UCLA Department of African American Studies

"The New Day: Notes on (Mis)Education and the Dark Proletariat" by James Ford III
2014-04-17 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
Professor Ford will reflect on the current crisis of education by revisiting 1930s Black radical thinkers, including W.E.B. Du Bois, Katherine Dunham and Langston Hughes. Drawing on Du Bois’s classic Black Reconstruction, he argues that the dark proletariat’s underground pursuit of education begins reconstructing mainstream educational institutions. Likewise, a Langston Hughes poem, “New Day,” identifies the the title with the “flesh that triumphs (as well as the spirit),” probing the ethical relation between pedagogy, ecstatic poetry, and the political in its collective, contrarian stance towards America’s segregationist educational agenda.

"Science Fictions: The Eugenics Redlining of Racial and Sexual Outsiders in US Immigration Policy, its History, and Our Resistance" by Nancy Ordover
2014-04-22 16:30 - 18:00

"In the Life: Black Women and Serial Murder" by Terrion Williamson
2014-04-24 12:00 - 13:00
Williamson is an Assistant Professor of African American Literature and Cultural Studies at Michigan State University. Her research interests include critical black cultural studies and critical race theory, black feminist theory, femicide and gendered violence, legal constructions of deviance and outlawry. She is currently working on a manuscript culled from her dissertation project entitled Scandalize My Name: Black Feminist Practice and the Making of Black Social Life.

"Free Angela and All Political Prisoners!" Film Screening
2014-04-30 17:30 - 19:45
Tickets required. Seating is General Admission.
Doors open 5:00pm.
Tickets for this event are for UCLA students.
Tickets are first come first serve.

“Transcultural Performance Disciplines: Embodying AfroAsia Through Martial Arts in Theater, Film and Everyday Practice” by Zachary Price
2014-05-06 12:00 - 13:00
Zachary Price is the Bunche Assistant Researcher on the Race & Hollywood/Hollywood Advancement Project. His work looks at performance as a strategy for political survival and transformation. Dr. Price has a Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara in Theater and Dance, an M.F.A. in Playwriting from the New School University, a B.S. in performance studies from Northwestern University.

"Feminism and Abolition: Extending the Dialogue" by Angela Y. Davis
2014-05-08 17:30 - 19:00
Critically acclaimed author, activist, and intellectual Angela Y. Davis is this year’s UC Regents Professor and Professor of History of Consciousness, an interdisciplinary PhD program, and Professor of Feminist Studies at University of California, Santa Cruz. The event is sponsored by the Gender Studies Department and will be held at 5:30pm in Royce Hall.

African-American Studies Open House
2014-10-01 16:00 - 18:00

2014 CRS Annual Symposium: Whiteness as Property: Twenty Year Appraisal
2014-10-02 17:15 - 2014-10-04 18:00
For more information or to register for this event please visit the 2014 Critical Race Symposium homepage.

Ferguson, Mass Incarceration and Hip Hop Activism with Rosa Clemente
2014-10-29 16:00 - 18:00
Rosa Clemente: Doctoral student, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, UMASS-Amherst
008 VP Candidate-Green Party

Unequal Ground: Race and Social Inequality in America Today
2015-01-14 17:30 - 19:30
A Faculty Discussion Featuring:
Leah Boustan, Sarah Haley, Keith Camacho, Kelly Lytle Hernandez and Peter James Hudson
Moderated by Cheryl I. Harris
For articles by the panelists please click on the titles below.
“Was Postwar Suburbanization “White Flight”? Evidence From the Black Migration by Leah Boustan
“Who Killed Robert McCulloch’s Father?” by Peter James Hudson
“The National City Bank of New York and Haiti 1909-1922” by Peter James Hudson
“Like I Was a Man”:Chain Gangs, Gender, and the Domestic Carceral Sphere in Jim Crow Georgia by Sarah Haley
“Hobos in Heaven: Race, Incarceration, and the Rise of Los Angeles, 1880-1910” by Kelly Lytle Hernandez
“Amnesty or Abolition?: Felons, illegals, and the Case for a New Abolition Movement” by Kelly Lytle Hernandez

Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshop with Christopher Lebron
2015-01-29 12:00 - 13:30
Chris Lebron (Assistant Professor Philosophy & African American Studies, Yale University) is the author of The Color of Our Shame: Race and Justice in Our Time. The book received the American Political Science Foundation Award for Best First Book in Political Theory.
He will be workshopping his paper, “The Sense and Sensibility of Equality.” This is co-sponsored by Race, Ethnicity, and Politics & Political Theory.

