Events and Highlights
Other UCLA Events
June 3, 2024 | 2:30 PM PT (Hybrid)
Migration, Street Vending and Social Protection: Insights and Ongoing Reflections from Argentina, Spain, and the United States
Street vending represents a hyper-visible and challenging phenomenon in many global cities, underpinning urban conflict and public debates around its criminalization, tolerance, and legalization. Facing different forms of discrimination, migrant street vendors self-organize to access social and legal protection, with their movements gaining growing political influence. This presentation builds on an ongoing reflection on representations, policies, and practices shaping street vending by confronting different ethnographic fieldwork conducted since 2015 in Argentina, Spain, and the United States with Haitian, Senegalese, and Latin American vendors. The presentation underlines the multiple strategies migrant street vendors use to mobilize, obtain support from local community organizations, and adapt narratives and repertoires of action. Speaker: Félicien De Heusch, LAI Visiting Scholar, Fulbright Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Sponsored by the Latin American Institute and International Migration Studies.
June 5, 2024 | 10:00 AM PT (Virtual)
After the War: Options and Necessities for Gaza's Recovery and Renewal
For eight months, the human suffering in Israel and Gaza have dominated the world’s attention. Less central to the discourse, however, has been discussion around what may follow a ceasefire and what needs to be done, by whom, to achieve the best outcomes possible for Gazans, Palestinians, Israelis and the region - rebuilding Gaza, reuniting Palestinians, preventing future wars, and building a new Middle East. This session will discuss the options around the interrelated humanitarian, security, governance, reconstruction, and diplomatic questions surrounding the Gaza war, and how the key actors can build the coordination and cooperation necessary for addressing immediate-term needs grounded in longer-term objectives for a just and sustainable resolution to the conflict. Panelists: TBA. Moderators: Robert Barron, program officer with the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Program at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP); and Ms. Farah Bdour, board member at the Middle East Partnership for Peace Act. Sponsored by the Center for Middle East Development, Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, UCLA International Institute, Department of Public Policy and Political Science.
June 5, 2024 | 12:00 PM PT (Virtual)
Análisis De Los Resultados De Las Elecciones Del 2 De Junio En México
Luis Hernández Navarro, escritor y periodista mexicano, coordinador de la sección de Opinión del diario La Jornada. Dirige el programa de TV show “Cruce de Palabras”en el canal Telesur. Recibió el premio nacional Carlos Montemayor en 2023, como un reconocimiento a su aportación a la lucha democrática de México. Entre sus libros se encuentran: Chiapas: la guerra y la paz (1995), Siembra de concreto, cosecha de ira (2011) y No habrá recreo. Contrarreforma constitucional y desobediencia magisterial (2013). Sponsored by the Center for Mexican Studies and the Latin American Institute.
June 5, 2024 | 4:00 PM PT (In-Person)
Violence in the Suburbs of France: A Tragic Cycle of Déjà Vus
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, Luuk Slooter, assistant professor of conflict studies at Utrecht University, will bring you to the disadvantaged suburbs (banlieues) of France and disaggregate this three act drama. Drawing on ethnographic research, Slooter 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. Sponsored by the Center for European and Russian Studies and the UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy.
June 6 2024 | 11:00 AM PT (In-Person)
Is Sustainability Sustainable? A Focus on Korean Cases
In Korea, sustainability has emerged as a significant topic across various sectors, including the corporate sector, government, and many other areas. Similar to other countries, the global COVID-19 pandemic has hastened this shift within Korea as well. The session will provide an analysis of the consumption and dissemination of sustainability-related discourse in Korea. The concept of sustainability in Korea is widely known as ‘ESG,’ derived from the first letters of the words Environmental, Social, and Governance. Since the ending of the Korean War, Korea has experienced a period of rapid growth and development. Although in the past, environmental conservation, social responsibility, and corporate governance reform were not always top priorities, with the overall expansion and growth of the country, the Korean economy has shifted into a phase of low growth, where previous levels of rapid expansion are unattainable. Simultaneously, the demand from consumers and the general public to focus on sustainability is growing. This issue is spreading similarly in other countries. Is sustainability truly a sustainable topic? Speaker: Mrs. Hyunsuk Cho, Senior Reporter, Joongang Ilbo, Economic Desk. Sponsored by the Center for Korean Studies.
June 6 2024 | 5:00 PM PT (Virtual)
Global Chinese Philanthropy Public Forum
The 2024 Public Forum on Global Chinese Philanthropy will feature philanthropists, scholars, and practitioners who will discuss and share their experiences from a variety of perspectives. Chair: Professor Min Zhou, UCLA Asia Pacific Center; Moderator: Jiangang Zhu, Nankai University; Panelists: Tisa Blackmore, Executive Vice President with Netzel Grigsby Associates; Alice Lau, President and Founder of the Guangdong Harmony Community Foundation; Xiaodong Liu, Director of the Home Love Foundation. Sponsored by the Asia Pacific Center, the Center for Chinese Studies and the Cyrus Tang Foundation.