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CSRC Newsletter October 2006CSRC Newsletter Volume 5, Number 1 |
Director's MessageWelcome back! The CSRC is starting the second half of the first decade of the millennium by launching several online resources that should significantly expand the field of Chicano studies. First, after years of organizing, the full-text content of all issues of Aztlán, the premier journal of record in the field of Chicano studies, is available online for searching and downloading. Be sure your library has a subscription so that you can read seminal articles written from 1969 on. Second, all CSRC books and products are available at our new online store. You can now purchase an Aztlán subscription, Chicano film, or historic book with a just few clicks in the comfort of your home. Third, we will soon be launching an extensive online archive of documents and images from the CSRC Library (more on this later). We look forward to seeing you at our open house on November 16 and at the numerous events we have planned throughout this year. Chon A. Noriega, Professor and Director CSRC NewsGuillermo E. Hernández Memorial Scholarship FundUCLA Professor of Spanish, Director Emeritus of the CSRC, and leading expert on corridos and Chicano literature Guillermo E. Hernández passed away on July 16, 2006, in Mexico City. Hernández was one of the longest serving directors (1992–2002) in the center's almost forty-year history. But more than that, he was a good friend, a thoughtful and compassionate colleague, and someone with whom one could always argue the fine points of Chicano studies, Mexican music, and survival strategies in the academy. An exhibition on his life and academic works will be in the CSRC Library through the fall quarter; a selection of his writings is available online . Donations can be made to a scholarship fund in his name at the CSRC. Checks should be made out to the UCLA Foundation/The Guillermo E. Hernández Memorial Scholarship and mailed to UCLA, 1309 Murphy Hall, Los Angeles, California 90095. Professor Edward Telles Takes Top Sociology Book AwardsUCLA scholar Edward Telles has won a number of awards for his book Race in Another America: The Significance of Skin Color in Brazil, including the American Sociological Association Distinguished Scholarly Publication award (2006) for the single best English-language book in sociology over the past three years, the ASA Population Section Otis Dudley Duncan Prize (2005), and the ASA Racial and Ethnic Minorities Oliver Cromwell Cox Prize (2006). Professor Telles and Vilma Ortiz, both in the sociology department, head the Mexican American Study Project (MASP) at the CSRC. The MASP is a study of generational change and persistence in ethnic identity and behavior as well as socioeconomic mobility among Mexican Americans in Los Angeles and San Antonio. It is the first major survey to systematically examine changes in long-term intragenerational and intergenerational socioeconomic status and ethnic identity within any ethnic group. The resulting publication will be released in 2007. New Financial Manager Appointed at the CSRCThe CSRC is pleased to announce the appointment of Luz Orozco as the new Finance and Staff Manager. Ms. Orozco comes to the center with sixteen years of experience at UCLA dealing with budget and personnel, including ten years at the UCLA School of Medicine. She was the Chief Financial Officer at the UCLA Medical School Dean's Office, where she provided fiscal management and financial analysis for an operating budget of over $7.5 million from multiple funding sources. Ms. Orozco has a degree in accounting and auditing from the University of Guadalajara, Mexico, and she served twenty years as an accountant and auditor in the Mexican public sector and in U.S. private industry. We welcome the addition of Luz Orozco to the CSRC staff. Her excellent set of professional skills and experiences will have a positive impact on the growth and development of the center. Ford Foundation Supports Film Recovery ProjectCSRC has been awarded a $20,000 grant by the Ford Foundation in support of the completion of the Chicano Cinema Recovery Project . Building upon earlier collaborative efforts to successfully preserve and archive the films of Efraín Gutiérrez, the additional funding will allow the CSRC to expand the project to serve as a national model for other independent and public interest media preservation efforts. The grant will also enable the release of the restored Gutiérrez films on DVD in spring 2007, expanding access to these films and creating a revenue stream for future preservation work in this area. CSRC Co-sponsors Community Service AwardA double major in Spanish and Chicana/o Studies, Emily Villagraña is this year's recipient of the UCLA Department of Spanish and Portuguese Community Service Award. Co-sponsored by the CSRC, the $300 prize is awarded in June to the graduating senior with the best record of sustained service to the Latino community. Villagraña organized and oversaw numerous programs at Conciencia Libre, coordinated Dia de los Muertos events and Border Reality tours, facilitated events with Raza Womyn de UCLA, designed and implemented ESL classes for day laborers with Proyecto Jornaleros, and made many other contributions to the Latino community. Summer Interns at UCLAThis summer's Getty intern, Natalie Sanchez, worked on two CSRC projects: A Ver: Revisioning Art History, a book series on Latina/o artists; and Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement, an exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) scheduled for spring 2008. For both projects, she assisted in compiling artist biographies and selected bibliographies, corresponding with artists about checklists, collecting images for each artist, and researching the credit information for images. Also, three high school students—Haziel Bustillo, Erica Smith, and Jeanette Rodriguez—from the UCLA Summer Youth Program interned at the center for six weeks this summer. They were a tremendous help with filing, data entry, archiving, and other odd jobs around the center. The program's sponsors are the UCLA Community Based Learning Program, UCLA Government and Community Relations, UCLA Campus Human Resources, and UCLA Healthcare Human Resources. Latino Public Policy ConferenceThe CSRC hosted the 2006 Senator Richard G. Polanco Fellows Orientation Program on September 6 and 7. The program is designed to help participants, selected annually from across California, develop as leaders, learn how the legislative process works, and create an understanding of the role of public policy in society. This year's fellows are Amber Rose Gonzalez, who graduated from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, with a major in gender, ethnicity, and multicultural studies and an emphasis in Chicano/Latino studies; Armando Chavez, who graduated from UC Berkeley with a double major in ethnic studies and Chicano studies; Erica Alfaro, who graduated from UC Davis School of Law with a J.D. in 2005 and UC Davis with a major in political science and a minor in Chicana/o studies in 2001; Jamie Zamora, who graduated from San Diego State University with a major in political science and a minor in Chicana/o studies; Marvin Pineda, who graduated from UC Riverside with a double major in history and Spanish literature; and Liza Bolanos, who graduated from California State University Fresno with a double major in sociology and Chicano/Latino studies. Professor Morales to Attend Migration and Health ForumCSRC Faculty Associate Leo Morales will represent the CSRC at the Binational Policy Forum on Migration and Health in Oaxaca, Mexico, on October 9–10, 2006. This event is co-sponsored by the Mexican Secretary of Health and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, through the Institute for Mexicans Abroad (IME), the government of Oaxaca, and the California-Mexico Health Initiative (CMHI), among other institutions. The goal of this year's forum is to convene key stakeholders from the United States and Mexico to discuss the health challenges of migrants and immigrants and to explore opportunities to work collaboratively to improve the health and well-being of this population. High-level representatives from federal, state, and community organizations from both countries are slated to participate in this year's forum. Key international leaders are expected to attend, including Central American representatives. Twentieth-Century Latin American and Latino Art ConferenceThe third annual conference on Documents of Twentieth-Century Art of Latin American and Latino Art will be held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston , on October 16–18, 2006. CSRC researchers will highlight their most relevant findings of the past year during a new public session to be held on Monday, October 16. The CSRC is coordinating four university-based research teams for the U.S.-based Latino component of a project, sponsored by the museum, to identify and digitize key documents related to U.S. Latino art history, including that of Chicano, Cuban American, Dominican, and Puerto Rican communities.
CSRC EventsThe Soundtrack of Modern Los AngelesThursday, October 12, 5:00 pm, 1230 Schoenberg Music Building (“Green Room”), with a tapas themed reception to follow . Visiting UCLA Professor Elijah Wald will be talking about “Strange Bedfellows: Louis Armstrong Loves Guy Lombardo and the Mexican Corrido Meets Gangsta Rap. Critics and historians who celebrate African-American music tend to dismiss Lombardo's music as boring. How have such prejudices affected our views of the past? Now marketers have coined terms like “banda rap” and “urban regional” in an attempt to capture one of American music's most daring fusions: Central European polka, classic border balladry, and the toughest urban beats. Could this be the soundtrack of modern Los Angeles and a signpost to the future of American music? New Directions for Bilingual Education in CaliforniaSaturday, October 14, 8:00 am–3:00 pm, Corinne A. Seeds University Elementary School, UCLA. Seeds UES's Learning in Two Languages Program and the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, in association with the CSRC, will present a conference for educators, parents, community members, and advocates for English learners. CSRC Associate Director Daniel Solórzano will be the keynote speaker. Seating is limited, so register today. Registration is available online at the UES School , or email for more information. Fiesta de Inspiracion 2006 Scholarship DinnerThursday, October 19, 6:00 pm, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The UCLA Latino Alumni Association invites you to attend the 2006 celebration of Latino leadership. This year's honorees are Councilmember Ed Reyes, Senior Vice President Danielle Campos, and UCLA Professor Raymond Rocco. Email the association for tickets. Institute of American Cultures Welcome ReceptionWednesday, November 8, 4:00–6:00 pm, UCLA Faculty