Welcome to the Masa Lecture Series, a growing collection of openly accessible presentations by scholars and knowledge keepers on topics related to Latine, Xicano, Indigenous and Latin American Studies. Support provided by the Mellon Foundation.
Masa Lecture Series
Painting Deportation Stories
Dr. Lizbeth De La Cruz Santana is the creator of Painting the Humanizing Deportation Archive, through which she has led the creation of murals depicting immigrant stories at the U.S.–Mexico border, in New York City, and across California. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Black and Latino Studies at Baruch College and the Director of Painting the Archive initiative.
The Hispanic Challenge, the Xicano Response
"Who defines “American identity,” and who benefits when assimilation is forced? How does Xicano Studies transform education into a tool for movement building, not erasure? This is not just a lecture. It is a call to reflect, organize, and serve the people. Dr. Ernesto Todd Mireles is a filmmaker and award-winning author, as well as a community, union, and electoral organizer.
La Milpa: Science of Our Mother Corn in Community Gardens
Presentation by Dr. Cyndy Garcia-Weyandt, Assistant Professor of Critical Ethnic Studies at Kalamazoo College and coordinator of Proyecto Taniuki (“Our Language Project”), a language revitalization project based in Nayarit, Mexico.
Grieving Geographies, Mourning Waters
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Dr. Yoalli Rodríguez Aguilera, Assistant Professor in the Department of Latin American and Latino Studies at DePaul University in Chicago, presents her work, "Grieving Geographies Mourning Waters: Race, Gender, and Environmental Struggles in Oaxaca, Mexico."
Aztlán del Norte
In this lecture, Dr. George Vargas explains the significance of his mural Aztlán del Norte, which honors Chicanss and Latinxs in Michigan.