UCLA Luskin Lecture for Thought Leadership

PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR
AYAD AKHTAR

Thursday, May 13, 2021
4:00 p.m. PDT

Hear from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and award-winning novelist Ayad Akhtar, whose writing covers themes including the American-Muslim experience, family and friendship, religion and economics, immigration, and identity.

Following his remarks, Akhtar will take part in a conversation and Q&A with Ali Behdad, John Charles Hillis Professor of Literature in the UCLA Department of English.

Presented by the UCLA College, UCLA School of Law, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, and UCLA Social Sciences.

As a land grant institution, the UCLA College of Letters and Science acknowledges the
Gabrielino/Tongva
peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands).