Charles E. Young Research Library
Writer Series
Pride, Prejudice, and Strategic Thinking: A Conversation between Michael Chwe and Anne Mellor
Tuesday, May 28
4 p.m.
Who used game theory long before Cold War think tanks employed mathematics to understand strategic maneuvering? None other than Jane Austen, whose beloved, acclaimed novels illustrate game theory in action in nineteenth-century English drawing rooms. Michael Suk-Young Chwe, UCLA associate professor of political science and author of the recently released Jane Austen, Game Theorist, and Anne K. Mellor, UCLA Distinguished Professor of English and an expert in British literature and cultural history, will engage in a wide-ranging discussion about strategic thinking, nineteenth-century British society, and human behavior.
Admission is free, but RSVPs are requested by email or by phone to 310.825.6925. The event is co-sponsored by UCLA Department of English, UCLA Department of Political Science, and UCLA Friends of English.
Powell Library Building
Award Ceremony
UCLA Library Prize for Undergraduate Research
Wednesday, May 29
3 p.m.
The UCLA Library Prize for Undergraduate Research recognizes and honors excellence in undergraduate research at UCLA. Winners of the 2013 competition have each demonstrated thoughtful use of library collections in the creation of an exemplary research project or paper. Please join this celebration of these students' achievements. Admission is free, but reservations are requested by email.
Powell Library Building
Music in the Rotunda
Confessional Crossovers: Paschal L'Estocart and Musical Print Culture during the French Wars of Religion
Friday, May 31
6:30 p.m.
The Department of Musicology's annual Cirro Zoppo Fellowship Recital features a lecture/recital directed by Cirro Zoppo Fellow Mindy LaTour O'Brien. A late Renaissance composer, L'Estocart wrote in an Italianate style that included unusual harmonies. Performed by members of the UCLA Early Music Ensemble under the direction of Joshua Fishbein, the recital will include a range of his vocal polyphony, from his Psalm settings to Latin motets and chansons spirituelles. Admission is free, and seating is unreserved.