Beyond Barbie

Billy Wilder Theater 10899 Wilshire Blvd.,, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive When: April 6 - June 8 Where: Billy Wilder Theater, Hammer Museum Free | No advance reservations. 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. The box office […]

Among Women Across Worlds: North Korea in Global Cold War

10383 Bunche Hall UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

Professor, Suzy Kim, Rutgers University Tuesday, April 22, 2025 4:00 PM (Pacific Time) Bunche Hall, Rm 10383 While social movements may appear to have receded in the 1950s with the rise of Cold War domesticity and McCarthyism (much like the upsurge of authoritarianisms today), the Korean War galvanized women to promote women’s rights in the […]

UCLA Editor-in-Residence Public Events with Courtney Berger

Hershey Salon

UCLA Editor-in-Residence Public Events with Courtney Berger, Executive Editor, Duke University Press RSVP for one or both events. Hershey Salon 158 Wednesday, April 23, 10:30 am-11:30 am: Talk Talk: Writing Books People Will Want to Read: Advice for First-Time Authors Thursday, April 24, 4:00-5:45 pm: Panel Panel & Reception: Writing and Publishing as a Scholar-Activist Talk: Writing Books […]

“Evelyn Nakano Glenn and the Feminist Work of Studying Women’s Labor”

Center for the Study of Women 1500 Public Affairs

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 […]

Faculty Writing Retreat: May 2025

Hershey Salon

Do you want to block out a day for writing and contemplation? The quarterly Faculty Writing Retreat is your solution. Join us for a day-long retreat where you can concentrate on your own work alongside like-minded colleagues-we will hold the world at bay for you. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. When: Friday, May 9, […]

Symposium – Women and Goddesses in Jainism

Hershey Salon

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 […]