Anthropology 2015 Goldschmidt Lecture by John Jackson
2015-02-11 16:30 - 20:00
“Thick Depiction: Anxiety, Anthropology, and Film/Video” presented by John L. Jackson, Jr., Dean of the School of Social Policy & Practice and the Richard Perry University Professor of Communication, Anthropology, and Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania. More about the lecture.

From Healing to Action: Advancing Policing Equity
2015-02-23 18:00
This interactive campus forum will examine issues which have not been a substantial part of the national conversation, including root causes of police violence, policing as it relates to women, best practices with law enforcement and emotional wellness. Please RSVP and join us for this dynamic event!

Falling Walls Lab: Apply Now!
2015-03-17 12:30
Application deadline: May 30, 2015
Apply online at www.falling-walls.com/lab
The Falling Walls Lab takes place on June 20, 2015 at the HSEC Auditorium, UCSD, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla 92093
Win a Scholarship and a Trip to Berlin
A distinguished jury selects the winner who
• travels to Berlin on November 8-9, 2015
• qualifies directly for the Lab Finale in Berlin on November 8, 2015 as one of 100 international and interdisciplinary participants (travel costs and accommodation are covered).
• is awarded a ticket for the international Falling Walls Conference on November 9, 2015 where some of the world’s most prominent scientists from around the world present their current breakthrough research in 15 minutes each.
Questions?
cdegracialux@ucsd.edu
j1moore@ucsd.edu

"Dear White People" Film Screening and Discussion
2015-04-29 18:00 - 21:30
UCLA Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh, African American Studies Department, Institute of American Cultures, Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, Luskin School of Public Affairs, and School of Theater, Film and Television, present:
“Dear White People” – Film Screening and Discussion
6:00 p.m. Reception in the James Bridges Theater Lobby
7:00 p.m. Screening of multiple award-winning film Dear White People
8:45 p.m. Q&A with the filmmakers:
Writer and Director Justin Simien, Executive Producer Stephanie Allain, Producer Effie Brown, Producer Julia Lebedev
For more info & RSVP:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dear-white-people-film-screening-and-discus…

Human Caging in the 21st Century: Mass Incarceration Awareness Week UCLA
2015-05-04 08:00 - 2015-05-07 17:00
The Class of ’68 Criminal Justice Reform Workgroup Presents Human Caging in the 21st Century: Mass Incarceration Awareness Week UCLA.
Monday- May 4th 5PM-7PM:
American Crime and Punishment
Exploring Implicit Bias and the Criminal Justice System
through television
UCLA Neuroscience Research Building Auditorium
Tuesday- May 5th 5PM-7PM
Convicted and Unashamed
Panel moderated by Justin Christopher in conversation
w/ Professors Kelly Lytle-Hernandez and Laura Abrams
(location TBD)
Wednesday- May 6th 11AM-1PM
Women, Race, and Mass Incarceration
Panel featuring Susan Burton from A New Way of Life
and others facilitated by OluFemi Taiwo
Department of Philosophy Community Room
Thursday- May 7th 12:15PM-2PM
Mass Incarceration Documentary Screening
Conversation facilitated by Class of ‘68 Workgroup
Luskin School of Public Affairs Room# 3343
For updated details: Search Facebook Event Human Caging in
21st Century: Mass Incarceration Awareness Week UCLA

Annual Colloquium Series: Black Lives Matter
2015-05-04 14:00 - 17:00
Center for Social Theory and Comparative History, co-sponsored with the Department of African American Studies & the Gary Nash Chair in US History Annual Colloquium Series
PRESENTS
Black Lives Matter
Discussant: Robin D.G. Kelley
Gary Nash Chair, Department of History, UCLA
For more information call
Center for Social Theory and Comparative History
(310) 206-5675 or email: mertes@ucla.edu

