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“Human Rights in the Americas,” IV Biennial Conference of the International Association of Inter-American Studies

This cross-disciplinary forum of academic exchange welcomes contributions from all academic disciplines concerned with human rights in the Americas.

Prof. Garcia Wins National Oral History Award

CHST Professor Mario Garcia was honored with the 2016 Oral History Association Stetson Kennedy Vox Popoli Award.  The association formally recognized that "Dr. Garcia’s nominating materials reflect his decades-long commitment to recording, preserving, and sharing the voices of Chicano/a and Latino/a Americans whose stories have traditionally been neglected or marginalized."  Congratulations Prof. Garcia!

See:  http://www.oralhistory.org/2016/08/05/oha-announces-2016-annual-award-recipients/ 

"Resilient Love in a Time of Hate"

Join us at the kick-off to a new series sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs.  See:  http://mcc.sa.ucsb.edu/events/fall-2016/resilient-love

Professor Dolores Inés Casillas receives 2016 AAHHE Book of the Year Award

Professor Aida Hurtado honored with the 2016 Chicana/Latina Foundation "Legacy Award"

Prof. Inés Casillas on NBC News

CHST Professor Dolores Inés Casillas is on NBC News with other Latina/o professors giving advice to freshman students.  Check it out!

An Ancient Mayan Copernicus, UCSB article featuring Prof. Aldana

Professor Aldana was recently featured on the UCSB Current, Society and Culture in an article titled "An Ancient Mayan Copernicus." For more than 120 years the Venus Table of the Dresden Codex - an ancient Mayan book containing astronomical data - has been of great interest to scholars around the world. The accuracy of its observations, especially the calculation of a kind of 'leap year' in the Mayan Calendar, was deemed an impressive curiosity used primarily for astrology. 

Honors Colloquium

Event Start: May 26, 2016 04:00 PM

Event End: May 26, 2016 07:00 PM

Event Details:

The honor students presented thier thesis on May 26th, 2016.