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...
- 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...
2022-05-20 - LLS congratulates faculty member Natalie Lira upon receiving a 2022 Campus Distinguished Promotion Award. The Campus Committee on Promotion and Tenure identifies particularly excellent cases during the promotion review process,...- 2022-05-16 - The Latina/Latino Studies Department mourns the tragic news that our colleague and LLS Affiliate Dara Goldman unexpectedly passed away May 13. Dara was a professor in the Spanish Department, and she was the Director of the...
2022-05-13 - LLS bids farewell to Provost Post-Doctoral Fellows Jack Cáraves and Mauricio Ramirez who were with us 2021-2022. Professor Cáraves is the recipient of a UC Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship at UC Riverside and Professor Ramirez is the recipient of a UC Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship...
2022-04-25 - The Department of Latina/Latino Studies celebrates the life and legacy of Rolando Hinojosa-Smith and mourns his passing on April 19, 2022. Prof. Hinojosa-Smith was a University of Illinois alumnus who received his Ph.D. in English from the University of Illinois in 1969. In 2006 Latina/...
2022-03-31 - Professor Natalie Lira's recently published book Laboratory of Deficiency: Sterilization and Confinement in California, 1900-1950s combines insights and analytical frameworks from Latinx Studies, Disability...- 2022-03-29 - Congratulations to the LLS faculty, affiliates, and TAs who made it onto the University's list of Teachers Ranked as Excellent for Fall 2021! Burgos, A. HIST 390 Callesano, S. SPAN 308, 433 Cano, A. TA-MACS 100 De La Garza, J. LLS 242, 357 Ettinger, S. TA-HIST...
- 2022-02-28 - We are accepting applications for our teaching assistantships for the 2022-2023 academic year. The application deadline is March 21, 2022. Visit here for more details.
- 2021-11-30 - 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...
2021-11-19 - Check out our Fall 2021 newsletter and first E-newsletter! Meet our new Chair and faculty, read about our student and faculty accomplishments,...- 2021-10-25 - The Latina/Latino Studies Department at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign has an opening for a full-time Full/Associate Professor. The full announcement can be found at ...
- 2021-09-24 - Congratulations to the LLS faculty, affiliates, and teaching assistants who made it onto the University's List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent for Spring and Summer 2021!SPRING 2021Atiles, Osoria, J. SOC 275, 479Burgos, A. HIST/LLS 280Ettinger, S. TA-LLS 279Garcia...
2021-08-05 - Congratulations to Prof. Sandra Ruiz for being named a 2021 Conrad Humanities Scholar! The Conrad Humanities Scholars Award recognizes promising mid-career scholars and provides financial support for continued achievement, research, and scholarship in humanities. The designation is for five years....
2021-06-21 - 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...