Lectures

The Center hosts individual talks, as well as talks in the lecture series listed below.

Past Events

Upcoming Events

  • 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...

  • 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 In eighteenth-century England, even the fabric in which you were buried required paperwork. The law required the dead to be wrapped in wool to support the wool trade, and a relative had to make a sworn statement confirming that this...

  • 25 Feb

    Twenty-First-Century Book Collecting

    Thursday, February 25, 2027
    4:00 pm PST – 6:00 pm PST
    UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
    2520 Cimarron Street, Los Angeles, California 90018

    Spencer W Stuart, Collections Advisor Every other year, Southern California hosts one of the largest and most important opportunities to see and buy rare books, manuscripts, ephemera, prints and maps on the West Coast. The Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America’s International Book Fair takes place over three days with scores of dealers from around the world. For first time attendees,...