UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy

The Legacy of Impunity: A Book Talk with Philippe Sands
2025-03-12 12:15 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | ULCA Law Room 1447
UCLA Law Room 1447

Why History Matters in an Age of Polycrisis
2025-03-06 18:00 - 19:00 | Wende Museum, 10808 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90230
Wende Museum

Once More Unto the Breach: The Neutrality Debate and the American University, 1967 and 2025
2025-02-10 12:00 - 13:30 | Bunche 6339, Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles
Malick Ghachem (Professor, MIT)

The Original DEI: The Protestant Establishment and the Secularization of the University
2025-01-22 16:00 - 17:30 | Bunche 6339, Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles
Nomi M. Stolzenberg (Nathan and Lily Shapell Professor of Law, USC)

Beyond Neutrality: The University President as Teacher in Turbulent Times
2024-12-09 12:00 - 13:30 | Bunche 6339, Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles
Michael Roth (President, Wesleyan University)

The University in Ruins? The Past and Futures of Today's Higher Ed Crisis
2024-11-18 12:00 - 13:30 | Bunche 6339, Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles
Davarian Baldwin (Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of American Studies and Founding Director of Smart Cities Research Lab, Trinity College)

The Nexus of Education Non-Profits, Corporations, and Philanthropy: The Pressures of the Past and Reimagining the Future (The Pasts and Futures of Higher Education in the U.S. Seminar)
2024-11-04 12:00 - 13:30 | Bunche 6339, Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles
Abbie Cohen (PhD Student, UCLA)

Violence in the Suburbs of France: A Tragic Cycle of Déjà Vus
2024-06-05 16:00 - 18:00 | Bunche 6275, Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles
Luuk Slooter (Professor, Utrecht University)

On 27 June 2023 a 17-year-old boy, Nahel Merzouk, is shot dead by the police in Nanterre, a suburb north of Paris (France). The same night collective violence erupts: cars burn down, buildings are set on fire and there are heavy clashes between young people and the police. The unrest spreads across the French Republic and lasts for 8 days.
The death of Nahel was not a one-off incident, but part of a longer history of suburban unrest in France’s marginalized suburbs. It was a déjà-vu. A tragic play that has been staged multiple times over the past four decades. Although the play has been performed in different forms, at different locations, and by different actors, it has remained loyal to a script in three acts.
In this talk I will bring you to the disadvantaged suburbs (banlieues) of France and disaggregate this three act drama. Drawing on ethnographic research I will show how the cycle of car burning protests and police brutality is rooted in the structural violence of a socially and spatially divided society.

Luuk Slooter is an Assistant Professor Conflict Studies at Utrecht University. His research focuses on urban uprisings, violence, policing, polarization and spatial segregation. He conducted ethnographic research in the French banlieues and disadvantaged neighborhoods in the Netherlands. He obtained his PhD from Utrecht University (the Netherlands) and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (France). His book publications include ‘The Making of the Banlieue: An Ethnography of Space, Identity and Violence’ (Palgrave, 2019) and ‘Geweld’ [Violence] (Athenaeum, 2021 – in Dutch – co-authored with Prof. Jolle Demmers).
Luuk Slooter is currently visiting Professor at UCLA’s Center for European and Russian Studies (Dutch Studies Program).

RSVP Here by June 3

How European Wars End - and What This Might Tell Us About the Conditions for Peace in Ukraine
2024-05-15 16:00 - 18:00
Stella Ghervas (Assistant Professor, UCLA)

Stella Ghervas is Professor of History and the Eugen Weber Chair in Modern European History at UCLA. She has held teaching, research and visiting positions in Australia, France, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Her main interests are in intellectual and international history of modern Europe, with special reference to the history of peace and peace-making, and in Russia’s intellectual and maritime history. She is the author or editor of six books, most notably Réinventer la tradition: Alexandre Stourdza et l’Europe de la Sainte Alliance (2008), which won the Guizot Prize from the Académie Française, A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Enlightenment (co-ed., 2020), and Conquering Peace: From the Enlightenment to the European Union (2021), which won the 2023 Laura Shannon Prize. She is now working on a new book Calming the Waters? A New History of the Black Sea, 1774-1920s, and an anthology of essential texts on peace from the Antiquity to the present day.
Check out a recent interview featuring Professor Ghervas, “Pondering Peace: A Q&A with Professor Stella Ghervas”, available on the UCLA College website.

