Hattie What I Need You To Know

In honor of Women’s History Month and this being the 75th Anniversary year of Hattie McDaniel becoming the first African American to win an Academy Award, the play Hattie...What I Need You to Know will be at the UCLA Schoenberg Theater. Sponsored on campus by the UCLA Black Alumni Association (UBAA), and produced by a […]

Circle of Thought Host

Michael Hanchard is a professor of political science at Johns Hop-kins University. He is a scholar of comparative politics specializing in nationalism, social movements, racial hierarchy and citizenship. He will discuss African American Politics in the 21st Century.

Bruin Day 2015

Various Campus Locations University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

UCLA Bruin Day is an exclusive, annual event for admitted freshmen and their guests, with faculty presentations, academic and financial aid resources, and campus and housing tours. Discover campus culture, world-class academic programs and what it means to be a Bruin. It’s one unforgettable day you won’t want to miss! Multiple locations on campus.

IAC Information Session

Research grants are available to current UCLA faculty, staff and graduate students with demonstrated interest in ethnic studies. The Research Grant Program is on a reimbursement basis only.3232 Campbell Hall

IRLE Presents

The conference, co-sponsored by the Bunche Center and other campus groups, seeks to build intellectual bridges between scholars taking critical and intersectional approaches to labor, organized la-bor, and industry professionals and practitioners. Panelists include Bunche Center Director, Dr. Darnell Hunt, and Dr. Zachary Price, UCLA Assistant Adjunct Professor in the Department of African American Studies.

Jazz in Los Angeles

Please join us for a lively discussion about the jazz scene on the west coast, specifically in Los Angeles. We are thrilled to have Mr. Chet Hanley--host of Jazz in the Modern Era and Dr. Lance Williams--host of Blacks on Blues here to speak on their interests in and experiences with Jazz, particularly as they […]

The Music of Ellingtonia

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Department of Ethnomusicology and the Friends of Jazz at UCLA presentThe annual celebration at UCLA (and around the world) honoring Duke Ellington and the music of EllingtoniaandBilly Strayhorn’s 100th year anniversaryTwo concerts featuring the music of Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, and others... FREE ADMISSIONTuesday, April 28, 2015 Schoenberg […]

Authors’ Series

Dr. Robeson Taj Frazier will discuss his recently published book, The East Is Black: Cold War China in the Black Radical Imagination (Duke Univ. Press, 2014). The book explores African American leftist radicals' political relations with the People's Republic of China from 1949-1976. Frazier is an Assistant Professor in the Annenberg School for Communication and […]

The Music of Ellingtonia

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Department of Ethnomusicology and the Friends of Jazz at UCLA presentThe annual celebration at UCLA (and around the world) honoring Duke Ellington and the music of EllingtoniaandBilly Strayhorn’s 100th year anniversaryTwo concerts featuring the music of Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, and othersFREE ADMISSIONWednesday, April 29, 2015 (Ellington’s birthday) […]

Screening of Dear White People

Join Justin Simien, the director of Dear White People, for a Q&A following the reception and screening. *The event will be held at the James Bridges Theater on the UCLA campus