Core Program

The annual core program—a series of interdisciplinary events developed around a common theme—ranges from three or four consecutive workshops to a series spanning a year or more, with a full complement of symposia, workshops, graduate seminars, and public lectures, held at the Clark or on UCLA’s main campus. Core programs are organized each year by the current Center/Clark Professor or Professors, who are encouraged to design programs that will lead to publication in the Center/Clark series. The Center’s Ahmanson-Getty Fellowships are linked to the core programs as well, both in terms of themes and events.

Past Events

• Browse list of Core Programs, 1991–.
• Read about current and upcoming core programs

Upcoming Events

• 4 Dec

  • Conferences
  • Core Program

  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,...