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The First Annual Distinguished Lecture–John Friedmann

UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs/ CSW Faculty Center 337 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles , CA, United States

The Institute on Inequality and Democracy at UCLA Luskin presents The First Annual Distinguished Lecture JOHN FRIEDMANN "The Ruse of Reason: Poverty, Inequality and Personal Freedoms in the People's Republic of China 1950–2015" Dr. John Friedmann is Professor Emeritus in the School of Public Affairs at UCLA and Honorary Professor in the School of Community and Regional […]

Women for a New Los Angeles Luncheon

Beverly Hilton Hotel 9876 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Join us at LAANE's  Women for a New Los Angeles Luncheon, the largest women’s event of its kind in Los Angeles, as we celebrate women’s leadership and forge a common vision for equality and justice in Los Angeles. Held each spring for over ten years, the Women for a New Los Angeles Luncheon brings together more than […]

Contemplating the Rise of Asian Cities: Workshop and Plenary Session

Maurice R. Greenberg Conference Center 391 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT, United States

This session invites workshop participants and interested Yale scholars and affiliates to come together for an open conversation about new directions in the study of Asian cities at Yale. The evening will include two plenary talks by distinguished scholars of Asian and global urbanism, as well as ample time for conversation and discussion over dinner. […]

CPSC – Karen Ho – Racializing Normative Markets: Whiteness, Masculinity, and the “Efficiency” of Networks

Haines Hall 352 Reading Room 375 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Karen Ho (University of Minnesota) Co-sponsored by the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Culture, Power, and Social Change CPSC is concerned with a broad range of issues in sociocultural anthropology. As the name of the group suggests, they are particularly interested in how the workings of culture, and of different forms of power […]

Housing 2.0: Reimagining the Housing System in Silicon Valley

San Jose City Hall, Rotunda + Plaza 200 East Santa Clara Street , San Jose, United States

CREATIVE THINKERS, DOERS & DISRUPTORS, WELCOME TO HOUSING 2.0! For too long, Silicon Valley has been the most expensive place in the country to live.  Yet, the problem has never been worse.  Everyone is struggling with the stratospheric cost of housing, from our teachers, baristas, chefs, social workers, cashiers, and artists to small business owners, […]

CPSC – Jennie Chio – All Together Now: Ethnic Crowds and Vernacular Media in ‘Minority’ China

Haines Hall 279 Room 375 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Jennie Chio (Emory) Co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies Culture, Power, and Social Change (CPSC) CPSC is concerned with a broad range of issues in sociocultural anthropology. As the name of the group suggests, they are particularly interested in how the workings of culture, and of different forms of power and inequality, play out […]