Fall 2026 Chicano & Latino Studies Event Series
The Center for Race, Indigeneity, Disability, Gender, and Sexuality (RIDGS) Studies and partnering units in the College of Liberal Arts are offering a lineup of public events presenting new Chicano & Latino Studies scholarship and creative work. Join us to learn more about the insights Chicano & Latino Studies offers into the topics of academic freedom, gender and sexuality, citizenship, activism and community organizing, archival research, and feminist theory.
Thursday, Sept 10
2:00-3:30pm
Cowles Center
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The Center for RIDGS’ Studies’ annual keynote lecture with Dr. Karma Chávez (UT Austin). Chávez will use her experiences organizing against the right-wing attacks on higher education in the state of Texas to discuss the state of higher education.
Presented by the Center for RIDGS Studies
Tuesday, Sept 29
2:30-4:00pm
Liberal Arts Engagement Hub
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Dr. Karla Padrón (Northern Illinois University and American Studies PhD alum) will discuss her new book: Braving All Borders: TransLatina Testimonios and Decolonial Defiance.
Presented by the Center for RIDGS Studies
Monday, Oct 12
7:00-8:00pm
Pillsbury Hall 412
Event Info Here
Dr. Daisy Hernández (Northwestern University) will present the Creative Writing Program’s Edelstein-Keller Visiting Writer lecture. She will discuss her new book: Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth.
Presented by the English Department’s Creative Writing Program
Thursday, Oct 15
5:00-8:00pm
Best Buy Theater - Northrop Auditorium
Registration Link Forthcoming
Dr. Jacqueline Lazu (DePaul University) will present the Department of Chicano & Latino Studies’ Ramona Arreguin de Rosales Lecture. She will discuss her edited volume: The Young Lords Speak: Building Revolutions on the Streets of Chicago and host a screening of the film: The Young Lords of Lincoln Park.
Presented by the Chicano & Latino Studies Department
Tuesday, Nov 10
2:30-4:00pm
Virtual
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Dr. Amelia Montes (University of Minnesota) and fellow co-editors of the new volume Changing Our Minds with Gloria Anzaldúa: Archival Practices & Discoveries will share their research about queer Chicana poet, writer, and feminist theorist Gloria Anzaldúa.
Presented by the Center for RIDGS Studies