Historicizing Masculinities: The Colloquium
2015-05-13 12:00 - 14:00
Sponsored by The History of Women, Men & Sexuality Emphasis, UCLA Department of History
Maurice O. Wallace
English & Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American Studies, University of Virginia
The Camera and the Slave: History, Technology & the Problem of Personhood in Louis Agassiz’s Slave Daguerreotypes

African American Political Thought: Past and Present
2015-05-15 09:30 - 2015-05-16 16:00

A Special Staged Reading of "Yohen" featuring Mr. Danny Glover
2015-05-30 18:30
Cheryl I. Harris (UCLA Department of African American Studies Chair) and Zachary F. Price, Ph.D. (Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow UCLA Department of African American Studies), invite you to a special staged reading of Phillip Kan Gotanda’s Yohen, featuring Danny Glover (actor, producer, activist, and humanitarian) and Karen Lew (actress), directed by Ben Guillory (Producing Artistic Director, Robey Theatre Company).

Please RSVP by Friday, May 22
Free and open to the public; first-come, first-served.
Seating is limited. Reservations are required.
Parking available for $12 in Structure 3
Inquiries: CollegeEvents@support.ucla.edu or (310) 825-4038

About the Event: Yohen is one of a number of collaborations between UCLA and Robey Theatre Company called, Black Arts and Black Publics: Robey Theatre Company and the Continuum of Black Performance in Los Angeles. Set in Gardena in 1986, Yohen deals with a troublesome interracial marriage between an African American, James, and his Japanese war bride, named Sumi. Married for almost thirty-seven years with no children, the couple struggles to make sense of their lives as they find themselves reconciling and negotiating the ruptures that have torn them apart. Yohen was originally produced at Berkeley Repertory Theater in San Francisco and was later produced in Los Angeles by East West Players in collaboration with Robey Theatre Company.

UCLA Department of African American Studies Commencement
2015-06-13 11:30 - 17:00
The UCLA Department of African American Studies will hold its Commencement Celebration on:
*Students are recommended to come at least 45 minutes prior to the ceremony
Additional Commencement Information: www.commencement.ucla.edu

TV One Unsung DJ Quik with Professor Scot Brown
2015-06-17 20:00 - 21:00

Summits on Educational Excellence for African Americans
2015-06-26 13:00 - 17:00
You can watch the livestream here.
Event Program
For more information, click here.

2015 Black Convocation
2015-10-06 18:00 - 19:30
ADMISSION
Free and open to the public. RSVP is required.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The Black Convocation is an annual event which welcomes new and returning students to the UCLA campus and makes them aware of the different organizations, departments, and resources available to serve them. It is an evening full of Bruin pride, providing encouragement, anecdotes about the past, and a glimpse of the future from UCLA faculty, staff, and alumni dedicated to supporting all students.
The theme of the 2015 Black Convocation is “Black Bruins Matter.” The Black Convocation and reception are free and open to the public.
The event starts with a reception at 5pm, with the program from 6pm – 7:30pm.
For additional info, call 310-825-7403.

"Beyond the Lights" Film Screening and Discussion
2015-10-14 18:00 - 21:00
UCLA Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh, African American Studies Department, Institute of American Cultures, Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, Luskin School of Public Affairs, and School of Theater, Film and Television present:
“Beyond The Lights” – Film Screening and Discussion
““Beyond the Lights,” Gina Prince-Bythewood’s occasionally silly, frequently stirring romantic melodrama… a blunt, anguished, barely metaphorical reckoning with the intimate psychic violence of racism and sexism, is performed several times by Noni, the film’s suffering pop star. The first time is as a young girl (played by India Jean-Jacques) at a South London talent show, where we are introduced to the two forces that will rule her destiny: a stunning vocal gift and a ruthless stage mother.” New York Times review (November 13, 2014)

6:00 p.m. Reception in the James Bridges Theater Lobby
7:00 p.m. Screening of “Beyond The Lights”
9:00 p.m. Q&A with writer/director Gina Prince-Blythewood
Have questions about “Beyond the Lights” Film Screening and Discussion? Contact UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television

