News and Events
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Elliott Young Op/Ed on Involuntary Incarceration in Washington Post
Elliott Young has a new Op/Ed in The Washington Post entitled, “Locking up the mentally ill has a long history: The prospect of removing people from communities to be put in institutions has been a project of social control.”
Elliott Young is professor of history at Lewis & Clark College and the author of “Forever Prisoners: How the United States Made the World’s Largest Immigrant Detention System.”
Professor’s Orchestral Suite Celebrates Indigenous Culture in Bolivia
Freddy Vilches, associate professor of Hispanic studies, composed a Latin American suite to help commemorate the 160th anniversary of Urubichá, Bolivia. In August, he traveled to the Bolivian town for a live performance, along with L&C orchestra director and Urubichá guest conductor Lance Inouye.
Professor Elliott Young compares Polk’s 19th century war against Mexico to Putin’s war against Ukraine in The Washington Post
Latin American History Professor Elliott Young recently authored a Washington Post OPED comparing Polk’s 19th century war against Mexico to Putin’s war against Ukraine. This insightful article composes a well rounded comparison of US land heist in Mexico and Putin’s recent invasion of Ukranian territory - showing more clearly than ever that history repeats itself. To read the article access this page.
Dr. Hugo Moreno wins medal for novel
Dr. Hugo Moreno received a silver medal in the 2021 International Latino Book Awards for his novel Where the North Ends.
Hispanic Studies Professor Recognized for Teaching Excellence
Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies Magalí Rabasa has received the Arnold L. and Lois S. Graves Award. The grant will allow Rabasa to pursue research on feminist economies of knowledge in the Americas over a two-year period. This summer, she will travel to New York to conduct research in the Interference Archive, a space that catalogues the cultural production of social movements.
NACLA - Sanctuary in the Trump Era
Dr. Elliott Young, Professor of History and Director of Ethnic Studies, published this article in the Huffington Post on 3rd of February, 2017.
Colleges And Universities Should Become Sanctuaries For The Undocumented
An article written by Prof. Elliott Young and published by Huffington Post
Alambique - open access journal in science fiction and fantasy
Dr. Juan Carlos Toledano, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies, is the co-editor of Alambique, a peer-reviewed open-access journal devoted to scholarly research and criticism in the fields of science fiction and fantasy. Alambiqueis the first journal of its kind in the United States. - EVENTS
Past Events
Álvaro Alcántara: Historian & Musician from Inah-Veracruz, Mexico
Join us for a talk by Álvaro Alcántara: “Complejizar la noción de ‘lo mexicano’ desde las experiencias de las afrodescendencias.”
Dr. Alcántara is a scholar of Afromexican history at the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia-Veracruz and Son Jarocho musician, who bridges his work as a cultural practitioner and a researcher to explore questions of identify formation and resistance in Mexico since the colonial period.
This event will be held in Spanish, with a bilingual Q&A session.
All are welcome! Free & open to the public.
Ray Warren Symposium Keynote Speaker Dr. Oriel María Siu
Undoing Foundational Fairytales One Story at a Time
Dr. Oriel María Siu, scholar, educator, and author of multiple children’s books
Masks are encouraged and appreciated but not required at this event.
Remote streaming will be available via Zoom.
After the talk, please join us for a book signing and light reception in the Council Chamber foyer. Dr. Siu’s English-language, Spanish-language, and biingual books will be available for purchase.
Additional details provided on the symposium website.
LALS Encuentro 2022: Culture & Diaspora in Latin American & Latino Studies
Join the Lewis & Clark College Latin American & Latino Studies Program on October 27th for three events on the theme of “Culture and Diaspora in Latin American & Latino Studies.”
