The Center for 17th– & 18th-Century Studies has received funding for three Graduate Student Researcher (GSR) positions for Fall, Winter, and Spring Quarters 2021–22.  Applications for UCLA graduate students who wish to apply for GSR positions and requests from UCLA faculty for GSR assistance are due by Friday, May 14, 2021. Graduate students can find…

Through a generous donation by the collectors Robert and Toni Crisell, the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library at UCLA has received a large archive of the work of Southern California wood engraver, Paul Landacre. The items in this archive comprise prints, print proofs, preliminary drawings and page layouts, chapbooks, correspondence, catalogs, clippings, magazines, photographs, and…

We are pleased to present our annual calendar of events for the 2020–21 academic year. Please download our 2020–21 PDF Calendar.

As a result of Clark Library’s closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Center for 17th– & 18th-Century Studies and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library’s Fellowship Program is suspending applications for the 2021–2022 fiscal year (July 2021–June 2022) for all Short-Term, ASECS/Clark, Predoctoral, Clark Bibliographical, Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Graduate Research, and Kanner Fellowships in…

We have received the sad news that our former director, Professor Emeritus Norman Thrower, passed away at his home in Pacific Palisades on September 2, 2020. Professor Thrower had a long and verdant association with the Clark Library, and he served as its director from 1981–1987. He was instrumental in the founding of the Center…

As part of our ongoing effort to sustain intellectual community and enable scholarly exchange, and in order to support and encourage the work many of us are doing in a range of public forums during this unprecedented time, the UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies and William Andrews Clark Memorial Library are accepting proposals…

The Clark Library stands proudly within a community that, like most neighborhoods in Los Angeles, is made up of diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. This community has recently seen rapid changes that emphasize long-standing inequalities for marginalized communities. As librarians, our duty is to make sure there is room for everyone. The Clark’s mission to…

Due to current state and local public health orders in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we regret to announce that the Henry J. Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival has been cancelled for 2020. We look forward to hosting a full slate of concerts in the summer of 2021.

Dear Center/Clark Subscribers and Supporters, We hope you and your families are all staying healthy and safe during this challenging moment. Our greatest priority continues to be the health and well-being of our community and staff, and I’d like to provide another update on additional steps we have taken since last week. We continue to…

While there are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 at UCLA at this time, our greatest priority is the health and well-being of our our community. I want to provide an update regarding additional measures we are taking in light of recent developments. We continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation daily and follow the guidelines set…

DEADLINE: February 1, 2020 The Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library offer a range of research fellowships for both graduate and post-doctoral researchers interested in work in the Clark’s collections. Fellowship applications for residency during the 2020–21 academic year open today and are due by February 1, 2020….

Peter Hanns Reill 1938–2019 Peter Hanns Reill, Professor Emeritus of History and former Director of the Clark Library and the Center for 17th– and 18th-Century Studies at UCLA, passed away suddenly on August 18, 2019, following a fall at his home. He is mourned by his wife, Jenna, his daughter, Dominique, and by his wide…

On Monday, May 20, 2019, in the UCLA Powell Library East Rotunda, the 2019 Library Prizes for Undergraduate Research were awarded. This year a unique combined prize was presented to a group of undergraduates who were part of Muriel C. McClendon’s History 191C class. The class culminated in the creation of the “Bringing Early Modern…

The LA Conservancy granted a 2019 Conservancy Preservation Award to the team involved in our recent seismic retrofit and construction project. An awards luncheon will be held on Thursday, July 25 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Read more about the 2019 Conservancy Preservation Award granted to the Clark Library. 

UCLA Art History Professor Charlene Villaseñor Black was recently awarded over $1,000,000 in funding as a winner of the 2019 Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives (MRPI) competition. MRPI funding encourages innovative research collaborations across UC campuses that lead to cutting edge discoveries in areas that are important to UC, California, and the global society. Villaseñor Black, a…

The International Walter Pater Society is pleased to announce that Studies in Walter Pater and Aestheticism, no.3, is now ready for distribution. The issue, which focuses on Italy and the fin-de-siècle imagination, contains seven new essays. Laurel Brake addresses ‘Walter Pater’s Road to the Renaissance’. Silvia Antosa reveals Frances Elliot’s ‘idle wanderings’ through Sicily and Italy….

Recently, UCLA’s Center for 17th-&18th-Century Studies and William Andrews Clark Memorial Library received support for an endowed fellowship from antiquarian bookseller, philanthropist, and long time supporter, Kenneth Karmiole. The gift of $100,000 will establish the Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Research Fellowship, supporting an annual graduate fellowship at UCLA’s William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, which serves as…

In recognition of how well it was able to preserve its treasured aesthetic while upgrading for safety and accessibility, UCLA’s William Andrews Clark Memorial Library will be honored by the California Preservation Foundation with the 2018 Preservation Design Award for Rehabilitation. The California Preservation Awards showcase the best in historic preservation, recognizing significant achievements in…