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February 2, 2023 (January 27, 2023)

AARON COPLAND IN LATIN AMERICA by Carol A. Hess Receives NEH Open Book Award

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We are delighted to announce that Carol A. Hess’s forthcoming book, Aaron Copland in Latin America: Music and Cultural Politics, has been awarded funding from the Fellowships Open Book Program […]

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July 11, 2022 (July 1, 2022)

LSA 2022 Virtual Exhibit

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Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2022 Latina/o Studies Association annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of Latina/o studies books, blog posts, and more. Use […]

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July 1, 2022 (June 23, 2022)

Free E-book Giveaway: CHICAGO CATÓLICO

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July’s free ebook is here! Check out Chicago Católico: Making Catholic Parishes Mexican by Deborah E. Kanter before the month is over!  Today, over one hundred Chicago-area Catholic churches offer […]

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January 26, 2022 (October 19, 2021)

Q&A with Mirelsie Velázquez, Author of Puerto Rican Chicago

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Mirelsie Velázquez, author of Puerto Rican Chicago: Schooling the City, 1940-1977, answers questions on her scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from her book. Q: Why did you decide to […]

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April 9, 2020 (April 7, 2020)

The Taco Truck Awarded John Brinckerhoff Jackson Prize

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We are pleased to announce The Taco Truck: How Mexican Street Food Is Transforming the American City by Robert Lemon has won the American Association of Geographers John Brinckerhoff Jackson […]

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March 19, 2014

The story of immigrant rights advocate Elvira Arellano continues

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Elvira Arellano, a Mexican immigrant rights advocate who made headlines when she took refuge in a Chicago church in 2006, has asked refuge in the United States on humanitarian grounds. Arellano […]

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