Film Screening and Director Q&A: Agniia Galdanova’s queer dissident documentary film “QUEENDOM”
2024-04-19 18:30 | James Bridges Theater, 235 Charles E. Young Drive E, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
The UCLA Department of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Languages and Cultures (SEEELC), in collaboration with the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television, the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies (CERS), and the UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy, invites you to a screening of Agniia Galdanova’s dissident Russian documentary film “Queendom,” which will be followed by a Q&A session with the director. View the trailer here.

Film Synopsis
Gena, a queer artist from a small town in Russia, dresses in otherworldly costumes made from junk and tape, and protests the government on the streets of Moscow. Born and raised on the harsh streets of Magadan, a frigid outpost of the Soviet gulag, Gena is only 21. She stages radical performances in public that become a new form of art and activism. By doing that, she wants to change people’s perception of beauty and queerness and bring attention to the harassment of the LGBTQ+ community. Their performances – often dark, strange, evocative, and queer at their core – are a manifestation of Gena’s subconscious. But they come at a price.

About the Director
Agniia Galdanova is a Sundance and IDFA-supported documentary film director. Her previous film, “One Step Forward, One Step Back,” about a family’s dream to live far from civilization in the Altai Mountains, premiered at the Message to Man International Film Festival. Her work focuses on complex human relationships told through immersive observational language. Her new film QUEENDOM about a young queer artist Gena Marvin premiered at SXSW 2023 in Documentary Competition.

Eviction as Collateral for Municipal Bonds: The Making of a Predatory Debt Market in Early Twentieth Century Los Angeles
2024-02-07 12:30 - 13:30
Marques Vestal (Assistant Professor, UCLA)

In February of 1938, George Farley shot and killed two Los Angeles deputies while resisting an eviction over what the Los Angeles Times claimed was delinquent rent of $69. Rallying to Farley’s defense, the California Eagle, the newspaper of record for Black Los Angeles, revealed that Farley once owned his home but fell victim to tax foreclosure for an unpaid “street bond.” In this talk, I uncover the now forgotten history of the predatory debt market that leveraged the right to evict George Farley, and thousands of others, to finance the modernization of Los Angeles. I end with a discussion about the implications of this case study on contemporary discussions of housing policy.

Marques Vestal is an Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Critical Black Urbanism. He serves as a Faculty Advisor for Million Dollar Hoods, a community-driven and multidisciplinary initiative documenting the human and fiscal costs of mass incarceration in Los Angeles. He also serves as a historical consultant for the Luskin Center for History and Policy. Marques is a tenant of Los Angeles and a member of the South Central local of the Los Angeles Tenants Union. Marques is an urban historian studying the social history of residential property in Black Los Angeles during the rebellious twentieth century. His work links property conflict—the everyday contracts, solicitations, complaints, lawsuits, and murders over property—to broader transformations of real estate, urban development, and Black liberation. He argues that this space of incessant conflict is the unwritten housing policy of the United States. Marques’ research interests are broad, but center on the twentieth-century experience of a few key political relations to land: property, housing insecurity, municipal incapacity, and racial capitalism. Having witnessed, archivally and firsthand, the violence of Los Angeles’ rental housing markets, he is dedicated to projects that advance social housing and horizontal tenant governance.

Racism, Law, and the Hidden Power of the Archive
2024-01-10 16:00 - 18:00 | Bunche 6275, Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles
Elizabeth Hinton (Professor, Yale University)

The United States Supreme Court has made it nearly impossible to prove that a particular law is racially discriminatory. Under the standards the Court established in the 1970s, archival materials are the only available evidentiary sources that can be used to prove discriminatory intent behind the enactment of criminal and civil laws. Although the proof lies in the historical record, it has yet to be fully utilized in this manner. Focusing her discussion on crime control policies enacted in the 1980s and 1990s, Elizabeth Hinton will explore opportunities within archives to combat racial discrimination and advance social justice through the law.

