Organized by the Student Chapter of ARSC at UCLA. The Student Chapter of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) at UCLA welcomes current graduate students, faculty, and staff to benefit from the perspectives of four professionals from the field of music librarianship, audio archiving, and sound preservation for a panel discussion about being female […]
Organized by the UCLA Department of African American Studies This symposium will celebrate the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin's ground breaking and historic Album, Amazing Grace. Topics will include: How Sweet the Sound: Blues Ministry and Black Power Soul Print: Music, Place and Albums The People's Queen: Queering Aretha's sound Speakers will include: Marcus Anthony […]
Organized by the UCLA Department of Italian "Women as Writers of Heroic Poetry in Renaissance Italy: An Epic Micro-tradition?" explores all facets of heroic poetry as written by Italian Renaissance women. Moreover, this conference aims to spotlight their heroic poems and place them in an tradition that has for the most part ignored their work. We […]
Date: April 19, 2019 Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Location: Royce 306 RSVP: http://humanities.ucla.edu/events/writing-retreats/ Do you want to block out a day for writing and contemplation? The quarterly Faculty Writing Retreat is your solution. Join us for a day-long retreat where you can concentrate on your own work alongside like-minded colleagues—we will hold the […]
Part of the UCLA CARE Program's Sexual Assault Awareness Month A special edition of the UCLA Cultural Affairs Comission's Word on Wednesday poetry and spoken word series, recognizing Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 Time: 7:00 - 9:00 PM Location: Kerckhoff Art Gallery Don't miss the other Sexual Assault Awareness Month events! […]
Philosopher Sarah Dorsey On Sarah Dorsey: A Nineteenth-century Southern Woman’s Rediscovered Lecture on the Philosophy of the University of France A talk by Carol Bensick, PhD Sarah Dorsey (1829-1879) is the earliest woman from the U.S. South to devote herself to philosophy. Besides the later Anna Julia Cooper, she is only the second Southern woman […]
The UCLA Marathon Reading is a cultural initiative that promotes literacy and community building by presenting a novel or novels aloud in their entirety. The event is free and open to the public beyond campus. Audience members come and go throughout the two-day event, and there are booths with tie-in activities. This year, we have […]
Organized by the Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair Aurora Levins Morales is an internationally known Puerto Rican Jewish feminist writer and lifelong arts-based organizer. She is the author of six books, including Kindling: Writings on the Body, Getting Home Alive, Remedios: Stories of Earth and Iron from the History of Puertorriquenas, and Telling to Live: […]
Hosted by UCLA Department of Anthropology Culture, Power, and Social Change Interest Group. Part of Gender and Water In this book talk, Andrea Ballestero will discuss how to think anthropologically about the techno-legal devices used to deal with the politics of water in the present and in the yet to come. Ballestero will focus on […]
Part of Gender and Water At this Research Masterclass, students from the Gender and Water Research team will discuss research findings and forthcoming papers with visiting facilitator Andrea Ballestero, who will provide commentary and feedback. Observers are welcome. Andrea Ballestero is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Rice University. Ballestero's work looks at the unexpected ethical […]
CSW is thrilled to announce that we are partnering with The OpEd Project to bring a special day-long seminar to UCLA! Learn how to write, pitch, and publish op-eds; assert your expertise; and increase the range of voices and ideas that we hear from in our media. "Write to Change the World" will bring emerging voices together […]
This event is now past. Photo highlights of the 2019 Awards and Benefit Reception can be viewed HERE. Join the UCLA Center for the Study of Women for a special end of the year event to honor the Center’s accomplishments, student award recipients, and this year’s Distinguished Leader in Feminism Award honoree! FEATURING THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS […]
