Past Events
March 14, 2023
Stories of Action: Community Activism in the Face of Racism in Latin America with Natalia Barrera Francis: Nov 1 & 2, Humanities 1, 202 & 210
October 21, 2022
We are proud to welcome and sponsor two talks by Natalia Barrera-Francis, an award-winning journalist and anti-racist activist from Lima, Perú. She will deliver two talks at UCSC on Nov. 1st and 2nd, one in Spanish and one in English, respectively, to share her experiences as a youth activist and inspire the audience to take action against racism in Latin America.
UCSC - UNICAMP Symposium: “The Far-Right and Democracy: Brazil and the Américas”, September 28, 9 am - 4:30 pm, Humanities 1, Room 210
October 13, 2022
This symposium will bring together Brazilian social scientists from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and faculty and doctoral students from UCSC to reflect on the political and cultural effects of the rise of the far-right in the Américas and its impacts on democracy.
Evento Pertenecemos: Investigación de Justicia para Inmigrantes, Feria de Recursos y Presentación de Pelicula, Mayo 19 y 20, 5:00- 9:30 PM
October 11, 2022
RCA 30th Anniversary Celebration: Sharing Futures, Speaking Truths, October 20, 2022 5pm-10pm
May 10, 2022
A celebration about the renaming of the Research Center for the Americas in honor of civil rights & feminist icon Dolores Huerta, whose social justice legacy has influenced the center’s work and values. The keynote speaker will be Cristina Jiménez, community organizer and co-founder of United We Dream, the largest immigrant youth-led organization in the country.
International Women's Day: Celebrating Feminist Scholarship from the Americas, Thursday, March 9, 2023, 1:30-5:00pm, Merrill Cultural Center
May 10, 2022
The Dolores Huerta Research Center for the Americas invites you to join us as we celebrate International Women's Day with two keynote speakers: Prof. Michelle Téllez and Prof. Esther Hernandez-Medina in discussions about Latine women, struggles that they face in their homeland and as migrants, as well as activism work that they as Latine women have done and performed.
We Belong Event: Immigrant Justice Research, Resource Fair and Film Screening, May 19, 2022 at 5:00-9:30pm
April 8, 2022
On May 13, come celebrate immigrant families in Santa Cruz County and learn about the findings of a 3-year project - We Belong: a Collaboration for Community-based Research and Immigrant Justice. The project interviewed over 100 community advocates and members of mixed-status families, documenting the experiences of immigrant families, their contributions, and the obstacles they face.
Bookshop Santa Cruz Presents: Reyna Grande | A Ballad of Love and Glory
April 7, 2022
Join us as we celebrate the release of A Ballad Of Love and Glory, Grande's unforgettable new historical fiction novel, Reyna Grande will be in conversation with Sylvanna Falcon and Micah Perks. This event is cosponsored by The Research Center for the Americas and The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz.
Webinar: Holistic Digital Security and Early Career Human Rights Researchers: Inspiring Industry Change, March 29, 2022 at 12pm PST
December 24, 2021
The webinar “Holistic Digital Security and Early Career Human Rights Researchers: Inspiring Industry Change” will bring together panelists from academia, industry, and non-profits to discuss the external threats facing digital investigators from under-represented communities and ways to counter those challenges.
Webinar: Feminist Memories of Resistance in Latin America's Dirty Wars, February 24, 2022 at 12noon–1:30pm PST
December 22, 2021
Dr. MacManus will explore narratives of loss, haunting, and trauma in relation to the so-called “Dirty Wars” of Argentina and Mexico (1960-1980s) to bring forth a Latin American feminist theory of justice. She will be in dialogue with UCSC Professor and RCA Director Sylvanna Falcón of LALS.
Webinar: Archives in Plain Sight: Researching Latina/o/x History, January 20, 2022 at 12pm–1:30pm PST
December 20, 2021
A virtual lecture by Dr. Rosina Lozano, Associate Professor of History at Princeton University followed by a conversation with Dr. Kirsten Silva Gruesz, professor of Literature at UC Santa Cruz and RCA Steering Committee member.
Webinar: “Precarity and Belonging” Book Launch, November 9, 2021 at 12pm
December 19, 2021
A book launch event with various authors in dialogue with UC Santa Cruz co-editors (Catherine S. Ramírez, Sylvanna M. Falcón, Juan Poblete, Steven C. McKay, Felicity Amaya Schaeffer) of Precarity and Belonging: Labor, Migration, and Noncitizenship (Rutgers University Press, 2021).
For Grads: Winter Webinars and Call for Application
December 6, 2021
The RCA is pleased to provide support for graduate students in the 2022 Winter quarter.
Bookshop Santa Cruz Presents: Julia Alvarez in Conversation with Sylvanna Falcón, Sunday, May 16th at 11AM, Virtual Event
March 1, 2021
Bestselling author Julia Alvarez (In the Time of the Butterflies, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents) will be in conversation with Sylvanna Falcón about Alvarez's most recent novel, Afterlife, now available in paperback. This event is cosponsored by Research Center for the Americas at UC Santa Cruz.
Sites of Memory, Spaces of Dispute: Missions and Monuments in the United States, Thursday, May 13th, 12noon - 1:30pm, Virtual Event
February 28, 2021
The Research Center for the Americas is proud to host a conversation with Dr. Catherine Ramírez (Professor, Latin American and Latino Studies) and Dr. Kate Jones (Associate Professor, History) that explores how markers or symbols of memory are imagined and disputed.
For Grads: Winter Webinars and Call for Applications
February 25, 2021
The RCA is pleased to provide support for graduate students in the 2021 Winter quarter.
Brazilian Resistance to the Reactionary Wave Series
December 15, 2020
As Brazil faces the deepest political crisis of its recent history, marked by the election of a neo- fascist president and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed over 150,000 Brazilians, two webinars in Fall 2020 will bring together scholars and activists engaged in researching and resisting this complex political scenario: “Domestic Workers’ Resistance and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil” on November 6 at 11 am, and “LGBTQ Resistance in Brazil: From the Military Dictatorship to the Current Reactionary Wave” on December 4 at 1 pm.
Dr. Pascha Bueno-Hansen: Dissident Genders and Sexualities in the Andes - Transitional Justice Otherwise, Thursday, November 19th, 12noon - 1:30pm, Virtual Event
November 19, 2020
The RCA will collaborate with campus partners, specifically The Humanities Institute and the Institute for Social Transformation, to offer webinar programming on the theme of “Memory Studies in the Americas” to inspire sustained cross-border dialogues that tie the region (THI is offering a series of events on Memory this year as well). Dr. Pascha Bueno-Hansen will provide a lunch time webinar lecture on the modalities of resistance of people of non-normative genders and sexualities to armed conflict, political repression, and authoritarian regimes in Peru, Ecuador and Colombia.
Dr. Sylvanna Falcón ~ The Evolving Practice of Human Rights Accountability: The New Terrain for Justice, Monday November 9th, 6:30-8pm, Virtual Event
September 21, 2020
As part of the “Slugs & Steins” monthly lecture series for alumni and community members, Dr. Sylvanna Falcón will discuss the founding of the human rights lab, how human rights accountability has shifted in the digital realm, and why a new generation of human rights activists are needed with critical digital literacy skills in search for the truth. This event is free and open to the public.
