Professor Bryonn Bain’s “MAN SMART (WOMAN SMARTER)”
Watch Professor Bryonn Bain’s MAN SMART (WOMAN SMARTER) produced by Eliot Bohr – based on the song by Harry Belafonte https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNgXjb0aBh4&feature=youtu.be
Recap of Symposium “ON THE MATTER OF BLACKNESS IN EUROPE: TRANSNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES”
On October 10-11, 2019, a two-day symposium co-organized by Dr. SA Smythe (African American Studies Department, UCLA) and Dr. Vanessa Thompson (Goethe Universitate, Germany), was well attended by students, staff, and faculty from UCLA […]
Words That Matter: Black and Indigenous Solidarity and the Right to Language
Read Professor Kyle Mays’s recent piece offering visions for solidarity, coalitions & liberation Click here to read more.
UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry Supported by The Knight Foundation
Professor Safiya Noble and Professor Sarah Roberts with the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry (C212) has been selected by The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to take […]
LA SOCIAL SCIENCE SCHOLAR PROFILE: THE RISE OF JASMIN A. YOUNG
Read the new LA Social Science Scholar Profile of University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Jasmin A. Young, here
Professor Lorrie Frasure-Yokley along with Professors Matt Barreto, Edward Vargas and Janelle Wong have received a prestigious grant of nearly 1 million dollars in support of their Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election Survey
Professor Lorrie Frasure-Yokley along with Professors Matt Barreto, Edward Vargas and Janelle Wong have received a prestigious grant of nearly 1 million dollars in support of their Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election Survey to […]
Professor Gaye Theresa Johnson along with Professors Ananya Roy, Leisy Abrego and Maite Zubiaurre received the Sawyer Seminar Grant from the Mellon Foundation
Professor Gaye Theresa Johnson along with Professors Ananya Roy, Leisy Abrego and Maite Zubiaurre have received the highly coveted Sawyer Seminar Grant from the Mellon Foundation to examine sanctuary, refuge, and the role of […]
Professor Kelly Lytle Hernández Awarded 2019 MacArthur Fellowship
Professor Kelly Lytle Hernández has been selected as one of the 26 MacArthur Fellows for 2019, unofficially known as the MacArthur Genius Award. Each Fellow has been awarded a stipend […]
Don’t Call African-American Theatre Black Theatre: It’s Like Calling a Dog a Cat by Dominic Taylor
The Mass Review is examining the state of American Theatre. As the nation changes, so must its art forms. We are excited to share an essay by the gifted and […]
Opportunity: Cooper-Du Bois Mentoring Program at Pennsylvania State University
The Cooper-Du Bois Mentoring Program is looking for students interested in a Dual-Title PhD in African American and Diaspora Studies, especially with a focus on African American literary studies and/or […]
