The 2016 MALCS Summer Institute will be hosted by the University of Wyoming, August 3-6.
With lectures, workshops, seminars, and various social activities, the Institute is designed to challenge us intellectually by sharing work and ideas; it creates an informal space for socializing and networking, and offers a safe space to present early work for discussion and development. The institute is a unique and creative space from which we emerge energized and ready to engage the world again.
MALCS is open to all Chicana, Latina, Afro-Latina, Asian-Latina and Indigenous women and gender non-conforming people working toward the support, education and dissemination of Chicana/Latina & Native American women’s issues. This includes faculty, staff, graduate students, undergraduates, and community members. If you are interested in joining us, please see our membership page or drop us a line. Please note that you must be a member in order to attend the summer institute; you can register for both at the same time, if necessary, though the fees are collected separately.
Writing Workshop
Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social annually sponsors a writing workshop at the Summer Institute. The MALCS Summer Institute Writing Workshop is one of our formal methods of creating a feminist editorial praxis in the publication of work by and about Chicanas/Latinas. The workshop follows the spirit and mission of MALCS, and it is designed to create a publishing community with the aim of energizing knowledge production through collaboration and institutionalized mentorship. More information here.
Past Institutes
2015 |  Honoring Our Intersectionality, Our Migration Roots/Routes July 29-August 1, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM // Site Chairs: Alma Rosa Silva-Bañuelos and Rosa Isela Cervantes |
2014 |  Mapping Geographies of Self: Woman as First   Environment July 30-August 2, Northern New Mexico College, El Rito, NM // Site Chairs: Rusty Barceló, MarÃa Dolores Gonzales, Patricia Trujillo |
2013 | Aquà Estamos!/We Are Here!: Movements, Migrations, Pilgrimage and Belonging July 17-20, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH // Site Chair: Theresa Delgadillo |
 2012 |  Todos Somos Arizona: Confronting the Attack on Difference July 18-21, University of California, Santa Barbara // Site Chair: Aida Hurtado |
2011 | Against Fear and Terror: Una Nueva Conciencia Sin Fronteras August 3-6, California State University, Los Angeles // Site Chair: Dionne Espinoza |
2010 | * National Conference Cancelled to Honor Boycott of SB1070 *Arizona MALCSistas quickly reorganized to create the Arizona State MALCS Conference “Derechos Humanos: (Re)Claiming Our Dreams Across Contested Terrainsâ€Â Arizona State University, Phoenix, July 21-24 |
2009 | The Border as Mirror: Negotiating the View From Here July 22-25, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces // Site Chair: Monica Torres |
2008 | Mujeres (Re)member: Creating Spaces of (Be)longing Across Latinidades and Indigenismas July 30 – August 2, University of Utah, Salt Lake City // Site Chair: Dolores Delgado Bernal |
2007 | Among Women, Between Nations Entre Mujeres, Entre Naciones August 2–4, University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus // Site Chair: Eden Torres |
2006 | Transfronteras, Geographies & Generations August 3-5, University of California at Santa Cruz // Site Chair: Felicity Schaeffer Grabiel Site coordinators: Felicity Schaeffer-Grabiel, Susy Zepeda, Elisa Diana Huerta, Rosa-Linda Fregoso, Aida Hurtado, Pat Zavella, Olga Nájera-RamÃrez, Norma Klahn, Gabriela Arredondo, Catherine RamÃrez, Rosie Cabrera, Roberta Valdez, Xochitl Chavez, Susy Zepeda, Sandra Alvarez, Cindy Bello, Gloria Moran |
2005 | “SabidurÃa y Acción:†La Fuerza de las Mujeres August 4-7, University of California at Berkeley // Site Chairs: Adriana Ayala & Cristina Perez |
2004 | Cyber Imaginaries: Decolonizing the Future August 6 – 8, University of Washington, Seattle // Site Chairs: Rusty Barceló & Magdalena Fonseca Site committee: Laura Avila, Crystil Barragan, Andrea Gamboa, Angela Ginorio, Gabriela Gutierrez y Muhs, Linda Heidenreich, Elizabeth Salas, Yvonne Sanchez, Anita Sitio, Cecilia Valenzuela |
2003 | Reflexiones y Visiones: MALCS Building the Future August 10-13, San Antonio, Texas // Site Chairs: Norma Cantú & Gaye Okoh |
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2001 | ¡Activismo! Académicas, Artistas, CientÃficas y más…August 2-5, California State University, Northridge // Site Chair: Mary Pardo |
2000 | University of California, Davis // Site Chair: Adaljiza Sosa Riddell |
1999 | Los Recuerdos del Porvenir/Remembrances of Things to Come August 12-15, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis // Site Chair: Rusty Barceló & Carmen A |
1998 | University of California, Santa Cruz // Site Chair: Kathy Blackmer-Reyes |
1997 | Solidaridad: Collaborating Across Identities, Communities & Boundaries July 30 – August 3, University of Colorado, Boulder // Site Chair: Elisa Facio |
1996 | California State University, San Diego |
1995 | Heterogeneity of Chicana Feminism: Problems and Possiblities August 16-19, University of California, Davis // Site Chair: Adaljiza Sosa Riddell |
1994 | University of Illinois, Chicago // Site Chair: Irene Campos-Carr |
1993 | August 14-15, University of California, Santa Barbara // Site Chair: Denise Segura |
1992 | Resistance and Celebration: La Fuerza de las Mujeres August 1-5, University of California, Berkeley // Site Chair: Julia Curry |
1991 | Laredo State University // Site Chair: Norma Cantú |
1990 | Conflict and Contradiction August 3-6, University of California, Los Angeles // Site Chair: Angelina Veyna |
1989 | Achieving Education & Equity August 16-20, Santa Clara University // Site Chair: Alma Garcia |
1988 | Â Beyond Stereotypes July 19-23, University of California, Davis // Site Chair: Adaljiza Sosa Riddell |
1987 | Ethics July 27-31, University of California, Davis // Site Chair: Adaljiza Sosa Riddell |
1986 | Violencia y la Mujer August 21, University of California, Davis // Site Chair: Adaljiza Sosa Riddell |
1985 | Sexual Politics July 22, University of California, Davis // Site Chair: Adaljiza Sosa Riddell |