Events for February 1, 2018 - November 7, 2017

In Rethinking Slave Rebellion in Cuba: La Escalera and the Insurgencies of 1841-1844, Aisha Finch traces the emergence of a dynamic resistance movement of slaves and free people of color in nineteenth-century Cuba. Drawing from the largely unexplored testimonies in the Cuban National Archive, this book focuses attention on the hundreds of enslaved people who […]

Lyrics From Lockdown : One Man. One Mic. 40 Characters. Two unbelievable true stories of wrongful imprisonment told through Hip Hop, Spoken Word, Blues, Comedy, Calypso and Classical Music Written and performed by Bryonn Bain Directed by Gina Belafonte Previews: January 26—February 4 Productions: February 8–February 25 Every Thursday, Friday, Saturday

This public forum at the Royce Hall is focused on creating space for learning, organizing, and taking action under the new administration. “Show up, dive in, stay at it” —Barack Obama, January 10, 2017 Jessica Yellin, former chief White House correspondent for CNN, moderates a panel of organization and community leaders who will share their respective […]

Star cluster image courtesy of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Thinking Gender, Imagining Reparations 27th Annual Thinking Gender Graduate Student Research Conference This year’s conference theme, Imagining Reparations, engages contemporary social, scholarly, and literary movements that push to reimagine and retheorize what freedom, justice, health, and care can look like. Historically, reparations have taken financial form […]

Monthly panel discussions about the future of design in Los Angeles, intended to kindle debate. All Lab Talks are free and open to the public. At a time of pronounced political and cultural divisions, how do we design a public sphere that brings the diverse, sometimes insular, communities of LA together? Host: Madeline Brand, Press […]