Month: July 2019

Armando Ibarra’s “Latino Question” wins 2019 “Best Book in Latino Politics”

The Latino Caucus of the American Political Science Association has chosen CLS Director Armando Ibarra’s co-authored book The Latino Question: Politics, Laboring Classes, and the Next Left for the 2019 Best Book in Latino Politics Award.  The caucus will recognize Prof. Ibarra and his collaborators, Alfredo Carlos of California State University Long Beach and  Rodolfo Torres …

Ben Márquez talks Politics on WPT4’s “Here and Now”

Latinx politics in Wisconsin was in the national spotlight recently as the President visited Milwaukee for a fundraising dinner and Democratic Presidential hopefuls spoke to the League of United Latin American Citizens’ 2019 Convention.  On July 9th, CLS Affiliate Professor and former Director Ben Márquez spoke to Wisconsin Public Television’s “Here and Now” about the …

Congratulations to the CLS Class of 2019!

On May 11th, the CLS community gathered at the Genetics/Biotech Center Auditorium to celebrate the second-largest graduating class in the Program's history...

Prof. Jim Escalante Retires after Decades of Service

After a thirty one year career at the University of Wisconsin, Professor of Art Jim Escalante has retired...

Statement on Family Separation at the United States/Mexico Border by the Faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Chican@/Latin@ Studies Program (July 2018)

As scholars of Chicanx and Latinx Studies and other academic fields we unequivocally denounce the practice of separating families by the United States Immigration Customs Enforcement ...