The Spanish & Portuguese Department would like to invite you to a conversation with Ecuadorian novelist and poet Yuliana Ortiz Ruano. In this conversation, Ortiz Ruano will discuss her recently translated novel Carnival Fever (Fiebre de Carnaval), her practice as a writer, and the intersections of decolonial thought and Black and Caribbean intellectual traditions in […]
When: Tuesday, November 18, 2025, at 7:30 PM Where: Hammer Museum Pioneering conceptual artist Lynn Hershman Leeson, known for her six-decade exploration of technology, identity, and surveillance, joins Margot Norton, Chief Curator at BAMPFA, for an evening of video screenings and discussion. Leeson will reflect on her visionary works including the Roberta Breitmore series to […]
Join CSW|Streisand Center for a day-long retreat where you can concentrate on your own work alongside like-minded colleagues! Friday, December 5th 10 am – 4 pm Hershey Hall Salon (Room 158) Do you want to block out a day for writing and contemplation? The Faculty Writing Retreat is your solution. Join us for a day-long retreat […]
Where: 3910 Los Feliz Boulevard When: Dec 6th, 2pm-6pm PST This unique gathering brings together artists, scholars, UCLA students and the public to explore the power of surrealist methods—past and present—as tools for resisting systems of domination and imagining new possibilities for being. From spiritual resistance to cultural subversion, surrealism has long offered a way […]
Join us for the CSW|Streisand Center Cozy Book Swap! Bring a wrapped book, add a hint note, and swap with others! Additionally, donate a popular book to LA County Jails in partnership with LA County Library as a part of our Books to Jails Drive. What kinds of books to donate to the Books to […]
When: January 23, 2026 7:30 pm Where: Billy Wilder Theater Admission: Free; no registration required. Cinema’s First Nasty Women returns to the Billy Wilder Theater! Its name a riff on the feminist cri de cœur that arose during the 2016 presidential election, Cinema’s First Nasty Women is an ongoing, curated project to rediscover and revel […]
Join award-winning writers and journalists Lauren Markham and Chris Feliciano Arnold for two days of panels and workshops. From Pitch to Publish in the Public Humanities When: February 2–3, 2026 Location: Royce 314 Free and open to the public. Today, it is vital that scholars’ work is made widely available and accessible to the public. […]
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 12:15–1:15 PM Center for the Study of Women|Streisand Center (Google Maps) Join us for a screening of Fire Tender, directed by Roni Jo Draper (Yurok) and Marissa Lila, followed by a discussion. Fire Tender tells the story of Yurok tribal members returning to traditional fire practices as an essential form of […]
Presented by the Hammer Museum. Copresented with the Center for the Study of Women|Streisand Center at UCLA and the UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute Join renowned activist, professor, and 2022 MacArthur Fellow Loretta J. Ross to explore the powerful practice of "Calling In." With five decades in the human rights movement, Ross offers a transformative approach to move […]
When: Thursday, February 12, 2026 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM (Pacific Time) Where: DataX Impact Forum Murphy Hall, Rm 3312 Bibliotactics examines the Hanoi and Saigon state libraries in colonial and postcolonial Vietnam, uncovering the emergence of a colonial public who reimagined the political meaning and social space of the library through public critique and […]
When: Friday, February 13, 11 am-12:30 pm Where: Hybrid | UCLA Center for the Study of Women| Barbra Streisand Center, 1500 Public Affairs Building Based on Dr. Tamar Shirinian's recent book, Survival of a Perverse Nation: Morality and Queer Possibility in Armenia (Duke University Press, 2024), this talk will introduce the audience to two perverse […]
Where: Bunche Hall, Rm 10383 When: Wednesday, February 25, 2026 from 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM RSVP Here Join the Center for European and Russian Studies for their quarterly Graduate Student Lecture by Natasha Bluth (PhD candidate in Sociology Department) and Mixer, open to all UCLA students, staff and faculty. The lecture by Natasha Bluth […]
