Alden-Berg Lecture: Violence and Justice in Frontier Los Angeles

UCLA Department of History
presents the annual

Alden-Berg Lecture
“Violence and Justice in Frontier Los Angeles”

Featuring
John Mack Faragher
Howard R. Lamar Prof of History & American Studies
and Director Howard R. Lamar Center, Yale University

With responses on the contemporary implications of Faragher’s research
in his recent book Eternity Street: Violence and Justice in Frontier Los Angeles
(2016, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.) by

Zev Yaroslavsky
Former Los Angeles County Supervisor

&
Jim Newton
Journalist, author and former editor of the Los Angeles Times

Wednesday, May 18, 2016
7:00 p.m.
Reception to follow

Fowler Museum, Lenart Auditorium
UCLA Campus

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Self-pay parking available in Structure 4
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About the Speakers
Click here to learn more about the guest speakers: http://eamailer.support.ucla.edu/Images/Project/12742/Alden_Berg_speaker_bios.pdf

About the Lecture
The Alden-Berg Lecture is named for two distinguished alumnae and friends of the Department, Dr. Geraldine Alden and Barbara Berg. Devoted students of history and mainstays of the Friends of History group, Jeri and Barbara have contributed in manifold ways to the well-being of the Department. Now in its 5th year, the lecture draws on the excellence of the History Department faculty to address important issues of the past and present. Click here to learn more about Dr. Geraldine Alden and Barbara Berg: http://eamailer.support.ucla.edu/Images/Project/12742/Alden_Berg_bios.pdf