Institute of American Cultures
Upcoming Events
Book Talk: Ines Valdez Presents "Democracy and Empire"
Wed 5/14 • 11AM - 1PM PDT
CSRC Library, 144 Haines Hall
Please join us when Inés Valdez, professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University, presents her book Democracy and Empire: Labor, Nature, and the Reproduction of Capitalism (Cambridge University Press, 2023). This event is cosponsored by...
Performing Chinatown: Hollywood, Tourism, and the Making of a Chinese American Community
Wed 5/14 • 4PM - 6PM PDT
Charles E. Young Research Library, Level A, Distinctive Collections Classroom
Professor William Gow (CSU Sacramento) will have a discussion with filmmaker and professor Renee Tajima-Peña about his new book, Performing Chinatown (Stanford University Press, 2024), which “retells the long-overlooked history of the ways that Los...
50 Years after the War: A Journey toward Peace
Wed 5/14 • 4:30PM - 6PM PDT RSVP
10383 Bunche Hall
In her conversation with George Dutton, professor in the UCLA Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Quê Mai will share the moments that defined her as a writer, what compelled her to document the impact of the war, how she found healing via...
Symposium: UCLA Latino Policy Day
Thu 5/15 • 12PM - 5:30PM PDT RSVP
Hershey Hall, Hershey Salon
Please join us at the inaugural Latino Policy Day! This event will introduce the UCLA community (students, faculty, staff, and alumni) to groundbreaking work that the Latino Policy and Politics Institute (LPPI) has supported in the areas of housing...
Celebration of Life for K.W. Lee
Sat 5/24 • 2PM - 5PM PDT RSVP
Oxford Palace Hotel, 745 South Oxford Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90005
Considered the godfather of Asian American journalism, K.W. (short for Kyung Won) Lee's illustrious career as the first Korean American journalist has profoundly shaped the Korean American community consciousness and activism. K.W. Lee's family has...
Comics and Conquest: Political Cartoons and a Radical Retelling of the Navajo- Hopi Land Dispute
Wed 5/28
Dr. Rhiannon Koehler’s book Comics and Conquest interprets editorial cartoons from the Navajo Times and the Hopi Newspaper Qua’Töqti, to reframe and decolonize historical understandings of the Navajo-Hopi land dispute, placing Native American people...
David Nishida and Tina Yamano Nishida Distinguished Lecture and Panel
Thu 5/29 • 5PM - 7PM PDT
Fowler Museum
Main Speaker: Helen Zia, writer and activist. An outspoken leader about human rights across race, gender, orientation, and other identifiers. In conversation with Julie Ha, Journalist/Documentary Filmmaker, and Amber Phung, Pacific Ties Newsmagazine.