Photos courtesy of the subjects Left to right: Roberta Morosini and Vetri Nathan. Sean Brenner | September 24, 2024 As the 2024–25 academic year begins, the Humanities Division is welcoming…
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Laure Murat wins Medicis Prize for nonfiction
UCLA professor receives prestigious French literary award for ‘Proust and Me: A Family Romance’ Laure Murat, a UCLA distinguished professor of European Languages and Transcultural Studies, has received the Medicis…
Read MoreSummer Travel Study in Berlin, Germany: “Diverse Berlin: Culture and Language in Context” – Magdalena Tarnawska Senel and Yasemin Yildiz
Summer Travel Study Program in Berlin, Germany Explore Berlin, a city that has significantly impacted modern Europe and the world, through its culture, politics, architecture, art, and urban history. This…
Read MoreFrench 109: Professional Meet-n-Greet / Les Rencontres Professionnelles du Français 109
On May 22, 2024, the French 109 class, “French for Professional Purposes,” organized and hosted the second annual “Rencontres Professionnelles,” a Francophone networking evening. This event allowed students from the…
Read MoreProfessor David Kim receives 2024 Gold Shield Faculty Prize
Kim’s “teaching, research, service and leadership are woven together in profound ways that bring together intercultural citizenship with an ethic of mentorship, social justice, equity and activism,” said his colleague…
Read MoreRaphaëlle Burns and Javier Patiño Loira earn fellowships to conduct research at I Tatti
Raphaëlle Burns and Javier Patiño Loira (Photos: UCLA) Sean Brenner | May 21, 2024 Professors Raphaëlle Burns and Javier Patiño Loira will pursue research projects in Florence, Italy, during the…
Read MoreStatement by Members of the Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies (ELTS) and the Program in Digital Humanities on the University’s Failure to Protect Student Protestors
Published: May 6, 2024 As faculty in the Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies and the Program in Digital Humanities, we are writing to condemn the unconscionable attacks on…
Read MoreLike An Acrobat On the Water by Ubah Cristina Ali Farah
Before an audience composed of graduate students and faculty, from both UCLA and off campus, author Ubah Cristina Ali Farah discussed her novel The Commander of the River (2023) with…
Read MoreFixers: Agency, Translation, and the Early Global History of Literature
The Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies is pleased to announce the publication of Professor Zrinka Stahuljak’s new book: Fixers: Agency, Translation, and the Early Global History of Literature…
Read MoreELTS French Job Fair
On October 30th, we hosted our first francophone Job Fair, connecting students with international companies. The Job Fair was co-organized by Laurence Denié-Higney, senior lecturer in the ELTS department and…
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