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Upcoming Events

April 2025

April 2 - Jewish Critiques of Zionism and the Weaponization of Antisemitism (6:30pm) hosted by Critical Race Studies at the Law School
April 3 - State-building, Genocide, and Plans: Researching Israel’s Distribution of Stability and Violence with Dr. Kareem Rabie in Haines Hall, Room 352 (12:00pm - 2:00pm) hosted by Anthropology
April 7 - The Politics of “Race, Ethnicity and Politics” with Yasmeen Abu-Laban in Bunche Hall, Room 4357 (12:15pm - 1:30pm) hosted by Political Science
April 10 - Munira Khayyat Talk in Haines Hall, Room 352 (12:00pm - 2:00pm) hosted by Anthropology
April 11 - Sahq, Dirt, Shaheed: Queer Poetics and Palestinian Resistance with Mejdulene Bernard Shomali at the La Kretz Pavilion at the UCLA Botanical Garden (5:00pm - 6:30pm) hosted by the Center for the Study of Women | Streisand Center
April 17 - Maya Wind Talk in Haines Hall, Room 352 (12:00pm - 2:00pm) hosted by Anthropology
April 24 - Hadeel Assali Talk in Haines Hall, Room 352 (12:00pm - 2:00pm) hosted by Anthropology
April 26 - Palestine Blues at the Billy Wilder Theater (7:30pm) hosted by the UCLA Film and Television Archive
April 28 - Ussama Makdisi Talk in Royce Hall, Room 314 (12:00pm - 1:30pm) hosted by History
POSTPONED - Jasbir Puar and Dima Khalidi Talk hosted by English

May 2025

May 1 - Maura Finkelstein Talk in Haines Hall, Room 352 (12:00pm - 2:00pm) hosted by Anthropology
May 7 - Distinguished Lecture in Ideas and Organizing: Naomi Klein (6:30pm - 8:00pm) hosted by the UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy
May 8 - Lara Deeb Talk in Haines Hall, Room 352 (12:00pm - 2:00pm) hosted by Anthropology
May 15 - Jennifer Mogannam Talk in Haines Hall, Room 352 (12:00pm - 2:00pm) hosted by Anthropology

Past Events

March 2025

March 4 - Listening to the Dead: Methods of Studying Genocide in Kaufman Hall, Room 200 (12:00pm - 1:30pm) hosted by the Center for the Study of Woman | Streisand Center
POSTPONED - Diana Greenwald Talk hosted by Political Science

February 2025:

February 8 - Our Oracle-Ruin: The Arabic Poetic Tradition in Light of Gaza in Royce Hall, Room 306 (3:00pm – 5:00pm) hoted by English, Comparative Literature, Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations and the Edward Said Chair in Comparative Literature
February 10 - Karam Dana on ‘To Stand With Palestine: Transnational Resistance and Political Evolution in the United States’ in Bunche Hall, Room 4357 (12:15pm - 1:30pm) hosted by Political Science

December 2024

December 13 - Poetics in Refusal of Settler Life: Mahmoud Darwish and the Question of Palestine (12:30pm) hosted by English

November 2024

November 12 - Invited to Witness Book Talk with Jennifer Lynn Kelly on Zoom (3:30pm - 5:00pm) hosted by Gender Studies

October 2024

October 1 - Out of Place: A Marathon Reading at the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden (Oct 1, 9am – Oct 2, 9am)
October 11 - Dawayer with Huda Asfour at Lani Hall (6:30pm - 8:00pm)