For Thomas Anderson, it’s hard not to be fascinated with Cuba. Anderson, a professor of Spanish and chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, has written two books on Cuban literature and culture and has published an edited volume of a leading Cuban author’s letters. Currently, he is working on a book that focuses on images of the U.S. civil rights movement in Cuban poetry. “I think for a lot of people, Cuba has always been seen as this forbidden country, and it’s something people are drawn to,” he said. “But it’s also a country with an incredibly rich literary and cultural history.”

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Lessons from Breaking Bad: Why being an avid fan of the groundbreaking series inspired him to study negative representations of Latinos in popular culture.

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Elizabeth Acevedo speaks on poetry and life’s challenges during her visit to Notre Dame

Poetry and life’s many obstacles were the focus of poet Elizabeth Acevedo’s performance.…

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Highest Ranking Latino leader in the U.S. Catholic Church, Most Reverend, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez Challenges Our Approach to Immigration in America

 

Scholar Aaron Benavides, Class ‘21, Most Reverend Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, ILS Director Professor, Luis R. Fraga…

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Institute for Latino Studies Appoints Social Entrepreneur, Garcia-Lopez, as Associate Director 

 

Paloma Garcia-Lopez — an educator, nonprofit leader, and manager with more than 15 years of experience — has been appointed associate director of the Institute for Latino Studies…

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Cambridge University Press released a list of articles and books on Hispanic heritage in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. Amongst the many incredible works highlighted is ILS Director Luis Fraga…

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The Institute for Latino Studies at Notre Dame will host a series of events in celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.

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A decision to discontinue DACA would be foolish, cruel and un-American.

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Rev. Donald P. McNeill, C.S.C., founding director of the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Social Concerns, died Thursday (Aug. 24) at Holy Cross House. He was 81.

 

“Father Don McNeill engaged, encouraged, and empowered laypeople, especially students, to make the world a better, more just place for all,” said Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.…

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The Institute for Latino Studies is mourning the tragic loss of Mayra Martinez, who died along with her husband Jeremy, in a car accident in France on August 6. Mayra touched everyone she met with her brilliance, compassion, and joyfulness. Mayra graduated in 2015 with majors in Anthropology and French and a minor in Latino Studies. She also participated in the Institute’s summer internship program, CCLP…

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The University of Notre Dame's Multicultural Student Programs and Services in collaboration with the Institute for Latino Studies is proud to host the National Council of la Raza's President and CEO, Janet Murguía for its 2017 Latino Recognition Ceremony, Friday, May 19th at 7:00 p.m., Washington Hall, University of Notre Dame.…

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Letras Latinas, the literary initiative at the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies—in partnership with the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)—is pleased to present, “Down These Mean Streets Poetry Reading,” featuring Martín Espada…

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INTER-UNIVERSITY PROGRAM FOR LATINO RESEARCH
SIXTH BIENNIAL SIGLO XXI CONFERENCE:

MAPPING OF LATINO RESEARCH

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO

MAY 17-19, 2017

 

 

For more information visit iuplr.uic.edu…

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Seven students were recognized at the 31st annual Student Leadership Awards Banquet on April 10.

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The Institute for Latino Studies' co-director Luis Fraga has been chosen as this year's Goshen College commencement speaker. 

 

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Agustín Fuentes finds the four predominant arguments that seek to explain human evolution and human nature to be compelling but extremely simplified. Years of research and an emphasis on cross-disciplinary conversations has instead led him to a more complete story of human evolution. Creativity and collaboration, he argues in The Creative Spark, are the most important explanations for why we are the way we are.

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Letras Latinas, the literary initiative at the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies (ILS)—in partnership with the University of California Washington Program (UCDC)—is pleased to present “A Poet Laureate’s Journey: a conversation and reading with Juan Felipe Herrera.” The evening event will take place on Monday, April 24 in Washington, D.C. at the University of California Washington Center.…

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Faculty Fellow Francisco Aragón, who directs the Institute’s literary initiative, Letras Latinas, was interviewed recently at Blog This Rock, in his capacity as a finalist for the Freedom Plow Award. The award, a program of the organization, Split This Rock, “honors a poet or poetry collective doing transformative work at the intersection of poetry and social activism.” The interview with Aragón was subsequently picked up and highlighted at Harriet…

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Award-winning Chicano writer to read at Notre Dame

Letras Latinas, the literary initiative at the Institute for Latino Studies, is pleased to present an evening with Rigoberto González. Author and editor of seventeen books in multiple genres, and winner of numerous awards, González will be reading from his work on Wednesday, April 19 at 7:30 PM in the Hesburgh Center for International Studies Auditorium with a pre-event reception to take place at 6:15 PM in the west lounge on the second floor of McKenna Hall.…

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Jennifer Jones is an assistant professor of sociology and a faculty fellow at the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Her research uses qualitative methods to explore increasing migration, the growing multiracial population, and shifting social relations between and within racial groups. In this video, she discusses her work on how race relations are changing and what race means for politics and inequality.

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