Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS) invites student scholarship applications for the 2016 MALCS Summer Institute. MALCS, through generous donations from our members, is offering to cover the conference registration cost of 7 student presenters. More scholarships may … Read More
The recipient of the 2016 Tortuga Award is RosalÃa Solórzano Torres, who will be honored at the Awards Banquet on Saturday, August 6th, during the MALCS Summer Institute at the University of Wyoming-Laramie. RosalÃa is a pioneer of Chicana/o Studies, establishing … Read More
Dear Malcistas, Given the time crunch and holiday weekend, the MALCS executive committee (EC) has voted to change/extend the dates for our elections to July 15-25, 2016. Hope you vote and see you in Laramie for our next Summer Institute. More … Read More
Herman@s de MALCS, our familia, On behalf of the officers and leadership of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS), we write this message in solidarity with our community after the tragic events over the weekend that took place … Read More
Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social invites your participation at its MALCS Summer Institute Writing Workshop at the University of Wyoming, August 3 – 6, 2016. Two sessions focusing on academic articles will take … Read More
Louise Ano Nuevo Kerr, 1938-2015 We remember Louise Ano Nuevo Kerr, pioneering Chicana historian who ensured Chicana academic presence in the Midwest since the mid 1970s, as well as wrote one of the first dissertations on Mexicans in the Midwest. She … Read More
Chicana historian Vicki Ruiz has been named a recipient of the 2014 National Humanities Medal, awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the President of the United States. Dr. Ruiz is being honored for pioneering the history of twentieth-century Latinas in … Read More