Dr Luzma Umpierre Herrera is a foremost figure within contemporary Puerto Rican literature and culture. Dr. Umpierre’s most recent work is “I’m Still Standing: Treinta años de poesÃa / Thirty Years of Poetry.” This volume serves as a lasting proof … Read More
MALCS will awarding 4 scholarships to attend its 2013 Summer Institute in Columbus, Ohio: ¡Aquà Estamos! / We Are Here!: Movements, Migrations, Pilgrimage and Belonging, Thursday, July 18, 2013 – Saturday, July 20, 2013. To apply for the scholarship, you … Read More
MALCS will awarding 4 scholarships to attend its 2013 Summer Institute in Columbus, Ohio: ¡Aquà Estamos! / We Are Here!: Movements, Migrations, Pilgrimage and Belonging, Thursday, July 18, 2013 – Saturday, July 20, 2013. To apply for the scholarship, you … Read More
By MALCS Executive Committee: MoÌnica Torres, Theresa Delgadillo, Rita Urquijo-ÂRuiz, Ester Hernandez, Marivel Danielson, Judith Flores Carmona, Lupe Gallegos Diaz. Early in 2013, the MALCS Executive Committee accepted Susana Gallardo’s resignation as Webjefa. The Executive Committee of MALCS would like … Read More
Cecilia Preciado Burciaga, Presente! REPRINTED FROM THE HUFFINGTON POST, APRIL 1, 2013 By Chon A. Noriega In the spring of 1986 I dropped out of graduate school at the University of Illinois at Chicago, packed up my belongings, and drove … Read More
Chon A. Noriega’s tribute to Lupe Ontiveros on the Huffington Post makes our list of must read online material. To read more than the brief excerpt below, click on the title click: The Academy’s Conundrum: Lupe Ontiveros By Chon A. … Read More
Based on Antonia Castaneda’s 2012 MALCS Plenary presentation “MALCS’ Decolonizing Work: Naming and Undoing Institutional Violence, From SB1070 to Chicana/o Studies” Reprinted from News from Nepantla, UCSB Chicano Studies Newsletter, Fall 2011, No. 5. Â Thank you to Aida Hurtado, … Read More