News & Events
September 21, 2020
Dr. Sylvanna Falcón ~ The Evolving Practice of Human Rights Accountability: The New Terrain for Justice, Monday November 9th, 6:30-8pm, Virtual Event
September 21, 2020
As part of the “Slugs & Steins” monthly lecture series for alumni and community members, Dr. Sylvanna Falcón will discuss the founding of the human rights lab, how human rights accountability has shifted in the digital realm, and why a new generation of human rights activists are needed with critical digital literacy skills in search for the truth. This event is free and open to the public.
Dr. Pascha Bueno-Hansen: Dissident Genders and Sexualities in the Andes - Transitional Justice Otherwise, Thursday, November 19th, 12noon - 1:30pm, Virtual Event
September 11, 2020
The RCA will collaborate with campus partners, specifically The Humanities Institute and the Institute for Social Transformation, to offer webinar programming on the theme of “Memory Studies in the Americas” to inspire sustained cross-border dialogues that tie the region (THI is offering a series of events on Memory this year as well). Dr. Pascha Bueno-Hansen will provide a lunch time webinar lecture on the modalities of resistance of people of non-normative genders and sexualities to armed conflict, political repression, and authoritarian regimes in Peru, Ecuador and Colombia.
POSTPONED: The Inspiring Legacy of Lionel Cantú: Graduate Student Symposium
June 30, 2019
Check back for the new event schedule in fall 2020. The Lionel Cantú Memorial Award celebrates the life and work of Lionel Cantú (1965-2002), former Assistant Professor of Sociology at UC Santa Cruz. Professor Cantú's scholarship bridged and advanced Latino sociology, immigration studies, transnational/cross-border studies, gender and sexuality studies, and the study of gay men and masculinity.
