University of Wisconsin–Madison

Year: 2025

CLS Panels on Immigration Enforcement and Resilience Draw Big Crowds

Quae homines arant, navigant, aedificant, virtuti omnia parent. Sed multi mortales, dediti ventri atque somno, indocti incultique vitam sicuti peregrinantes transiere; quibus profecto contra naturam corpus voluptati, anima oneri fuit. Eorum ego vitam mortemque iuxta aestumo, quoniam de utraque siletur. Verum enim vero is demum mihi vivere atque frui anima videtur, qui aliquo negotio intentus …

Sobremesa Gatherings Go Sustainable

Quae homines arant, navigant, aedificant, virtuti omnia parent. Sed multi mortales, dediti ventri atque somno, indocti incultique vitam sicuti peregrinantes transiere; quibus profecto contra naturam corpus voluptati, anima oneri fuit. Eorum ego vitam mortemque iuxta aestumo, quoniam de utraque siletur. Verum enim vero is demum mihi vivere atque frui anima videtur, qui aliquo negotio intentus …

UW-Madison Launches a Puerto Rican Studies Hub

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has just launched a new hub for Puerto Rican Studies, thanks to the work of CLS affiliate faculty member Jorell Meléndez-Badillo and core faculty member Aurora Santiago-Ortiz (Gender & Women’s Studies). The pair secured a $3 million grant to fund three years of programming, including symposia, lecturers, and musical performances, and …

Students celebrate Latine heritage with annual march up Bascom Hill

Every September, students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison kick off Latine Heritage Month with a march up Bascom Hill. The event is a chance for all UW students to celebrate Latine culture, make new connections and greet old friends. For the first time, the march concluded with a mercadito, or small market, that featured crafts, …

Marla Ramírez discusses Depression-Era Mass Removals with WPR

On August 31, Marla Ramírez (Assistant Professor of History and Chicanx/e & Latinx/e Studies) appeared on WPR’s “University of the Air” to discuss her research on removals of ethnic Mexicans from the United States between the two World Wars with host Norman Gilliland. Between 1921 and 1944, the U.S. expelled nearly one million people of …

Theresa Delgadillo Discusses Latinx Placemaking in the Midwest on WPR’s University of the Air

On the August 10th edition of Wisconsin Public Radio’s University of the Air, CLS Director Theresa Delgadillo shared her research on Latinx life in the Midwest with host Emily Auerbach. The conversation ranged from histories of ethnic Mexican women in Milwaukee to the poetry of Oscar Mireles, the fiction of Fred Arroyo, changing gender roles, labor …

CLS Affiliate Prof. Paola Hernández named Kellett Fellow

Congratulations to CLS Affiliate Faculty member Paola Hernández, who was recently honored with a Kellett Mid-Career Award by the University.  Prof. Hernández is a Mellon-Morgridge professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, core faculty of Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies, and affiliate faculty with the Chicanx/e and Latinx/e Studies program. An award-winning scholar and teacher, Prof. …

CLS Program Seeks a Student Hourly Worker for Fall 2025

A student hourly/work study position is available for the Fall 2025 semester in the Chicanx/e & Latinx/e Studies Program. The position may be extended to future semesters at the discretion of the Program’s Director. This position requires general event support, clerical and administrative tasks, maintenance of the CLS Library collection, and assistance on special projects …

Theresa Delgadillo Discusses Flying the Mexican Flag with Telemundo Chicago

What does it mean to display the Mexican flag, or any other national flag for that matter, on U.S. soil?  That question is on many minds recently as the green, white, and red banner flies over demonstrations in Los Angeles and elsewhere against Federal immigration enforcement actions. In a June 11th television interview with Telemundo …

Daily Cardinal Highlights the Work of Prof. Michael Light

As part of an issue focused on immigration in Wisconsin, the Daily Cardinal highlighted the teaching and research of Michael Light. A Professor of Sociology and Chican@ & Latin@ Studies, Light has been teaching the class “Immigration, Crime, and Enforcement” since he arrived on campus in 2017. As the Cardinal notes, the class is consistently full and …