, a small ship called the Rurik set out from St. Petersburg. Sponsored by a Russian financier, it aimed to locate a route from the…...
Nowruz and the Persian poetic tradition
2+ week, 1+ day ago (336+ words) Persian literature scholar offers a poetic reflection of the Nowruz holiday The Persian New Year, known as Nowruz, is one of the world's oldest holidays. It is typically a time of renewal, reunion and hope for the year ahead. This…...
The All-Nighter: 24 Hour Film Dash
4+ week, 1+ day ago (238+ words) Do you have what it takes to make a short film in 24 Hours? Assemble your crew, grab some coffee, and go make some movies! Student groups will have exactly 24 hours to create a short film. Each film must include certain…...
Ulysses Jenkins, visionary video artist and cultural storyteller, dies at 79 | UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts
4+ week, 1+ day ago (52+ words) Ulysses Jenkins, visionary video artist and cultural storyteller, dies at 79 | UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts'UCI School of Humanities Ulysses Jenkins, visionary video artist and cultural storyteller, dies at 79 | UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts 3000 Humanities Gateway Irvine,…...
Lunar New Year 2026: A year of reckoning
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (290+ words) UCI East Asian studies professor shares the history and symbolism of the Fire Horse Professor of East Asian Studies Hu Ying explores the cultural significance of this rare convergence and its historical associations with periods of dramatic change. Welcoming the…...
Critical Theory Film Screening and Discussion with Filmmaker, Diana Allan's "Partition"
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (109+ words) Film Screening and Discussion with Filmmaker Diana Allan HG 1070 | McCormick Screening Room March 3rd, 2026 | 5-7pm Following the screening, there will be a discussion with the filmmaker, led by Margaux Fitoussi (UCI Comparative Literature and History) RSVP for this event: RSVP Partition Film…...
First-Person Cinema and the Japanese-Brazilian Experience: a workshop with Filmmaker Marcos Yoshi
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (131+ words) Graduate workshop with Brazilian filmmaker Marcos Yoshi, who will be discussing his film Welcome Back, Farewell (Bem-vindos de novo, 2021) and his approach to first-person filmmaking and the Japanese Brazilian experience. The filmmaker will be visiting remotely, from Brazil. Marcos Yoshi…...
The Dwarf (1978) and the Politics of Knowledge in Cold War South Korea
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (109+ words) The Dwarf (1978) and the Politics of Knowledge in Cold War South Korea'UCI School of Humanities The Dwarf (1978) and the Politics of Knowledge in Cold War South Korea HeeJin Lee is Assistant Professor and Marianna Brown Dietrich Breakthrough Scholar Chair of…...