Description: UCLA will be hosting the second installment of the “Fashion City: Los Angeles” jointly presented by UCLA’s Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design and Department of African American Studies. […]

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! In May 1979, the Center for Afro-American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles hosted a two-day symposium entitled The Political Economy of the Black World. This […]

Join us Thursday, Feb. 1st, as we welcome Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad for our first job talk of the year! These job talks are an opportunity for members of the UCLA […]

Our second job talk of the year! Come stop by Kaplan 193, Tuesday, February 6th, for Dr. Shamara’s Alhassan talk titled "We’ve Been Born Free": Rastafari Women’s Pan-African Worldmaking. These […]

Speakers: Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter  Author & UCLA Professor Click here to learn more about the author... Willie "Prophet" Stiggers  President of the Black Music Action Coalition Click here to […]

Join the UCLA African American Studies Department & the UCLA Center for Brazilian Studies for this important conversation with our featured speaker, human rights activist, Rute Fiúza.  

Join us Thursday, Feb. 15th, as we welcome our featured speaker Dr. Ahmad Greene-Hayes  for our last job talk of the year! These job talks are an opportunity for members […]

Join us for an exclusive screening of the critically acclaimed documentary “Descendant,” currently streaming on Netflix! The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the film’s Co-Producer, Dr. Kern […]