Latin American and Latino Studies

Latin American and Latino Studies Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of Illinois Chicago is an interdisciplinary unit.

The Latin American and Latino Studies Program is an academic program that offers undergraduate and graduate courses on Latin America and Latinos in the United States. An interdisciplinary program with its own faculty, it focuses on Latin American history and politics, and culture and the migration and development of Latino/as in the United States, with emphasis on Chicago and the Midwest. Our facu

lty’s research interests are broad, ranging from the representation of nation, race, gender and labor in film, colonial political discourse and social resistance, social structures and religious rituals among the Maya, and rural development and ecology in Mexico, to Latina reproductive rights, youth activism, transnational Cuban migration, globalization and labor strategies of women in Brazil, Mexican hometown associations, and local, national and global immigrant rights struggles. Our curriculum brings together scholarship from the humanities and social sciences to provide students with a broad exposure to cutting-edge questions of race, nationality, gender, migration, social movements, civic engagement, globalization, precarity and inequality.

LALS graduates and faculty at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Commencement.
05/10/2026

LALS graduates and faculty at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Commencement.

04/30/2026

UIC Graduate Employees Organization

LALS STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY WITH OUR GRADUATE STUDENT WORKERS

This statement by the Department of Latin American and Latino Studies does not represent the University of Illinois Chicago, nor is it the university’s official position, nor does it represent the views of all faculty, staff, and students within the department.

The faculty of the Department of Latin American and Latino Studies stand in solidarity with our graduate student workers on strike. They are integral members of our community who perform essential labor for the department and for the university. They have now been working without a contract for more than a year.

Our graduate student workers have our respect and appreciation. They deserve more.

They deserve a new contract that provides them with a fair living wage, high quality health care benefits, protections for international workers, and improved job security.

We call on the university to agree to a new contract with the Graduate Employees Organization that enables graduate student workers to labor with dignity while pursuing their degrees and contributing to UIC’s mission “to provide the broadest access to the highest levels of educational, research, and clinical excellence.”

04/13/2026

Café, conchas y chisme ☕️🥐 on April 9th we brought students and faculty together for a warm space to connect and share chisme!

04/10/2026

Highlight from March 31: the launch of the Undocumented Knowledges Digital Archive, uplifting voices, reclaiming histories, and building community ✊📚✨

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