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 (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany) Elli Ponomareva(European University at St. Petersburg, Russia) Gary D. Glass Jr. (University of Missouri) Lusine Sargsyan (Yerevan State University, Armenia) Anna […]

Chela 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 sixties movements, fueled by earlier anticolonial movements all over the world, climaxing in Vietnam, Algeria and elsewhere, all such humanly emancipatory struggles, all then so […]

Please 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 the program.  Organized by: UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies Cosponsored by:  In recognition of Lena’s philanthropy towards students in the College of […]

Advancing 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 CNSI Auditorium. "Own Your Voice" helps participants cultivate a leadership identity, navigate fear and uncertainty, and practice strategies for assertive communication and negotiation. These two sessions […]

This 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.  By placing the politics of queer archival studies and black performance theory in conversation with canonical blues historiographies, the talk will explore the aesthetics and […]