Elizabeth Hinton is Professor of History, African American Studies, and Law at Yale University. Her research focuses on the persistence of poverty, racial inequality, and urban violence in the 20th century United States. Professor Hinton’s first book, From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America was published by Harvard University Press in 2017. Her recent book, America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s (Liveright 2021), won a Robert F. Kennedy book award.

Date: Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Time: 4 pm
Location: Bunche Hall 6275

Light refreshments will be served.

Please RSVP before Friday, January 5.

Where the Hood at? Fifty Years of Change in Black Neighborhoods
2023-11-29 12:30 - 13:30 | Bunche Hall 6339, Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles
Michael Lens (Professor, UCLA)

What does DMX have to do with fair housing? Michael Lens examines fifty years of data on Black neighborhoods since the Fair Housing Act to explore this question and provide the first comprehensive picture of the characteristics and trajectories of America’s longest enduring urban racial enclaves.

Michael Lens is Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy, and Associate Faculty Director of the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies. Professor Lens’s research and teaching explore the potential of public policy to address housing market inequities that lead to negative outcomes for low-income families and communities of color. Professor Lens’s research has received funding from the MacArthur Foundation, the Arnold Foundation, and the Terner Center for Housing Innovation, among other sources.

Understanding the Israel-Gaza Conflict: Causes, Conduct, Consequences
2023-11-21 14:00 - 15:00 | Zoom
James L. Gelvin (Professor, UCLA)
David N. Myers (Professor, UCLA)

What is Hamas? What’s behind its attack on Israel? Why was Israel so ill-prepared? What lies ahead in the future in Israel-Palestine and the wider region?
This informational session will feature short presentations by Dr. James L. Gelvin and Dr. David N. Myers, followed by an audience Q&A.

This event will be held on Zoom. Advance registration is required. Register here.

James L. Gelvin is professor of history at UCLA. He is author of numerous books and articles on Middle East history and contemporary issues, including The Israel-Palestine Conflict: A History.
David N. Myers is professor of history at UCLA and director of the Luskin Center for History and Policy. He is the author and editor of numerous books in the field of modern Jewish history, including Between Arab and Jew: The Lost Voice of Simon Rawidowicz.

This event is co-sponsored by the UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies, the UCLA Y & S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, and the UCLA History Department.

Armenian Rebirth: The Last Plight
2023-10-17 19:00 - 22:00 | UCLA Mong Learning Center, 404 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
An evening with Garo Paylan; hosted by the Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA in partnership with the Center for Truth and Justice. This event is co-sponsored by the Armenian Students’ Association at UCLA, The Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law, the UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy, and the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research.

Tuesday, October 17, 2023
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM (Pacific Time)
UCLA Mong Learning Center (Engineering VI Building)
404 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Click here to register for in-person attendance.
Click here to register for virtual attendance.

Join us for an evening with Garo Paylan, leading opposition voice and a human rights defender in Turkey, as he addresses the recent blockade of the Lachin Corridor, the military attack by Azerbaijan and resulting ethnic cleansing of the entirety of Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh, ongoing acts of genocide, and potential steps moving forward.
Garo Paylan served in the Turkish parliament for eight years, from 2015 to June 2023, and is internationally recognized for his struggle for democracy and minority rights in Turkey, as well as his support for peace in the Caucasus.
Paylan was among the very few Armenians to be elected to the Turkish parliament and was the first lawmaker to submit an amendment for the recognition of the Armenian genocide in Turkey. He continued to highlight the need for Turkey to face this historic tragedy throughout the time he served in the parliament but was legally prosecuted for his amendments and statements.
Paylan has been a vocal critic of discrimination against Turkey’s Christian and Jewish minorities and has consistently used his public position to highlight abuses and policies that affected minority communities.
Prior to entering parliament, Paylan served as a coordinator for Armenian schools in Turkey and is among the founders of “Friends of Hrant Dink” – a group that has sought justice for the 2007 killing of the Armenian journalist and has been organizing commemorations for the Armenian genocide.
Garo Paylan is widely recognized as one of Turkey’s leading democracy advocates and has been the recipient of several international awards for his work on democracy.

