Part 4 of the Race, Racism, Policing and State Violence series Bathumi Ayul Abwol Dak, Research Coordinator, Diversity for Strategic Studies. Editor in Chief, Wajuma News Teatro do Oprimado (Theatre of the Oppressed) Chaired by Zachary Modesire and Abdullah Puckett
BEC is pleased to co-sponsor the following event with The American Indian Studies Center, the Institute for Society and Genetics, and the Culture, Power, and Social Change Group. Note special day and time and Zoom link: Thursday, May 13, 12:15 to 1:45 PST - https://ucla.zoom.us/j/97160150930 Kim TallBear Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience & Environment […]
This panel is part of a series of teach-ins on the Burmese Democracy Movement, organized with the goal of disseminating knowledge about violence perpetrated against political activist communities in Burma. This event was sponsored by the Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at UCLA. It was co-sponsored […]
Part 5 of the Race, Racism, Policing and State Violence series Noura Erakat, Rutgers University Darryl Li, University of Chicago Jemima Pierre, UCLA
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You are invited to the UCLA Institute of American Cultures (IAC) annual Fall Forum, featuring the 2021–22 IAC visiting researchers and scholars, graduate and predoctoral fellows, and research grant awardees at UCLA’s four ethnic studies centers. Featured speakers will be interviewed by faculty experts, followed by a Q&A. Fall Forum Registration link: https://uclaea.zoom.us/webinar/register/5816343257350/WN_k2pSc104RciBB2KmU1jaJw Click here […]
The Department of Anthropology cordially invites you to come celebrate Robert Lemelson’s newest book: Widening the Frame with Visual Psychological Anthropology: Perspectives on Trauma, Gendered Violence, and Stigma in Indonesia. Wednesday, May 11, 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Haines 352 As this will be an in-person event, please send your RSVPs to kroyce@anthro.ucla.edu by […]
Please RSVP for this event at https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUud--vqTorHtanUW_i8dQZKYVqc6ioN7nW Lemelson Honors Conference - May 27 2022 - Program and Flyer
Dr. Keolu Fox, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, UCSD This speaker will be presenting in person. Indigenous Data Lifecycles for Indigenous Futures Abstract: According to The Economist, in 2018 oil was the most-traded commodity in the world. But in 2019, the demand for oil had been surpassed by the demand for data, including digital sequence information (DSI) […]
Dr. Martin Surbeck, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University This talk will be presented via Zoom. Aspects of competition and cooperation in the genus Pan. Abstract: I will talk about aspects of competition and cooperation in our closest living relatives, bonobos and chimpanzees. Firstly, I will explore how differences in female sexuality […]
Dr. Marina Davila-Ross, Reader in Comparative Psychology, University of Portsmouth This talk will be presented via Zoom. Laughter and Smiles: Towards understanding the Complexity and Phylogenetic Continuity of Positive Communication in Hominids Abstract: Laughter and smiles are arguably the strongest behavioural indicators of positive emotional states in humans and they also represent pervasive tools of […]