Las Nuevas Estrategias del Extractivismo: La Acción del Estado y la Defensa Socio-territoral en Tiempos del Coronavirus, Tuesday, June 9, 2020, 3:00 p.m. PST
June 21, 2020
Puerto Rico: Filming Resistance and Survival followed by Q&A with filmmaker Juan C. Dávila Santiago and activist Marisel Robles Gutiérrez, Tuesday, March 3, 2020, 7:00 – 9:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.), DNA's Comedy Lab, Santa Cruz
March 3, 2020
A free, public screening of a short film as well as a work-in-progress about Dávila's new upcoming long-form film project, which follows the resistance movement #SeAcabaronLasPromesas (The Promises Are Over). Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Marisa Duarte: Connective Engagement: Indigenous Consciousness-Raising through Digital Infrastructures, Thursday, January 30, 2020, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m., Humanities 1, Room 210
December 2, 2019
Join us to welcome Marisa Duarte (Assistant Professor of justice and social inquiry in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University) to learn about her research with focuses on Native American and Indigenous peoples approaches to information and communication technologies, specifically for the purpose of advancing sovereignty and resisting colonialism.
EXTENDED! Photo Scholarship Contest: Chosen Family, Submissions due Monday, February 3, 2020 at 5 p.m.
December 1, 2019
Open to currently enrolled, full-time students at UC Santa Cruz. Three scholarships awarded and images exhibited at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History.
Breakfast with Scholar: Dr. Christine Vega, co-editor of The Chicana Motherwork Anthology, Monday, November 18, 2019, 9:00 – 11:00 a.m., Charles E. Merrill Lounge
November 18, 2019
Scholars from this anthology center the framework of motherwork, a feminist concept that recognizes, validates, and centers the too often unseen and unrecognized forms of labor done by Chicana and Women of Color mother-scholars. Merging the Chicana/Latina tradition of testimonios, this anthology aims to imagine and realize the ability to thrive in and outside of academia. Breakfast will be served, please RSVP.
Dr. Marian Schlotterbeck: How to Build a Revolution from the Bottom Up: Lessons from Allende's Chile, Wednesday, November 6, 2019, 1:30 – 2:45 p.m., Charles E. Merrill Lounge
November 6, 2019
Join us to welcome Dr. Marian Schlotterbeck (Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Davis) for a presentation about her recently published book Beyond the Vanguard: Everyday Revolutionaries in Allende’s Chile (University of California Press, 2018).
André Borges: Right-wing populism and party system change in Brazil: A subnational perspective, Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m., Charles E. Merrill Lounge
October 30, 2019
André Borges (University of Brasília) will discuss how the growth of the far right is not only unprecedented in Brazil’s democratic history, but how it also represents a breakdown in the bipolar pattern that predominated in the six previous consecutive elections.
Roundtable: Chicano and Chicana Art: A Critical Anthology, Tuesday, October 8, 2019, 4:00–6:00 p.m., Charles E. Merrill Lounge
August 8, 2019
Join us for a roundtable discussion about the recently published Chicano and Chicana Art: A Critical Anthology. Scholars and artists Laura Perez, Amalia Mesa-Bains, Catherine Ramirez and Felicia Rice will join editor Jennifer A. Gonzalez in a lively conversation about their contributions to the book and the current state of Chicana/o art and politics. They will be happy to answer questions from students about research, writing, publishing, and the visual arts.
CANCELED: The Inspiring Legacy of Lionel Cantú: Graduate Student Symposium
June 30, 2019
This event has been canceled due to COVID-19. We hope to offer it sometime in the future. The Lionel Cantú Memorial Award celebrates the life and work of Lionel Cantú (1965-2002), former Assistant Professor of Sociology at UC Santa Cruz. Professor Cantú's scholarship bridged and advanced Latino sociology, immigration studies, transnational/cross-border studies, gender and sexuality studies, and the study of gay men and masculinity.
Fighting Racism and Sexism in Education, the Law, and Human Rights in Contemporary Brazil, Friday, May 31, 2019, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m., Charles E. Merrill Lounge
February 26, 2019
This event is sponsored by the RCA and organized by the RCA research cluster “Interrogating the Intersections of Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Brazil’s Current Reactionary Wave.” Eliane Cavalleiro (Visiting Professor of Latin American Studies, Stanford University) and Cecília McDowell Santos (Professor of Sociology, University of San Francisco) will analyze the limits and possibilities of anti-racist and anti-sexist education and legal mobilization and will provide us with resources to reflect upon Brazil’s distressing contemporary moment in light of the country’s recent history.
Puerto Rican Documentary film “Filiberto” will screen Wednesday, May 29th at 7:30 p.m. in Merrill 102
July 5, 2018
This documentary shares the story of a professional Puerto Rican musician Filiberto Ojeda Ríos who abandons his trumpet and family to live the clandestine life of an armed revolutionary for Puerto Rican independence. The documentary film Filiberto (2018) follows the tragic tale of Filiberto Ojeda Ríos who was murdered by the FBI in 2005 for claiming freedom for Puerto Rico. His legacy lives among all freedom and anti-imperial fighters across the global south. This event is free and open to the public.
Call for Student Applications: Human Rights Investigations Lab for the Americas, Due May 3, 2019 by 5 p.m.
July 4, 2018
UC Santa Cruz’s Research Center for the Americas is proud to announce a new research lab: the Human Rights Investigations Lab for the Americas. This lab will partner with legal, advocacy, and media partners in need of open source investigative work related to human rights cases. Amnesty International’s Digital Verification Corps will train students on discovery and verification methods in September 2019 at UC Berkeley. The lab, which will be housed at the Research Center for the Americas at UC Santa Cruz, will assist our partners using open source investigation tools and methods to verify and analyze social media information.
Rethinking Gendered Violence and Immigrant Lives Symposium, Thursday, May 2, 2019 from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Merrill Cultural Center, Merrill College, UC Santa Cruz
July 2, 2018
The Women’s Health, Gender and Empowerment Center of Expertise (WHGE-COE) student ambassadors of UC Santa Cruz are hosting a day-long symposium. This event is free and open to the public.
FIESTA: Love. Community. Home. on Saturday, April 27, 2019, Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
July 1, 2018
You don't want to miss this party! Live Latin beats by Calíco. Cash Bar and Signature Drinks by Front & Cooper. Photo booth, desserts, museum access, lounge area, and more! Proceeds will support student scholarships including the Reyna Grande Creative Writing Scholarship and the Wally Goldfrank Research Scholarship.
Alberto Ledesma presents: Diary of a Reluctant Dreamer: Undocumented Vignettes from a Pre-American Life, Monday, April 22, 2019, 5:30-7:00 p.m., Classroom Unit 2
June 30, 2018
The Research Center for the Americas’ Latino Literary Cultures Project is proud to welcome Dr. Alberto Ledesma to UC Santa Cruz for a free, public talk about his illustrated memoir, Diary of a Reluctant Dreamer: Undocumented Vignettes from a Pre- American Life (The Ohio State University Press, 2017).