This event will take place at the Mong Learning Center (Engineering VI Building)
Visitor parking available at UCLA Parking Structure 8.

Park on the roof of Parking Structure 8
Pay for parking at a Paystation
Take the stairs or the elevator to Level 1/Westwood Plaza
Cross the street diagonally, then turn slightly left, continuing north, past the bus stop
Engineering VI will be on your right as you walk north on Westwood Plaza

Please note: This event will be photographed and recorded for documentation and distribution. All audience members agree to the possibility of appearing in these photographs and recordings by virtue of attending the event or participating in the event.

Sponsor(s): The Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law, Armenian Students’ Association at UCLA, UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy.

Atrocities, genocide & the Duty to Prevent and to Punish under International Law: The Situation of Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh
2023-10-10 19:00 - 21:30 | UCLA Engineering VI (Engineering Building 6), 404 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, 90095, United States
This event is a co-production of the Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law and The Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA.
Armenians have suffered discrimination and persecution at the hands of Azerbaijan—in Azerbaijan, Armenia and in Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh—for decades. In December 2022, Azerbaijan began its restrictions and eventual full blockade of the Lachin Corridor, the only road connecting the 120,000 ethnic Armenians in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh within the borders of Azerbaijan to Armenia proper. As of this writing, for nearly 300 days, the population of Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh, 25% of whom are children, have been deprived of life-saving necessities such as food, medicines and fuel, resulting in starvation and death. More recently, even the International Committee of the Red Cross and other humanitarian aid organizations were prevented from accessing the population and, all the while, Azerbaijani officials have employed rhetoric normalizing hatred against ethnic Armenians while weaponizing starvation leading to death or forcible displacement from Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh.
Azerbaijan’s aggression with respect to the Lachin Corridor over the past year is not isolated and points to a pattern and practice of ethnic cleansing that has gone unchecked for years. Indeed, on Tuesday, September 19, 2023, Azerbaijan launched a military operation against the already-suffering people of Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh, with hundreds of deaths and injuries within the first 24 hours of the attack. This tragic situation became an overt initiation of wholesale, violent ethnic cleansing, and while ceasefire agreements may be in place, threats to the safety and security of the ethnic Armenians in this region continue.
Looking at the situation with respect to attacks against ethnic Armenians as a result of the Lachin Corridor blockade, and recent active military attacks in Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh and in Armenia generally, this panel will explore the following key questions drawing from action taken thus far by States and international actors (or not):

What conditions trigger the duty to prevent atrocities, including genocide?
Once triggered, what is the scope of that duty, and what tools, both national and international, can help to identify these obligations as well as lawful steps for addressing a genocidal situation?

Agenda:
7:00pm-8:30pm Panel Discussion
8:30pm-9:30pm Closing Reception

Speakers:

Dr. Taner Akçam, Inaugural Director, Armenian Genocide Research Program of The Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA
Professor Thomas Becker, Legal & Policy Director, The University Network for Human Rights, Columbia Law School & Wesleyan University, author of briefing “The Tip of the Iceberg” on the Lachin Corridor blockade.
Professor Hannah Garry, Moderator, Executive Director, Promise Institute for Human Rights, signatory to Submission to UN Special Adviser on Prevention of Genocide, Sept. 5, 2023
Professor Juan Méndez, American University Washington College of Law, first UN Special Advisor on Prevention of Genocide, author of a “Preliminary Opinion” on the crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh and the need to prevent atrocity crimes.
Sheila Paylan, International law, human rights and gender expert; Director, Armenian Women’s Bar Association Board of Directors

This event is co-sponsored by UCLA’s Promise Armenian Institute, UCLA’s Armenian Students’ Association, Jewish World Watch, UCLA’s Initiative to Study Hate, UCLA’s Luskin Center for History and Policy, the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research, and The University Network for Human Rights.

