December 17, 2020
Dr. Arturo Arias has been awarded a University of California Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives Grant titled: “The Global Latinidades Project: Globalizing Latinx Studies for the Next Millennium.” This five-campus interdisciplinary programming initiative addresses this lacuna through workshops, symposia, colloquia, workshops, and strategic grants-in-aid to stimulate and develop research in these new global trajectories. It involves publication and grant initiatives and culminates with a major conference. Pursuant to the field’s expansion, collaborators also will create new undergraduate and graduate courses that emphasize new Latinx globalities.
To extend and consolidate the globalization of Latinx Studies, collaborators will seek internal and external funding, including NEH Summer Institutes; NEH Humanities Initiatives at Hispanic Serving Institutions; Education Department Title V awards; and other sources. The initiative is to be headed by Professor Ben Olguin, Robert and Lisa Erickson Presidential Chair in English at UC Santa Barbara. The co-PI’s, other than Dr. Arias, include Cecilia Rivas of UC Santa Cruz, Richard Rodriguez of UC Riverside, and Ofelia Cuevas of UC Davis.
