Connecting ART & LAW FOR LIBERATION a CALL TO ACTION to end Mass Incarceration On April 16-17, 2021 join artists, activists, attorneys, advocates and scholars for a Virtual Conference featuring innovative collaborations at the intersection of ART and the LAW! Build community, re-energize and play, while developing visionary strategies to end mass incarceration -- with […]
Join us for the upcoming Africa’s Readiness for Climate Change (ARCC) virtual forum, organized by the UCLA African Studies Center and Earth Rights Institute, and co-sponsored by the Department of African American Studies. Register here https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_b5cGk3_ASFO1WEkwK2NAtA. The webinar event is scheduled for April 19-23 and registration to attend is free. Register Here Exact times to […]
UCLA Department of African American Studies invites you to attend the lecture series "Black Lives Matter—Past, Present, and Beyond" featuring Racquel Gates Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies, College of Staten Island, CUNY Author, "Double Negative: The Black Image and Popular Culture" speaking on Resemblance, Representation, and Resonance in Black Film and Media Friday, […]
"After Sudan: Hajj Hamad and the Search for the Horn of Africa" A Lecture with Professor Alden Young Friday, May 14th, 2021 2:00pm (PST) RSVP HERE About the lecture: My talk focuses on the work of the Sudanese intellectual Mohammad Abu Qasim Hajj Hamad. He was one of the Children of 1964, who came of […]
The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: A Historical Context Tuesday, June 1st, 2021 5:00PM PDT RSVP HERE Professor Brenda E. Stevenson moderates an online conversation with Karlos K. Hill and Hannibal Johnson, both authors and experts on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, in which a white mob assaulted residents, looted, and destroyed their homes, churches, schools, and businesses in the predominantly […]
Taking Stock: U.S. Counterterrorism Interventions in Africa Today July 15th, 2021 12:00pm Register Here While Washington is winding down counterterror operations in Afghanistan and possibly Iraq, there is growing pressure from some quarters for an increase in U.S. military engagement in Africa. In mid-June, France announced an end to its counterterrorism operation in the Sahel, […]
Black Convocation 2021 Sept. 29th 5-6pm Zoom Registration Link
The Mixed Student Union (MSU) is hosting their first discussion/meeting of the year this upcoming Tuesday, October 5, at 7pm-8pm in Kaplan Hall, in room 135! They will be discussing what it’s like growing up mixed-race, and overall spilling the “tea” on what it’s like being mixed and how that affects identity. *MSU is a […]
Professor Brenda Stevenson Hillary Rodham Clinton Chair of Women’s History Oxford University is running a program of public events this month to celebrate the start of Professor Stevenson’s tenure. The Lecture: Creating History at the Intersection of Gender, Jim Crow and Remembrance will be broadcast live on Youtube.
Black Dress & Culture Series Debating the Black Body in Fashion & Popular Culture Location: Via Zoom & In-person for UCLA students only (see RSVP Link). Description: The Black Dress & Culture Series annual colloquiums explore the critical topic of Black dress. The influences of Black bodies, Black style, and Black makers are undeniable forces in shaping […]
