Month: May 2017 | UCLA Bunche Center

A Presentation and Exchange on the New Communism Developed by Bob Avakian

May 30, 2017/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by SSC WebTeam

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Bunche Center Supporter John Densmore on Occupational Hazards of Music

May 27, 2017/0 Comments/in Featured /by SSC WebTeam

John Densmore, founding drummer of the rock group The Doors and longtime Bunche Center supporter, is featured in a recent documentary on the life and career of the legendary jazz […]

Interview with Courtney S. Thomas, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences and Bunche Center Faculty Associate

The overall goal of my research is to identify the social, psychological, and biological factors that shape health risk and resilience among African Americans across the life course. I focus […]

Conversations, Readings Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Thursday, May 25, 2017 7:30 PM at Billy Wilder Theater

May 22, 2017/0 Comments/in Special Projects and Programs /by SSC WebTeam

Copresented with the UCLA African Studies Center One of the world’s leading writers and scholars, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has been a force in bringing Africa to the forefront of contemporary […]

Film Screening & Discussion of BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez

May 15, 2017/0 Comments/in Special Projects and Programs /by SSC WebTeam

Don’t miss out on this Wednesday’s (May 17) film screening of BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez at 4:30 PM in the UCLA California NanoSystems Institute Auditorium. A discussion with Sonia Sanchez, reception […]

Dr. Scot Brown, Professor of African American Studies at UCLA, interview on Funk Chronicles

May 15, 2017/0 Comments/in Featured /by SSC WebTeam

Click here to watch the recent televised interview of Dr. Scot Brown, Professor of African American Studies at UCLA, with host Rhine McLin, the former mayor of Dayton, OH. Dr. Brown covers the […]

Could the LA Riots happen again?

May 8, 2017/0 Comments/in Featured /by SSC WebTeam

Listener Johnny Moreno asked us this question via SoCal. So Curious. It’s a complicated one to answer because there were many factors that led up to the unrest, and it was […]

Interview with Ford Foundation Postdoc Fellow, Dr. Vanessa Díaz

May 3, 2017/0 Comments/in Research /by SSC WebTeam

The Bunche Center interviewed Dr. Vanessa Díaz, an interdisciplinary ethnographer, filmmaker, and journalist, to discuss her research on celebrity media and her dissertation-based book manuscript, Manufacturing Celebrity: How Women Reporters and […]

Bunche Center Newsletter – May 2017

May 2, 2017/0 Comments/in Bunche Center Newsletter News /by SSC WebTeam

The Bunche Center newsletter for May 2017 is now available! Stay up to date with the latest Center news and announcements. Click on the image below! TO DOWNLOAD the newsletter, click here.