Terrion L. Williamson will present a Circle of Thought Lecture, In the Life: Black Women and Serial Murder." Williamson is an Assistant Professor of African American Literature and Cultural Studies at Michigan State University. Her research interests include critical black cultural studies and critical race theory, black feminist theory, femicide and gendered violence, legal constructions […]
Zachary Price, Bunche Center Assistant Researcher on the Race & Hollywood/Hollywood Advancement Project, will discuss his work, “Transcultural Performance Disciplines: Embodying AfroAsia Through Martial Arts in Theater, Film and Everyday Practice,” which looks at performance as a strategy for political survival and transformation. Dr. Price has a Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara […]
Through her activism and her scholarship over the last decades, Angela Davis has been deeply involved in our nation’s quest for social justice. Her work as an educator – both at the university level and in the larger public sphere – has always emphasized the importance of building communities of struggle for economic, racial, and […]
In his new book, The Doors: Unhinged, John Densmore, the drummer of the legendary rock band writes about the conflict between him and his band mates as they fought over the right to use The Doors’ name. Listen to him discuss and sign his book. The event will be held in the Downstairs Lounge of […]
Images of Blackness film series will feature filmmakers and scholars whose work explores the impact and the absence of diverse artists has on the entertainment industry. The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA will curate this series which will be organized as movie screenings / film clips followed by panel discussions […]
The 8th Annual Leimert Park Village Book Fair is coming soon! Take note of the **NEW LOCATION! The book fair will be held on Saturday 8/9/14 from 10am-6pm at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza. As it has in the past, the Bunche Library and Media Center (LMC) will host a booth at this year’s event.
You are invited to the upcoming Seventh Annual Critical Race Studies Symposium, Whiteness as Property: A Twenty-Year Appraisal on October 2nd to 4th at UCLA School of Law, celebrating one of the seminal texts of Critical Race Theory written by Professor Cheryl I. Harris. In 1993, the Harvard Law Review published the groundbreaking article, and […]
The Black Convocation is an annual event which welcomes new and returning students to the UCLA campus and makes them aware of the different organizations, departments, and resources available to serve them. It is an evening full of Bruin pride, providing encouragement, anecdotes about the past, and a glimpse of the future from UCLA faculty, […]
The Relationship Between Social Capital and Education SpendingJonathan Collins, doctoral student, UCLA department of political science, will discuss his research, which explores the relationship between social capital and education spending. Collins received his English degree from Morehouse College and an MA in African American Studies from UCLA. Event attendees will have the opportunity to pose […]
Panel on American Slavery by Another NameSpeakers:Prof. Wonda Powell, History Department, L.A. Southwest College, will speak about Douglas A. Blackmon’s prize-winning book, Slavery by Another Name.Dr. Arthur Rolston, History Department, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, will discuss the changing positions of radical Republicans during and after Reconstruction.Palms-Rancho Park Branch Los Angeles Public Library2920 Overland Ave.Los […]
