Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social is an interdisciplinary, peer reviewed, biannual publication of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS). This feminist Chicana/Latina and Indigenous Studies academic organization is dedicated to building bridges between community and university settings, transforming higher education, and promoting new paradigms and methods. … Read more
The website for the 2016 Summer Institute has launched, and you can now register for this year’s Summer Institute and reserve on-campus housing at institute.malcs.org. The website has information about the Institute theme, getting to Laramie, and the featured artist Sarah Ortegon. The 2016 Site Committee will post updates to the website when available (including the … Read more
Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social invites your participation at its MALCS Summer Institute Writing Workshop at the University of Wyoming, August 3 – 6, 2016. Two sessions focusing on academic articles will take place: one on Wednesday, August 3, and one on Friday, August 5, 2016. The MALCS … Read more
University of Wyoming August 3 – 6, 2016 Laramie, Wyoming Conference Theme: “Deconstructing the Equality State: Remnants of Colonialism, Trauma, and Invisibility†The state of Wyoming is known as the Equality State, a moniker that belies a much less beautiful truth. The history of this land encompasses the stories of multiple bands and Indigenous tribes, the … Read more
A new section of the MALCS website initiated by Chair Keta Miranda and the Executive Board in Summer 2011 2014 – Ex-Oficio, Mónica F. Torres MALCS 2014: Proposal for Changes to the Bylaws At the business meeting of the 2013 MALCS Summer Institute at Columbus, Ohio, a resolution was passed that proposed two changes to … Read more
Louise Ano Nuevo Kerr, 1938-2015 We remember Louise Ano Nuevo Kerr, pioneering Chicana historian who ensured Chicana academic presence in the Midwest since the mid 1970s, as well as wrote one of the first dissertations on Mexicans in the Midwest. She also brought MALCS to Chicago for the first time in 1994. Louise died surrounded by family … Read more
Chicana historian Vicki Ruiz has been named a recipient of the 2014 National Humanities Medal, awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the President of the United States. Dr. Ruiz is being honored for pioneering the history of twentieth-century Latinas in a distinguished career that began with collecting oral testimony from Mexican immigrants who worked in … Read more