Events
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25 Sep
Private Passions, Public Legacies: William Andrews Clark Jr. and the Making of Los Angeles
- Friday, September 25, 2026
- 3:30 pm PDT – 6:30 pm PDT
- UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library & via Livestream
- 2520 Cimarron Street, Los Angeles, CA 90018
Join us for a special event commemorating the Clark Library’s centennial and exploring the remarkable life of its founder, William Andrews Clark Jr. The event begins with the opening of the exhibition Private Passions, Public Legacies: William Andrews Clark Jr. and the Making of Los Angeles, curated by the staff of the Clark Library, to be followed by a talk...
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5 Oct
40th Anniversary Celebration of the Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies
- Monday, October 5, 2026
- 4:00 pm PDT – 6:00 pm PDT
- UCLA Royce Hall, Room 314
- 10745 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, California 90095
Join us in celebrating the 40th anniversary of the UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies, the nation’s first research center for early modern studies. Founded in 1985, the Center provides a forum for the discussion of central issues in the field of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studies, and organizes a wide range of academic and cultural programs. Additionally, the Center...
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11 Oct
Horszowski Trio, Chamber Music at the Clark
- Sunday, October 11, 2026
- 2:00 pm PDT – 4:00 pm PDT
- UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
- 2520 Cimarron Street, Los Angeles, California 90018
All Chamber Music at the Clark tickets will be sold by the UCLA Central Ticket Office. Tickets may be purchased online, via telephone, or in person. Ticket prices: General $60; Senior (age 55+) $50; UCLA student (valid student ID required for each ticket) $15. Tickets are non-refundable. Tickets for this concert will go on sale Tuesday, September 8, 2026 at...
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25 Oct
Quatuor Danel, Chamber Music at the Clark
- Sunday, October 25, 2026
- 2:00 pm PDT – 4:00 pm PDT
- UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
- 2520 Cimarron Street, Los Angeles, California 90018
All Chamber Music at the Clark tickets will be sold by the UCLA Central Ticket Office. Tickets may be purchased online, via telephone, or in person. Ticket prices: General $60; Senior (age 55+) $50; UCLA student (valid student ID required for each ticket) $15. Tickets are non-refundable. Tickets for this concert will go on sale Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at...
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2 Nov
“Through the Magic Door”: Stories from the Private Library of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Monday, November 2, 2026
- 4:00 pm PST – 5:30 pm PST
- UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library & via Livestream
- 2520 Cimarron Street, Los Angeles, CA 90018
Lecture by Dr. William Zachs, Director, Blackie House Library and Museum Nearly a decade ago the descendants of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) transferred a substantial part of the author's private library to Blackie House Library and Museum in Edinburgh, the city of his birth. Each of the 400 volumes tells a unique story of the writer who not only...
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5 Nov
“Odious! In Woollen!”: Blank Precedents and the London Stationers, 1690-1830
- Thursday, November 5, 2026
- 4:00 pm PST – 5:30 pm PST
- UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library & via Livestream
- 2520 Cimarron Street, Los Angeles, CA 90018
Twenty-First Kenneth Karmiole Lecture on the History of the Book Trade Lecture by Dennis Duncan, Associate Professor, University College London This paper begins with a collection of four dozen Burying in Woollen affidavits from the village of Upper Heyford in Oxfordshire, dating from the first decade of the eighteenth century to the last. Each affidavit testifies to a burial in...
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8 Nov
Trio con Brio Copenhagen, Chamber Music at the Clark
- Sunday, November 8, 2026
- 2:00 pm PST – 4:00 pm PST
- UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
- 2520 Cimarron Street, Los Angeles, California 90018
All Chamber Music at the Clark tickets will be sold by the UCLA Central Ticket Office. Tickets may be purchased online, via telephone, or in person. Ticket prices: General $60; Senior (age 55+) $50; UCLA student (valid student ID required for each ticket) $15. Tickets are non-refundable. Tickets for this concert will go on sale Tuesday, October 6, 2026 at...
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13 Nov
William Andrews Clark Jr., California Fine Press, Independent Publishing, and Literary Activity in Los Angeles
- Friday, November 13, 2026
- 9:00 am PST – 5:00 pm PST
- UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
- 2520 Cimarron Street, Los Angeles, California 90018
Organized by Johanna Drucker, Distinguished Professor and Breslauer Professor Emerita, Department of Information Studies (University of California, Los Angeles) The connection between William Andrews Clark Jr. and the fine press community that emerged in Southern California in the 1930s is evident in the extensive collections assembled in his lifetime and after. This conference reflects on the role of Clark and...
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4 Dec
Human/Being, 1400-1800, Conference 1: Human/Plant
- Friday, December 4, 2026
- 9:00 am PST – 5:00 pm PST
- UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
- 2520 Cimarron Street, Los Angeles, California 90018
Organized by Javier Patiño Loira (University of California, Los Angeles) and David P. Bardeen (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) This conference is part of the 2026-27 Core Program, a year-long series of three conferences – Human/Plant, Human/Animal, and Human/Machine – that invite participants from across the humanistic disciplines (including history, art history, history of science, literature, philosophy, religious history,...
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9 Dec
Cook-Along with the Clark: An Online Culinary Experience
- Wednesday, December 9, 2026
- 6:00 pm PST – 7:00 pm PST
- Online (details emailed to attendees)
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Julia Rhoton, Chef Instructor and Culinary Arts Coordinator, UCLA Did you know that the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library houses an extensive collection of cookbooks, handwritten recipe collections, and treatises on food from the 1650s to the 1950s? As we celebrate the Clark Library’s centennial during the 2026-27 academic year and showcase the many facets of its collections, join us...