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Raíces y Ritmos: The 3rd Annual Afro-Latinx Culture Show (June 6, 5-8 p.m.)
This annual culture show highlights and celebrates Afro-Latin cultures and histories across Latin America and the Caribbean through dance, music, food, oral histories, and guest artist performances.
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CSRC Press Publications Win IPPY Awards
On May 28, two publications from CSRC Press were announced as winners of 2025 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs). Amalia Mesa-Bains, by Tomás Ybarra-Frausto, won a gold medal for Biography, and “There Are No Hispanic Stars!”, edited and translated by Colin Gunckel and Laura Isabel Serna, earned a bronze for Popular Culture.
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Call for Editor Applications
The UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC) is seeking individual or coeditor applications for the editorship of Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies. We encourage application submissions by July 1, 2025.
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New Reports Point to Underlying Workforce Issues in Santa Cruz County
The analysis, led by UCLA and UC Santa Cruz faculty and graduate students, looks at data from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) and thousands of surveys primarily focused on Santa Cruz County workers ages 18 to 34.
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Opening Reception: "On the Side of Angels: Latina Lesbian Activism" (June 21, 4-6 p.m.)
In collaboration with the Vincent Price Art Museum, the CSRC presents the exhibition On the Side of Angels: Latina Lesbian Activism. Part of the Latina Futures 2050 Lab initiative, this archival exhibition explores the activism of Latina lesbians and their advocacy of the LGBTQ+ community and its causes, including immigrant rights, labor rights, the AIDS crisis, and housing issues.
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Since its founding in 1969, the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC) has played a pivotal role in the development of scholarly research on the U.S. Chicano-Latino population. Our research mission is supported by five distinct components: a library with special collections archive, an academic press, collaborative research projects, public and academic programs, and community-based partnerships.

The CSRC is proud to be a part of the Institute of American Cultures. We actively collaborate with the Institute's three other ethnic studies research centers and other campus units. Groundbreaking projects include:

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