2023-05-15 - Prof. Mirelsie Velázquez has received a grant from the Campus Research Board to work on her second book project, “Genealogies of Empowerment and the Makings of Home: Puerto Rican/Latina Activism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1970-1992.” Congratulations, Dr. Velázquez!

2023-05-15 - The Department of Latina/Latino Studies is happy to announce the recipients of the scholarships and award for 2023. Adriana Serrano Matsumoto is the winner of the 2023 LLS Undergraduate Research Award. Adriana is a sophomore Political Science and Latina/Latino Studies double major with...

2023-04-19 - Congratulations to Prof. Mirelsie Velázquez for being chosen as a Humanities Research Institute (HRI) Summer Fellow! The Humanities Research Institute at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has awarded its annual Summer Faculty Fellowships to nine faculty members for 2023. These fellowships are designed to help faculty maximize...

2023-04-11 - Latina/Latino Studies faculty affiliate Yuridia Ramírez and Latina/Latino Studies professor José de la Garza Valenzuela have been awarded 2023 American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships....

2023-04-07 - Congratulations to the LLS faculty, affiliates, and teaching assistants who made it onto the University's List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students for Fall 2022!   Burgos, A.  HIST 390 Callesano, S.  SPAN 308 Cervantes-Gomez, X.  SPAN 246 De La Garza, J.  LLS 242 Ettinger, S.  TA-LLS 100 Fernandez Doig, F.  TA-LLS 100 Garcia, A.  CW...

2023-02-14 - Check out our Spring 2023 newsletter and meet our new faculty and staff, and read about our faculty accomplishments.

2023-01-27 - We are accepting applications for our teaching assistantships for the 2023-2024 academic year. The application deadline is March 20, 2023. Visit here for more details.

2022-12-14 - Latina/Latino Studies Professor Elizabeth Velásquez Estrada was selected to co-lead the second Humanities Research Institute (HRI) Interseminars Initiative project with colleagues Professor Maryam Kashani (Asian American Studies and Gender & Women’s Studies) and...

2022-11-16 - The Department of Latina/Latino Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign invites applications for two Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Associates. These are one-year appointments with a start date of August 16, 2023. For complete details visit...

2022-09-15 - Congratulations to Professor Nic Flores for being named a Lincoln Excellence for Assistant Professors (LEAP) scholar by the College of LAS. Flores specializes in public and sexual health, HIV/AIDS prevention, ethnography, comparative ethnic and racial studies, and gender and sexuality...

2022-09-12 - Check out our Fall 2022 newsletter and meet our new interim chair and faculty, read about our student and faculty accomplishments..

2022-08-22 - We have many LLS faculty and affiliates represented in the 2022-23 Humanities Research Institute (HRI) Campus Fellows Program and Interseminars Initiative. The campus fellows include Janett Barragán Miranda (“Hungering for Equality: The Community of Mexican-Origin from Post-WWII to Civil Rights”, ...

2022-06-09 - Dr. Natalie Lira has been named as one of the College of LAS's 2022-2023 Helen Corley Petit Scholars (for early career scholars) for her contributions in education and research. Congratulations, Natalie!  

2022-06-08 - The Department of Latina/Latino Studies (LLS) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign invites applications for a full-time 1.0 FTE, Lecturer position in Latina/Latino Studies for the 2022-2023 academic year. This is a one-year appointment with a start date of August 16, 2022. The expected start date is August 16, 2022. Full consideration will be given to applications received by...

2022-05-25 - After more than a year working on cataloging the department's library collection of more than 1,500 volumes, the LLS Library Collection is available for students and others to peruse and check out. The collection is located in room 107 in the Department of Latina/Latino Studies and is open Monday-Friday 9-5pm. Thank you to...