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. […]
Organized by the Asian American Studies Department This event was originally scheduled for Fall quarter, as part of “Sewing Social Justice.” DATE: Monday, February 28, 2022 TIME: 12:30–1:45 PM (PST) LOCATION: Virtual/Zoom ZOOM ROOM Join us for this event celebrating the Auntie Sewing Squad, a massive mutual-aid network of volunteers who have been providing free masks […]
Organized by the UCLA Asia Pacific Center Date: Thursday, March 3, 2022 Time: 5:00 PM (PST) Location: Online/Zoom REGISTER ONLINE Taiwan has become the first Asian country to legalize same-sex spousal rights with the passage of a special law in May 2019. The legalization of same-sex relationships in Taiwan is a highly-contested process, with pro-and […]
Organized by the UCLA Department of Gender Studies Book Talk With Dr. Patricia Romney in conversation with Dr. Maylei Blackwell DATE: Tuesday, March 8, 2022 TIME: 3:00 PM (PST) LOCATION: Virtual/Zoom (Registration Required) REGISTER ONLINE EVENT FLYER Dr. Romney's new book documents how the Alliance shaped and defined second wave feminism. From 1970 to 1980, […]
Organized by the Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA DATE: Tuesday, March 8, 2022 TIME: 7:00–8:30 PM (PST) LOCATION: Virtual/Zoom (registration required) REGISTER ONLINE EVENT FLYER In celebration of International Women's Day, "The Stateless Diploment: Diana Apcar's Heroic Life" is a celebration of the life and work of Diana Apcar, the first Armenian woman diplomat, who was […]
Organized by Asian Pacific Coalition DATE: Tuesday, March 29, 2022 TIME: 9:30 AM-3:00 PM (PDT) LOCATION: Bruin Viewpoint Room in Ackerman Union EVENT WEBSITE REGISTER ONLINE AGES is a research symposium meant to engage its audience in research and academia and create discussion over how we can use research to mobilize and educate communities. Research […]
Organized by the Film & Television Archive Archive Preview Screening: DATE: Monday, April 18, 2022 TIME: 7:30 PM (PDT) LOCATION: Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum In person: filmmaker Chase Joynt, actor Zackary Drucker, historian Jules Gill-Peterson, sociologist Kristen Schilt A Conversation on Representation, Ethics and Research: DATE: Tuesday, April 19, 2022 TIME: 7:00 […]
Organized by the Political Science Department DATE: Saturday, April 23, 2022-Monday, April 25, 2022 TIME: Varies LOCATION: Online/Zoom The conference features progressive scholarship designed to investigate the social justice potential of various critical concepts. There are a number of panels on feminist theory and its relation to questions of decolonial theory, environmental theory, racism in […]
