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Ethnic Studies News & Events
Colloquium: “Curating 250 Years of American History: Race, Ethnicity, and This Land Is…” by Josh Garrett-Davis
Join the UCR Department of Ethnic Studies for our colloquium speaker series Monday, November 16, 2026 1:00-2:00 p.m. CHASS INTN 1113 As one of ...Colloquium: “Pathways to Postdoctoral Opportunities” with Dr. Daniel Wong
Join the UCR Department of Ethnic Studies for our colloquium speaker series Monday, November 9, 2026 1:00-2:30 p.m. Graduate Student Resource Center LFSC 1425 ...Alexandra Nichole Salazar: Queer & Trans Embodied Archives Along the U.S.-Mexico Border
This creative and innovative pop-up and talk is offer by Dr. Alexandra Nichole Salazar (she/ella). She is a UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the ...Fall 2026 Ethnic Studies Open House
Please join the Department of Ethnic Studies at our fall open house. We welcome undergraduate and graduate students majoring or minoring in Ethnic Studies, ...Muxerista Circles as Spirit Restoration: Healing Pedagogies in Ethnic and Gender Studies by Diana Solis
Ethnic Studies Graduate Student Diana Solis recently published an article based on her master’s thesis in Issue 2 of the Association of Mexican American ...Congratulations to the 2025–26 Ethnic Studies Graduates and Award Recipients
On June 4, 2026, the Ethnic Studies Department held its annual awards and graduation ceremony. In addition to honoring our graduating undergraduate and graduate ...Colloquium: “Ethnic Studies as Praxis: Organizing, Policy, and Collective Power at the Sacramento Frontline” by Giselle Cunanan
Join the UCR Department of Ethnic Studies for our colloquium speaker series Monday, June 1, 2026 1:00-2:00 p.m. CHASS INTN 3023 Centering storytelling, memory, ...Colloquium: “Cultivating a Whimsical Praxis in Teaching and Learning” by Lucha Arévalo
Join the UCR Department of Ethnic Studies for our colloquium speaker series Monday, May 11, 2026 1:00-2:00 p.m. CHASS INTN 3023 The latest trend ...Colloquium: “Culinary Mestizaje: Racial Mixing and Foodways Across the United States,” by Rudy P. Guevarra, Jr.
Join the UCR Department of Ethnic Studies for our colloquium speaker series Monday, May 4, 2026 1:00-2:00 p.m. CHASS INTN 3023 Join us for ...Book Talk: Stevie Ruiz — Stewards of the Land: Race and Reclaiming Environmental Labor in the American West
Monday, May 14, 2026 3:00 p.m. CHASS INTS 1113 Free and open to the public Light refreshments will be served Please join us for ...Lecture: Vicente Carrillo — Feels Like Home: Queer Placemaking & the Politics of Belonging in the Gentrifying Barrio
Monday, April 27, 2026 3:00-4:00 p.m. CHASS INTS 1109 In this talk Dr. Carrillo draws from queer-feminist psychoanalytic frameworks and affective geographies to examine ...Master’s Student Paul Aguirre Receives Native Power Building Fellowship
Master’s student Paul Aguirre (Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians) recently received a Native Power Building Fellowship from the California Native Vote Project for ...