Center, Downstairs. Vice Chancellor Claudia Mitchell-Kernan and Associate Dean Shirley Hune announce a reception in honor of the 2006–07 visiting scholars, postdoctoral, predoctoral, and graduate fellows, and research grant awardees in the IAC program. The CSRC welcomes visiting scholar Horacio N. Roque Ramirez from UC Santa Barbara. Workshop on the Chicana/o Educational PipelineWednesday, November 8, 6:00 pm, CSRC Library, 144 Haines Hall. This workshop on the Chicana/o educational pipeline is designed to promote a better understanding of the policy issues related to the education of Chicana/os throughout the pipeline, from K-12 and community college, to undergraduate and graduate school. The authors of the 2006 CSRC Research Report Falling Through the Cracks: Critical Transitions in the Educational Pipeline will discuss the pipeline and the policies that work for Chicana/o students. CSRC Associate Director Daniel Solórzano will be the moderator, and the panel will include doctoral students Lindsay Perez Huber, Ofelia Huidor, Maria C. Malagon, and Gloria Sanchez. The readings for the workshop include the CSRC Research Report no. 7 and the CSRC Latino Policy & Issues Brief no. 13, both of which are available online at our website . Save the DatesThe Queer Latina/o Archive Panel DiscussionWednesday, November 15, 1:00–5:00 pm, CSRC Library, 144 Haines Hall. CSRC Annual ReceptionThursday, November 16, 4:00–7:00 pm, CSRC Offices, 144 and 179 Haines Hall.
CSRC Library & ArchiveNew Archival Collections DonatedOver the summer, several collections were donated to the CSRC Library. They will be available to the public after they are archived. Finding aids will be developed and posted on the CSRC website. The collections are:
CSRC PressAztlán Going OnlineThe press is pleased to announce that after several years of planning, the journal of record in the field of Chicano studies is now online! To read all issues of Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies , please go to the journal hosting site . If your library subscribes, and you are accessing the site through your university network, you should be able to read articles right away. If not, this may mean that your library has yet to turn on its access. Why not email your librarian and ask him or her to do so? If your library doesn't subscribe, but you do, please email us so that we can give you your access token. You will then be able to register at MetaPress to search and read the content of every issue of Aztlán, from 1970 through 2006. All subscribers will continue to get a print copy of the journal. CSRC Store OnlineThe press is also pleased to announce that all CSRC products are now available online at our own CSRC Store ! The CSRC receives all the earnings from items ordered from this financially secure site (unlike products purchased from Amazon.com, for instance). Please visit the site! In honor of the launch, we are offering all friends of the center a one-time 40 percent discount on all books, DVDs, and t-shirts. Just browse the products, add them to your shopping cart, enter the discount code “launchdeal,” and pay with your credit card. You don't need to leave home! The discount can only be used in the next two weeks, so don't wait! If you have any problems at all, please email us at CSRC Store . Since this is the beta version, we are expecting a few glitches and your assistance in notifying us of any problems will be greatly appreciated! Café Press StoreA variety of products with our con safos logo can be purchased at Cafepress , an online marketplace that allows organizations to create unique print-on-demand products. We earn a portion of the proceeds, so check it out! Fall 2006 Issue of AztlánAll subscribers should have received the fall issue of Aztlán in their mailboxes. If you are not a subscriber, you won't have a chance to read Edward Telles's response to Harvard University professor Samuel P. Huntington's contention that Mexicans are “overwhelming American borders”; Rosaura Sánchez and Beatrice Pita's political proposal to construct the growing Latina/o population in the United States as a “bloc” of fluid identities in order to “more effectively address the hostile political environment”; Miroslava Chávez-García's case study of Mexican and Mexican American youth who attempted to escape from California's leading reform school between 1890 and 1920; and Diana Palaversich's examination of the Mexican and Mexico-related “narconovela.” The dossier section offers excerpts from the CSRC Press's forthcoming book on Latino aesthetics, Chicano Manual of Style. To subscribe to Aztlán , you can do so easily by visiting our online store and using your credit card. You can also email us your postal address and we will send you a subscription package. If you are interested in buying our books, click here . If you are interested in buying our DVDs, click here . If you are interested in subscribing to our journal, email your postal address to press@chicano.ucla.edu. Information about all our publications is available at the CSRC Press website. CSRC Student OpportunitiesGraduate Student WebsiteThe CSRC website publishes a list of UCLA graduate students currently doing Chicana/o-related research. To be added to the CSRC Affiliated Students list, email the press with your information. InternsThe CSRC welcomes undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in Chicano Studies to work as interns and volunteers in various areas of the center. If interested, send an inquiry to Carlos M. Haro. |