Stories Under the Influence: Beyond Borders, Thursday, March 28 , 2019 from 6 – 8:00 p.m., Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (705 Front Street)
June 29, 2018
Enjoy short, entertaining talks from different speakers on the unified topic of Beyond Borders. This event is co-created with the RCA. Listen to four speakers share their personal stories in quick, witty 10 minutes slots. Then, participate in a series of games to listen, share, and discuss the topics with those around you.
Demand Justice for Marielle Franco: Saturday, March 16, 2019, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m., in downtown Santa Cruz, Pacific Av. (in front of O’Neill’s surf shop)
June 28, 2018
Grupo Re-Existir invites you to participate in a demonstration to demand justice for Marielle Franco.
International Women's Day: Celebrating Feminist Scholarship from the Americas, Thursday, February 28, 2019, 1:30 – 5:00 p.m., Merrill Cultural Center
June 27, 2018
The Research Center for the Americas and Feminist Collective of Sisters in the Borderlands invite you to join us as we celebrate International Women's Day with book talks by two leading feminist scholars Barbara Sutton (University of Albany, SUNY) and Ranita Ray (University of Nevada, Las Vegas).
Giving Day 2019: Student Photo Scholarship Contest
June 27, 2018
The RCA is sponsoring a 2nd annual photo scholarship contest on the theme "Love. Community. Home." With your support, first, second, and third place winners will receive valuable scholarships to help pay for their studies.
Panel: How to Become an Undergraduate Researcher, Wednesday, February 13, 2019, 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Charles E. Merrill Lounge, Merrill College
June 26, 2018
This is a panel for undergraduates seeking to apply for research opportunities. The panel consists of faculty members, graduate students with experience mentoring undergraduate researchers, and two undergraduate students who have conducted research.
Second Annual Photo Scholarship Contest: Love, Community, & Home
June 25, 2018
Submissions now being accepted for our second annual photo scholarship contest. All full-time UC Santa Cruz students are encouraged to send us their interpretations of this year's theme: Love, Community, & Home
Rosana Pinheiro-Machado: From Hope to Hate: The Rise of Conservative Subjectivity in Brazil, Tuesday, January 29, 2019, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m., Charles E. Merrill Lounge, Merrill College
June 24, 2018
Pinheiro-Machado (UFSM, Brazil) will draw on her longitudinal ethnography (with Dr. Lucia Scalco) on consumption and politics among young people from Morro da Cruz, the largest favela of Porto Alegre. In an effort to understand the conservative subjectivity that has emerged amongst low income groups (especially amongst male voters) the researchers have been following youth since 2009, through the political polarization that took place in Brazil after 2013, to the recent transformations that resulted in the election of Bolsonaro.
Dr. Patrick Lopez-Aguado: Carceral Identity Within and Beyond the Prison, Thursday, January 24, 2019, Humanities Building 1 Room 210, 1:30 – 2:45 p.m.
June 23, 2018
Dr. Patrick Lopez-Aguado will present on his book "Stick Together and Come Back Home," which examines how what happens inside a prison affects what happens outside of it.
**RE-LAUNCH** Research Center for the Americas ~ Scholarly Reports
June 23, 2018
The RCA is re-launching our research reports series in a new and abbreviated format. The purpose of this publicly accessible report is to support and promote data-driven research conducted by UCSC faculty and graduate students to enhance the public’s understanding of the RCA’s focus areas.
Call for Submissions: RCA Open Forum
June 23, 2018
RCA’s Open Forum presents scholarly dialogues and commentaries from RCA affiliates and supporters on focus areas of interest to the research center.
Southwest Workshop on Mixed Methods Research, November 8-9, 2018, Humanities 1 Room 210, UC Santa Cruz
June 23, 2018
The Fourth Annual Southwest Workshop on Mixed Methods Research (SWMMR) will include several panels of advanced graduate students and junior and senior scholars who will present and discuss articles or chapter-length works.
Tzutu Kan: Mayan Hip Hop Concert, Thursday, November 15, 2018, 4 p.m., Kresge Town Hall
June 22, 2018
Sponsored by the UC Santa Cruz American Indian Resource Center, the public is invited to attend Tzutu Kan: Mayan Hip Hop Concert at Kresge Town Hall on Thursday, November 15 at 4 p.m.
Call for Applications: Activist-in-Residence Program, Due November 1, 2018 by 5 p.m.
June 21, 2018
The UC Santa Cruz Research Center for the Americas (RCA) is proud to announce a new initiative: the UC Santa Cruz’s Activist-in-Residence program during 2019 Winter quarter.
Screening of The Trial and conversation with filmmaker Maria Augusta Ramos Friday, November 2, 2018, 12 pm – 2:45 p.m., Social Science Building 2 Room 75
June 21, 2018
Having received a 7-minute standing ovation in its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, The Trial has been described by journalist Brian Mier as “a powerful document of a profound injustice which has sent a country backwards on a dangerous course, a film that will live forever as a self-contained record of Brazil’s 2016 Coup d’état.”
Chiapas Media Project/Promedios 20th Anniversary Tour, Tuesday, October 16, 2018, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m., The Nickelodeon Theatre (210 Lincoln Street, Santa Cruz)
June 20, 2018
Started in 1998, the ground-breaking, award-winning, bi-national indigenous media organization Chiapas Media Project/Promedios will tour the U.S. in celebration of its 20th anniversary. As part of the tour, the RCA will host a free, public film screening at the Nickelodeon Theater in downtown Santa Cruz. Four short films will be shown followed by a Q&A with CMP co-founders, moderated by Professor T.J. Demos of the History of Art and Visual Culture Department.
Reyna Grande: A Dream Called Home, Tuesday, October 2, 2018, Peace United Church (900 High Street, Santa Cruz)
November 16, 2017
UC Santa Cruz alumna & Luis Leal Award winner for Chicano/Latino literature: Reyna Grande will visit Santa Cruz and discuss her new book, A Dream Called Home. Sponsored by Bookshop Santa Cruz, The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz and the Research Center for the Americas, UC Santa Cruz.
Rebecca Schreiber: The Undocumented Everyday, Tuesday, May 22, 2018, 12:00-1:30pm, Charles E. Merrill Lounge, UC Santa Cruz
November 10, 2017
The CLRC welcomes Professor Rebecca Schreiber of the University of New Mexico and her new book on undocumented activists and the politics of visibility. This event is free and open to the public. Please note the date, time, and location change to Tuesday, May 22, 12:00-1:30pm, at the Charles E. Merrill Lounge.
It is official: CLRC's new name!
November 9, 2017
Current CLRC Director, Dr. Catherine Ramirez and incoming director, Dr. Sylvanna Falcón are excited to share that the CLRC name change is officially underway. We are now the Research Center for the Americas!
Student Forum & Photo Exhibit: Navigating Borders, Labor, and Home, Thursday, April 26, 2018, 6:00-8:00 p.m., Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (705 Front Street)
November 8, 2017
As part of our 25th anniversary celebration, the CLRC showcases our students at a public forum and the opening reception of our inaugural photo scholarship contest on home and mobility.
