Events
May 5, 2012
9:00am to 12:00pm
The CSRC will have a table at the 2012 UCLA Alumni Day Info Fair, Saturday, May 5, 9:00 a.m.–noon, on the Quad. Alumni Day is a great way to connect with fellow alums while enjoying campus tours, panel discussions, and an evening concert. RSVP by April 20 for a discounted ticket rate; admission is free for 2012 graduates.
May 9, 2012
4:00pm to 6:00pm
In celebration of the fortieth anniversary edition of Floricanto en Aztlán, recently released by the CSRC Press, renowned Chicano poet Alurista will read from and sign his groundbreaking work on Wednesday, May 9, 4:00–6:00 p.m., at the CSRC Library. This book of poems, first published in 1971 at the height of the Chicano Movement, introduced a new and essentially Chicano poetic language that is part Spanish and part English, with references to the indigenous languages of Mexico.
May 24, 2012
1:00pm to 3:00pm
On Thursday, May 24, 1:00–3:00 p.m., in the CSRC Library, filmmakers Omar Foglio and José Luis Figueroa will screen and discuss their documentary Tierra Brillante. This 2010 film spotlights the ongoing crisis of lead poisoning suffered by practitioners of traditional ceramics in Mexico.
May 25, 2012
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Gloria González-López, associate professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin, will present the lecture “Transnational Incest: Mexican Families, Sexual Violence, and Migration” at the CSRC Library on Friday, May 25, noon–1:30 p.m. González-López will report preliminary findings from a qualitative study she conducted in 2005 and 2006 involving sixty Mexican women and men with histories of incestuous relationships.