When: Thursday, October 3, 12:00-1:30 pm Where: Macgowan 1340 RSVP here. Can karaoke lead to narratives for justice? Join theater artist-activist Sara Porkalob to discuss their solo-performance, Dragon Lady, premiering at the Geffen Playhouse, justice-oriented approaches to theater, and Asian American performance. Light refreshments provided. Cosponsored by: CSW|Streisand Center, UCLA School of Theater, Film & […]

When: Thursday, October 3, 2024 12:00 p.m. PT Reception to follow Where: California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) UCLA Campus Please join us for this timely event where the science of human embryos and embryo models will be explained by preeminent scientist and author Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz. Opening remarks will be provided by CRSHE’s co-director, Hannah Landecker. Click […]

When: Friday, Oct 11, 2024, 6:30 - 8:30 pm Where: Lani Hall, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Schoenberg Music Building Get tickets here. Attend a musical performance and conversation with musician Huda Asfour. “Dawayer” is Huda's latest solo project for oud, looper, and vocals. In this improvisation-based journey, Huda presents new and old songs […]

Where: 2125 Rolfe Hall When: Tuesday, October 15, 12-1:30 pm Light lunch will be served. Seating is first come first served. Carceral Entanglements: Gendered Public Memories of Japanese American World War II Incarceration argues that Japanese American WWII incarceration narratives substantiate discourses of gender, sexual, racial, and carceral/colonial power yet contain possibilities for disruption. Understanding […]

When: Tuesday, October 15, 4:00 - 5:30 PM Where: Kerckhoff Grand Salon Seating is on a first-come basis.  Join us for Alexis Pauline Gumbs in conversation with Robin D. G. Kelley on her recent book, Survival is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde. The author will sign books purchased on site, courtesy of […]

Where: Wilson Plaza When: October 15th from 4-6 pm Free and open to the public. Meet the CSW|Streisand Center staff, pick up swag, and learn about funding opportunities at the 2024 UCLA Latinx welcome event. Every fall quarter, the UCLA Latinx Welcome Planning Committee hosts a Latinx Welcome event for new and continuing Latinx undergraduate […]

Joy Neumeyer on her new book, A Survivor's Education: Women, Violence, and the Stories We Don't Tell, in conversation with Jared McBride, UCLA History. Register      Microsoft      Google The Center for European and Russian Studies, in cosponsorship with the Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures, UCLA Luskin Center for […]

Come join us for an enlightening talk by Dr. Megh Marathe on Inclusive Sociotechnical Systems: Classification, Inequality, and Expertise in Epilepsy Care event. Register Here. DESCRIPTION This talk examines how classification amplifies or alleviates the exclusion of marginalized people in healthcare. Through the case of epilepsy, the talk shows how reductionist classifications lead to narrow […]

Register Here   The question of Mobile Field Brothels (Bordels Militaires de Campagne or BMC) is not new, nor of course is it specific to contemporary colonial contexts, as we see in the global history of prostitution dating back times of antiquity. Moreover, it goes without saying that militaries (in times of both peace and war) […]

Register Here. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jennifer Lynn Kelly is an Associate Professor of Feminist Studies and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at University of California, Santa Cruz. She received her Ph.D. in American Studies with a Portfolio in Women’s and Gender Studies from University of Texas at Austin, her master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Humanities from […]