Recovering the Black Roots of Latinx History, Culture & Identity
Jesús Colón, New York (1960)
Welcome to the AfroLatinidades Institute!
A Message from Director
Ben Valdez Olguín
Why We Founded the AfroLatinidades Institute & What We Hope to Accomplish
In their 1987 magnum opus, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, Tejana lesbian and working-class author Gloria Anzaldúa observes that within the varied and expansive nomenclature that Chicanx people use to self-identify, “we hardly ever own our Black ancestry” (85). It has taken a quarter century for Chicanx cultural workers, critics, scholars, and activists to take up Anzaldúa’s implicit challenge to recover the Black roots of mestizaje. More…
Announcements & News
- UCSB AfroLatinidades Institute Inaugurated with $485,384 Pathways Grant by the University of California—Historically Black Colleges and Universities Initiative
- AfroLatinidades Institute Inaugural Cohort of HBCU Student Interns Begin Year-Long Research Activities in Preparation for 2022 Summer Institute Coursework at UCSB
- UCSB Global Latinidades Project Receives $1.8 million Multicampus Research Program Initiative Grant for 2021-24
- UCSB Voces Nuevas Latinx Authors Series Begins January 2022
- Multiple Student Job Openings for 2022 Winter, Spring & Summer Quarters
What is the interdisciplinary humanities and what opportunities do University of California interdisciplinary humanities graduate school programs offer students today? AfroLatinidades Institute Director Ben Olguín addresses these questions by discussing his path to a career in interdisciplinary humanities research and service.
The AfroLatinidades Institute
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3170
Phone: (805) 893-7488
Fax: (805) 893-7492
The AfroLatinidades Institute is a
Global Latinidades Center initiative.
GlobalLatinidades@ucsb.edu
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