Sujatha Fernandes: Storytelling and the Fight for Migrant Rights, Monday, April 23, 2018, 3:30-5:30pm, Merrill Cultural Center
November 7, 2017
The Latin American and Latino Studies Department hosts a talk on the uses and misuses of storytelling by Dr. Sujatha Fernandes of the University of Sydney as part of its Distinguished Speaker Series. This event is free and open to the public.
Crossings Film Series: "[s]comparse/ [dis]appeared," Wednesday, April 18, 2018, 5:30-7:30pm, Humanities 2, Room 259, UC Santa Cruz
November 6, 2017
The CLRC and Department of Languages and Applied Linguistics present "Crossings," our 2017-18 quarterly film series about migration and the Mediterranean.
Juan C. Dávila: Puerto Rico: Colonialism and Resistance, Wednesday, April 4, 2018, 6:00-7:30pm, Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (705 Front St., Santa Cruz)
November 5, 2017
Juan Carlos Dávila, a journalist and graduate student in Latin American and Latino Studies, discusses the relationship between the U.S. and Puerto Rico and responses to Hurricane Maria in this multimedia presentation.
Living Writers Series, Performing Women: Race, Art, and Space, winter 2018, Thursdays at 5:20 p.m., Humanities Lecture Hall 206
November 4, 2017
Performing Women: Race, Art and Space features four contemporary writers/artists whose writing and art moves between multiple modes: poetry, prose, visual and textile arts, photography, film, dance, and improvisation to address questions of gender, sexuality, and race.
2018 Chicano Latino Research Center Photo Scholarship Contest: Home/Mobility, submissions due Sunday, March 4, 2018
November 3, 2017
UC Santa Cruz’s Chicano Latino Research Center (CLRC) welcomes photographs on the themes of home and mobility from UC Santa Cruz students for our first photo scholarship contest. Submissions are due Sunday, March 4, 2018.
Cathy Davidson: The New Education, Thursday, March 1, 2018, 5:00 –7:00p.m., Bhojwani Dining Room, University Center
November 2, 2017
How can we revolutionize the university to better prepare students for our age of constant change? How can we retool our classrooms as activist, engaged learning environments that model a more just society?
Juan C. Dávila: Puerto Rico: Colonialism and Resistance after Hurricane María, Monday, January 29, 2018, 5:30-6:30pm, Charles E. Merrill Lounge, UC Santa Cruz
November 1, 2017
Leading up to Dr. Yarimar Bonilla's visit on January 31, 2018, LALS graduate student and journalist, Juan C. Dávila, delivers a multimedia presentation on the Puerto Rican government's limitations in leading recovery efforts to Hurricane María due to the island's colonial relationship with the United States.
Yarimar Bonilla: The Wait of Disaster: Hurricanes and the Politics of Recovery in Puerto Rico, Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 3:30–5:30pm, Humanities 2, Room 259
October 29, 2017
Yarimar Bonilla, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Latino/Caribbean Studies at Rutgers University, discusses Puerto Rico, U.S. colonialism, and the politics of environmental disaster in this free, public lecture.
Spoken/Unspoken: Forms of Resistance, Opening Reception February 8, 5:00—7:00p.m., Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery, UC Santa Cruz
September 20, 2017
This exhibition highlights a collection of artists and activists engaged with forms of resistance. Contributing artists include: Self Help Graphics, Ruth-Marion Baruch, Laura Kina, the Guerrilla Girls, Hung Liu, Yolanda Lopez, Yoko Ono, Jo Hanson, and others.
Chris Zepeda-Millán: Latino Mass Mobilization, 11:30am-1:00pm, Friday, December 8, 2017, Charles E. Merrill Lounge
September 17, 2017
Chris Zepeda-Millán, Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley, discusses his timely, new book on Latino collective action and the backlash against it 11:30am-1:00pm on Friday, December 8, 2017.
LALS-CLRC Series on Contemporary Political Economy of Latin America, Tuesday, November 28, 11:30am-1:30pm, Charles E. Merrill Lounge
September 1, 2017
The 2017-18 LALS-CLRC Series on Contemporary Political Economy of Latin America highlights emerging issues, debates, and research being engendered by profound change in Latin America's political economy through lectures and seminars.
CLRC 25th Anniversary & Archive Celebration, 4:00-6:00pm, Thursday, November 30, 2017, Special Collections, McHenry Library.
June 27, 2017
The Chicano Latino Research Center celebrates its 25th anniversary with the launch of the CLRC Archive and a student-curated exhibit about the CLRC at Special Collections at McHenry Library. Join us at the opening reception at McHenry Library, Room 4211, 4:00-6:00pm on Thursday, November 30, 2017.
Crossings: A Seminar on the Borders of Europe and the United States, 12:00–1:30pm, Thursday, November 2, 2017, Chicano Latino Research Center, Casa Latina, Merrill College
June 7, 2017
As part of our 2017-18 film series on migration and the Mediterranean, the CLRC hosts a brown bag seminar in which we'll read and discuss works about the borders of Europe and the U.S.-Mexico border.
Non-citizenship Fellows Forum with Emily Mitchell-Eaton, Claudia Lopez, and Tsering Wangmo, Friday, May 19, 2017, 4:00-5:30pm, Humanities 1, Rm 210
March 17, 2017
In this public forum, the CLRC's Mellon fellows share their work and close our 2016-17 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar on non-citizenship.
A Home in Tibet: Reading by Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, Thursday, May 4, 2017, 5:20-6:50pm, Humanities Lecture Hall, Rm 206
March 16, 2017
CLRC graduate student Mellon fellow, author, and poet Tsering Wangmo Dhompa reads from her memoir as part of UC Santa Cruz's Living Writers Spring 2017 Series.
Brown Soul: Lionel Cantú Memorial Lecture with Deborah R. Vargas, Thursday, April 27, 2017, 12:00-2:00pm, Alumni Room, University Center
March 15, 2017
In this free, public lecture in honor of Lionel Cantú, Deborah R. Vargas, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at UC Riverside, explores Blackness in Chicano studies and the political and aesthetic productions of what it means to feel, imagine, and perform a Chicano sensibility
The Fluidity of Status: Non-citizenship, Deportation, and Indentured Mobility: A Conversation with Tanya Golash-Boza and Rhacel Parreñas, Tuesday, April 18, 2017, 6:30-8:30pm, Museum of Art & History (705 Front Street)
December 22, 2016
In this free, public conversation, Tanya Golash-Boza (UC Merced) and Rhacel Parreñas (University of Southern California) address some of the most pressing subjects related to migration in our time: deportation and unfree labor. Doors open at 6:30pm and their presentations begin at 7:00pm. A Q&A moderated by Felicity Amaya Schaeffer (UC Santa Cruz) follows.
George Ciccariello-Maher: Building the Commune: Radical Democracy in Venezuela, Thursday, March 16, 2017, 1:00-3:00pm, Charles E. Merrill Lounge, UC Santa Cruz
December 20, 2016
George Ciccariello-Maher, Associate Professor of Politics at Drexel University, discusses his new book on radical democracy in Venezuela.
