Down with Bridewealth! The Organization of Mozambican Women Debates Women's Issues A talk by Kathleen Sheldon, PhD In the early 1980s, Mozambique was in its first decade of independence under a socialist government that supported women's issues. This talk will report on a single provincial-level meeting of the women's organization in 1983 that included extended […]
Followed by a discussion with Ariel Hart This event focuses on the innovative historical and ongoing care practices and visions for justice that Black women have developed to confront institutionalized reproductive racial violence. Kimberly Durdin will be joined in discussion by UCLA doctoral student Ariel Hart. Q&A to follow. Kimberly Durdin is a leading figure in […]
This event has passed. View Photo Highlights from Thinking Gender 2020. This year marks Thinking Gender's 30th anniversary! FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2020 CARNESALE COMMONS, UCLA PRE-REGISTRATION IS CLOSED In-person registration will be available on the day of. First come, first serve. Please visit the registration table in the Palisades Lobby on the 3rd floor. DETAILED […]
This event has passed. Watch Alicia Garza's keynote address and Q&A on CSW’s YouTube channel! CELEBRATE 35 YEARS OF THE UCLA CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF WOMEN Join the UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) for a special virtual event on Friday, October 16th to honor the Center’s accomplishments, student award recipients, and this […]
Women in Postwar Franco-Japanese Films A Talk by Hannah Holtzman, PhD Date: Friday, October 30thTime: 12-1 pm Location: Online/Zoom RSVP As part of a larger project on Franco-Japanese exchange in cinema, Hannah Holtzman will discuss the roles of women in the first two Franco-Japanese cinematic co-productions, Typhoon over Nagasaki (1957) and Hiroshima mon amour (1959). […]
This event has passed. Watch the discussion on CSW's YouTube channel! The parole suitability rate for the elderly incarcerated is 10 percent BELOW the average suitability rate, even though research indicates seniors are the safest population to release. -- Jane Dorotik Co-hosted by the Criminal Justice Program at the UCLA School of Law and […]
Counternarratives and “Copy Cats”: Alma Whitaker, Newspaper Women and Place Making in Early Twentieth-Century Los Angeles A Talk by Julie Cohen, PhD Date: Thursday, February 11, 2021 Time: 12-1 pm Location: Zoom RSVP Online As part of a larger project on women journalists in US Western cities in the early twentieth century, Julie Cohen will […]
A Talk by Elline Lipkin, PhD Register Online This talk considers the experimental poetics of contemporary American poet Alice Notley, one of the few women considered part of the New York school. Notley’s use of an “expanded ‘I’” within her work admits other voices into her poems, rather than just a singular speaker, particularly within […]
This event has passed. Watch the Keynote Panel on our YouTube Channel. Thinking Gender 2021 31st Annual Graduate Student Research Conference "Care, Mutual Aid, and Reproductive Labor in a Time of Crisis" April 28-30, 2021 Free, Public Keynote Panel on Friday, April 30, 2021 (Register for Zoom link) Thinking Gender 2021 will focus on feminist, […]
A Discussion Between Charlene Carruthers and C. Riley Snorton Moderated by Ebony Oldham with a Welcome by SA Smythe This event has passed. View a recording on our YouTube Channel. Download Flyer This talk is part of the Black Feminism Initiative's 2020-2021 public program series, Conversations in Black Feminist Practice. DATE: Friday, May 7, 2021 TIME: 1:00 […]
This event has passed. Watch Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell's keynote address and Q&A on CSW’s YouTube channel! Join the UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) for a special virtual event on Thursday, May 20th to honor the center’s accomplishments, student award recipients, and this year’s Distinguished Leader in Feminism Award honoree. Watch the Livestream […]
Organized by the Salt Eaters Bookshop and the Black Feminism Initiative Join us in celebrating the release of Akwaeke Emezi's Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir with an intimate conversation between authors Akwaeke Emezi and Zoé Samudzi. Wednesday June 23rd at 6pm PST, 9pm EST. RSVP HERE. DATE: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 TIME: 6 PM (PST) | […]
