Citizen Azmari: Rethinking Blackness, Anti-Blackness, and Ethiopian Music in Israel

On May 6th, Dr. Ilana Webster-Kogen from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of London will discuss Ethiopian music and blackness in Israel.

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Sacred Andean Celebrations as Act of Resistance

Join Professor Luz María De la Torre and her students in a vibrant celebration of Quechua/Kichwa language and culture at UCLA. This event honors the women of First Nations as symbols of resilience and cultural continuity, featuring traditional Andean food, music, and speakers.

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El poder visual de las 2000 nuevas palabras del español

Este libro explora la incorporación de más de 2000 nuevas palabras al Diccionario de la lengua española.

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State of Dispossession: Politics of Land and Memory on the Sino-Kazakh Borderland

This talk traces a seven-decade long process of the PRC’s dismantling and destruction of nomadic Kazakh lifeways and demonstrates the ways it mirrors earlier and concurrent processes of settler colonialism elsewhere. Andrea S. Goldman (UCLA) will chair the talk.

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Bourdieu and Sayad Against Empire: Forging Sociology in Anticolonial Struggle

Amín Pérez, Université du Québec à Montréal, rediscovers the anticolonial origins of the pathbreaking social thought of Bourdieu and Sayad in the midst of the Algerian war of independence.

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Renowned Pianist Nare Karoyan Performs Koharik Gazarossian (1907-1967)

The Armenian Music Program presents a concert dedicated to Koharik Gazarossian, Armenian composer and pianist. The event will feature acclaimed pianist Nare Karoyan, who is visiting from Belgium to perform mostly previously unplayed piano works by Gazarossian.

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Words of War: Negotiation as a Tool of Conflict

Eric Min, Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles

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Spirituality, Political Religion and Lived Experience in Iran

MESA Global Academy event

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Visualizing Armenian History: From Literature to Film and Graphic Novels

Hear from Armenian American cinematic artist Roger Kupelian as he explores how historical narratives are brought to life through graphic novels, digital art, and film. Kupelian will discuss his creative process and how passion projects like his Warrior Saints web series evolve from concept to screen. This program is offered as part of the UCLA Library Opening the Doors...

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Fantasies of Ito Michio

Staging Japan: A Lecture Series is funded by a new endowment for Japanese Theatre and Related Arts and Culture, created by Emerita Professor of Theatre Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei.

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