Permanence & Decay


The 2nd Annual ELTS Graduate Student Conference at the University of California Los Angeles


A two-day hybrid conference experience

Monday, May 23, 2022, and

Tuesday, May 24, 2022


9:00am - 3:30pm PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)

Royce Hall 306 & 314

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Aamir R. Mufti

Professor of Comparative Literature,

University of California Los Angeles

Monday Keynote

"Natives of the Republic: Postcolonial Migration and the Politics of Indigeneity.”

Dr. Melody Jue

Associate Professor of English,

University of California Santa Barbara

Tuesday Keynote

“Drafting Private Gelidium: Agar as a thermal medium in C. K. Tseng’s research at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (1943-1946),”



Royce Hall

10745 Dickson Ct,

Los Angeles, CA 90095

9:00am - 3:30pm PDT

Royce Hall 306

This conference could not have happened without the generous support of

Deans of Humanities; Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures; Alliance Française de Los Angeles; UCLA Graduate Student Association; Department of Art History; UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies; UCLA Center for the Study of Women; UCLA Center for the Near Eastern Studies; UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies; UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies; Department of Philosophy; UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television; Department of Asian Languages & Cultures; UCLA African Studies Center; Department of English; Department of Geography; UCLA International Institute; UCLA World Arts and Cultures/Dance

The UCLA ELTS Graduate Student Conference Organizers acknowledge the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands). As a land grant institution, we pay our respects to Honuukvetam (Ancestors), 'Ahiihirom (Elders), and 'eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.

While we acknowledge that this statement is performative, we will continue working to create productive ways in which we can instill meaningful change and honor the land that was unrightfully confiscated.