The Fluidity of Status: A Seminar with Tanya Golash-Boza & Rhacel Parreñas, Tuesday, April 18, 2017, 12:00-2:00pm, Humanities 1, Rm 210
December 20, 2016
In this free, public seminar, part of our Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar on non-citizenship, Tanya Golash-Boza (UC Merced) and Rhacel Parreñas (University of Southern California) lead a discussion on deportation, incarceration, gender, human trafficking, labor migration, and global apartheid.
Poetics of Non-Citizenship: A Seminar with Urayoán Noel, Friday, March 10, 2017, 10:00am-12:00pm, Charles E. Merrill Lounge, UC Santa Cruz
December 18, 2016
As part of UC Santa Cruz's Sawyer Seminar on non-citizenship, self-described “stateless poet” Urayoán Noel discusses the nexus of creative expression and political activism from the 1960s to the present. This seminar is free and open to the public, but attendees are asked to register in advance to receive precirculated readings.
Bianca Freire-Medeiros: "A Place to Take Away" & "25 Years of Favela Tourism: Continuities, Changes, and Challenges," Wednesday, March 8, 6-8pm, & Thursday, March 9, 4-6pm, Humanities 2, Rm 259, UC Santa Cruz
December 16, 2016
Bianca Freire-Medeiros, Professor of Sociology at Universidade de São Paulo and Tinker Visiting Professor at the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, takes part in a screening of Felippe Schultz Mussel's 2012 documentary, "A Place to Take Away," and discusses her work on tourism in favelas.
Labor Mobility and Precarity on a Global Scale: A Symposium with Guy Standing, Alejandro Grimson, and Biao Xiang, Tuesday, February 7, 2017, 12:00-5:30pm, Stevenson Event Center, UC Santa Cruz
December 13, 2016
In this half-day symposium, part of UC Santa Cruz's 2016-17 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar on non-citizenship, Guy Standing (School of Oriental and African Studies), Alejandro Grimson (Universidad Nacional de San Martín), and Biao Xiang (University of Oxford) share their work on labor mobility and precarity in Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
Rethinking Labor Migration and Precarity: A Seminar with Guy Standing, Alejandro Grimson, and Biao Xiang, Monday, February 6, 2017, 12:00-2:00pm, Humanities 1, Rm. 210, UC Santa Cruz
December 12, 2016
Guy Standing (School of Oriental and African Studies), Alejandro Grimson (Universidad Nacional de San Martín), and Biao Xiang (University of Oxford) lead a seminar on labor migration, globalization, and precarity as part of UC Santa Cruz's 2016-17 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar on non-citizenship.
Engaging Precarity: A Seminar with Marcel Paret, Friday, December 2, 2016, 11:00am-1:00pm, Humanities 2, Rm 259
August 1, 2016
Marcel Paret of the University of Utah and University of Johannesburg leads a seminar on Guy Standing's concept of the precariat as part of UC Santa Cruz's 2016-17 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation John E. Sawyer Seminar on non-citizenship.
Ghosts of Amistad: Screening and Q&A with Philip Misevich and Konrad Tuchscherer, Thursday, October 27, 2016, 7:00-8:30pm, Del Mar Theatre (1124 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz)
July 29, 2016
As part of "Non-citizenship," UC Santa Cruz's 2016-17 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation John E. Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Culture, the CLRC and Institute for Humanities Research present a free, public screening of the award-winning documentary, "Ghosts of Amistad: In the Footsteps of the Rebels" (2014, dir. Tony Buba), and welcome co-producers and historians Philip Misevich and Konrad Tuchscherer of St. John's University to Santa Cruz.
Roundtable Discussion: Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences beyond Academia, Thursday, October 27, 2016, 12:00-2:00pm, Humanities 1, Room 210
July 26, 2016
In this roundtable, Philip Misevich and Konrad Tuchscherer of St. John's University and Greg O'Malley of UC Santa Cruz discuss how scholars in the humanities and humanistic social sciences can share our research with people beyond the university.
There's No Place Like Home: The Santa Cruz County Affordable Housing Crisis Study Community Dialogue, Arts Exhibit, and Digital Project Launch, Thursday, October 13, 2016, 7:00-9:00pm, Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (705 Front Street)
July 25, 2016
Kicking off Affordable Housing Awareness Week in Santa Cruz, this free, public, bilingual campus-community gathering showcases the findings of a multi-media research project, art, and digital tools related to the affordable housing crisis in Santa Cruz.
Bridget Anderson: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Citizenship and the Politics of Exclusion, Thursday, October 6, 2016, 6:30-8:00pm, Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (705 Front Street)
July 24, 2016
Bridget Anderson, Professor of Migration and Citizenship and Deputy Director of the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society at the University of Oxford, opens UC Santa Cruz's 2016-17 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation John E. Sawyer Seminar on non-citizenship with a keynote address on citizens, migrants, and the rise of the worker citizen.
Building Bridges and Institutions: A Conversation with Bridget Anderson, Wednesday, October 5, 2016, 2:00-4:00pm, Humanities 1, Room 210
July 23, 2016
Bridget Anderson, Professor of Migration and Citizenship and Deputy Director of the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society at the University of Oxford, fields questions about institution building and the relationship of the university to other institutions.
Linking Citizenship, Migration, Labor, Border, and Carceral Studies: A Seminar with Bridget Anderson, Tuesday, October 4, 2016, 11:00am-1:00pm, Humanities 1, Room 210
July 22, 2016
Bridget Anderson, Professor of Migration and Citizenship and Deputy Director of the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society at the University of Oxford, inaugurates UC Santa Cruz's 2016-17 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation John E. Sawyer Seminar on non-citizenship with a seminar on the convergence and divergence of citizenship, migration, labor, border, and carceral studies.
Education and Human Capital among Low-income Populations, Tuesday, May 31, 2016, 1:00-5:15pm, Engineering 2, Rm 499
May 24, 2016
A free, public half-day workshop looking at the question of how to improve educational outcomes among Latino, immigrant, and disadvantaged students.
Marjorie Agosín: Gender and Sexuality in the Work of Gabriela Mistral, Wednesday, May 18, 2016, 3:30-5:30pm, Humanities 1, Rm 210
December 7, 2015
Marjorie Agosín, Luella La Mer Slaner Professor in Latin American Studies and Professor of Spanish at Wellesley College, explores questions and themes of gender and sexuality in the work of Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral in this free, public lecture.
Anna Sampaio: Terrorizing Latina/o Immigrants, Thursday, May 12, 2016, 10:00-11:30am, Charles E. Merrill Lounge
October 27, 2015
Anna Sampaio, associate professor of Political Science and director of Ethnic Studies at Santa Clara University, discusses her most recent book, a study of the ways in which the ascendance of the US security state serves as a template for scrutinizing, harassing, and encumbering immigrants while also reconfiguring citizenship.
Borders and Belonging: A Series of Events on Human Migration
October 26, 2015
Over the spring of 2016, the CLRC presents a series of events on human migration and revs up for our 2016-17 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar on non-citizenship.
Rethinking Migration Conference: Friday and Saturday, May 6-7, 2016, 8:30am, Merrill Cultural Center
October 25, 2015
Part of Borders and Belonging: A Series of Events on Human Migration, this two-day conference brings together scholars in the humanities and social sciences to reconsider and expand the discourse on migration. Free and open to the public.
