Congratulations to the LLS faculty, affiliates, and TAs who made it onto the University's list of Teachers Ranked as Excellent for Spring 2020!
Eddie Bonilla - LLS 238
Adrian Burgos - HIST 390
David Coyoca - LLS 265, 357
Julie Dowling - LLS 355, 490
Dara Goldman - SPAN 254
Monica Gonzalez - CI 415
Rochelle Gutierrez - CI 404
The Fall 2020 LLS Newsletter!
In Memoriam: Prof. Edna Viruell-Fuentes
COVID Resources and Departmental Information for Students
Behind the Board: Eugenic Sterilizations in North Carolina
Objects Who Hold | Objects Who Let Go
Scholarship and Undergraduate Research Award Winners
- The Department is now accepting applications for the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for 2021-22. The application deadline is December 4, 2020. For information on the fellowship and how to apply visit https://lls.illinois.edu/academics/postdoctoral-program/apply.
LLS Advising All advising appointments will take place online via Zoom, at least for the fall. If a student has difficulty accessing Zoom, meetings can be held over the phone. If you have any questions concerning the advising protocols for Fall 2020, feel free to contact Alicia P.
More Department News
- It gives us great pleasure to announce that Prof.
- by Kerime Alejo, Ivan Saucedo, Fatima Valerio, and Dr. Natalie Lira
Calendar
LLS 442Examines literary productions by and about women of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and other Latina/o descent in the United States. Taught in English. Prerequisite: At least one previous course in U.S.
LLS 387Focuses generally on the relation between power and the body. In western culture, the body is typically thought of as a natural, biological entity. However, as a number of social theorists have pointed out, the body can never be reduced to mere biology.
LLS 235Interdisciplinary exploration of the racial politics of reproduction in the United States with an emphasis on how ideologies of race, class, and citizenship shape meanings and experiences of reproduction, pregnancy, and motherhood.
