¡Bienvenidos! Welcome! Founded in 1996, the Latina/Latino Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is now one of the nation’s exemplary interdisciplinary programs in the field of U.S. ethnic and race studies. Our internationally recognized faculty spans the fields of queer and sexuality studies, education, literature, history, media studies, gender studies, sociology, anthropology, and health policy, among many others. The program currently offers more than 30 undergraduate and graduate courses per year, houses two post-doctoral fellowships, and organizes a national biannual conference featuring graduate student work. Together our students and faculty are re-imagining the frontiers of Latina/o Studies with their comparative work on diverse Latina/o communities and cutting-edge scholarship on immigration, citizenship, social movements, contemporary media, literature and cinema. I invite you to explore our website, attend our colloquia, and engage our faculty, students and courses.
We are accepting applications for: New and Noteworthy
August 23, 2008 Dear Colleagues and Friends, I extend a warm welcome to you as we begin the 2008-2009 academic year. This year promises to be quite an exciting one. Dr. Isabel Molina provided exemplary leadership this past year. Please join me in extending your appreciation to her for building the Program in critical ways that will serve us well in the future. New faculty, post-doctoral research associates, and research associates have joined Latina/Latino Studies (LLS). Dr. Cary Cordova, Assistant Professor of LLS and History, Mr. W. David Coyoca , Visiting Assistant Professor, Dr. Darrel Enck-Wanzer and Dr. Lori Rodriguez, Post-Doctoral Research Associates, and Dr. John McKiernan-Gonzalez, Visiting Research Associate promise to build upon our existing strengths. Please visit the LLS website and calendar for sponsored and co-sponsored events. A host of leading scholars and artists will be coming to campus this year. I invite you to participate in all our events this coming year. Sincerely, Arlene Torres, Director Upcoming Events
Monday, April 20, 2009
8:00pm, Levis Faculty Center
Spring '09 Feminist Future Series: "The Divorce of Mr. Macho and His Wife: Chicana Feminism and the Cultural Politics of Masculinity"
Dr. Richard T. Rodriguez
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
7:00-9:00pm, 112 Chemistry Annex
Film showing: "Arrancame la Vida" ("Tear Out My Heart") (Mexico, 2008)
***in Spanish***
"Arrancame la Vida" is based on Angeles Mastrete's novel of the same name. The film follows the life of Catalina Guzman (Ana Claudia Talancom of "El Crimen del Padre Amaro" fame) after she marries into a stock character of Mexico's Revolutionary past, Andres Ascencio, who eventually becomes the governor of the state of Puebla and a candidate for the Mexican presidency.
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