News & Events
June 4, 2019
Fighting Racism and Sexism in Education, the Law, and Human Rights in Contemporary Brazil, Friday, May 31, 2019, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m., Charles E. Merrill Lounge
February 26, 2019
This event is sponsored by the RCA and organized by the RCA research cluster “Interrogating the Intersections of Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Brazil’s Current Reactionary Wave.” Eliane Cavalleiro (Visiting Professor of Latin American Studies, Stanford University) and Cecília McDowell Santos (Professor of Sociology, University of San Francisco) will analyze the limits and possibilities of anti-racist and anti-sexist education and legal mobilization and will provide us with resources to reflect upon Brazil’s distressing contemporary moment in light of the country’s recent history.
Puerto Rican Documentary film “Filiberto” will screen Wednesday, May 29th at 7:30 p.m. in Merrill 102
July 5, 2018
This documentary shares the story of a professional Puerto Rican musician Filiberto Ojeda Ríos who abandons his trumpet and family to live the clandestine life of an armed revolutionary for Puerto Rican independence. The documentary film Filiberto (2018) follows the tragic tale of Filiberto Ojeda Ríos who was murdered by the FBI in 2005 for claiming freedom for Puerto Rico. His legacy lives among all freedom and anti-imperial fighters across the global south. This event is free and open to the public.
Call for Student Applications: Human Rights Investigations Lab for the Americas, Due May 3, 2019 by 5 p.m.
July 4, 2018
UC Santa Cruz’s Research Center for the Americas is proud to announce a new research lab: the Human Rights Investigations Lab for the Americas. This lab will partner with legal, advocacy, and media partners in need of open source investigative work related to human rights cases. Amnesty International’s Digital Verification Corps will train students on discovery and verification methods in September 2019 at UC Berkeley. The lab, which will be housed at the Research Center for the Americas at UC Santa Cruz, will assist our partners using open source investigation tools and methods to verify and analyze social media information.
Rethinking Gendered Violence and Immigrant Lives Symposium, Thursday, May 2, 2019 from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Merrill Cultural Center, Merrill College, UC Santa Cruz
July 2, 2018
The Women’s Health, Gender and Empowerment Center of Expertise (WHGE-COE) student ambassadors of UC Santa Cruz are hosting a day-long symposium. This event is free and open to the public.
FIESTA: Love. Community. Home. on Saturday, April 27, 2019, Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
July 1, 2018
You don't want to miss this party! Live Latin beats by Calíco. Cash Bar and Signature Drinks by Front & Cooper. Photo booth, desserts, museum access, lounge area, and more! Proceeds will support student scholarships including the Reyna Grande Creative Writing Scholarship and the Wally Goldfrank Research Scholarship.
Alberto Ledesma presents: Diary of a Reluctant Dreamer: Undocumented Vignettes from a Pre-American Life, Monday, April 22, 2019, 5:30-7:00 p.m., Classroom Unit 2
June 30, 2018
The Research Center for the Americas’ Latino Literary Cultures Project is proud to welcome Dr. Alberto Ledesma to UC Santa Cruz for a free, public talk about his illustrated memoir, Diary of a Reluctant Dreamer: Undocumented Vignettes from a Pre- American Life (The Ohio State University Press, 2017).
Stories Under the Influence: Beyond Borders, Thursday, March 28 , 2019 from 6 – 8:00 p.m., Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (705 Front Street)
June 29, 2018
Enjoy short, entertaining talks from different speakers on the unified topic of Beyond Borders. This event is co-created with the RCA. Listen to four speakers share their personal stories in quick, witty 10 minutes slots. Then, participate in a series of games to listen, share, and discuss the topics with those around you.
Demand Justice for Marielle Franco: Saturday, March 16, 2019, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m., in downtown Santa Cruz, Pacific Av. (in front of O’Neill’s surf shop)
June 28, 2018
Grupo Re-Existir invites you to participate in a demonstration to demand justice for Marielle Franco.
International Women's Day: Celebrating Feminist Scholarship from the Americas, Thursday, February 28, 2019, 1:30 – 5:00 p.m., Merrill Cultural Center
June 27, 2018
The Research Center for the Americas and Feminist Collective of Sisters in the Borderlands invite you to join us as we celebrate International Women's Day with book talks by two leading feminist scholars Barbara Sutton (University of Albany, SUNY) and Ranita Ray (University of Nevada, Las Vegas).
Giving Day 2019: Student Photo Scholarship Contest
June 27, 2018
The RCA is sponsoring a 2nd annual photo scholarship contest on the theme "Love. Community. Home." With your support, first, second, and third place winners will receive valuable scholarships to help pay for their studies.
