09/09/2020 - The Department is now accepting applications for the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for 2021-22. The application deadline is December 4, 2020. For information on the fellowship and how to apply...
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08/26/2020 - LLS Advising All advising appointments will take place online via Zoom, at least for the fall. If a student has difficulty accessing Zoom, meetings can be held over the phone. If...
08/24/2020 - Dear Latina/o Studies Family and Friends, It is with great sadness that we write to tell you that our dear friend and colleague Prof....
06/23/2020 - It gives us great pleasure to announce that Prof....
06/05/2020 - by Kerime Alejo, Ivan Saucedo, Fatima Valerio, and Dr. Natalie Lira In the late 1960s, Elaine Riddick, a fourteen-year-old Black girl was sterilized while giving birth. Doctors and the North...
06/03/2020 - June 2, 2020 On May 25, Minneapolis police officers killed George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man. As he lay restrained on the floor, with an officer kneeling on his neck, Floyd cried out in pain, “I...
05/29/2020 - by Melody Contreras La Estación Gallery welcomed guests on December 13th and 14th, 2019 for its new exhibition: Objects Who Hold | Objects Who Let Go. It surrounded the work of 8 artists...
05/13/2020 - It gives us great pleasure to announce the winners of this year’s LLS scholarships and awards. Ivan Saucedo, Latina/Latino Studies major, is the winner of the ...
04/28/2020 - By: Patricia Bejarano, Fatima Valerio, and Marlene Santos What is Nuestra Verdad Publicación? Nuestra Verdad Publicación (NUVE) is an online...
04/14/2020 - Congratulations to the LLS faculty, affiliates, and teaching assistants who made it onto the University's List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent for Fall 2019! Burgos, A. HIST 200, 280 Cacho,...
02/13/2020 - Sandra Ruiz has been named a 2020-2021 Helen Corley Petit Scholar in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. The award was...
02/05/2020 - Latina/Latino Studies major alum Dr. Monica Gonzalez Ybarra returned to campus this year as an assistant professor in the...
01/17/2020 - The Department invites applications for teaching assistantships for the 2020-2021 academic year. For more information, visit https://lls.illinois.edu/award/teaching-assistantships.
10/15/2019 - Moisés Contreras (class of 2018)—Latina/Latino Studies minor, and Psychology and Italian major—is the recipient of a Fulbright award. Moisés will spend the 2019-2020 school year as a Fulbright...
10/01/2019 - Daissy Dominguez (Class of 2010, Political Science major) of the Dominguez Legal Justice Center has been an amazing mentor to several of our Latina/Latino Studies majors over the years, providing...
