The Department of Latina/Latino Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign invites applications for two full-time, non-tenure track Instructors/Lecturers for the 2021-22 academic year. Start date of August 16, 2021. Candidates are required to hold an M.A. (Ph.D. or other terminal degree preferred) and have experience teaching U.S. Latina/o...
Prof. Natalie Lira Awarded Latina/Latino Studies Teaching Award
Latina/Latino Studies major Issy Marquez receives Lincoln Academy Student Laureate Award
More than A Scholar: A Symposium to Honor Dr. Edna Viruell-Fuentes’ Legacy in Scholarship, Public Health, and Higher Education
Nuestra Verdad Publicación (NUVE): Issue 1, Volume 1
The Fall 2020 LLS Newsletter!
In Memoriam: Prof. Edna Viruell-Fuentes
- Congratulations to the LLS faculty, affiliates, and TAs who made it onto the University's list of Teachers Ranked as Excellent for Fall 2020! Burgos, A. HIST/LLS 281, HIST 390 Cervantes, V. SPAN 324 Cisneros, J. COMM 250, 538 De La Garza, J. LLS 242, 442 Ettinger, S. TA-HIST 272 Flores, N. LLS 230, 387 Gonzalez, M. CI 415 Gutierrez, R. CI 547 Lira, N. LLS 235 Mora, J. TA-...
- We are accepting applications for our teaching assistantships for the 2021-22 academic year. The application deadline is March 12, 2021. Visit here for more details.
More Department News
- Prof. Sandra Ruiz has been awarded a Humanities Research Institute (HRI) Campus Fellowship for the 2021–22 academic year for her project titled, “Minoritarian Pedagogy: Psychoanalytic Affections in the Space of Aesthetics.” The...
- Professor Natalie Lira has been awarded the 2020-21 Latina/Latino Studies Award for Excellence in Teaching. The award honors the Department’s best teachers. Professor Lira is an engaging and dedicated teacher who has had a tremendous...
- Senior Issy Marquez (triple major in Latina/Latino Studies, English, and Political Science) recently received the Lincoln Academy Student Laureate Award. "The annual award goes to one senior from each participating four-year college and university in Illinois. Each year, the Lincoln Academy...
Calendar
LLS 479The idea of race has historically been central to how Western cultures conceptualize and think about human difference. This course examines the historical significance of race through one domain of knowledge: medicine.
LLS 100Interdisciplinary introduction to the basis for a Latina/Latino ethnicity in the United States.
LLS 343Examines how populations are criminalized due to race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, and immigration status. Readings analyze how laws are created and normalized.
