UCLA Transnational Gender and Labor Working Group Presents: "Evelyn Nakano Glenn and the Feminist Work of Studying Women's Labor" By Laura Hyun-Yi Kang, Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at UC Irvine Join us for a public lecture on scholar Evelyn Nakano Glenn's abiding commitment to illuminating the historical and contemporary experiences of working women […]
Photo credit: Samyak Modi When: Friday, May 23 Where: Hershey Hall Salon Throughout the history of Jainism, one of the world’s oldest living religions, Jain women have played a crucial role. Jain renouncers, whose self-denying lifestyle is revered as the highest ideal, are predominantly female, while Jain laywomen tend to be significantly more religiously active […]
When: Tuesday May 27, 2025, 7:30 PM Where: Hammer Museum Learn more. Admission is free. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. Box office opens one hour before the event. Among those fighting the L.A. […]
The UCLA Departments of Classics, English, Spanish & Portuguese, Chicano/a & Central American Studies, as well as the Center for the Study of Women proudly present a reading of “From the Founding of the Country” by classicist, writer, and translator Cristina Pérez Díaz (University of Puerto Rico) followed by a conversation with UCLA Professor Patrícia […]
Super Nothing Dance Performance CAP/UCLA presents Super Nothing Friday June 13 and Saturday June 14 Freud Playhouse 245 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA 90024 Information/Tickets What can a dance do to confront the constant grief that we experience in our lives? Super Nothing presents four dancers whose actions and choreographic relationships are […]
Join us for a book talk and workshop. Book Talk When: Monday, September 8 · 11 am - 12:30 pm PDT Where: DataX, Murphy Hall 3312, 410 Charles E Young Drive East Los Angeles, CA 90095 RSVP for the book talk here. This is a book talk by Dr Maya Indira Ganesh (Leverhulme Center for […]
Attend the UCLA Center for Reproductive Science, Health and Education (CRSHE) Distinguished Speaker Series featuring Diana E. Ramos. When: Monday, October 20, 2025 4:00 p.m. PT Where: California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI). UCLA Campus Register here. Registration is required.Seating is first come, first served and is not guaranteed. About the speaker : Dr. Diana E. Ramos, […]
Post-#MeToo, films and television — many by women — have redefined female anger not as pathology or threat but as, in Lorde’s words, “loaded with information and energy.” This series, inspired by the work of scholar and UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Professor Kathleen McHugh, explores how women’s rage, long silenced, can be […]
Date: Sunday, November 2nd Time: 7pm Location: Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum UCLA Film & Television Archive is hosting a free screening of Wanda along with a Q&A and book signing with Elena Gorfinkel, author of “BFI Classics: Wanda,” moderated by Archive Research and Study Center Officer Maya Montañez Smukler. In 1970, Wanda screened at the Venice Film […]
When: November 13, 10- 11 am PST Where: Virtual. RSVP to attend. Join a discussion featuring: Professor Mary Ziegler Panelist UC Davis School of Law Author, Personhood: The New Civil War Over Reproduction Heather Shumaker Panelist Senior Director State Abortion Policy, National Women's Law Center Dr. Amander Clark Panelist Founding Director UCLA Center for Reproductive […]
When: Thursday, November 13 at 5:30 pm Where: On the UCLA campus RSVP for the address. On November 10, 1975, the UN General Assembly passed Resolution 3379 declaring Zionism as a Form of Racism and Racial Discrimination. A coalition of states introduced the resolution at the start of the 30th session of the General Assembly as […]
Where: UCLA Bunche Hall, Rm 10383 When: Monday, November 17, 2025 / 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Pacific Time) After being deported from their homes, Armenian women experienced vastly different fates depending on where they were sent within the Arab-speaking provinces of the Ottoman Empire. Those on the eastern deportation route faced famine and disease […]
