Location: Ackerman Union Viewpoint Conference Room, UCLA CampusSpace is limited, so register soon in the external URL.

End-Of-Year Meeting

The UCLA Department of Gender Studies and Center for the Study of Women present Book Talk with Prof. Smadar Lavie Wrapped in the Flag of Israel: Mizrahi Single Mothers & Bureaucratic Torture3:30-5:30 pm Wednesday, February 25, 2125 Rolfe Hall What is the relationship between social protest movements in the State of Israel, violence in Gaza, and […]

This symposium addresses the relationship between women writers and the Mediterranean, considered as a diverse region of interconnected histories and identities. It brings together scholars from different backgrounds to reflect on a possibility of a transnational critical conversation and dialogue about modern Mediterranean women writers such as Anna Maria Ortese, Maissa Bey, Lida Rafanelli, Nagwa […]

Shrouded in mystery and long the subject of debate, the amazing story of Loreta Velazquez, Confederate soldier turned Union spy, is one of the Civil War’s most gripping forgotten narratives. A Cuban immigrant from New Orleans, Velazquez was one of the estimated 1000 women who secretly served as soldiers during the American Civil War. Who […]