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Cafecito with Ellie

Grab your favorite pan dulce y café! Join us for a virtual hangout with our student advisor and fellow students this Fall quarter. Cafecito with Ellie will take place three times this Fall quarter: Wednesday, October 14, November 4, and December 2. Each Cafecito will run from 3:30 to 4:30pm via Zoom. Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/3803275880

Institute of American Cultures Fall Forum

Join us on Wednesday, November 18th @ 3pm for the annual IAC Fall Forum featuring the 2020–21 IAC visiting researchers and scholars, graduate and predoctoral fellows, and research grant awardees at UCLA’s four ethnic studies centers. Register @ https://bit.ly/3leyOMz   Twitter @IACatUCLA Facebook @uclaiac Instagram @UCLAIAC

Let’s Demystify (Writing) the Letter of Recommendation

Join us for a skill-building and professional salon hosted by Lonches con CCAS. This event will feature Professors Abel Valenzuela and Maylei Blackwell answering questions like: What content should a letter of recommendation include? When is it appropriate for a Teaching Assistant to co-write a letter of recommendation with the professor? The event will take […]

March Lonche con CCAS

Join our March Lonches con CCAS with Professors Genevieve Carpio and Laura E. Gomez. Lonches con CCAS is a monthly Brown Bag workshop for CCAS graduate students. Faculty "hosts" guide two CCAS presenters and their attendees through discussions of works-in-progress. This event will take place on Friday, March 26 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. Please join using the […]

L. Heidenreich presents Nepantla Squared: Transgender Mestiz@ Histories in Times of Global Shift

Queer of Color Genealogies - Spring Book Series Presentation of Nepantla Squared: Transgender Mestiz@ Histories in Times of Global Shift by Professor Linda Heidenreich   Note: This event has passed. Please use the following link to watch the event's Zoom recording.   Please join us when Professor Linda Heidenreich, Associate Professor with the Department of History at Washington […]

Queer of Color Genealogies – Spring Book Series

Join us for the Queer of Color Genealogies - Spring Book Series hosted by Professor Maylei Blackwell. This series of book talks will feature new titles in Chicanx/Latinx Sexualities. Nepantla Squared: Transgender Mestiz@ Histories in Times of Global Shift - April 21st @ 11:30am PT Presentation by Linda Heidenreich, Associate Professor with the Department of […]

Job Market Spring 2021 Series

Lonches con CCAS presents Job Market Spring 2021 Series Join Lonches con CCAS this quarter for three job market salons. This series is open to all cohorts of Chicana/o & Central American Studies graduate students. Salon 1 - Job Market 101 - April 30 CCAS faculty hosts will cover the nuts and bolts of the job market. […]

Job Market 101 – Job Market Spring 2021 Series

Job Market 101 Dr. Valenzuela, Dr. Johnson, and Dr. Abrego will host the first job market spring series salon. This salon will cover the nuts and bolts of the job market with the goal of demystifying the search and application process, search committee protocols, and the selection process of the candidate. This series is open […]

Francisco Galarte presents Brown Trans Figurations

Queer of Color Genealogies - Spring Book Series Presentation of Brown Trans Figurations: Rethinking Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Chicanx/Latinx Studies by Professor Francisco Galarte   Note: This event has passed. Please use the following link to watch the event's Zoom recording.   Please join us when Professor Francisco J. Galarte, Assistant Professor of American Studies […]

Archival Methodologies from an Ethnic Studies Perspective

Lonches con CCAS Dear CCAS cohorts and faculty, Please join us for a roundtable exploring history, archiving practices, and training in these fields from some of UCLA’s leading scholars, librarians, & graduate students. The panel will include Dr. Rosie Bermuduez (UC President's Post-Doctoral Fellow), Dr. Marques Vestal (Assistant Professor, Urban Planning), Dr. Genevieve Carpio (Assistant […]

José M. Alamillo presents Deportes: The Making of a Sporting Mexican Diaspora

Book Talk: José M. Alamillo presents Deportes: The Making of a Sporting Mexican Diaspora Please join us online when José M. Alamillo, professor and chair of the Chicana/o Studies Department at CSU Channel Islands, presents his new book, Deportes: The Making of a Sporting Mexican Diaspora (Rutgers University Press, 2021). Spanning the first half of […]

2021 Virtual Commencement

Join us for the CCAS 2021 Virtual Commencement! The commencement webpage will go live at 10:00 am PT on Saturday, June 12. This is a pre-recorded event.

My mother, the painter: Storytelling in Central American Studies

Please join us for the first meeting of the Fall 2021 Race, Ethnicity and Immigration Colloquium, presented by IGS and co-sponsored by the Center for Race & Gender at UC Berkeley. Professor Leisy J. Abrego (UCLA) will give a talk titled "My mother, the painter: Storytelling in Central American Studies." For more information on the […]

Virtual Day of the Dead Ritual

https://ucla.zoom.us/j/94635242184

Join us for an invocation to the four directions and calling of the spirits collective ofrenda guided by Prof. Martha Ramirez- Oropeza.

