Lectures

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

Past Events

• • Browse list of Kenneth Karmiole Lecture Series on the History of the Book Trade talks.
  • Browse list of Stephen A. Kanter Lecture on California Fine Printing talks.
  • Browse list of William Andrews Clark Oscar Wilde Lecture talks.
  • Browse list of Lectures, 2000–.

Upcoming Events

• 20 Nov

  • Lectures

  Works-in-Progress Session: Celestial Authority: Regulating Astrological Practice and Print in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Spain

  Friday, November 20, 2026

  11:00 am PST – 12:00 pm PST

  Presented by Adela McKay, Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Los Angeles Presented online via Zoom meeting. Please register to attend: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/27N6mC7vTp6nHG1kspoXGQ Through cases involving the Spanish Inquisition and printing licenses, this talk examines how celestial authority was constructed and negotiated in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Spain in relation to institutional scrutiny, social reputation, and expertise. Adela McKay is a Ph.D. candidate...

• 25 Feb

  • Lectures

  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 Co-presented by The Book Club of California 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...