In case you missed it, the College of Letters and Science has created an excellent video portrait of the new major in Chican@ & Latin@ Studies, centered on a great interview with Rachelle Eilers, the …
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CLS Seeks Summer Lecturers
The CLS Program seeks a lecturer or lecturers to teach CHICLA 210 (“Chicana/o and Latina/o Cultural Studies”) and CHICLA 501 (“Chicana/o and Latina/o Social Movements in the US”) online. For more information and to apply, …
CLS Seeks a Student Hourly Worker
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program Student Assistant A student hourly/work study position is available for the Spring 2024 semester in the Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program. The position may be extended to future …
Cap Times Quotes Armando Ibarra in Story On Centro Hispano
Armando Ibarra, a Professor with the School for Workers and former Director of the Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program, was quoted in a recent story on Centro Hispano of Dane County published by the Capital …
Students Recognize CLS TA Castillo as ‘Honored Instructor’ for Fall 2023
Each year, UW–Madison students living in University Housing may recognize outstanding educators via the Honored Instructor program. Through this program, University Housing takes nominations from students who want to honor instructors who challenge and inspire …
History Collective Researchers Win Implementation Grant
After two years of a successful NHPRC-Mellon planning grant, faculty affiliated with the Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program, in partnership with the Wisconsin Latinx History Collective (WLHC), the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS), and other collaborators, have secured continued funding from …
Marla Ramírez wins Article Award from the Oral History Association
Marla Ramírez’s essay “Gendered Banishment: Rewriting Mexican Repatriation through a Transgenerational Oral History Methodology” has won the Article Award from the Oral History Association, the principal membership organization for people committed to the value of …
Benjamin Márquez quoted in NPR stories on Latino Vote
When NPR’s Franco Ordoñez needed context for a story on the Latine vote in Wisconsin and a later follow-up, he turned to CLS affiliate faculty member and former Director Benjamin Márquez (Political Science). Prof. Márquez …
Pro Publica Story on Dairy Worker Driver’s Licenses Cites Study by Armando Ibarra
A recent story by Pro Publica on the problems facing undocumented dairy workers in Wisconsin who cannot obtain driver’s licenses drew on needs assessment of Wisconsin’s farmworkers authored by CLS Professor Armando Ibarra and his …
CLS Mourns the Loss of Juan Jose Lopez (’90)
The Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program joins the Madison community in mourning the loss of community leader Juan Jose Lopez. One of many ethnic Mexican students who came to the University from Texas during the …