Día de los Muertos: Love and Loss During the COVID-19 Pandemic

You are invited to an online event honoring our ancestors and acknowledging the devastating losses the Latinx and other racialized communities have endured during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This reflective event will feature artwork, performances, and critical analyses by faculty, students, and community members. Open to the public! Register here: https://bit.ly/2XqWpCP

IAC Fall Forum

IAC Fall Forum featuring guest speakers. UCLA Institute of American Cultures When: Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 3–4 PM (PST)IAC Fall Forum 2021_Depts flyer RSVP link: https://uclaea.zoom.us/webinar/register/5816343257350/WN_k2pSc104RciBB2KmU1jaJw  

Virtual Book Talk: Border Women & the Community of Maclovio Rojas

https://ucla.zoom.us/j/93923639766?pwd=R3k3UGpXMU1mQy8vQmhJZEI0eGJmQT09#success

Join us for a virtual book talk with Dr. Michelle Téllez on Friday, February 4th from 11:00am - 12:30pm. This event is sponsored by the UCLA Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies and the Center for Mexican Studies.   Dr. Michelle Téllez is Associate Professor of Mexican American Studies and Gender Studies at the […]

Info Session for the Central American Studies Minor

7386 Bunche Hall Los Angeles, CA, United States

Mark your calendar and let your friends know that we will be having an Info Session to inform students about the requirements for our Central American Studies minor on Monday, February 13 from 1:00-2:00 pm either in person in Bunche 7386 and via zoom https://ucla.zoom.us/j/3803275880 If you or your friends are looking for a minor, […]

PH.D GRADUATE ALUM JACK CARAVES presents for The Department of Gender Studies

YRL Presentation Room

PH.D GRADUATE JACK CARAVES presents for The Department of Gender Studies Trans*Formative Spirituality in Trans Latinx Lives: Cultivating Spirituality, Resistance, and Hope on the Path of Becoming Monday, March 13th 3:30-5pm YRL Presentation Room Description: Drawing on life history interviews and survey data with trans Latinx adults in Los Angeles, this talk examines how trans […]

2023 CCAS OPEN HOUSE

Bunche Hall 11282 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Hello new and continuing students and community members, We cordially invite you to the Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies Open House! We are having our Open House in person, in front of UCLA Bunche Hall elevators, on Wednesday, September 27, 2023, from 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm.  Please join us and bring your […]

The Inaugural Afro-Isthmus Symposium

Collins Room Alumni Center (UCLA) 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

We cordially invite you to the Inaugural Afro-Isthmus Symposium with invited guests: Marielba Herrera (ES) & Heriberto Erquicia (ES).  Date: Thursday, November 2th, 2023 Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Location: Collins Room Alumni Center (UCLA) 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095   Lunch and light refreshments will be provided for symposium and mixer […]

Dia De Los Muertos

685 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291

Hello CCAS community members, We cordially invite you to Dia De Los Muertos! Guided by Professor Martha Ramirez-Oropeza with over 230 students.  Date: Sunday, November 5th, 2023 Time: 4:00 pm - 8:30 pm Location: 685 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291

Oceanic Studies Book Forum

UCLA James West Alumni Center 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, United States

We cordially invite you to the Oceanic Studies Book Forum with invited guests: Alfred Flores (Harvey Mudd College) & Christen Sasaki (UC San Diego). Moderated by Genevieve Carpio, Associate Professor of Chicana/o and Central American Studies.  Date: Wednesday, November 15th, 2023 Time: 12:00 am - 1:30 pm Location: UCLA James West Alumni Center - Founders […]

Artist Talk: Joey Terrill

Hammer Museum 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United States

We cordially invite you to Artist Talk: Joey Terrill! Artist and retired Director of Global Advocacy & Partnerships for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Joey Terrill, speaks about his life's work as an artist and activists focusing on issues facing queer Chicano communities in Los Angeles and beyond.  Date: Tuesday, November 28th, 2023 Time: 7:30 pm […]

CCAS Talk by Cynthia Vázquez: “We Start at Dusk:” Peon Playing and the (Re)connect of Kumeyaay Transborder Sovereignties on the U.S./Mexico Border Copy

Kaplan Hall, A48

We cordially invite you to a CCAS Talk by Cynthia Vázquez: Title: "We Start at Dusk:" Peon Playing and the (Re)connect of Kumeyaay Transborder Sovereignties on the U.S./Mexico Border Abstract: The U.S./Mexico border serves as a buffer zone where various state-level legalities are enforced, and it is constantly under surveillance by the U.S. and Mexico […]

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. […]