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“The Latino Generation involves not only Mexican-Americans but also other Latinos, like Central Americans and others who come of age in the 1980s and ’90s,” said García, who studies Chicano history from a generational standpoint. - See more at: http://www.news.ucsb.edu/2014/014320/shattering-stereotypes#sthash.WpLhC...
“The Latino Generation involves not only Mexican-Americans but also other Latinos, like Central Americans and others who come of age in the 1980s and ’90s,” said García, who studies Chicano history from a generational standpoint. - See more at: http://www.news.ucsb.edu/2014/014320/shattering-stereotypes#sthash.WpLhC... Latino Generation involves not only Mexican-Americans but also other Latinos, like Central Americans and others who come of age in the 1980s and ’90s,” said García, who studies Chicano history from a generational standpoint. - See more at: http://www.news.ucsb.edu/2014/014320/shattering-stereotypes#sthash.WpLhC...
“The Latino Generation involves not only Mexican-Americans but also other Latinos, like Central Americans and others who come of age in the 1980s and ’90s,” said García, who studies Chicano history from a generational standpoint. - See more at: http://www.news.ucsb.edu/2014/014320/shattering-stereotypes#sthash.WpLhC...

Announcements

The Maya Ixil people of Guatemala are defending their ancestral lands against hydroelectric projects imposed without prior consultation. In San Juan Cotzal, community members say these developments, like the Palo Viejo plant, disrupt local rivers and livelihoods while profits largely benefit foreign companies. Chicana and Chicano Studies Assistant Professor Giovanni Batz documents this ongoing resistance in his book The Fourth Invasion, highlighting centuries of dispossession faced by the Ixil.

The Division of Social Sciences is honored to announce the Recipients of the 2025 Horacio Roque Ramirez Central American Studies Scholarship. Awardees will be honored at a ceremony that will take place on Wednesday May 28 from 10am-11am at the McCune Room (6020 HSSB). 

 

 

Join Damian Yazzie, PhD student in Chicana/o/x Studies Department, for a community reading and discussion exploring the lasting impact of nuclear testing on New Mexico’s lands and peoples, through the powerful words of Leslie Marmon Silko, Simon Ortiz, and Rudolfo Anaya.
 

 

Professor Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval’s latest op-ed examines the lasting impact of U.S. foreign interventions, focusing on the tragic story of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the enduring cycles of violence and displacement they have caused. He calls on the United States to confront and take responsibility for these consequences — read the full piece to learn more about this powerful and timely argument.

Assistant Professor Giovanni Batz was awarded the Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies Thomas McGann Book Prize in Modern Latin American History. The award ceremony occured at the 72nd Annual Conference of the Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies in Ottawa, Canada on Saturday April 12. 
 
 
May 2, 2025
 
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