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 […]
Grace 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 production as expressing a powerful antidote to the erasures of contemporary neoliberalism. Death beyond Disavowal finds the memories of death and precarity that neoliberal ideologies attempt to […]
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 […]
Asian 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 U Visa, a new form of legal protection designed to rescue undocumented immigrants from gender and sexual violence – but only if they willingly agree […]
VIDEOS 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, Representation, and Gendered Spaces.” PRELIMINARY PROGRAM! Download now! Or view on online! REGISTRATION INFORMATION General Registration (FREE) includes access to the keynote speech, paper and […]
Sex 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 and expert on women’s health, human rights, sexuality, and HIV and AIDS. Prior to becoming President of the IWHC, she served as Director of the […]
On 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 linked to the mining and dams interests that she opposed. Gustavo Castro, a Mexican activist who was in Berta's home and was injured in the […]
The 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 leadership and activism in the LGBT movement. Under his direction, TLC’s impact litigation secured groundbreaking federal protections in 2012 against employment discrimination for transgender and […]
Women in History, a group which seeks to foster discussion about the unique challenges faced by women in academia, invites you to its Spring 2016 Roundtable on April 14th from 12:30-2pm in the History Department Conference Room (Bunche 6265). A co-ed panel of faculty guests, including Soraya de Chadarevian, Toby Higbie, Eric Avila, and Ghislaine […]
Censuses in Italy, the United States, and the United Kingdom A Discussion with the authors of Antecedents of Censuses From Medieval to Nation States: How Societies and States Count (Volume 1) and Changes in Censuses from Imperialist to Welfare States: How Societies and States Count (Volume 2), Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. Featuring Rebecca Jean Emigh, UCLA, Sociology; Dylan […]
Jeanne Theoharis is the biographer of Civil Rights organizer, Rosa Parks. She will be speaking about her landmark, paradigm-shifting biography, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, which won the NAACP Image Award for outstanding biography and the Leticia Woods Brown Award from the Association of Black Women Historians. Theoharis contributes invaluable insight into Parks's […]
