BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.3//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:534@1718.ucla.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260413T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260413T173000 DTSTAMP:20260402T232712Z URL:https://1718.ucla.edu/events/after-oscar/ SUMMARY:"After Oscar": A Conversation with Merlin Holland about Family\, Sc andal\, and Legacies DESCRIPTION:Oscar Wilde died in November 1900\, exiled in Paris and exhaust ed by scandal and prison life. The details of his life in the limelight ar e well known\; what has regularly been ignored are the reverberations of t he scandal for decades after his death: the challenges his descendants fac ed\, the myths and legends\, the quarrels between his friends and enemies\ , and the court cases.\n\nDuring this special event\, Wilde’s only grand son\, Merlin Holland\, will speak with Rebecca Fenning Marschall\, Manuscr ipts &\; Archives Librarian\, about his new book\, After Oscar: The Leg acy of a Scandal\, which details the remarkable posthumous life of one of the most celebrated literary and cultural figures. With pathos\, humor\, a nd his grandfather’s signature wit\, Holland charts the extraordinary af terlife of the legendary writer and thinker\, tracing the dramatic fluctua tions in Wilde’s posthumous reputation and exposing a century of bigotry and hypocrisy within the cultural establishment.\n\nAn account of Oscar ’s “posthumous life\,” After Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal\, showin g that his grandfather has caused even more trouble after his death than w hen he was alive\, will be published in the United States on April 7\, 202 6. One of the most important works on Wilde in over fifty years\, After Os car exposes decades of sensationalist conjecture surrounding the Wilde fam ily\, and documents a century of homophobia within the British establishme nt. Illuminating and heartbreaking\, Holland has written a book that will amuse\, infuriate\, fascinate\, and shock. Mr. Holland will be available t o sign copies of his new book at this event. Attendees are encouraged to b ring their own copy\; a limited number of books will be available at the e vent.\n\nAfter Oscar Wilde's conviction in 1895\, his wife\, Constance\, a nd their two sons were forced to move abroad and change their name to Holl and. The family has never reverted to the name Wilde. Merlin Holland write s\, lectures\, and broadcasts regularly on the subject of his grandfather' s life. Publications include Irish Peacock and Scarlet Marquess\, the firs t complete record of the libel trial which ultimately brought Oscar Wilde to ruin and social disgrace\, and The Wilde Album\, a pictorial biography of Oscar Wilde. He is also the co-editor of The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde and author of Conversations with Oscar Wilde\, a series of imaginary conversations between him and his grandfather.\n\nThe Oscar Wilde holding s at the Clark Library are the largest and most significant in the world a nd include nearly every edition of every printed book by and about Wilde\, in addition to a large number of his literary manuscripts and corresponde nce. The Library collects Wilde’s works in translation in as many langua ges as possible\, as well as materials related to his wider social circle and the generations of artists\, writers\, and queer activists immediately before and after Wilde. Other collections are related to contemporary soc ial movements\, theater\, bibliophilic clubs\, and university life. A disp lay of books and manuscripts from this collection will be available for vi ewing in the north and south book rooms prior to the conversation.\n\n\n\n The event is free to attend with advance registration. It will be held in- person at the Clark Library and livestreamed on the Center’s YouTube Cha nnel. No registration is required to watch the livestream. Seating is limi ted at the Clark Library\; walk-in registrants are welcome as space permit s.\n\nLoading…\n\n\n\nImage: Composite photos courtesy of Merlin Holland . ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://1718.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/02 /Merlin-AfterOscar-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Special Event LOCATION:UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, 2520 Cimarron Street \, Los Angeles\, California\, 90018\, United States GEO:34.033012;-118.314487 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, California\, 90018\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=UC LA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library:geo:34.033012,-118.314487 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR