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2024 Patricia McCarron McGinn Lecture by Charlene Villaseñor Black

Optimist Room, Luskin Conference Center

You are cordially invited to the UCLA Art History Department’s annual Patricia McCarron McGinn Lecture  featuring Charlene Villaseñor Black, Professor of Art History and Chair of the Chicana/o and Central American Studies Department at UCLA. Professor Villaseñor Black will present her talk entitled “Art against Necropolitics” on Monday, March 4 at 5 PM in the Optimist Room of the Luskin Conference Center.     This […]

CCAS Talk by Dr. Francisco J. Galarte: “Dolorous Gender”

Haines Hall, 144

We cordially invite you to a CCAS Talk by Dr. Francisco J. Galarte: Title: "Dolorous Gender" Abstract: This lecture builds upon the work in Brown Transfiguration: Rethinking Race, Sex, Gender and Sexuality in Chicanx/Latinx Studies by proposing the affect of dolor as a conceptual framework for analyzing and theorizing the psycho-sexual affective registers of racialized […]

Gallery Talk: Patrick A. Polk and Charlene Villaseñor Black

IN PERSON- RSVP, please click here The Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies  is pleased to co-sponsor a gallery talk at the Fowler Museum featuring Professor of Art History and Chicana/o and Central American Studies and Associate Director of the Chicano Studies Research Center Charlene Villaseñor Black and Lilly Endowment Curator of Art and Religion Patrick A. […]

UCLA CCAS Ph.D. Admission Information Sessions – October 30 and November 4th

The Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies is presenting two remote Admission Information Sessions on the Ph.D. program. During the Ph.D. information session, we will discuss the admission process and program requirements. Please RSVP using the links provided. 2025 CCAS Ph.D. Admissions Information Sessions Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2024 Time 9:30 am -11:00am ZOOM […]

Dia de Los Muertos- November 3, 2024 at 5pm

Join us on November 3rd, from 5:00-8:30 pm, for Dia De Los Muertos. Guided by Professor Martha Ramirez-Oropeza. Location: 685 N Venice Blvd, Venice, CA, 90291

Book Talk: Laura Chávez-Moreno Presents “How Schools Make Race”

Book Talk: Laura Chávez-Moreno Presents "How Schools Make Race" Event Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2024 - 11:00am to 1:00pm Event Location: CSRC Library - 144 Haines Hall Laura Chávez-Moreno, assistant professor in the departments of Chicana/o and Central American Studies and Education, will present her new book examining the pivotal role schools play in shaping concepts of […]

Book Talk: Dr. Christopher Loperena Presents “The End of Paradise”

Book Talk: Dr. Christopher Loperena Presents "The End of Paradise" Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 Time: 11:00am to 1:00pm Place: CSRC Library - 144 Haines Hall Christopher Loperena is Associate Professor in the Ph.D. Program in Anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His research examines Indigenous and Black territorial struggles, land, extractivism, […]

[Symposium] Archival Futures: The Ephemera of Art, Mobility and the Isthmus

Hershey Hall 801 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies at UCLA invites you to the symposium Archival Futures: The Ephemera of Art, Mobility and the Isthmus. This day-long event will feature scholars, community archivists, artists and intellectuals based in Los Angeles and abroad to deeply engage the archives as those produced and looked after by Central […]

2026 CCAS Ph.D. Admission Information Session

The Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies is presenting an Admission Information Session for the Ph.D. program. Please help us by sharing our flyer with anyone interested in applying to the Ph.D. Program. During the Ph.D. information session, we will discuss the admission process and program requirements, and we will answer any questions. Please RSVP using the links provided.