Michael Nava: The City of Palaces, Friday, April 29, 2016, 3:30-4:40pm, Kresge College Seminar Rm 159
October 24, 2015
Six-time Lambda Literary awardee Michael Nava reads from and addresses questions about his latest novel, a story about the Mexican Revolution, the collapse of the old order, and its bloody aftermath.
The Jungle and the Beast: A Conversation with Lewis Watts and Óscar Martínez, Friday, April 29, 2016, 10:00am-12:00pm, Merrill Cultural Center
October 23, 2015
Salvadoran journalist Óscar Martínez discusses his bold book about Central American migration and photographer and UCSC Professor Emeritus Lewis Watts shares his photos from the migrant camp in Calais, France. Jennifer González, Professor of History of Art and Visual Culture, moderates this free, public event.
María en tierra de nadie: Screening & Q&A with Marcela Zamora, Thursday, April 28, 2016, 7:00-9:00pm, Rio Theatre (1205 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz)
October 22, 2015
The CLRC and LALS Department welcome director and journalist Marcela Zamora to Santa Cruz for a free, public screening of her critically acclaimed documentary about women and migration. Professors John J. Leaños (Film & Digital Media) and Cecilia Rivas (Latin American & Latino Studies) moderate a Q&A with Ms. Zamora following the screening.
New and Emerging Terms in Migration Studies: A Seminar with Nicholas De Genova, Thursday, April 14, 2016, 9:30am-12:00pm, Charles E. Merrill Lounge
October 21, 2015
Migration expert Nicholas De Genova of Kings College London leads a one-day seminar with UCSC faculty and students on key and emerging terms in migration studies.
Jennicet Gutierrez: Liberation Not Deportation: Resistance and Resilience of the Trans and Queer Movement, Friday, April 8, 2016, 6:00pm, Oakes Learning Center
October 20, 2015
Jennicet Gutierrez is a Transgender Latinx Activist who organizes with Familia Trans Queer Liberation Movement. During this event, Jennicet will speak about issues transgender women of color are facing nationwide and her efforts to advocate community change.
Speculations in Color: Winter 2016 Living Writers Series, Thursdays, 6:00pm, January 14-March 10, 2016, Humanities Lecture Hall
October 16, 2015
This winter's Living Writer Series is devoted to speculative fiction by people of color. All readings take place Thursdays at 6:00pm in the Humanities Lecture Hall between January 14 and March 10, 2016. All are free and open to the public.
Lori Flores: Latinos and the U.S. Farmworker Rights Movement: The Traumas of Then and Now, Wednesday, March 2, 2016, 10:00am-12:00pm, Charles E. Merrill Lounge
October 15, 2015
Lori Flores, Assistant Professor of History at SUNY, Stony Brook, discusses her new book on the California farmworker movement in this free, public lecture.
Arturo Arias: Indigeneities Resurgent: New/Old Ways of Knowing in Mesoamerican Indigenous Narratives, Monday, February 29, 2016, 10:00am-12:00pm, Charles E. Merrill Lounge
October 14, 2015
Arturo Arias, the leading scholar of Central American literary and cultural studies in the United States and a major theorist of indigenous knowledge production, leads a free, public seminar on indigenous literatures in Latin America.
Viviana MacManus: "Ghosts of Another Era": Gender, Haunting and the Legacy of Women's Armed Resistance in Latin America, Thursday, February 25, 2016, 10:00am-12:00pm, Charles E. Merrill Lounge
October 13, 2015
Via cultural texts and oral history, Viviana MacManus of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, explores the participation--and the denial of the participation--of armed women in Mexico's and Argentina's "Dirty Wars" in this free, public lecture.
Edward Paulino: Bearing Witness to the 1937 Haitian Massacre: How a Diplomatic Letter, an Activist’s Letter, and the Internet Sparked a Movement for Reconciliation and Equality, Thursday, February 18, 2016, 2:00-3:45pm, Charles E. Merrill Lounge
October 12, 2015
In this free, public lecture, Edward Paulino of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY discusses the 1937 massacre of Haitians by the Dominican army and how the Dominican diaspora has remembered and responded to the memory of this little known twentieth-century genocide in the Americas.
Working for Dignity: The Art, Meanings, & Voices of Low-wage Labor, February 11-March 12, 2016, Porter College Faculty Gallery, Porter College, UCSC
October 11, 2015
Part of the Working for Dignity research project carried out by UCSC students, the Center for Labor Studies, and the CLRC, this exhibit takes inspiration from a variety of social documentary traditions as it explores low-wage work and workers across Santa Cruz County. Join us at the free, public opening reception Thursday, February 11, 2016, 5:00-7:00pm, at the Porter College Faculty Gallery.
Working for Dignity: A Community Discussion on Raising the Minimum Wage, Thursday, November 19, 2015, 7:00-9:00pm, Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (705 Front Street)
October 10, 2015
The final report from Working for Dignity, the study of low-wage workers in Santa Cruz County, and a discussion about the state-wide campaign to raise the minimum wage on Thursday, November 19, 2015, 7:00-9:00pm, at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (705 Front Street).
ELLIS, directed by JR, Tuesday, November 10, 2015, 4:00-5:30pm, Cervantes & Velasquez Room, Bay Tree Building
September 13, 2015
A free, public screening of acclaimed artist and director JR's new short film about the forgotten histories of the immigrants who built the United States and a conversation about the people who currently seek the same opportunities and safety in our country and world.
Amalia Mesa-Bains and Eduardo Carrillo: A Life of Engagement, Monday, November 9, 2015, 7:30pm, Digital Art Research Center, Rm 108
September 12, 2015
Internationally renowned artist, scholar, and curator, Amalia Mesa-Bains, discusses art and the work of artist, scholar, and Oakes College founding faculty, Eduardo Carrillo, at this pubic lecture and film screening.
Turning the Tortilla Around: A Poetic Interpretation of Power and Social Class, Monday, November 9, 2015, 7:00-8:30pm, Oakes Learning Center
September 12, 2015
Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, professor of Modern Languages and Women and Gender Studies at Seattle University, UCSC alumna, and Watsonville native, discusses power, privilege, and poetry at this free, public lecture.
Utopian Dreaming: 50 Years of Imagined Futures and at UCSC, November 6-7, 2015, UCSC Music Hall
September 10, 2015
Join scholars, students, observers, and utopian dreamers at a conference exploring visions of the future that have emerged from California and UCSC about California and UCSC on November 6-7, 2015, in the UCSC Music Hall.
The Borders of Mexico: Bodies, Migration, and Structural Conditions, Friday, November 6, 2015, 9:30am-12:00pm, Charles E. Merrill Lounge
September 9, 2015
A free, bilingual, public symposium with researchers and members of civil organizations from Mexico and the United States on the complex structural conditions of borders and zones of transit and their effects on migrant bodies.
