How are artists, activists, and communities resetting the colonial clock? What does it mean to reinterpret political actions as insurgent performances? How might we transform the collaborative possibilities of scholarly work?
The U.S. Census and the Citizenship Question
RICANNESS: Enduring Time in Anticolonial Performance
Progreso Latino: LLS Students Present Research on Health, Wellness, and EducationLLS students present research at Undergraduate Research Week
Professor Sandra Ruiz Receives Undergraduate Teaching Awards
Deathscapes: Mapping Race and Violence in Settler StatesProfessor Jonathan X. Inda collaborates with scholars from the UK, Australia and Canada on state violence of racialized groups
Latinos and the Consequences of EugenicsArticle by Professor Lira in PBS American Experience on sterilization of Mexican-American women in early 20th century
Latinas & Latinos on TVProfessor Molina-Guzmán discusses her latest book on Latinos in TV sitcoms
Latina/Latino Studies Professor Julie Dowling was recently interviewed by International Public Radio (IPR) about the Supreme Court’s decision on the citizenship question on the US Census.
On April 18, 2019 several Latina/Latino Studies students presented their research at the Illinois Undergraduate Research Symposium during the twelfth annual Undergraduate Research Week (April 14-20).
More Department News
- In 1954, Dolores “Lolita” Lebrón and other members of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party led a revolutionary action on the chambers of Congress, firing shots at the ceiling and calling for the independence of the island. Ricanness: Enduring Time in Anticolonial Perform
- In April Professor Sandra Ruiz was awarded both the LAS Dean's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by tenure-based faculty and the Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.
- Over the last few years, Jonathan X.
Calendar
LLS 365Focuses on how Chicanas/Latinas describe their own experiences and how they both understand and negotiate their sense of self, and centers on the new crop of memoir and autobiography, as represented in the most recent texts by well-established Chicana writers, such a
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.
