Recent Alumni

Kyle Bijan Rosen  received his Ph.D. in German Poetry and Philosophy from the Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies at UCLA in 2023. His dissertation, The Speculative Lyric: Poetic…

Paul Kurek received his Ph.D. in Germanic Languages and Literatures from the Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies at UCLA, where he also completed a certificate in Urban Humanities….

Marianna Nespoli received her Ph.D. in Italian from the Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies at UCLA in 2023. Her dissertation, Bitter Rice: A Cultural History of Rice in…

Damjan Rakonjac earned two PhDs from UCLA: one in Musicology (2023) and a second in French & Francophone Studies (2024). Damjan is currently the Visiting Assistant Professor of Musicology at…

Arpi Melikyan was a Ph.D. candidate in the French section of the Department of European Languages & Transcultural Studies at University of California, Los Angeles. Her doctoral research examines representations…

Megan Tomlinson was a PhD candidate in the Italian section of the Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies. Her research interests include representations of power, identity, and space in…

Lernik Hovsepyan was a PhD Candidate in French Studies, with interest in 18th century French literature and philosophy, the dialogue form and metacognition. Lernik holds two Master’s degrees in French…

Andréas-Benjamin Seyfert was a Ph.D. student in Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of California, Los Angeles. His doctoral research centered on developing a methodology for incorporating lost or…