Chicano/Hispano/Mexicano Studies

The Chicana and Chicano Studies department at The University of New Mexico has organized a visit by United States Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera.

Renown filmmaker Alex Rivera speaks at the University of New Mexico on Monday, Oct. 5. The campus-wide event, “The Ins and Outs of Filmmaking,” begins at 5:30 p.m. in Mitchell Hall, room 102.

More than 100 local high school students were on the University of New Mexico campus recently for the first ever Ethnic Studies High School Conference.

New Mexico folk traditions, old and new, will take center stage during an afternoon of captivating music at ¡¡Música del Corazón, A Celebration of Nuevo Mexicano Music!! The annual John D. Robb, Jr., Concert will begin at 3 p.m.on Sunday, Oct. 4 at the...

The University of New Mexico’s newest department – Chicana/ Chicano Studies – hosts an open house Friday, April 24 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in celebration of becoming departmentalized. The event, a celebration of becoming departmentalized is 11-2 p.m. ...

When Faculty Senate met last month to vote to designate Chicana and Chicano Studies a department, more than 100 people congregated in the hallway waiting anxiously to hear the result of the vote. When it was approved, the crowd erupted in jubilation. No...

The UNM Faculty Senate meets on Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 2:30 p.m. in the Scholes Hall Roberts room. The senate votes on a variety of academic program revisions, as well as a vote to designate the Chicana and Chicano Studies program as a...

The time has come for the University of New Mexico to again present a dose of curandismo. The two week summer course in traditional medicine is a summer staple and its popularity continues to grow. Taught by Dr. Eliseo “Cheo” Torres, the ...

Nationally syndicated cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz speaks at the University of New Mexico on Thursday, Sept. 26, from 5:30 - 7 p.m. in the Honda Auditorium, located in George Pearl Hall, corner of Central and Cornell NE.  Join Chicana and Chicano Studies, ...

Reynaldo Macias presents,"Entre el Dicho y el Hecho: Xican@ Studies in 50 Years," on Thursday, Feb. 28 from 4 - 5:30 p.m. in the Ortega Hall Reading Room 335 on the University of New Mexico campus. Katarina Sandoval, Principal of South Valley Academy and ...