Emancipation & Empire: Africa and the Project of Black Studies

Emancipation & Empire: Africa and the Project of Black Studies Black Forum at the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA 153 Haines Hall Mondays, 12:00pm-2:00pm All workshops will be based on a pre-circulated paper. Hardcopies are available at the African Studies Center, the Department of African American Studies, and the Ralph […]

Praxis Center: An Online Resource Center for Radicals

Praxis Center: An Online Resource Center for Radicals DR. LISA BROCK Wednesday, January 25th, 2017 12:00pm-2:00pm UCLA CNSI Auditorium Reception will follow with food & drinks Join Dr. Lisa Brock, founder and senior editor of Praxis Center, an online resource for scholars, activists and artists to teach, to learn and to deepen our analysis of […]

Insurgency at the Crossroads: A Book Talk by AISHA FINCH

In Rethinking Slave Rebellion in Cuba: La Escalera and the Insurgencies of 1841-1844, Aisha Finch traces the emergence of a dynamic resistance movement of slaves and free people of color in nineteenth-century Cuba. Drawing from the largely unexplored testimonies in the Cuban National Archive, this book focuses attention on the hundreds of enslaved people who […]

Film at REDCAT Presents “The Murder of Fred Hampton: The Struggle Continues”

FILM AT REDCAT PRESENTS The Murder of Fred Hampton: The Struggle Continues The landmark documentary The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971, 88 min.), by Howard Alk and Michael Gray, is a testament to Black activism and a chilling record of covert police and FBI actions. Begun to portray the activities of the Chicago branch of the […]

Melina Abdullah: Information, Access, Activism

Melina Abdullah: Information, Access, Politics. A discussion brought to you by the UCLA Information studies department's diversity council. Closest parking available in Lot #3. Reception to follow in the GSE&IS Building 2nd Floor Grand Salon. Registration Required! Click here

Diasporic Dreams, African Nation-State Realities Rastafarian Repatriation to Tanzania

As part of the series Emancipation & Empire: Africa and the Project of Black Studies, the Department of African American Studies at UCLA presents Diasporic Dreams, African Nation-State Realities Rastafarian Repatriation to Tanzania Monique Bedasse Departments of History and African American Studies Washington University in St. Louis Respondent: Marcus Anthony Hunter, Sociology and African American […]

Uri McMillan: Author Meets Critic

In Celebration of Professor Uri McMillan’s multiple award-winning book Embodied Avatars: Genealogies of Black Feminist Art & Performance   Featuring Guest Speakers: Amber Musser, Washington University Jessica Johnson, Johns Hopkins Patrick Anderson, UC, Irvine Josh Chambers-Letson, Northwestern University Roy Perez, Willamette University Jayna Brown, UC, Riverside

What It Iz! The Spokenwordical

A fusion of traditional musical theatre, hip-hop, and spoken-word poetics, this "spokenwordical" is inspired by the 1975 musical The Wiz. What It Iz is a journey of self-discovery from the birth of hip-hop through the social and political corruption that fuels the current incarceration epidemic. Poignant and humorous, mesmerizing and musical, come see What It […]