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A story on muralist and painter Robert Chavez and a retrospective of his work at the Vincent Price Art Museum, Roberto Chavez and the False University.
CSRC director Chon A. Noriega and Revelaciones, an exhibition he curated at Cornell University in 1993, is mentioned in this story about "Visualizing El Barrio," a student-curated exhibition at the university's Latino Studies Program office December 4-5.
Cornell Chronicle, December 4, 2014
Karrmen Crey, assistant editor of Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies, published an essay on the Mujeres Talk blog discussing the prolific references to Gloria Anzaldúa and her scholarship in submissions to Aztlán over the past decade, and how these references reveal the changing contours of Chicana/o studies.
Undergraduate diversity course requirement passes, spotlight on Luis Cruz Azaceta, the Roberto Sifuentes Papers, videos of fall events, a new fellowship for UCLA PhD students focusing on Latina/o studies, and more! (Image: Luis Cruz Azaceta, "The Crossing," 1991)
A story about Lilia Taboada, a third-year World Arts and Cultures/Dance student and one of two inaugural Mellon Curatorial Fellows at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
"Studying Hate Speech on Commercial Talk Radio," by Chon A. Noriega and Javier Iribarren, appears in the November 2014 special issue of Journal of Radio & Audio Media, Shock and Hate: The Legal, Economic, and Social.
As reported by the Daily Bruin, on November 20 the UCLA Academic Senate’s Legislative Assembly approved 85-18 a diversity-related course requirement for the College of Letters and Science to begin academic year 2015-16.
“It’s been a long, hard struggle, but I was very impressed by the support of the faculty,” said M. Belinda Tucker, vice provost of the UCLA Institute of American Cultures who helped prepare the diversity requirement proposal.
The UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC) is pleased to announce a new IUPLR Mellon Fellowship at UCLA for doctoral students completing a Chicana/o or Latina/o studies-focused dissertation based on humanities disciplines and methods.
The CSRC mourns the passing of printmaker and artist Richard Duardo, a key figure in L.A.'s art scene starting in the 1970s. His work was featured in the CSRC's L.A. Xicano exhibitions of 2011-12, and he has an oral history published by the CSRC Press. Chon A. Noriega provides a tribute. (Image: Richard Duardo, Barbara Carrasco, Carlos Almaraz. Copyright 1979, Harry Gamboa Jr.)
LA Observed announced the passing of L.A. artist Richard Duardo and included a link the 2007 oral history of the artist published by CSRC Press.