UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies

CMRS-CEGS is a hub for scholars working in the period from the 3rd to the 17th century CE across the world. Five main research axes help structure the polyvalent and multi-faceted inquiry of the Center’s diverse faculty: Sustainability/Repurposing, Fluidity/Permanence, Bodies/Performance, Conversion/Mobility, and Communication/Archive. All research axes are open to the widest variety of historical and methodological approaches.

The Center stimulates and support the scholarship and research activities of its affiliated faculty, associates, students, and scholars; fosters and prepares the next generation of scholars and researchers by providing educational opportunities, financial, and other support; and, disseminates knowledge, encourages intellectual exchange, and promotes the study of the early global era.