MALCS will awarding 4 scholarships to attend its 2013 Summer Institute in Columbus, Ohio: ¡Aquà Estamos! / We Are Here!: Movements, Migrations, Pilgrimage and Belonging, Thursday, July 18, 2013 – Saturday, July 20, 2013. To apply for the scholarship, you must: Be a current MALCS member Submit a letter of interest and why you are … Read more
MALCS will awarding 4 scholarships to attend its 2013 Summer Institute in Columbus, Ohio: ¡Aquà Estamos! / We Are Here!: Movements, Migrations, Pilgrimage and Belonging, Thursday, July 18, 2013 – Saturday, July 20, 2013. To apply for the scholarship, you must: Be a current MALCS member Submit a letter of interest and why you are … Read more
Call for Proposals for the Anthology Bronze Womanhood: Chicana Feminisms, Activism, and Leadership in the Chicano Movement Edited by Maylei Blackwell, Maria Cotera, Dionne Espinoza, and Linda Garcia-ÂMerchant We  are  soliciting  new  essays  on  Chicana  feminist  organizing,  activism,  and  leadership  in  the 1960s and 1970s for a co-Ââ€edited volume, Bronze Womanhood. The volume will feature … Read more
Recently, the Mujeres Talk Collective asked successful women to share tips and advice on the tenure process. Below are two insightful contributions from Dras. Catherine RamÃrez and Karen Mary Davalos: Catherine S. RamÃrez Know your institution. Familiarize yourself with its policies, procedures, and expectations.  Ask colleagues who’ve recently been promoted to tenure for their CVs. (Increasingly, CVs … Read more
By MALCS Executive Committee: MoÌnica Torres, Theresa Delgadillo, Rita Urquijo-ÂRuiz, Ester Hernandez, Marivel Danielson, Judith Flores Carmona, Lupe Gallegos Diaz. Early in 2013, the MALCS Executive Committee accepted Susana Gallardo’s resignation as Webjefa. The Executive Committee of MALCS would like to take this opportunity not only to express our appreciation for Susana’s many contributions to … Read more
Cecilia Preciado Burciaga, Presente! REPRINTED FROM THE HUFFINGTON POST, APRIL 1, 2013 By Chon A. Noriega In the spring of 1986 I dropped out of graduate school at the University of Illinois at Chicago, packed up my belongings, and drove 2,400 miles to East Palo Alto so that my then-wife could enroll in graduate school … Read more
Regular readers of Mujeres Talk will know that we have evolved from a site that sporadically posted research and commentary to a regular weekly schedule of publication. While I developed and ran the site in its first year (2011), in its second year I recruited a team of MALCS members with editorial experience and records of contribution … Read more