BRIDGES: Call for Proposals

BRIDGES (Building Regional Interdisciplinary Dialogue in Global Early Studies) The UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies invites proposals for a new funding initiative to support small-scale, collaborative scholarly activities […]

Solsiré Cusicanqui Reappointed as Race in the Global Past Postdoctoral Fellow

CMRS-CEGS is pleased to announce the reappointment of Solsiré Cusicanqui as a Postdoctoral Fellow affiliated with the Center and UCLA’s Fowler Museum. A Peruvian archaeologist trained at Harvard University, Cusicanqui […]

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Call to Faculty for 2026-2027 Research Seminar Proposals

Fall 2026 or Winter 2027 CMRS-CEGS Methodology Seminar Proposals are being accepted from CMRS-CEGS faculty members for a CMRS-CEGS Research Methodology (LAMAR) Seminar for Fall 2026 or Winter 2027. A […]

CMRS-CEGS Faculty, Jamie Kreiner (History), receives 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship

We are delighted to congratulate CMRS-CEGS Faculty, Jamie Kreiner, Professor of History and Robert and Dorothy Wellman Chair in Medieval History, on receiving the 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship. This year’s fellows […]

Introducing Giulia Giamboni, John W. Baldwin Post-Doctoral Fellow at the CMRS Center for Early Global Studies

The UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies is pleased to introduce Dr. Giulia Giamboni, our next John W. Baldwin Postdoctoral Fellow. The Baldwin fellowship is awarded to a recent […]

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Apply for CMRS-CEGS Fellowships by April 17, 2026

Dear Graduate Students, Applications are now open for CMRS-CEGS Fellowships for the 2026–27 academic year. The deadline to apply is Friday, April 17, 2026. Please review the application procedure carefully and consult […]

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CMS Community Celebrates Multiple Recognitions from the Medieval Academy of America

We’re pleased to share that members of our stellar California Medieval Seminar Steering Committee have recently received a series of well-deserved recognitions. Rowan Dorin received the Medieval Academy of America’s […]

Call for Papers –Translations: People, Texts & Objects in Motion Across the Early Global World

The UCLA Medieval and Early Modern Student Association, sponsored by the UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies, is pleased to announce the call for papers for our 6th Annual Conference: Translations: […]

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ELTS PhD Candidate received the 2025 Grandgent Award

We are pleased to share that one of our recently published Comitatus articles, “Unfolding Dante’s Map” by Hugo Fortin (ELTS), was awarded the 2025 Charles Hall Grandgent Award by the Dante Society of America. Read the full story published […]

CMRS-CEGS co-sponsors “Living Threads” at the Fowler Museum, led by Solsiré Cusicanqui, with master craftswomen from San Miguel, Cajamarca

This past Saturday, October 25, the CMRS Center for Early Global Studies (CMRS-CEGS) co-sponsored “Living Threads: Ancestral Textile Knowledge from the Peruvian Andes,” a public program at the Fowler Museum […]

Assistant Professor Choon Hwee Koh hosts three leading scholars through CMRS-CEGS Research Seminar program

This past Spring, Assistant Professor Choon Hwee Koh (History) offered HIST 208A: History of Money through the CMRS-CEGS Research Seminar program. With support from CMRS-CEGS, Koh invited three leading scholars […]

2025–2026 Annual Newsletter

Welcome to the new academic year and the start of the Fall Quarter! Please take a look at our annual newsletter, which we’ve shared below, celebrating the past year’s achievements and highlighting […]