UCLA Center for the Study of Women

Now Be Here Guest Curator Initiative, X Artists' Books, and Scripps College presents ASSEMBLING/REASSEMBLING - WHY BOOKS NOW? Tomorrow, June 24 at 1 PM (PT). This panel discussion will tackle the history and current state of independent press and self-publishing by women artists making books as an art form.... RSVP link: https://csw.ucla.edu/event/assembling-reassembling/

NEW ON THE BLOG: Carol Bensick, a CSW research affiliate working on reclaiming women in philosophical history since 2002, shares her experience from a conference put on by the British Society for the History of Philosophy. Read the full blog: https://csw.ucla.edu//studying-and-teaching-women-from-th/

It is not too late to register for the virtual "Author Chat" with AKWAEKE EMEZI and ZOÉ SAMUDZI, happening tonight at 6 PM (PT)! Join the Salt Eaters Bookshop and the Black Feminism Initiative in celebrating the release of Emezi's "Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir." REGISTER NOW: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_0fyAr-8PQqyiuvdPNbVRqw

TOMORROW! Join the Salt Eaters Bookshop and the Black Feminism Initiative for an Author Chat with AKWAEKE EMEZI and ZOÉ SAMUDZI, celebrating the release of Emezi's book, "Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir." REGISTER HERE: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_0fyAr-8PQqyiuvdPNbVRqw

Since its founding in 1984, CSW has carried out the mission to create a world in which education and scholarship are tools for social justice feminism, improving the lives of people of all genders. After several years in the making, we are very excited to present the History of CSW, a visual timeline highlighting CSW’s achievements and notable events spanning from 1983 to early 2021! View now at csw.ucla.edu/2021//28/the-history-of-csw-a-visual-timeline/

RSVP now for "Assembling/Reassembling - Why Books NOW?" organized by Now Be Here Art! This panel discussion will tackle the history and current state of independent press and self-publishing by women artists making books as an art form. DATE: Thursday, June 24... TIME: 1:00 PM (PDT) To RSVP and for more details: https://csw.ucla.edu/event/assembling-reassembling/ See more

Join the Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy and the UCLA Black Feminism Initiative on FRIDAY, JUNE 11, for "Freedom and Fugitivity." This closing event of the Sanctuary Spaces Sawyer Seminar thinks across Black feminism and Indigenous studies to foreground beautiful experiments of flight, refusal, and rebellion. DATE: Friday, June 11 TIME: 10-11:30 am (PDT) Registration Required: https://csw.ucla.edu/event/freedom-and-fugitivity/

Thank you again to Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell for your incredible keynote, "Intersectional Feminism and the Fight for Justice." If you were unable to join us for the live event, don't worry! A recording of the keynote and Q&A is NOW AVAILABLE on the CSW YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu4XLs3jVgw&t=2s

Did you miss this past month's "Conversations in Black Feminist Practice: Black Queer Radicalisms?" You can catch up on this conversation with Charlene Carruthers and C. Riley Snorton, presented by the Black Feminism Initiative, at the CSW YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMfHBjFLrzs

Save the date for "An Archival Cure: Remedy, Care, and Curation of HIV-Positive Artists’ Records with the Visual AIDS Archive Project," a talk by Marika Cifor, PhD, on Oct. 29th! In this talk, Cifor analyzes the Archive Project’s curative efforts and their implications in three parts: first, examining the archives as a remedy for one kind of death, that of artistic career. Second, she turns to AIDS archiving as communal acts of critical care. Finally, she examines the archives as curing, preserving digitally to ensure long-term animation. For more information, visit https://csw.ucla.edu//an-archival-cure-remedy-care-and-cu/

Session 2 of the Criminal Justice Program's symposium, Whose Streets? Building Safe Communities for All will be held on Oct. 26th! This panel will focus on intimate parter and family violence, and its relation to reducing police presence in the community. It will bring together experts to discuss what is at stake and what alternatives can and will work. For more details, visit:... https://csw.ucla.edu//whose-streets-building-safe-communi/ See more

Join the Promise Institute for Human Rights on October 26th for Planning for a Feminist Future: Building back differently," a conversation with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Leymah Gbowee on her vision and actions for a post-COVID feminist future! Co-sponsored by CSW, this is part of the Promise Institute for Human Rights High-Level Speaker Series on Human Rights Around the World. https://csw.ucla.edu//planning-for-a-feminist-future-buil/