Zev Yaroslavsky Book Event
2023-06-06 16:00 - 18:00 | Royce Hall 306
Join us to celebrate the release of a new memoir by long-time member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and member of the LCHP Board of Advisors, Zev Yaroslavsky.

Space is limited for this event. Please RSVP to: luskincenter@history.ucla.edu.

Town Destroyer Film Screening
2023-05-23 16:00 | Bunche 6275, Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles
A historic mural at George Washington High School in San Francisco shows George Washington as both a triumphant general and the destroyer of Indigenous lives and settlements. Painted by Victor Arnautoff in 1936, the mural is unusual for its time in that it critically depicts Washington as the owner of enslaved people and destroyer of Native lands. The image of a Native individual’s lifeless body, life-size and centrally located in the school, prompts discussion of trauma response, cancel culture, artistic impact versus intent, and student safety.

A screening of the film will be followed by a panel discussion with the filmmakers.

Space is limited for this event. Please RSVP before May 1 to: luskincenter@history.ucla.edu

The Soldier's Opinion In-Person Screening and Q&A
2023-02-13 18:30 - 20:00 | Royce Hall Room 190
RSVP Here

'To Fight One War with the Other': Race, the War on Poverty, and the Vietnam Draft
2023-02-08 12:30
Dr. Ben Zdencanovic (Postdoctoral Scholar at the Luskin Center for History and Policy)

This talk traces the largely forgotten history of “Project 100,000,” a Defense Department initiative which recruited tens of thousands of poor and working-class nonwhite men into Vietnam from 1966-1971. Contrary to the “guns versus butter” narratives that we typically have of this era, “Project 100,000” was conceived as a component of the domestic War on Poverty. In the hopes of Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, labor official Patrick Moynihan, and others in the Johnson administration, “Project 100,000” would simultaneously address conscription needs for the Vietnam War and also serve a social function by providing vocational training and a disciplined masculine environment for underemployed youths of color. The talk thus shows how the Great Society state combined paternalistic welfarism and conscriptive militarism to discipline and manage marginalized, underemployed, and putatively volatile nonwhite urban populations. The story of “Project 100,000” indicates that the War on Poverty is best understood not as an expression of well-intentioned but paternalistic liberalism (as scholars typically depict it), but rather as a technocratic effort to mobilize and manage the manpower of racialized surplus labor in the context of the Cold War national security state.

Deadlock in Israel-Palestine: How to Imagine a Better Future?
2021-12-05 11:00 - 12:30, 2021-10-03 11:00 - 12:30 | Webinar
Event Recording
RSVP Part 1: http://tinyurl.com/DeadlockPart1
RSVP Part 2: http://tinyurl.com/DeadlockPart2

CalMatters - The First Draft of History
2021-11-09 17:00 | Webinar
RSVP link is www.tinyurl.com/uclaneilchase

Screening of "Fukushima Speaks" by Toshikuni Doi
2021-05-27 16:00 - 2021-05-29 11:00 | Webinar
SCREENING AND Q&A: REGISTRATION LINK
DISCUSSION: REGISTRATION LINK

Summer Research Opportunities Info Session
2021-05-12 17:00 - 18:00 | Webinar
LCHP Summer Research Opportunities

– INFO SESSION: REGISTRATION LINK –
1. Summer Research Institute
The UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy (LCHP) invites applications from undergraduate and graduate students interested in acquiring important research skills in the new LCHP Summer Research Institute. This Research Institute is intended for students who:

are interested in learning more about history and related research methods;
want to use their historical knowledge to understand the present better;
are contemplating graduate school in history and related fields, or are in graduate school and would like specialized research training;
are interested in a paid fellowship on a LCHP research team.