"War Against All Puerto Ricans" by Nelson Denis
2015-10-16 03:00 - 17:00
The talk is titled “War Against All Puerto Ricans.” Nelson Denis, the author of the new book War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America’s Colony, will be discussing his book, the history of colonialism in Puerto Rico, and the plight of Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera. The talk will also feature an introduction by Peter James Hudson of the Departments of History and African American Studies. The event is sponsored by the Latin American Institute, the Department of History, and the Department of African American Studies. It will take place on Friday, October 16 from 3-5 PM in Bunche 10383.
Nelson Antonio Denis is is a writer, film director, and former New York State Assemblyman. His award-winning films premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and screened throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. His editorials for the New York Daily News and El Diario won awards from the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. He is the writer of eight feature-length screenplays, writer/director of the feature film Vote For Me!, and author of the book War Against All Puerto Ricans. He represented El Barrio/East Harlem in the New York State Assembly (1996-2000) and developed a leadership initiative with the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation. Denis recently completed the novel JUAN BOBO, and has a lifelong interest in the history, culture and folklore of Puerto Rico.

Eighth Annual Critical Race Studies Symposium, Race and Resistance: Against Police Violence
2015-10-16 17:00 - 2015-10-17 17:00
We are very excited to invite you to our upcoming Eighth Annual Critical Race Studies Symposium, Race and Resistance: Against Police Violence, on October 16th and 17th at UCLA School of Law. Over a day and a half, we will convene academics, advocates and activists from around the country to explore the forms that police violence takes, investigate the causes and consequences of police misconduct, and identify solutions. Areas to be addressed include juvenile justice and the school to prison pipeline, mass incarceration, the policing of gender, sexuality and gender identity, immigration and national security, and the welfare state.

Between the World and Me: Ta-Nehisi Coates in Conversation with Robin D. G. Kelley
2015-10-26 19:15 - 21:00
In a revelatory testament of what it means to be black in America today, this timely new memoir solidifies Coates as one of today’s most important writers on the subject of race. Composed as letters to his teenage son, Coates bears witness to his own experiences as a young black man while moving between emotionally charged reportage of the recent shootings of unarmed black men by police. Coates—a national correspondent for The Atlantic, which published his landmark 2014 essay, “The Case for Reparations,” and author of the previous memoir, The Beautiful Struggle—arrives at a transcendent vision of the past and present to offer hope for his son’s future. Join us for a momentous conversation with Coates and historian Robin D.G. Kelley about America’s way forward.
Ta-Nehisi Coates is a National Correspondent for The Atlantic and the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. Coates has received The National Magazine Award, the Hillman Prize for Opinion and Analysis Journalism, and the George Polk Award for his Atlantic cover story, “The Case for Reparations.” He lives in New York with his wife and son.
Robin D. G. Kelley is the Gary B. Nash Professor of American History at UCLA. His books include the prize-winning, Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original; Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression; Yo’ Mama’s DisFunktional!: Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America; Three Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls, and the Fighting Spirit of Labor’s Last Century,written collaboratively with Dana Frank and Howard Zinn; andFreedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination. His most recent book is Africa Speaks, America Answers: Modern Jazz in Revolutionary Times.
Reservation Policy for Free Programs:
As most ALOUD at Central Library programs are free of charge, it is our policy to overbook. In the case of a FULL program your free reservation may not guarantee admission. We recommend arriving early. Space permitting, unclaimed reservations will be released to standby patrons at approximately 7 PM.
For more information: http://lfla.org/event/between-the-world-and-me/

Langston Hughes' "Ask Your Mama: Twelve Moods for Jazz"
2015-10-28 17:00 - 20:30
A multimedia performance of Langston Hughes’ “Ask Your Mama: Twelve Moods for Jazz” comes to the UCLA Faculty Center on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 5-8 p.m.
A reading of the poem will be accompanied with live music performed by the Ron McCurdy Quartet and a slide presentation of Harlem Renaissance-era photos. The evening will conclude with a discussion with McCurdy.
Hosting the event are professor emerita Claudia Mitchell-Kernan; UCLA Institute of American Cultures; Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA; African American studies professor Robin D.G. Kelley; UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture; musician John Densmore; UCLA Department of English; and UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
This event is free and open to the public, but an RSVP is required.

"Comparable Battles for the Existence of Civilization: Race and the Global Arc of US Police Power" by Nikhil Pal Singh
2016-01-13 15:00
