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UC3 in collaboration with the UCLA Digital Library published a blog post detailing the history of the Strachwitz Frontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican American Recordings at UCLA and recent technological upgrades related to preserving this extensive digital collection, which was brought to UCLA by the CSRC.
The CSRC was named in a story about the artists and exhibitions that emerged from West Hollywood dance clubs "Mustache Mondays," which spanned from 2007 to approximately 2018.
As reported by UCLA Newsroom, Knowledge for Justice: An Ethnic Studies Reader, a joint publication from the four ethnic studies research centers that make up the UCLA Institute of American Cultures, received the 2021 “Outstanding Book Award” from the Association for Ethnic Studies.
UC students and youth organizers are now preparing for California Freedom Summer at the CSRC. Students will learn about participatory action research, grassroots organizing, and non-partisan voter outreach.
Roberto Omar Cabello-Argandoña, one of the CSRC's founding librarians, passed away October 24 at the age of 78. Among his many degrees, he earned a bachelor's degree in political science and later dual master's in business administration and library science at UCLA. As detailed in his obituary published in the Los Angeles Times, Cabello-Argandoña dedicated his life to education, research, and writing. Roberto Omar Cabello-Argandoña, presente!
The UCLA Institute of American Cultures (IAC) invites applications for support of research on African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, and Chicanas/os for 2022–2023. The Institute also invites proposals on interethnic relations that will increase collaboration between the Centers and/or between the Centers and other campus units. Deadline to apply: March 1, 2022
The Institute of American Cultures (IAC) offers in-residence appointments to support research on African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, and Chicanas/os. We especially encourage applications that advance our understanding of new social and cultural realities occasioned by the dramatic population shifts of recent decades. Deadline to apply: January 6, 2022
Chon A. Noriega, professor of film and television and former CSRC director, and Pilar Tompkins RIvas, chief curator at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art and former CSRC arts project coordinatore, were quoted in a feature on the forthcoming Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture.
The CSRC's online Dia de los Muertos event on November 1 was included in a story about virtual an in-person celebrations in Los Angeles.
KFI-AM 640, November 1, 2021
UCLA Newsroom ran a preview story on the CSRC online event, "Dia de los Muertos: Love and Loss During the COVID-19 Pandemic," to be broadcast November 1. The event is open to the public.