Conversation and book signing with Morris Day, hosted by Dr. Scot Brown January 30, 2020 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:30pm) Book Signing and Reception to be held Seats are on a first come, first serve basis UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, Centennial Ballroom   RSVP HERE: morrisdayUCLA.eventbrite.com   Parking: Self-parking is available underneath […]

We are excited to announce a symposium hosted by the UCLA Law Review. The Symposium brings together perspectives from scholars in Critical Race Theory and Third World Approaches to International Law to provide an interdisciplinary approach to tackling current international legal issues, with particular focus on Migration, SocioEconomic Equality, and Emergencies. If you are interested […]

We are pleased to announce that author and scholar, E. Patrick Johnson, will be discussing his brand new book, "Honeypot", with artist Osun Joni L. Jones. Honeypot is an engaging and moving book that reveals the complexity of identity while offering a creative method for scholarship to represent the lives of other people in a […]

“And You Know Who I Am”: Paul Robeson in Concert February 13, 2020 Royce 314 and Schoenberg Hall We are pleased to present “And You Know Who I Am”: Paul Robeson in Concert (see attached draft flyer) in Schoenberg Hall on February 13, organized by Shana Redmond and the Center for Musical Humanities. An afternoon […]

Don't miss out on this chance to meet and network with successful black professionals in a variety of career fields! Check out the event HERE

The Common Experience Program and the Department of African American Studies presents: Buy Back the Block: A Discussion About Nipsey Hussle and Gentrification in South L.A. Facilitated by Marcus A. Hunter, Chair of African American Studies and Kevin Powell, Civil & Human Rights Activist and Public Speaker Tuesday, February 25th, 2020 6:00pm-8:00pm Bradley International Hall […]

QueerCurrent Lecture Series: “Dancing #BlackDeathMatters: Transness, Femmness, and Public Protest” by Shanté Smalls February 27 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Royce Hall 314 LGBTQ Studies cordially invites you to their lecture series QueerCurrent. This talk takes seriously the work that Black dance can do as both public protest against State violence and as an aesthetic performance of […]

WHILE BLACK WITH MK ASANTE Monday, March 2, 2020 6:00pm-7:00pm James Bridges Theater WHILE BLACK WITH MK ASANTE presented by Snapchat Best-selling author, filmmaker and educator MK Asante is bringing his hit Snapchat show WHILE BLACK WITH MK ASANTE on the road, visiting college campuses across the country. Joined by special guest speakers, Asante will […]

Prof. Wallace Best will be giving a presentation on African American Religious History, with special attention given to Langston Hughe's insights into the subject. If you are interested in the event, please RSVP at www.religion.ucla.edu.