Latin American and Latino Studies

LALS Department Chair Catherine Ramírez

LALS Chair Catherine Ramírez On The Other Southland: Missions, Monuments, and Memory in Tovaangar

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Human Rights Lab

Student researchers use high-tech sleuthing tools at the Research Center for the Americas

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LALS graduate student awarded prestigious fellowship to support research on national security policy

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NEWS & EVENTS

September 14, 2021The writing on the wall: exploring the cultural value of graffiti and street art
September 14, 2021UCSC wins funding for new programs to support underrepresented doctoral students
July 13, 2021‘Precarity & Belonging’ captures insights from global discussion of citizenship, migration, socioeconomic mobility

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

LALS and Biology alumna Yulianna Ortega has won the UC Santa Cruz Alumni Association Outstanding Staff Award, for her work as the STEM Diversity Programs director.

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS

Assimilation: An Alternative History - Catherine Ramirez

Argentina in the Global Middle East - Lily Pearl Balloffet

Where Caciques and Mapmakers Met - Jeffrey Erbig

The Kids Are in Charge - Jessica Taft

Mapping Diaspora - Patricia Pinho

Power Interrupted - Sylvanna Falcón

Salvadoran Imaginaries - Cecilia Rivas

Rebel Girls - Jessica Taft

Mexican Chicago - Gabriela Arredondo

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