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Major Additions to UCSB Faculty in Chicana/o Literature Studies

New faculty Cherrie Moraga, Ben Olguin and Celia Herrera Rodriguez in the UCSB English department bring vibrancy to Chicana/o literature studies!

CH ST 191J: Spirituality as Resistance in meXicana/o Art Practice and Culture

Professor Celia Herrera-Rodriguez will teach CH ST 191J Special Topics - Spirituality as Resistance in meXicana/o Art Practice and Culture: Recovery and Reclamation of Cultural Sovereignty Through Art Practice, Ritual & Ceremony in Winter quarter 2018.

Time: Tuesdays 3:00pm-5:50pm

Location: South Hall, Room 1623

African and Afrodescendant Populations in Mexico: Past and Present

UCSB Asian American Studies, Black Studies, Chicana/o Studies (ABC) Colloquium Series

African and Afrodescendant Populations in Mexico: Past and Present

Join us in welcoming Dra. Maria Elisa Velazquez on Monday November 13th, 2017 12:30pm-2:00pm South Hall Room 3707.

L.U.N.A Presents Dia De Los Muertos

Join us at the SRB for L.U.N.A's Dia De Los Muertos Event! Plus, Professor Aldana's talk on archaeological evidence for Day of the Dead at Ancient Teotihuacan. 

L.U.N.A Presents Dia De Los Muertos

Join us at the SRB for L.U.N.A's Dia De Los Muertos Event! Plus, Professor Aldana's talk on archaeological evidence for Day of the Dead at Ancient Teotihuacan. 

Norma Cantú to Receive the Luis Leal Award

Event Start: October 24, 2017 09:15 AM

Event End: October 24, 2017 09:15 AM

Event Details:

This year the Luis Leal Award for distinction in Chicana/o, Latina/o Literature goes to Norma Cantú, author of Canícula: Snapshots of Girlhood en la Frontera and Murchison Endowed Professor in Humanities at Trinity University in Texas.  Professor Cantú will discuss her work and receive the Award on November 7, 2017 at 4pm in Corwin Pavilion.

Mindfulness in the Borderlands

Event Start: October 05, 2017 09:30 PM

Event End: October 05, 2017 09:30 PM

Event Details:

The CHST Department is happy to continue our Mindfulness for Social Justice sessions this year in collaboration with UCSB's Health and Wellness Center; but there is a change in format and in name.  First, they are now called Mindfulness in the Borderlands.  Second, the new format will be:

Marla Ramirez (CHST PhD, 2015) Giving Voice

Dr. Ramirez notes: