LALS faculty Esther Díaz Martín, Ralph Cintrón, and Jonathan Xavier Inda, and LALS affiliates Teresa Córvoda and Rosa Cabrera have received Crossing Latinidades Humanities Research Initiative Grants. In awarding these grants, the Initiative…
Prof. Adam Goodman has been awarded a fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University for the 2022–23 academic year. He will be working on a…
Jennifer Juárez, an adjunct lecturer in LALS and assistant director of the Latin American Recruitment and Educational Services (LARES) program, received an Honoring Our Professors’ Excellence (HOPE) Award. Started in 2015, the HOPE awards…
LALS is thrilled to announce that Prof. Patrisia Macías-Rojas has been awarded a prestigious Russell Sage Foundation Pipeline Grant. This grant supports early- and mid-career tenure-track scholars who are underrepresented in the social sciences…
On Thursday, the U.S. Census Bureau released a long-awaited report estimating the 2020 census undercount. Latinos were significantly undercounted. Prof. Julie A. Dowling (Sociology and LALS) and Prof. Cristina Mora (UC Berkeley) wrote…
The University of Illinois Chicago has been awarded a three-year, $5 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a national initiative in Latino humanities studies called “Crossing Latinidades: Emerging Scholars…
It was recently announced that LALS faculty Amalia Pallares and Maria de los Angeles Torres are among faculty leading this initiative as Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator. The University of Illinois Chicago will…
The selection committee determined that Cintrón “represented the best of rhetorical studies and that his work — as a scholar, leader, and mentor —more than merited his designation as an RSA Fellow.” For…
Adam Goodman, UIC assistant professor history and Latin American and Latino studies, recently joined the New Books Network podcast to discuss his recent publication “The Deportation Machine: America’s Long History of Expelling Immigrants.”…
Xóchitl Bada, Associate Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies, has been awarded a prestigious fellowship to the Institute for Advance Study, Berlin. While there, she will work on her project entitled Transnational…
Each year the Hilda López-Arce Scholarship Selection Committee, in conjunction with the Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Latinos and the Latina Network, awards a scholarship to a Latinx student who exhibits leadership…
Adam Goodman, an Assistant Professor of LALS and History, was named a Fellow at the UIC Institute for the Humanities for the 2018-2019 academic year. Professor Goodman will spend the year finishing his…
Mexicans in Chicago: Honoring the Legacy of Louise Año Nuevo Kerr Friday, September 16, 2016 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Student Center East – Cardinal Room 750 S. Halsted Ave – Chicago IL…
Students and instructors work hard together to prepare our graduates for their varied futures. We are happy to announce that Jorge Mena, who recently graduated with an MA in LALS, will be joining…
You are cordially invited to the University of Illinois Latin American and Latino Studies Program FACULTY BOOK PRESENTATION & CELEBRATION Wednesday, November 11th, 2015 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. UIC Daley Library –…
MA Open House On Tuesday, November 25, 2014 4:00 – 6:00 pm in 1550 University Hall Join us to learn more about the MA in Latin American and Latino Studies at UIC. Meet…
LALS will officially announce the launch of our new Student Scholarship Fund at our Anniversary Celebration Kick-Off event on October 29, 2014. Please take the time to donate and take advantage of this…
This year the Latin American and Latino Studies Program celebrates 40 years. We kick off the celebration on October 29 with a Fundraiser for the newly established LALS Scholarship Fund at the National…
The program of Latin American and Latino Studies (LALS) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is accepting student applications for the Master of Arts (M.A.) in Latin American and Latino Studies.