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Virtual Funding Workshop

Interested in learning more about the Graduate Summer Research Mentorship (GSRM), Graduate Research Mentorship (GRM), Dissertation Year Fellowship (DYF) and other extramural funding opportunities? Want to know what it takes to make a successful proposal? Come to our workshop via Zoom! The workshop will take place Friday, October 2nd from 11:00am to 1:00pm. RSVP here. […]

Book Panel – We are Not Dreamers

Please join us in a conversation online (over Zoom) with the book contributors of We are Not Dreamers: Undocumented Scholars Theorize Undocumented Life in the United States. The widely recognized “Dreamer narrative” celebrates the educational and economic achievements of undocumented youth to justify a path to citizenship. While a well-intentioned, strategic tactic to garner political support of undocumented […]

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 […]