Freedom and Fugitivity

Organized by Sanctuary Spaces: Reworlding Humanism within the Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy Date: Friday, June 11 Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Location: Webinar (Registration Required) Situated at the present historical conjuncture of resurgent white nationalism and xenophobia, the closing event of the Sanctuary Spaces Sawyer Seminar, Freedom and Fugitivity thinks across Black […]

Author Chat Series: Akwaeke Emezi x Zoé Samudzi

Organized by the Salt Eaters Bookshop and the Black Feminism Initiative Join us in celebrating the release of Akwaeke Emezi's Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir with an intimate conversation between authors Akwaeke Emezi and Zoé Samudzi. Wednesday June 23rd at 6pm PST, 9pm EST. RSVP HERE. DATE: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 TIME: 6 PM (PST) | […]

Assembling/Reassembling

Online/Zoom

Organized by Now Be Here Art Why books NOW? Are books symbolic objects? Have books created political change? What is it that makes artists’ books a unique /compelling art form? Can artists’ books advance social justice for women? This panel discussion will tackle the history and current state of independent press and self-publishing by women […]

Information Session for Graduate Students

As part of the New Grad Student & TA Resource Fair, we're hosting an open information session specifically for UCLA graduate students! Stop by our Zoom room on Thursday, September 16th from 2 to 3pm, to find out about our research streams, upcoming events, and funding opportunities. How to Register and Access Zoom Info "Introduction […]

Open House 2021

Welcome back to campus, Bruins! CSW is inviting new and returning UCLA students to our Open House to learn more about our research streams, upcoming events, and funding opportunities (for both graduate and undergraduate students of all genders). Stop by in-person in front of the Public Affairs building from 12-2 PM or join the Zoom […]

Playing with No Consequences: A Conversation with Michelle Krusiec

Organized by the UCLA Department of Theater DATE: Friday, November 12, 2021 TIME: 3:00PM - 5:00PM LOCATION: Virtual/Zoom (REGISTRATION REQUIRED) FLYER A conversation with Regents' Lecturer, Michelle Krusiec and TFT Dean Brian Kite Actress and filmmaker Michelle Krusiec has sustained a 25-year career working as a woman of color in an industry that has both […]

Virgin Capital, A Virtual Book Talk with Tami Navarro

Organized by the Department of Anthropology DATE: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 TIME: 12:30-1:45 PM LOCATION: Virtual/Zoom (REGISTRATION REQUIRED) FLYER Virgin Capital: Race, Gender, and Financialization in the US Virgin Islands (SUNY Press, 2021) examines the cultural impact and historical significance of the Economic Development Commission (EDC) in the United States Virgin Islands, a tax holiday […]

50 Years of Chicana Feminism: Celebrating the Hijas de Cuauhtémoc

Organized by the Chicano Studies Research Center Join us to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1971 newspaper Hijas de Cuauhtémoc, a groundbreaking publication of Chicana feminist activism and philosophy. Hijas de Cuauhtémoc members were among the first to articulate Chicana feminism, creating a praxis that embraced economic justice, community empowerment and third world solidarity as […]

The Ungrateful Refugee: Dina Nayeri, in conversation with Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi

Organized by the International Institute and the Asian American Studies Department DATE: Monday, November 22, 2021 TIME: 9:30-10:45 AM LOCATION: Virtual/Zoom (REGISTRATION REQUIRED) FLYER What is it like to be a refugee? What is the role of narrative in determining who is considered a refugee and who gets labeled an economic migrant? Why is it […]

Sewing Social Justice

Sewing Intimacies Organized by the American Indian Studies Center DATE: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 TIME: 1 PM LOCATION: Virtual/Zoom (REGISTRATION REQUIRED) This webinar showcases the work of the Sewing Intimacies Project – a project encompassing a group of Dakota and Lakota women who collectively embarked on a journey to create jingle dresses this past summer. […]

Revisiting the “3-ply yarn”: Where are the sex/gender/sexuality concepts now?

Semel B8-225

Organized by the UCLA Center for Social Medicine and Humanities DATE: Friday, December 3, 2021 TIME: 1:00-2:00 PM LOCATION: Semel B8-225 or Virtual/Zoom (REGISTRATION REQUIRED) EVENT FLYER Scholars have distinguished among sex, gender, and sexuality for decades, but the distinctions have always been contested, and have become more rather than less so in recent years. […]

Taiwan for Her: Gender (In)Equality in Taiwan

Online

Organized by the UCLA Asia Pacific Center Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 Time: 5:00 PM (PST) Location: Online/Zoom (Registration Required) What are the countries that come to mind when you think of gender equality? Most people would be very likely to mention Nordic countries. To many people's surprise, Taiwan has progressed tremendously in narrowing the […]