Announcements


CFP: Malcs Summer Institute 2013, ¡Aquí Estamos!

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Aquí Estamos!/We Are Here!: Movements, Migrations, Pilgrimage and Belonging

The 2013 MALCS Summer Institute Program Committee invites submissions for its annual Summer Institute to be held this year at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. This is only the third time in its 30-year history that MALCS has been located in the U.S. Midwest. We take seriously the location where we find ourselves—the geographical, historical, contemporary, intellectual, cultural and political place where we are—for the 2013 Summer Institute.

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Understanding the Past and Shaping the Future of MALCS: the complete bylaws proposal

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New from the Executive Committee

2011-12 MALCS Chair Monica Torres, writing on behalf of the Executive Committee

Mónica F. Torres
2011-2012 MALCS Chair
Posted July 2012

In 2010, the MALCS Executive Committee suspended the MALCS bylaws in order to engage in a major revision of the document. It became clear that the bylaws, last revised in 1991, were in need of updating. We spent approximately one year discussing and producing a draft. We presented that draft at the 2011 Institute where we facilitated discussions during two workshops and the business meeting. We have spent the time since engaging in more discussions and revisions based on the feedback we received at the Institute.

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MALCS Summer Institute at UCSB July 18-21, 2012

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Planning for the “Todos somos Arizona: Confronting the Attack on Difference.”  Pending deadlines include: Writing Workshops: How to Write the Academic Article – postmark deadline June 13, 2012 Call for Member Accolades & Achievements Call for Performers , and  Call for Artists  – … Read More