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

• 5 Oct

  • Lectures
  • Special Event

  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...

• 16 Nov

  • Lectures
  • Spotlight Talk

  Hogarth’s “Lost” Annotations

  Monday, November 16, 2026

  4:00 pm PST – 5:30 pm PST

  UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library & via Livestream

  2520 Cimarron Street, Los Angeles, CA 90018

  Spotlight Talk Lecture by Dr. Zirwat Chowdhury, Assistant Professor of 18th- and 19th-Century European Art, Department of Art History (University of California, Los Angeles) In this talk, Dr. Chowdhury will discuss an annotated copy of The Investigator No. CCCXXII, one of a series of essays published by the 18th-century Scottish painter, Allan Ramsay. The annotations are those of Ramsay’s contemporary,...

• 25 Feb

  • Lectures

  21st 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,...