Panel: How to Become an Undergraduate Researcher, Wednesday, February 13, 2019, 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Charles E. Merrill Lounge, Merrill College
June 26, 2018
This is a panel for undergraduates seeking to apply for research opportunities. The panel consists of faculty members, graduate students with experience mentoring undergraduate researchers, and two undergraduate students who have conducted research.
Second Annual Photo Scholarship Contest: Love, Community, & Home
June 25, 2018
Submissions now being accepted for our second annual photo scholarship contest. All full-time UC Santa Cruz students are encouraged to send us their interpretations of this year's theme: Love, Community, & Home
Rosana Pinheiro-Machado: From Hope to Hate: The Rise of Conservative Subjectivity in Brazil, Tuesday, January 29, 2019, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m., Charles E. Merrill Lounge, Merrill College
June 24, 2018
Pinheiro-Machado (UFSM, Brazil) will draw on her longitudinal ethnography (with Dr. Lucia Scalco) on consumption and politics among young people from Morro da Cruz, the largest favela of Porto Alegre. In an effort to understand the conservative subjectivity that has emerged amongst low income groups (especially amongst male voters) the researchers have been following youth since 2009, through the political polarization that took place in Brazil after 2013, to the recent transformations that resulted in the election of Bolsonaro.
Dr. Patrick Lopez-Aguado: Carceral Identity Within and Beyond the Prison, Thursday, January 24, 2019, Humanities Building 1 Room 210, 1:30 – 2:45 p.m.
June 23, 2018
Dr. Patrick Lopez-Aguado will present on his book "Stick Together and Come Back Home," which examines how what happens inside a prison affects what happens outside of it.
**RE-LAUNCH** Research Center for the Americas ~ Scholarly Reports
June 23, 2018
The RCA is re-launching our research reports series in a new and abbreviated format. The purpose of this publicly accessible report is to support and promote data-driven research conducted by UCSC faculty and graduate students to enhance the public’s understanding of the RCA’s focus areas.
Call for Submissions: RCA Open Forum
June 23, 2018
RCA’s Open Forum presents scholarly dialogues and commentaries from RCA affiliates and supporters on focus areas of interest to the research center.
Southwest Workshop on Mixed Methods Research, November 8-9, 2018, Humanities 1 Room 210, UC Santa Cruz
June 23, 2018
The Fourth Annual Southwest Workshop on Mixed Methods Research (SWMMR) will include several panels of advanced graduate students and junior and senior scholars who will present and discuss articles or chapter-length works.
Tzutu Kan: Mayan Hip Hop Concert, Thursday, November 15, 2018, 4 p.m., Kresge Town Hall
June 22, 2018
Sponsored by the UC Santa Cruz American Indian Resource Center, the public is invited to attend Tzutu Kan: Mayan Hip Hop Concert at Kresge Town Hall on Thursday, November 15 at 4 p.m.
Call for Applications: Activist-in-Residence Program, Due November 1, 2018 by 5 p.m.
June 21, 2018
The UC Santa Cruz Research Center for the Americas (RCA) is proud to announce a new initiative: the UC Santa Cruz’s Activist-in-Residence program during 2019 Winter quarter.
Screening of The Trial and conversation with filmmaker Maria Augusta Ramos Friday, November 2, 2018, 12 pm – 2:45 p.m., Social Science Building 2 Room 75
June 21, 2018
Having received a 7-minute standing ovation in its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, The Trial has been described by journalist Brian Mier as “a powerful document of a profound injustice which has sent a country backwards on a dangerous course, a film that will live forever as a self-contained record of Brazil’s 2016 Coup d’état.”
Chiapas Media Project/Promedios 20th Anniversary Tour, Tuesday, October 16, 2018, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m., The Nickelodeon Theatre (210 Lincoln Street, Santa Cruz)
June 20, 2018
Started in 1998, the ground-breaking, award-winning, bi-national indigenous media organization Chiapas Media Project/Promedios will tour the U.S. in celebration of its 20th anniversary. As part of the tour, the RCA will host a free, public film screening at the Nickelodeon Theater in downtown Santa Cruz. Four short films will be shown followed by a Q&A with CMP co-founders, moderated by Professor T.J. Demos of the History of Art and Visual Culture Department.
Reyna Grande: A Dream Called Home, Tuesday, October 2, 2018, Peace United Church (900 High Street, Santa Cruz)
November 16, 2017
UC Santa Cruz alumna & Luis Leal Award winner for Chicano/Latino literature: Reyna Grande will visit Santa Cruz and discuss her new book, A Dream Called Home. Sponsored by Bookshop Santa Cruz, The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz and the Research Center for the Americas, UC Santa Cruz.
It is official: CLRC's new name!
November 9, 2017
Current CLRC Director, Dr. Catherine Ramirez and incoming director, Dr. Sylvanna Falcón are excited to share that the CLRC name change is officially underway. We are now the Research Center for the Americas!
