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 […]
One of the greatest jazz films ever made, screening in its original format, with director Larry Clark in person Thursday, February 13, 2020 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM James Bridges Theater, UCLA Melnitz 1409 Free screening! 16mm preservation print from the UCLA Film and Television Archive, co-presented by the UCLA Department of African-American Studies and […]
“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.
This year marks Thinking Gender’s 30th anniversary! FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2020 CARNESALE COMMONS, UCLA GENERAL REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN Pre-Register by Friday, February 28, 2020. In-person registration will also be available on the day of the event. DETAILED SCHEDULE Thinking Gender 2020 will focus on feminist, queer, trans, anti-carceral, transnational, and intersectional approaches to sexual […]
"The Coming Mental Rage," a Poetry Reading and Performance by Will Alexander Tuesday, March 10th 3-5pm Green Room, Rm. 1230 Schoenberg Music Building Poet, essayist, novelist, playwright, philosopher, visual artist, musician, Will Alexander has been hailed as one of the most important surrealist voices on the planet. A native of Los Angeles, he earned his […]