What: The LCHP Summer Institute is a 3-day immersive educational program that offers intensive exposure to students in both historical research and policy analysis. Students will learn how to make responsible use of the past to shed light on the present and craft alternative paths for the future.
Topics will include:

Historical research methods
Archival and library research
Policy research
Data analysis
Translating research for media and policy impact

Students will receive a certificate at the completion of the training program and will also become eligible to become LCHP Student Research Fellows in the future. This program is free for UCLA students.
When: Monday June 21-Wednesday June 23
Where: The Summer Institute will take place virtually on Zoom.
Who: Applicants who are full time students (undergraduate or graduate) during the Summer and Fall of 2021 will be given preference. Applicants do not need to be enrolled in summer coursework in order to be eligible to apply.

2. LCHP Summer Research Fellows
The UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy (LCHP) also invites applications from undergraduate and graduate students to be paid student research fellows for Summer 2021. Research Fellows will conduct original research on one of three topics (listed below), for between 5-10 hours/week. Positions are paid, and spots are limited.
Please note: Participation in the Summer Research Institute is required for all new Summer Research Fellows.

The Legacy of Race and Racism at UCLA. This project focuses on the lives of African American students on campus from the first years of the university, highlighting exceptional individuals, newly ingrained bias, structural obstacles, and moments of protest and uprising. In tracing this history, the project seeks to understand what steps should UCLA take to make it more just and equitable institution.
How Does UCLA Respond to Economic Crisis? This project seeks to understand how UCLA, and the larger UC system, responded to past crises, especially the 2008-09 recession. It focuses on the relationship between UCLA and the centralized UC administration, the decision-making and communications of UCLA administrators, the interaction among administration, faculty, staff, and students, and the lingering institutional and intellectual effects of decision-making.
The Challenge of Governing Los Angeles: This team will be examining the historical roots of Los Angeles’ current system of governance and the persistent challenges of governing effectively. The Progressive Movement changed California government and politics a century ago, dispersing power and elevating the role of professional managers and citizen commissioners. These changes solved one set of problems, but did they create another? Does the existence of separate City and County governments lead to duplication and tension?

The Unspoken as Heritage: The Armenian Genocide and Its Unaccounted Lives
2021-04-22 11:00 - 13:00 | Webinar
RSVP here
Watch the recording:

Africa’s Readiness for Climate Change (ARCC) Forum 2021
2021-04-19 09:00 - 2021-04-23 13:00
Africa’s Readiness for Climate Change (ARCC) Forum 2021
April 19 – 23, 2021
Zoom Webinar (RSVP here)
Times listed are in PDT (Los Angeles)
Speaker Biographies; Newsletter Vol 1; Newsletter Vol 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MONDAY 4/19
(9AM) WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS
with Dr. Andrew Apter and Ms. Annie de la Bouillerie Goeke
Andrew Apter is the Director of the James S. Coleman African Studies Center and Professor in the Departments of History and Anthropology at UCLA.
Annie de la Bouillerie Goeke is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Earth Rights Institute.
(9:15-10AM) KEYNOTE 1 and Q&A:
“Mobilizing African Youth for Climate Action and Conservation,” with Elizabeth Wathuti (Kenya), Founder of Green Generation Initiative and Head of Campaigns at Wangari Mathai Foundation.
(10:15-11:45AM) PANEL 1: Youth Leadership
UCLA Student Presentations Moderated by Nurit Katz, UCLA Chief Sustainability Officer

Ronald (Ronnie) Thompson III, 4th year Environmental Science major, President of the Congo Basin Institute Club (Institute of Environment and Sustainability).
Kian Nikzad, 3rd Year Computer Science major, and Ikuko (Coco) Nakane, 2nd Year Civil Engineering major, Bruin Home Solutions Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Lab (Henry Samueli School of Engineering).
Zoe Reinecke, 4th year International Development Studies major, Director of Project Incubator, Global Development Lab (International Institute).