Wage Justice: Fighting Wage Theft in Our Community, Thursday, November 5, 2015, 6:00-8:00pm, Watsonville Civic Plaza Community Room (275 Main St, Watsonville)
September 8, 2015
Hear the final report of Working for Dignity, the low-wage worker study of Santa Cruz County. See public art created by study participants and members of the Working for Justice Project on the exterior walls of the Watsonville Civic Center and Main Library in downtown Watsonville.
Pietro Ameglio: la lucha por la paz y la justicia en un México en guerra, Friday, October 9, 2015, 12:00-1:30pm, Charles E. Merrill Lounge
September 7, 2015
2014 El-Hibri Peace Education Laureate, Pietro Ameglio, discusses the current state of violence and nonviolent civil resistance in Mexico in a free, public lecture on Friday, October 9, 2015, 12:00-1:30pm, in the Charles E. Merrill Lounge.
Educational Outcomes among Latino, Immigrant, and Disadvantaged Students Spring 2015 Workshop
May 26, 2015
A half-day workshop on some of the challenges Latino, immigrant, and disadvantaged students face, to be held Thursday, June 4, 2015, 1:15-5:00pm, in McHenry Library, Education Room 0292.
Political Movements from the South and Chicano Texts / Ajchowen and the Double Gaze
May 7, 2015
A workshop on indigenismo, mestizaje, and Central American and Zapatista political movements and a lecture on contemporary Mayan women's theater with Gloria E. Chacón, Assistant Professor of Literature at UC San Diego. Both events take place Tuesday, June 2, 2015, in Humanities 1, Room 210. The workshop will be held 10:00-11:30am. The lecture follows at 4:00pm.
Abrazando el Espíritu: Bracero Families Confront the U.S.-Mexico Border
March 18, 2015
Ana Elizabeth Rosas, Associate Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies and History at UC Irvine, discusses her new book on the gendered decisions and relationships driving the experience of mid-twentieth-century Bracero families. This free, public lecture takes place Wednesday, May 20, 2015, 12:00-1:30pm, in the Charles E. Merrill Lounge.
Losing Sonia Sotomayor: On the Political Limits of Representative Latinidad
March 15, 2015
Spring 2015 LALS Distinguished Speaker, Lázaro Lima, E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Chair in the Liberal Arts at the University of Richmond, discusses his new biography of the 111th appointment to the United States Supreme Court. This free, public lecture takes place Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at 5:00pm in the Charles E. Merrill Lounge.
M: Mothers, Mountains, Migration, and Memory
March 14, 2015
Lisbeth Haas, Professor of History and Feminist Studies at UCSC, explores the local and global in the Blue Ridge Mountain town of Hillsville, Virginia, on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, 4:00-5:30pm, in the Stevenson Fireside Lounge.
Working for Dignity: The Santa Cruz County Low-wage Worker Study
March 13, 2015
A campus-community event showcasing the findings of a two-year-long research and multimedia project on low-wage work in Santa Cruz County. This free, public event takes place on Thursday, May 7, 2015, 7:00-9:00pm, at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (705 Front Street).
Special Circumstances
March 12, 2015
This award-winning film follows former political prisoner, Héctor Salgado, back to Chile to confront his perpetrators. This free, public screening and Q&A with Héctor Salgado takes place Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 4:00-6:30pm, in the Charles E. Merrill Lounge.
Cuerpos a la Deriva
March 10, 2015
Una presentación del célebre escritor cubano, Alberto Abreu Arce, sobre las nuevas dinámicas e imaginarios de la racialidad negra y del movimiento LGBTI en la sociedad cubana de los últimos años. Esta charla se llevará a cabo en español el jueves, el 23 de abril, a las 5.00pm, en el Charles E. Merrill Lounge.
"My Dear Noël": Ramón Novarro, Noël Sullivan, and the Negotiation of a Catholic/Mexican/Queer Identity
March 10, 2015
Ernesto Chávez, Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas, El Paso, and Visiting Researcher at the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, delves into the relationship of gay, silent screen actor, Ramón Novarro, and arts philanthropist, Noël Sullivan. This free, public lecture takes place Tuesday, April 21, 2015, at 2:00pm in Humanities 1, Room 520.
The Feminist Architecture of Gloria E. Anzaldúa: New Translations, Crossings, and Pedagogies in Anzaldúan Thought
March 9, 2015
A public, two-day conference rethinking the work of poet, philosopher, and scholar Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa, April 10-11, 2015, Humanities 1, Room 210, and Humanities Lecture Hall.
Political Violence in Mexico
February 11, 2015
Prizewinning investigative reporter and writer, Anabel Hernández, discusses state violence, drug war politics, and the current prospects for social mobilization in Mexico on Thursday, February 19, 2015, 1:00-2:45pm, in the Charles E. Merrill Lounge.
Texas: The Great Theft
January 25, 2015
Mexican novelist, poet, and playwright, Carmen Boullosa, reads from and discusses her latest novel, a reimagining of the 1859 Mexican invasion of the United States and its impact on the peoples of the Río Grande Valley and beyond, on Friday, February 13, 10:00am-12:00pm, in Humanities 210.
From Deportability to "Denounce-ability": New Forms of Labor Subordination in an Era of Governing Immigration through Crime
December 19, 2014
Sarah Horton, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Colorado, explores "identity loan" among undocumented and documented workers in a free, public lecture on Wednesday, February 11, 2015, 4:00-6:00pm, in the Charles E. Merrill Lounge.
Histories of Violence and Contested Spaces: The Politics of Art and Institutionalization
December 18, 2014
Javier Arbona (UC Davis), Jerry Flores (UCSF), and Juan Herrera (UCLA) discuss Puerto Rican art, juvenile detention, and Latino non-profits at the second panel of University of California President's Postdoctoral fellows working in Latin American and Latino studies on Wednesday, January 28, 2015, 10:00am-12:00pm, in the Charles E. Merrill Lounge.
Beside Bandung: Historicizing Brazil in the América do Sul-Países Árabes Summit
December 17, 2014
John T. Karam, Associate Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies at DePaul University, delivers the Winter 2015 LALS Distinguished Speaker Lecture Wednesday, January 21, 2015, at 5:00pm in the Charles E. Merrill Lounge.
Winter 2015 Living Writers Series: Memories of Gloria Anzaldúa
December 16, 2014
A series of free, public readings in honor of Gloria Anzaldúa's work and legacy Thursdays, January 15-March 12, 2015, 6:00-7:45pm, in Humanities Lecture Hall 206.
From Oaxacans in Los Angeles to Farmers in Colombia: An Ethnography Panel on Musical Practice and Resistance
December 15, 2014
Xóchitl C. Chávez (UC Riverside) and Kristina Lyons (UC Santa Cruz) share their work on Oaxacan-descent musicians in Los Angeles and Colombian farmers at the first panel in a public symposium of University of California President's Postdoctoral fellows working in Latin American and Latino studies on Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 10:00am-12:00pm, in the Charles E. Merrill Lounge.
Specters of Revolution: Peasant Guerrillas in the Cold War Mexican Countryside
September 26, 2014
Alexander Aviña, Assistant Professor of History at Florida State University, discusses his new book on peasant revolutionary movements and state terror against rural civilians in Mexico in the 1960s and 1970s. This free, public book talk takes place Friday, December 5, 2014, 1:00-3:00pm, in the Charles E. Merrill Lounge.
