Gilberto Rosas was named Associate in the Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) for the academic year 2019-2020.
Latinas & Latinos on TVProfessor Molina-Guzmán discusses her latest book on Latinos in TV sitcoms
La Estación Gallery OpeningLa Estación Gallery opened in September with the exhibition of Limbs, Ligaments, Parts: My Body is There, curated by Professor Sandra Ruiz
Latinos and the Consequences of EugenicsArticle by Professor Lira in PBS American Experience on sterilization of Mexican-American women in early 20th century
Erica Gressman Performs LimbsChicago-based performance artist Erica Gressman performs Limbs at the Krannert Art Museum and is the first artist featured in the department's new La Estación Gallery
Queer and Latinx artist Erica Gressman premiered Limbs at the Krannert Art Museum on September 13th. Limbs was curated by Latina/Latino Studies Professor Sandra Ruiz with Krannert Museum's Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Amy L. Powell.
La Estación Gallery opened in the Department of Latina/Latino Studies on September 12th with the exhibition “Limbs, Ligaments, Parts: My Body is There” by performance artist Erica Gressman.
More Department News
- Natalie Lira was awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant for the project, Demographic Patterns of Eugenic Sterilization in Three U.S.
- In an article for PBS American Experience Professor Natalie Lira discusses her research on the impact eugenics had on the sterilization of Mexican American women in California during the early decades of the 20th century.
- The Department of Latina/Latino Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign invites applications for two Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellows in Ethnic Studies. This is a one year appointment with a start date of August 16, 2019.
Calendar
LLS 343Examines how populations are criminalized due to race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, and immigration status. Readings analyze how laws are created and normalized.
LLS 458In this course, we will focus on Latina/o performances from the 1970s to the present in order to highlight the relationship between exercises of everyday life, acts on stage, and media art.
LLS 279Examination of the history of Mexican Americans living within the United States from the Spanish Conquest to the twentieth century.
