Category: Past Events
USLS Faculty Spring Lecture Series!
JOIN US for a talk by eminent scholar, Dr. Lorgia García Peña!
When: THURSDAY OCTOBER 1, 2020, AT 7PM Where: Webex Virtual event URL –> bit.ly/3gMTbNS Prof. García Peña is the author of The Borders of Dominicanidad: Race, Nations and Archives of Contradictions (Duke University Press, 2016) a study of the impact of stories — historical and fictional — on the national and racial identity of a … Continue reading JOIN US for a talk by eminent scholar, Dr. Lorgia García Peña!
USLS at the Ames Public Library!
Save the dates for the following USLS and APL film series THE OTHER SIDE OF LATINX: CUBAN FILMS For more details on each film, visit the following links: January 18th: Return to Cuba: Life in Cuba After Castro (2016) March 1st: Black and Cuba: Students Explore Race and Society in Cuba (2015) April … Continue reading USLS at the Ames Public Library!
USLS 25 Art Exhibit
Click here to revisit USLS 25 Art Exhibit: Mextasy!
USLS 25 Film Festival
Click here to revisit the USLS 25 Film Festival!
Sponsored Event: Chicano Activism and Immigration with Jimmy Patiño
On Monday, February 11 in the South Ballroom of the Memorial Union, Jimmy Patiño will join us as he discusses the perspectives of working-class Mexican-American communities and activism within them. Jimmy Patiño is an assistant professor of Chicano & Latino Studies at the University of Minnesota. We are excited to welcome Jimmy Patiño to ISU and to hear … Continue reading Sponsored Event: Chicano Activism and Immigration with Jimmy Patiño
USLS Co-Sponsored Event: Precious Knowledge Film Viewing
In an event co-sponsored by the Iowa State USLS program, Join us in Parks Library on September 21 for a viewing of Precious Knowledge, a film discussing the importance of ethnic studies in education!
Latinx Heritage Month: Marjorie Agosín
In celebration of Latinx Heritage Month, Join the Iowa State USLS program in Welcoming award-winning Chilean-American author Marjorie Agosín as she speaks at the Memorial Union Sun Room! This event is sponsored by the Iowa State Women’s and Gender Studies Program. Marjorie Agosín is known for literary works such as Of Earth and … Continue reading Latinx Heritage Month: Marjorie Agosín