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Welcome to the Department of Latina/Latino Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Established in 2010, it is one of the first at a major research university. The Department offers dozens of courses, an undergraduate major, undergraduate minor, and graduate minor.
Latina/Latino Studies students work in education, business, law, and politics, and attend law schools and graduate schools in prestigious programs. Learn more by attending Departmental events and keeping up on facebook. And please read our newsletter to learn about events and accomplishments of the past year.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Announcements
On Wednesday, Jan. 25 two of our majors, Tatiano Alonso and Andrea Herrera, with support from La Colectiva and M.E.Ch.A., organized the "I Have a Dream" student forum as part of the University's commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Read about it in the Daily Illini and Chicago Noticias.com
Alex Chavez, Latina/o Studies postdoctoral fellow, is perfoming with "Los Condenado Huastecos" in Chicago on February 1 -- http://www.oldtownschool.org/concerts/2012/2/1_loscondenados.php To view a previous peformance visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5L_TvtbbSg
Story on the Department in the Daily Illini Oct. 4, 2011--Student activism causes University to allow Latina/o academic program
Calendar Of Events
Monday, February 6, 2012, 6:00-7:30pm, La Casa Cultural Latina
Career Workshop for LLS majors and minors and other students
Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 6:00-7:30pm, Career Center
Career Workshop for LLS majors and minors and other students
April 9-13, 2012
Artist-in-residence with Josefina Lopez, playwright, screenwriter, author
Teachers Ranked As Excellent SPRING 2011
Adrian Burgos
Lisa Cacho
W. David Coyoca
Julie Dowling
Judith Estrada
J. Frank Galarte
Mireya Loza
Alejandro Lugo