On May 1, 2021 we celebrated the graduation of the LLS major Class of 2021 in a Zoom symposium and celebration. All LLS majors are required to complete a senior paper or a thesis on a topic of their interest related to Latina/o Studies. The senior class spent all of spring semester working on their senior projects or working one-on one with a professor over the course of 2 semesters on the senior...
LLS Graduating Class of 2021
LLS Scholarships and Undergraduate Research Award Winners
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
- It gives us great pleasure to announce the winners of this year’s LLS scholarships and paper award. Isabella “Issy” Marquez, Latina/Latino Studies, English, and Political Science major, and May 2021 graduate, is the winner of the Dr. Jorge Chapa Memorial Scholarship in Latina...
- 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-...
More Department News
- 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...
- 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...
Calendar
LLS 240Provides an introduction to Latina/o popular culture in the United States. Specific modes of popular culture might include mass media, music, film, video, performance, and other expressive forms. Lecture and readings are in English.
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 370Addresses the theoretical, methodological, and ultimately political implications and questions generated by a range of ethnographic materials on Latina/os.
LLS 220General overview of international migration to the United States, using Latin American migration to the U.S., especially the Midwest, as the focal point.
