Gendering Disposability with Sherene H. Razack
Hacienda Room, Faculty CenterIn 2011, 36 year old Cindy Gladue, a Cree woman, bled to death in a hotel bathtub in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada after having sex with Brad Barton, a trucker and […]
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Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies
This colloquium will feature Erin Marie Pinon (Southern Methodist University) Gohar Grigoryan (University of Fribourg, Switzerland) Ari Sekeryan (University of Oxford, UK) Piruza Hayrapetyan (Central European University, Hungary) David Leupold […]
Theory Traveling
Royce 314Chela Sandoval’s meditation is on Third World liberation, “US Third World Feminism,” Chicana Lesbian and Indigenous feminisms, the decolonization of “identity,” and the methodology of the oppressed. “There were the […]
Memorial Tribute to Lena Astin
Faculty Center, California RoomPlease join us in remembering the life and work of Professor Helen "Lena" Astin, cofounder of CSW and longtime advocate for women. A reception with light refreshments will be held immediately following […]
Death Beyond Disavowal
Royce 306 & 314 and Harry and Yvonne Lenart Auditorium of the Fowler MuseumGrace Hong will be talking about her new book, Death Beyond Disavowal: The Impossible Politics of Difference, which utilizes “difference” as theorized by women of color feminists to analyze works of cultural […]
Own Your Voice: Assertive Communication and Negotiation
CNSI AuditoriumAdvancing Women in Science and Engineering presents Emilie Aries, the Founder and CEO of Bossed Up and award-winning women’s development coach, for a two-part interactive workshop on Monday, March 7th from 1 to 5:30pm at the […]
‘If You Should Lose Me’ The Archive, the Critic, the Record Shop and the Blues Woman
Charles E. Young Research Library, Presentation RoomThis talk examines the problem of iconic blues women who’ve been “lost” to history, Geeshie Wiley and Elvie Thomas, as well as the critics who’ve loved and chased after them. […]
Lee Ann S. Wang
Rolfe 2125Asian American Feminisms and the Re-writing of the Legal Voice: Immigration Law, Criminal Enforcement, and “Cooperation” A talk by the UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkeley This talk will discuss the […]
Thinking Gender 2016
Grand Horizon Ballroom, Covel Commons, UCLAVIDEOS NOW ONLINE! Thinking Gender is a public conference highlighting graduate student research on women, sexuality and gender across all disciplines and historical periods. This year’s theme is “Spatial Awareness, […]
Françoise Girard
UCLA Law School, Room 1457Sex in the time of Zika: Reproductive Rights and Women’s Health in a World in Turmoil A public lecture in honor of International Women’s Day Françoise Girard is a longtime advocate […]
Urgent Issues Forum/Foro Urgente: The Assassination of Berta Cáceres and the Future of Indigenous and Afrodescendant Environmental and Land Rights in Honduras
Charles E. Young Research Library, Presentation RoomOn March 2, 2016, award-winning Lenca environmental and indigenous rights activist Berta Cáceres was assassinated in her home in Honduras. She had received multiple threats from military and paramilitary groups […]
Masen Davis
Royce 314The Movement of Our Time: Transgender Equality at the Crossroads A talk by the 2015-2016 Regents' Lecturer Mason Davis, Executive Director, Transgender Law Center Masen Davis has more than two decades of […]