(12-2PM) NETWORKING EVENT
Organized by UCLA Bruin Home Solutions Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Lab
The Networking Event is being hosted on Gatherly. Click HERE to join.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TUESDAY 4/20
(9-10AM) KEYNOTE 2 and Q&A:
“Leveraging Technology for Environmental Rights and Justice,” with Nnimmo Bassey (Nigeria), Director of Health of Mother Earth Foundation, 2010 Right Livelihood Laureate and one of Time magazine’s “Heroes of the Environment”.
(10:15-12PM) PANEL 2: Energy, Water, Climate—Regenerative Infrastructures & Indigenous Frameworks
Presentations:

“Water Resource Management in Africa from Space,” by Mekonnen Gebremichael, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UCLA.
“Quality of Carbon Offset Methodologies for Clean Water Projects in East Africa,” by Mason King, Carbon Neutrality Initiative (CNI) Fellow/MS student in Department of Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley.
“Solar and Livestock in Masaai Energy Interconnections,” by Turner Adornetto, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ohio State University.
“Adopt a Cookstove Carbon Offset Project,” by Yingfei Jiang and Ilayda Dinc, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, UC Santa Barbara.

(12:15-1:30PM) PANEL 3: Food, Health, Education—Integrative Responses
Presentations:

“Policy Frameworks on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: Consideration of Local Indigenous Knowledge, Practices of Agrarian Communities in Western Highlands of Cameroon,” by Eric Ndeh Mboumien Ngang, Doctoral Student, University of Birmingham School of Law.
“Climatizing Public Health Discourse: Integrating Health and Environmental Sustainability Solutions,” by Gbujie Daniel Chidubem, Founder and President of Project 54.
“School Gardens Towards Feeding Programs and Deep Learning,” Joyce Misoi, Founder and CEO of Watu Health Innovation Summit Foundation Africa.

(3-5PM) INTERACTIVE STUDENT WORKSHOP: CLIMATE ACTION DESIGN THINKING JAM SESSION
120 Minutes to Change the World. Are you in?
Determining and clearly defining the problem to focus on is often the first step to solving it. Leveraging Enterprise Design Thinking is a powerful way to ideate quickly, with an intention to iterate on solutions over time. Join this fun, virtual, highly interactive, fast-paced Design Thinking Jam Session. Over the course of two hours, be prepared to engage, share, think, inspire, and be inspired. All problems are solved by starting with an idea, and maybe, just maybe you will be part of something that changes the world. Are you in?
**Please note that this session is only for students. Participants do not have to be UCLA students. Special registration is required: please fill out this form if you are a high school or college student and would like to participate. **
Register here for the workshop: https://forms.gle/KF3WLbq5gPEGxR7G9
Workshop led by John Ayers
John Ayers is the Salesforce Marketing Practice Lead for IBM, a Certified Design Thinking Co-Creator, a Blue Core Coach and Founder of the Los Angeles Service Design community. With over 25 years in traditional and digital marketing strategy, John brings experience leading large scale business transformations often guiding solutions for organizations’ most complex problems while maintaining focus on the human experience.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
WEDNESDAY 4/20
(9-10AM) KEYNOTE 3 and Q&A:
“Climate Refugees and Regenerative Communities,” with Ousmane Aly Pame (Senegal)
President of Global Ecovillage Network Africa and Founder and President of Network for Ecovillage Emergence and Development in the Sahel.
(10:15-11:45AM) PANEL 4: Climate Refugees and Precarious Lives and Livelihoods
Presentations:

“Vulnerability of internally displaced persons outside camps to climate change induced farmers-herdsmen conflicts in Rural Communities of Nigeria,” by Ignatius A. Madu, Department of Geography, University of Nigeria, Nigeria.
“Some Effects of Climate and Environmental Change on Migration in Northeast Africa,” by Pamela DeLargy, Professor of Practice, Department of Politics and Global Studies, and Senior Sustainability Scholar, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THURSDAY 4/22 EARTH DAY
(9-10:30AM) JOURNEYS: EXCHANGING STORIES
What inspired our keynote speakers to embark on their careers as environmental justice and climate change champions? Join us to learn more about their stories and share yours in this informal conversation.
African drumming with Giovanni Washington, UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance Alum
ARCC co-sponsors and other climate allies have organized a day full of enriching events at and beyond UCLA: we encourage you to check out some of their phenomenal programs!
Check back for a list of events.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FRIDAY 4/23
(9-10AM) KEYNOTE 4 and Q&A:
“Emerging Economic Opportunities for a Green Africa,” with His Excellency Ambassador Sidique Abou-Bakarr Wai (Sierra Leone) Ambassador to the United States.
(10:15-11:45AM) PANEL 4: Business, Politics and Culture—The Climate Action Ecosystem
Presentations:

“Current Impacts and Future Risk Perceptions of Climate Change in the Red Sea Region,” Alden Young, Assistant Professor, Department of African American Studies, UCLA.
“The Next Global Crisis: Africa’s Renewable Energy Financing Gap,” by Michael Olabisi, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University.
“The Cultural Politics of Emergency in ‘Climate Emergency,’” by Vinay Lal, Professor, Department of History, UCLA.

(11:45AM-12:15PM) CLOSING REMARKS AND THE PATH FORWARD
For more information, please visit our website at www.international.ucla.edu/africa
or email sbreeding@international.ucla.edu or call 323.335.9965.

ARCC CO-SPONSORS

From Farm Labor To Your Family Table
2021-03-01 15:00 - 2021-03-05 16:00 | Webinar
This event will be held daily beginning on March 1 to March 5 from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.

A CENTURY OF FIGHTING TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN LOS ANGELES (WEBINAR)
2020-10-15 14:00 - 15:00
A CENTURY OF FIGHTING TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN LOS ANGELES
The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) is studying congestion pricing to manage the region’s heavy traffic and unpredictable travel times. We examined a century of programs to reduce congestion and found that several strategies were pursued over and over again in different eras. Los Angeles repeatedly built new street, highway, and transit capacity, regulated drivers and vehicle traffic flows, increased the use of information about traffic conditions, and controlled land use to influence traffic. Road pricing was proposed a century ago but not implemented and congestion grew despite these many efforts. In this webinar, learn how current studies are promising and can be informed by lessons learned from past congestion policies.
SPEAKERS
Martin Wachs, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering and City and Regional Planning, University of California
Peter Sebastian Chesney, Ph.D Candidate and Fellow at the Center for History and Policy, University of California
Yu Hong Hwang, Master’s Candidate in Urban and Regional Planning, University of California
Jeff Davis, Senior Fellow, Eno Center for Transportation

Access the Research Report
Download the Slides
Watch the Recording

Why History Matters - Reckoning With Our Rights: The Legacy of Voter Access in California
2020-10-01 17:00 - 18:00
The event recording is now available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WQ8KoVdi3No

Carla Pestana
Chair and Professor
Joyce Appleby Endowed Chair of America in the World
UCLA Department of History
&
The UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy
invite you to attend
Why History Matters
Reckoning With Our Rights:
The Legacy of Voter Access in California

a panel discussion featuring
Alex Padilla
California Secretary of State
Alisa Belinkoff Katz
Associate Director, LA Initiative – UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Lorrie Frasure
Interim Director, Bunche Center for African American Studies
Associate Professor, UCLA Department of Political Science
Dean Logan
Recorder/County Clerk, Los Angeles County Registrar
moderated by
Zev Yaroslavsky
Executive Director, LA Initiative

Thursday, October 1, 2020
5:00 p.m. PDT
Live streaming via Zoom

Please submit your questions in advance of the webinar via email to:
hnadworny@support.ucla.edu (by Wednesday, September 30 at 12:00 p.m.)
Instructions to join the webinar will be provided once your registration has been confirmed.

About the Why History Matters series: The UCLA Department of History is proud to present the series “Why History Matters.” The series is dedicated to the belief that historical knowledge is an indispensable, and often missing, ingredient in public debate. Over the course of the year, “Why History Matters” events will bring historians into conversation with prominent public officials and personalities on issues of contemporary relevance.
In collaboration with

UCLA College
1309 Murphy Hall, PO Box 951413
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1413
