Professor Kelly Lytle Hernández has been selected as one of the 26 MacArthur Fellows for 2019, unofficially known as the MacArthur Genius Award. Each Fellow has been awarded a stipend of $625,000 for exceptional creativity, the promise for important future advances based on a track record of significant accomplishments, and the potential for the Fellowship […]
The Mass Review is examining the state of American Theatre. As the nation changes, so must its art forms. We are excited to share an essay by the gifted and radical playwright, Dominic Taylor. He addresses the differences between Black Theatre and African-American Theatre. He starts our discussion about what theatre can do, or what […]
The Cooper-Du Bois Mentoring Program is looking for students interested in a Dual-Title PhD in African American and Diaspora Studies, especially with a focus on African American literary studies and/or rhetoric and Black digital and public research. DATES: October 25 – 28, 2019 LOCATION: Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA THE PROGRAM: Underrepresented students interested […]
The Fowler Museum’s Education Department has Federal Work-Study openings for undergraduate and graduate students to serve as part-time Student Educators. In this role, you will serve a crucial function in the Education Department by leading interactive, hands-on gallery tours and art workshops for K-12 students and family audiences, in addition to special weekend programs. For […]
Guest Lecturer Christian D. Green on his summer course, “Cardi B and Respectability Politics: Intersectionality of Race, Gender, and Sexuality.” Read the Daily Bruin article HERE
Congratulations! “LA Stories” produced by Giselle Fernandez wins an Emmy Award. Professor Bryonn Bain’s UCLA Prison Education Program was featured in “LA STORIES.” Spectrum News 1 anchor Giselle Fernandez’s prime-time series LA Stories catches up with a UCLA professor on the forefront of arts activism and justice reform. Bryonn Bain takes the LA Stories cameras inside his innovative classroom and […]
Read the adaptation of Professor Peter James Hudson’s book “Bankers and Empire: Wall Street Colonized the Caribbean” published by the Boston Review HERE.
Read Mariana Moscoso’s thoughts after Connecting Art & Law for Liberation HERE “The California Arts Council’s Arts in Corrections program sponsored the inaugural Connecting Art and Law for Liberation (CALL) bi-annual conference. The three-day event, hosted by the UCLA School of Law’s Prison Law and Policy Program, Criminal Justice Program, and the Prison Education Program was free and […]
LUSKIN CENTER FOR HISTORY & POLICY Call for Proposals 2019-2020 For academic year 2019-20, the Luskin Center for History and Policy is inviting proposals for innovative research projects that make an explicit connection between past and present. Successful projects should have three defining qualities: 1) they bring historical analysis to bear on issues of contemporary […]
Internship Opportunity The Black Girl Bravado podcast seeks to build community amongst women of color through the expressions of laughter and love, relevant content, and knowledgable, well informed guests. Co-hosts Germani and Brittany sit down weekly to have candid conversations on various topics and issues surrounding self-care, self-love, health x wellness, spirituality and much more. The BGB team is presenting their […]