Latino Literature/La literatura latina V
September 22, 2014
The fifth biennial symposium of the Latino Literary Cultures Project brings together writers and scholars, including novelist/journalist Ana Menéndez, writer/artist Maceo Montoya, and poet Xochiquetzal Candelaria. This free, public event takes place on Friday, November 14, 2014, 11:00am-7:00pm, at the Merrill Cultural Center and culminates with an evening reading.
The Right to Maim: Disablement, Palestine, and Disaster Capitalism
September 22, 2014
Jasbir K. Puar, Associate Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University, delivers the 2014 Cantú Colloquium. This free, public event takes place on Wednesday, November 5, 2014, 2:00-4:00pm, in the Namaste Lounge.
Locating Neoliberalism in Time, Space and Latino/Latin America
September 22, 2014
Arlene Dávila, Professor of Anthropology at New York University, delivers the first lecture in the LALS 2014-15 Distinguished Speaker Series on Wednesday, October 29, 2014, in the Alumni Room at the University Center. The meet-and-greet begins at 4:00pm and the lecture follows at 5:00pm. Both are free and open to the public.
Undocumented Desires: On Day Labor, Sex Work, and Neoliberal Queer Politics
September 22, 2014
Richard T. Rodríguez, Associate Professor of English, Latina/Latino Studies, Gender and Women's Studies, and Criticism and Interpretative Theory at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, shares an excerpt from his forthcoming book on queer Latino sexuality, visual culture, and social space on Thursday, October 23, 2014, 4:00-6:00pm, in the Charles E. Merrill Lounge.
Applying for Grants and Fellowships: A Roundtable for Faculty and Graduate Students in the Humanities and Social Sciences
September 22, 2014
Faculty and graduate student recipients of grants and fellowships share their tips for a successful application in this roundtable discussion on Wednesday, October 22, 2014, 4:00-6:00pm, in the Charles E. Merrill Lounge.
Common Core for Math: What's Changed for Students and What Do Parents Need to Know?
June 1, 2014
Bilingual, public forum on the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics with Judit Moschkovich, Professor of Mathematics Education, on Tuesday, June 3, 2014, 6:30-8:30pm, at the Live Oak Family Resource Center (1740 17th Ave, Santa Cruz).
Common Punishments for Common Crimes: The Early Mann Act and Sexual Control in the United States and Its Southern Border
May 19, 2014
Grace Peña Delgado, Assistant Professor of History at UC Santa Cruz, discusses the history of prostitution, sexuality, and immigration control in the United States and at its southern border in this free, public lecture on Friday, May 30, 2014, 12:00-1:30pm, in the Charles E. Merrill Lounge.
Mobilizing Opportunities: The Evolving Latino Electorate and Future of American Politics
April 29, 2014
Book talk with Ricardo Ramírez, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame and author of Mobilizing Opportunities: The Evolving Latino Electorate and Future of American Politics (University of Virginia Press, 2013), on Friday, May 16, 2014, 12:00-1:30pm, in the Charles E. Merrill Lounge.
The Reconfiguration of Immigrant Latino Families in Light of the Current Immigration Regime
April 28, 2014
Cecilia Menjívar, Cowden Distinguished Professor in the T. Denny School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University, examines how the US immigration regime is reshaping Latino immigrants' families with long-term consequences. This free, public lecture, the third in the 2013-14 CLRC-LALS Distinguished Speaker Series, takes place Wednesday, May 14, 2014, 10:00am-12:00pm, in the Charles E. Merrill Lounge.
Bodies as = of Knowledge: The Ethics and Politics of Biometrics in Health Care
April 23, 2014
Rebecca Hester, Assistant Professor of Social Medicine in the Institute for the Medical Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch, looks at the uses of biometrics in the health care industry. This free, public lecture takes place Tuesday, May 13, 2014, 12:00-1:30pm, in 210 Humanities 1.
Salvadoran Imaginaries: Mediated Identities and Cultures of Consumption
April 21, 2014
Book talk with Cecilia M. Rivas, Assistant Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies, and author of Salvadoran Imaginaries: Mediated Identities and Cultures of Consumption (Rutgers University Press, 2014), on Tuesday, May 6, 2:00-4:00pm, in the Charles E. Merrill Lounge.
Educational Outcomes among Latino, Immigrant, & Disadvanged Students
April 20, 2014
Workshop with Caroline Hoxby, Scott and Donya Bommer Professor of Economics at Stanford University and Director of the Economics of Education Program for the National Bureau of Economic Research, and members of the CLRC Research Cluster Educational Outcomes among Latino, Immigrant, and Disadvantaged Students on ways to improve students' educational outcomes on Friday, May 2, 2014, 10:00am-4:45pm, in Engineering 2, Room 499.
May Day URAP Research Roundtable & Reception
April 19, 2014
A report from Undergraduate Research Apprentices on our survey of low-wage workers in Santa Cruz and a celebration of the success and promise of our Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program on Thursday, May 1, 2014, 5:30-7:30pm, at the Oakes College Provost House.
Into and out of English Learner Status in K-12: Why It Matters
April 18, 2014
Peggy Estrada, Faculty Associate Research Scientist in Latin American and Latino Studies, shares her work as part of the CLRC Brown Bag Lecture Series on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, 12:00-1:30pm, in the Charles E. Merrill Lounge.
Those against Whom Society Must Be Defended: Mexican Migrants, Swine Flu, and Bioterrorism
January 24, 2014
Rebecca Hester, Assistant Professor of Social Medicine in the Institute for the Medical Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch, discusses how Latin American-origin populations have been targeted for biosurveillance and linked to bioterrorism. This free, public lecture takes place Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 12:00-1:30pm, in 210 Humanities 1.
Event Santa Cruz: Bridging the Gap between UCSC and Downtown
January 24, 2014
UCSC faculty, including CLRC Director Catherine S. Ramírez, and former UCSC students share stories about themselves, their work, and life in Santa Cruz, Wednesday, March 19, at 7:00pm at the Nickelodeon Theater (210 Lincoln Street).
Black Nationhood and Race in the Americas: The US, Colombia, Brazil, and Cuba
January 23, 2014
As part of the 2013-14 CLRC-LALS Distinguished Speaker Series, Mark Q. Sawyer, Professor of African American Studies and Political Science at UCLA, explores the development of racial orders in the United States and Spanish and Lusophone Americas. His free, public lecture will take place Wednesday, March 12, 10:00am-12:00pm, in the Charles E. Merrill Lounge.
18 Ius Soli and Q&A with director Fred Kuwornu
January 22, 2014
Screening of 18 Ius Soli and Q&A with filmmaker Fred Kuwornu, Thursday, March 6, 2014, 5:00pm, 175 Stevenson.
Reform without Justice: Latino Migrant Politics and the Homeland Security State
January 21, 2014
Book talk with Alfonso Gonzales, Professor of Political Science at Lehman College of the City University of New York and author of Reform without Justice: Latino Migrant Politics and the Homeland Security of State, on Friday, February 28, 2014, 1:00-3:00pm, in the Charles E. Merrill Lounge.
