Although Genocide Studies is an academic discipline that researches genocide, Genocide Studies—in its institutionalization—is not necessarily a study of the dead. The crime was codified in 1948 by the United Nations Genocide Convention, however, Zoé Samudzi writes both that genocide’s designation as crime is “probably the least important thing about it” and that “genocide the […]

In its thirteenth consecutive year, the ucLADINO conference supports and celebrates the growing preservation of Ladino language and culture in the Judeo-Spanish diaspora. The theme for this year’s ucLADINO conference centers around Ladino in and beyond the home, exploring language and culture in domestic spaces and in migration. How has Ladino taken shape within domestic […]

When: Wednesday, April 2, 6:30 pm Register for location: https://tinyurl.com/critiquesofzionism Join us for a panel discussion between progressive and left-wing Jews about their relationships to Palestine and Israel, critical perspectives on the recent arrest of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, and interpretations and responses to charges of antisemitism deployed in opposition to racial justice work by the Trump […]

Please join us for this timely event in which Elizabeth Dias, the New York Times national religion correspondent, will be discussing her bestselling book, “The Fall of Roe: The Riseof a New America,” co-authored with Lisa Lerer. Opening remarks will be provided by Dr.Tracy Johnson, dean of UCLA Division of Life Sciences. Monday, April 7, […]

When: April 11 9:30-4pm Where: Room 1420 RSVP: tinyurl.com/cjlrsymposium Restorative Justice Panel & Individual Scholar Presentations On the Relationship between American Feminism and the Criminal System at 9:45-10:20 Aya Gruber (USC Gould School of Law) On Responses to Gender-Based Violence at 10:25-11:10 Leigh Goodmark (University of Maryland Carey School of Law) On Immigration x Abolition […]

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 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 […]