The UCLA Humanities Consortium, created in 1996 by Dean Pauline Yu, nurtures new ways of addressing the most pressing issues in the humanities, develops substantial debate across intellectual disciplines, and forges new relationships between humanities scholarship and the public at large.

The Consortium, with its staff, integrates and focuses the activities of the three chronological centers: The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, The Center for Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Studies, and The Center for Modern and Contemporary Studies.

In addition, the Consortium sponsors the UCLA Humanities Seminar, a monthly seminar series which culminates in a two-day conference in the spring. Each year the theme of the seminar relates directly to the work of that year's Andrew W. Mellon Fellows:

2002-2003: Nations and Identities: Knowledges and Technologies.

2001-2002: Nations and Identities: Between Culture and State

2000-2001: Vital Signs

1999-2000: Sacred and Profane

1998-99: The Passions

1997-98: The Consortium will soon be accepting applications for 2003-2004, for the theme, Nations and Identities: Minorities, Majorities, and the Question of Civil Society.

The Consortium is also currently accepting applications for 2002-2003, for the theme, Knowledges and Technologies.

The Consortium also serves as liaison between the variety of humanities activities at UCLA and the University of California Humanities Research Institute.

UCLA Humanities Consortium
Vincent Pecora, Director
310 Royce Hall, 405 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1461
Phone (310) 206-0559 / Fax (310) 206-7617
Mark Pokorski, Program Coordinator, mpok@humnet.ucla.edu