Mark your calendars for (still) Missing in Action: The International Crime of the Slave Trade on Oct 23rd, at 9 AM! Co-sponsored by CSW, this is the next talk in the Promise Institute for Human Rights’ High-Level Speaker Series on Women, Gender and the Law. Patricia Viseur Sellers, an international criminal lawyer, will examine how the missing international crime of the slave trade ties into current issues of reparations for slavery and colonialism. https://csw.ucla.edu//still-missing-in-action-the-interna/

Register now for a virtual panel on policing in the United States, featuring indigenous scholars and activists. Organized by the UCLA American Indian Studies Center and Repair, this free event will take place on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 from 4:00 PM 6:00 PM. For more details, visit: https://csw.ucla.edu/ev/indigenous-insights-about-policing/

NEW ON THE BLOG: Sarah Alkhaifi-Gonzalez describes her experience with Arab-American women and mammogram screening as a nurse and women’s health nurse practitioner in Saudi Arabia and the United States. Alkhaifi-Gonzalez is a recipient of the Fall 2019 CSW Travel Grant. https://csw.ucla.edu//mammogram-screeining-among-arab-ame/

New school year, new opportunities for research funded by CSW's 2020-2021 Student Awards and Grants! We're accepting applications from students conducting research on or attending a conference about women and gender. UPCOMING DEADLINES: Fall Travel Grants - November 9, 2020 Black Feminism Initiative Graduate Fellowships - November 16, 2020... All other Awards/Fellowships and Spring Travel Grants - March 29, 2021 FOR DETAILS AND TO APPLY: Graduate Students: https://csw.ucla.edu/funding/graduate-students/ Undergraduate Students: https://csw.ucla.edu/funding/undergraduate-students/

Happening TODAY at 1 PM! Our 2020 Awards Celebration, featuring ALICIA GARZA and her keynote address, "The Purpose of Power: Building Movements in a Time of Pandemic." Celebrate Garza, CSW's 2020 Distinguished Leader in Feminism Award recipient, as well as our 2019-2020 faculty and student award and grant recipients! The link to the YouTube livestream will be available at 12:50 PM at csw.ucla.edu/awards2020

The Annual Criminal Justice Program Symposium, Whose Streets? Building Safe Communities for All will be held every Monday from October 19-Nov 2! Co-sponsored by CSW, this symposium invites scholars, policymakers, and activists together to discuss community-centered alternatives to traditional policing. It is free and open to the public. For more details, visit: https://csw.ucla.edu//whose-streets-building-safe-communi/

CSW is pleased to announce our new Faculty Leadership for the 2020-2021 year. Please welcome CSW Associate Director Jessica Cattelino and CSW Advisory Committee Chair Lieba Faier. Read more about them: https://csw.ucla.edu//2020-2021-csw-associate-director-an/

NEW ON THE BLOG: Jananie Kalyanaraman shares her research on the experience of female commuters on public transportation in Bengaluru, India. Kalyanaraman is the 2018-2019 recipient of the Jean Stone Dissertation Research Fellowship. https://csw.ucla.edu//when-the-buses-stop-you-stop-women-/

Mark your calendars for "Beyond Innocence," a talk by Professor Miriam Ticktin from the New School for Social Research on October 8th, 12:15 PM. Professor Ticktin’s talk on Racial Innocence will launch the UCLA Anthropology - Culture, Power, and Social Change Colloquium's series on Structural Violence. https://csw.ucla.edu/event/racial-innocence/

NEW ON THE BLOG: BFI Graduate Coordinator Jamie Crumley spotlights Maria W. Stewart and her work with Abolitionist and Proto-Black Feminist movements in 1830s Boston. Crumley is a recipient of a CSW Fall 2019 Travel Grant and the Alisa Bierria Graduate Fellowship in Black Feminist Research. https://csw.ucla.edu//the-spirit-of-revolution-one-africa/

The New Wight Biennial Gallery is live ONLINE from October 1-October 31! Co-sponsored by CSW, the latest exhibition, "Once More with Feeling...", focuses on the contemporary resonances of the Non-Aligned Movement and its continued prominence in current contemporary art. View artwork from 24 artists and stay tuned for upcoming panel discussions. https://uclabiennial2020.wixsite.com/2020