Organized by UCLA Film & Television Archive Free Registration (RSVP to receive Zoom link) The UCLA Film & Television Archive is partnering with CSW and the Black Feminism Initiative to present two of Sarah Maldoror’s markedly distinct works: her first short, Monangambé (1969), and her satiric, delightful French television film, Dessert for Constance (1981). Presented in dialogue with […]
Organized by the Department of Political Science 1st Annual UCLA Graduate Conference in Political Theory Date: Friday, April 23rd - Sunday, April 25 Location: Online/Zoom Event Registration Alongside a keynote address from Professor Bonnie Honig of Brown University, the conference will feature a number of panels on feminist politics, indigenous politics, postcolonial theory, as well […]
Organized by Sanctuary Spaces: Reworlding Humanism within the Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy Date: Friday, June 11 Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Location: Webinar (Registration Required) Situated at the present historical conjuncture of resurgent white nationalism and xenophobia, the closing event of the Sanctuary Spaces Sawyer Seminar, Freedom and Fugitivity thinks across Black […]
Organized by Now Be Here Art Why books NOW? Are books symbolic objects? Have books created political change? What is it that makes artists’ books a unique /compelling art form? Can artists’ books advance social justice for women? This panel discussion will tackle the history and current state of independent press and self-publishing by women […]
Organized by the UCLA Department of Theater DATE: Friday, November 12, 2021 TIME: 3:00PM - 5:00PM LOCATION: Virtual/Zoom (REGISTRATION REQUIRED) FLYER A conversation with Regents' Lecturer, Michelle Krusiec and TFT Dean Brian Kite Actress and filmmaker Michelle Krusiec has sustained a 25-year career working as a woman of color in an industry that has both […]
Organized by the Department of Anthropology DATE: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 TIME: 12:30-1:45 PM LOCATION: Virtual/Zoom (REGISTRATION REQUIRED) FLYER Virgin Capital: Race, Gender, and Financialization in the US Virgin Islands (SUNY Press, 2021) examines the cultural impact and historical significance of the Economic Development Commission (EDC) in the United States Virgin Islands, a tax holiday […]
Organized by the Chicano Studies Research Center Join us to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1971 newspaper Hijas de Cuauhtémoc, a groundbreaking publication of Chicana feminist activism and philosophy. Hijas de Cuauhtémoc members were among the first to articulate Chicana feminism, creating a praxis that embraced economic justice, community empowerment and third world solidarity as […]
Organized by the International Institute and the Asian American Studies Department DATE: Monday, November 22, 2021 TIME: 9:30-10:45 AM LOCATION: Virtual/Zoom (REGISTRATION REQUIRED) FLYER What is it like to be a refugee? What is the role of narrative in determining who is considered a refugee and who gets labeled an economic migrant? Why is it […]
Sewing Intimacies Organized by the American Indian Studies Center DATE: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 TIME: 1 PM LOCATION: Virtual/Zoom (REGISTRATION REQUIRED) This webinar showcases the work of the Sewing Intimacies Project – a project encompassing a group of Dakota and Lakota women who collectively embarked on a journey to create jingle dresses this past summer. […]
Organized by the UCLA Center for Social Medicine and Humanities DATE: Friday, December 3, 2021 TIME: 1:00-2:00 PM LOCATION: Semel B8-225 or Virtual/Zoom (REGISTRATION REQUIRED) EVENT FLYER Scholars have distinguished among sex, gender, and sexuality for decades, but the distinctions have always been contested, and have become more rather than less so in recent years. […]
Organized by the UCLA Asia Pacific Center Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 Time: 5:00 PM (PST) Location: Online/Zoom (Registration Required) What are the countries that come to mind when you think of gender equality? Most people would be very likely to mention Nordic countries. To many people's surprise, Taiwan has progressed tremendously in narrowing the […]
Organized by the International Development Studies (International Institute) Date: Thursday, February 17, 2022 Time: 2:00 - 3:15 PM (PST) Location: Online/Zoom (registration required) REGISTER ONLINE EVENT FLYER This lecture will focus on how Latin American Domestic Workers, through their membership in the International Domestic Workers Federation, have led the global movement to advance domestic workers' rights. […]
