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GREETINGS:
Bienvenidos a nuestro programa! Welcome to the Latin American and Latino Studies Program at UIC! This is a unique multidisciplinary program that compares and combines the study of Latin America and Latino communities in the United States.The Chicago metropolitan area is home to over a million Latinos from nearly every country in Latin America. This provides students with meaningful opportunities to reflect and engage with social issues of contemporary importance such as globalization, immigration, and equality as well as questions related to identity including race, nationality and gender. The program has faculty committed to a critical understanding of the historical and cultural context in which these communities and their countries of origin evolve.

Our faculty is engaged in exciting scholarship with strong ties to the communities they study. Students will have opportunities to participate in this through research assistantships and in the many classes that encourage theoretical and interactive learning. Students will also have opportunities to participate in our study abroad programs.

Through our lectures in the communities, we encourage conversations among scholars and people working and living in Chicago’s Latino communities. We also have a diverse student body active in a variety of organizations.

We invite you to check out our various pages here for more information, and feel free to visit us personally at UIC, join one of our classes or participate in our lecture in the communities.

Maria de los Angeles Torres, Director

Job Announcements!

1)

The Latin American and Latino Studies Program at UIC currently seeks a candidate in the field of Latin American social science with a focus on South or Central America. We are most interested in an outstanding and original scholar whose interdisciplinary research focuses on urban issues such as poverty, race, space and political economy. We are open to candidates from diverse interdisciplinary backgrounds such as geography, sociology and anthropology. The ideal candidate must have been awarded a Ph.D. at the time of appointment.

The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from minorities and females. For fullest consideration submit credentials by December 1, 2007.

***This position is pending budgetary approval***

Please send cover letter, a CV, a writing sample, and three letters of recommendation to:

Professor Joel Palka, Chair Search Committee

Latin American and Latino Studies Program

1525 University Hall, MC 219

601 S. Morgan Street

Chicago, IL 60607-7115

2)

Tenure-Track Assistant faculty
Position

The Latin American and Latino Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago announces a full time- tenure-track Assistant faculty position in Latino Studies to begin in Fall 2008.

Candidates must show outstanding scholarship with an interdisciplinary focus on immigration, development of Latino communities, and/or identity formations. Preference will be given those who situate their work within a transnational perspective.  The ideal candidate should also be an
excellent teacher and active in program development. A Ph.D. is required by the time of appointment.

The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from minorities and females. For fullest consideration submit credentials by January 10, 2008.

Please send cover letter, a CV, a writing sample, and three letters of recommendation to:

Professor Nilda Flores-Gonzalez
Chair,
Search Committee
Latin American and Latino Studies Program
1523 University Hall, MC 219
University of Illinois at Chicago
601 South Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60607-7115

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Study Abroad Scholarship Opportunity!

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