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View our full LRC Spring 2026 Event Calendar here!
Saturday, September 5, 2026 | 4 - 7 PM
Tailgate
In partnership with the Chicanx Latinx Studies Program, the Chicanx Latinx Alumni Association Bay Area Chapter, and the Gamma Zeta Alpha Fraternity Alumni Association, we cordially invite you to join us for a tailgate at the LRC. Let’s cheer on our California Golden Bears as they take on the UCLA Bruins in our annual home opener football game.
Wednesday, September 16, 2026 | 4 - 6 PM
Welcome Reception
Join us to reconnect after summer break and welcome our Latinx faculty, alumni, students, and the broader campus community as we celebrate and strengthen our community!
Thursday, October 15 | 2-3:30 PM
"Forced by Circumstance" by Dr. Norma Alarcón. A New Book Presentation and Conversation
In partnership with the Social Science Matrix, we will host a new book presentation by Norma Alarcón, Professor Emerita of Chicanx Latinx Studies at UC Berkeley, a groundbreaking Chicana theorist and feminist scholar. This powerful new book chronicles her lifetime of scholarship, activism, and lived experience.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026 | 12 - 1:30 PM
"Normalizing Inequality" A New Book Presentation by Professors G. Cristina Mora and Tianna S. Paschel
In partnership with the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment and the UC Berkeley Labor Center, we will host a new book presentation by Professors Mora and Paschel. The book describes how Californians have learned to live with and largely accept great inequality despite their strong dislike of it and desire for change.
Thursday, October 29, 2026 | 4:30 - 6:30 PM
"Radical Solidarity: Ruth Reynolds, Political Allyship, and the Battle for Puerto Rico's Independence" A New Book Discussion with Professor Lisa G. Materson
In partnership with the History Department and Ethnic Studies Department, we will host a discussion about the new book by Professor Lisa G. Materson. In her book, she introduces the concept of "radical solidarity" to describe Reynolds's impactful model for globally engaged activism.
Thursday, November 12, 2026 | 5 - 6:30 PM
"The Roots & Routes of US-Mexico Border Migration" A Poetry Book Presentation by Professor Arturo Dávila
Migration has always been a violent experience for those who leave their countries due to poverty and/or political oppression. Professor Arturo Dávila's bilingual poetry reading will present and explore some of the causes and consequences of migration. Using Paul Gilroy's idea of roots and routes, he will focus on lyrical forms to humanize the experiences of Global South migrants.
Wednesday, December 2, 2026 | 4 - 6 PM
"Que Amanezca! Sacqarib'al: The Dialogues of Knowledge" Film Screening and Discussion with Javier Mateos-Campos
This documentary film project focuses on Maya Kosmovision. The film chronicles the work of a research team in sacred talking circles with students, artists, activists, social leaders, and community members across Guatemala and California. These circles serve as a platform for discussing broader issues of self-determination, self-identification, sovereignty, and autonomy among Maya and detribalized peoples.
Friday, December 11, 2026 | 12 - 2 PM
Latinx Posada and Tiendita
Join us for our end-of-semester "Latinx Posada," a festive gathering to celebrate the holiday season, honor our Latinx traditions, and close out the semester together in community. This event will also feature a "Tiendita," providing an opportunity for students, staff, faculty, and community members to sell their handcrafted items to support artists and craftspeople from our community.
“A Handbook of Latinx Art (2025).” A New Book Presentation by Drs. Rocío Aranda-Alvarado & Deborah Cullen-Morales
Tuesday, Febrary 10, 2026 | 2-4pm
Editors and authors Rocío Aranda-Alvarado and Deborah Cullen-Morales held a discussion of A Handbook of Latinx Art, a landmark anthology on U.S. Latinx art from the 1960s to the present. Drawing on artists’, critics’, and scholars’ voices, the collection explores overlooked histories, regional diversity, and the evolution of Latinx artistic practice. The book shows how Latinx art is reshaping narratives of American art history.
Thank you to all who were able to join us for our inaugural Spring 2026 LRC event; we had about 60 attendees and held a fruitful discussion in community, surrounding various themes featured in A Handbook of Latinx Art.
"Queer P’urhépecha Histories & Performances Beyond Borders." A Lecture by Dr. Mario Alberto Gómez Zamora
Monday, March 16, 2026 | 2-4pm
Dr. Mario A. Gómez Zamora, an award-winning scholar of Native American and Indigenous Studies, explores queer P’urhépecha histories through creative and ethnographic work. This lecture focused on “An Indigenous Woman Record: Recordando el Pasado de Mamá Lupe,” honoring his grandmother’s P’urhépecha legacy, and “Those who are like that,” an international ethnography examining queer belonging, gender performance, and ceremonial danzas within P’urhépecha communities in Michoacán and California.
“Decolonizing Sound, Spiritualities & Migration: Afro-Latinx and Caribbean Spaces Across the Diaspora.” A Lecture by Dr. Eva Silot Bravo
Friday, April 3, 2026 | 4-6pm
During this lecture, Dr. Silot Bravo showed that Afrodiasporic traditions and migrations are central to understanding the diversity of the Latinx and Caribbean diaspora. She explored Afro-Latinx and Caribbean sound, cultural, and spiritual practices as postcolonial strategies of memory, resistance, resilience, and healing.
"Race-ing Past Latinx Studies? Curricular Gaps and Their Consequences across Hispanic-Serving Institutions."A Lecture by Dr. Nicholas Vargas
Monday, April 6, 2026 | 12-1:30pm
During his lecture at the LRC, Dr. Vargas presented his recent research findings examining curricular gaps in Latinx Studies across Hispanic Serving Institutions and their broader consequences, ethnoracial classification, racialization, and Latinx experiences in higher education. Dr. Vargas reflected on how race data and curriculum shape equity, access, and academic pipelines.
"Weaving Dissent: A Presentation of the Wall of Tears (2025) Tapestry.” A Collective Project Led by Jean Pierre Larochette and Yael Lurie. Joined by Yadin Larochette.
Thursday, April 23, 2026 | 4-6pm
How can tapestry bear witness to oppression, borders, and collective memory? Internationally recognized artist and master weaver, Jean Pierre Larochette, spoke on the history of dissent and weaving, the mechanics of weaving, and the conception of the collective tapestry project led by him and painter Yael Lurie. They were joined in discussion by arts and heritage consultant Yadin Larochette.
Faculty Mentored Research Fellowship (FMURF) Symposium
Monday, May 4, 2026 | 9-3pm
Twelve LRC FMURF teams of stellar faculty and their outstanding mentees presented the results of their year-long collaborations in Latinx and Hemispheric Studies across the humanities and social sciences. A big thanks to everyone who joined us in celebrating this last of five cohorts awarded funds to develop undergraduate researchers while supporting faculty mentors.