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Welcome to the official account for UCLA's Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies! #uclaccas 💙🧸💛 ccas.ucla.edu

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UCLA CCAS @uclaccas.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The statement can also be found in our website via link below. ccas.ucla.edu/about/depart...
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Department Statement - UCLA Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies
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UCLA CCAS @uclaccas.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Message from the UCLA Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies faculty regarding name removal and the allegations of sexual and gender-based violence by César Chávez. #UCLA #UCLACCAS #ChicanaStudies #ChicanoStudies #CentralAmericanStudies
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UCLA CCAS @uclaccas.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
We are thrilled to share that Dr. Kency Cornejo was recently awarded the 2025 Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present (ASAP) Book Prize for "Visual Disobedience: Art and Decolonialty in Central America." 🎊📘🎊 #UCLA #UCLACCAS #CentralAmericanStudies #ArtHistory
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UCLA CCAS @uclaccas.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Help us congratulate Dr. Laura C. Chávez-Moreno whose book,"How Schools Make Race: Teaching Latinx Racialization in America," recently won the American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Book Award 🎊📕🌟 #UCLA #UCLACCAS #LatinxStudies #ChicanaStudies #Education #ChicanoStudies
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UCLA CCAS @uclaccas.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Congratulations, Class of 2025!!! 🎊🎓🎊 Thank you for choosing CCAS. We know you will continue to do amazing things, and we can't wait to celebrate you. 💛💙 #UCLA #UCLACCAS #ClassOf2025 #UCLAGraduation #ChicanxStudies #CentralAmericanStudies #EthnicStudies #ChicanaStudies #ChicanoStudies
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Jason De León @jasondeleon.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I’ll be at UC Santa Barbara next week talking about the collapse of American democracy and why a $1000 check can’t solve our global migration crisis. All attendees get a copy of Soldiers and Kings.
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UCLA CCAS @uclaccas.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Congratulations to Dr. Batz on his book "The Fourth Invasion," and thank you to everyone who attended the book talk last week. 📚🙌🔍🌱 To purchase the book or access the free ebook version, please head to www.ucpress.edu/books/the-fo... #UCLA #IndigenousStudies #CentAmStudies #UCLACCAS
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UCLA CCAS @uclaccas.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
2) Congratulations Cris! To read the full spotlight, please click the link. chavez.ucla.edu/2025/04/17/r...
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Research Spotlight: Cris Avitia Camacho - UCLA Chavez
Highlighting CCAS Research: We recently asked our undergraduate student, Cris Avitia Camacho, about their experience presenting at Yale University. We take a moment to congratulate Cris as they embark...
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UCLA CCAS @uclaccas.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
1) Check out our undergrad research spotlight! Please help us congratulate our undergraduate student Cris @cris-avitia.bsky.social on their recent presentation at Yale's Undergraduate Research Conference. Get to know a little more about their work. #UCLA #UCLACCAS #ChicanxStudies #LatinxStudies
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UCLA CCAS @uclaccas.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Looking for Indigenous & Central American Studies books to add to your reading list? Join us for an upcoming book talk with Dr. Giovanni Batz! #UCLA #CentAmStudies
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UCLA CCAS @uclaccas.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Congratulations to Dr. Karina Alma (UCLA CCAS), on her book "Central American Counterpoetics," and thank you to everyone who joined us today for the book talk! 📚🥳📖 #UCLA #CentralAmericanStudies #UCLACCAS
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UCLA CCAS @uclaccas.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Congratulations to Dr. Christopher Loperena (CUNY Graduate Center) on his book "The Ends of Paradise," and thank you to everyone who attended the book talk! 📚🔍📖 #UCLA #CentAmStudies #UCLACCAS
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UCLA CCAS @uclaccas.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
The Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies at UCLA is thrilled to announce three new members to our department during the 2024-25 academic year. We begin by welcoming our new Undergraduate Student Advisor, Carla Ramos! #UCLA #UCLACCAS
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UCLA CCAS @uclaccas.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Joins us for an upcoming Book Talk! Get a chance to learn about Dr. Christopher Loperena's recent book, “The Ends of Paradise: Race, Extraction, and the Struggle for Black Life in Honduras.” #UCLA #CentAmStudies #UCLACCAS
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Leisy Abrego @abregoleisy.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
For context on El Salvador and why it is in a position to offer to incarcerate people for the US. The ongoing State of Exception has fueled the incarceration of over 80,000 mostly poor young men. No due process. No oversight. Lots of human rights abuses bjwa.brown.edu/29-1/the-sta...
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The State of Exception: Gangs as a Neoliberal Scapegoat in El Salvador – the Brown Journal of World Affairs
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UCLA CCAS @uclaccas.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Looking to stay on track, get ahead, or explore exciting topics in Chicana/o and Central American Studies this summer? Great news! Our CCAS summer course list is now live, with options available both online and in person! See you this summer ☀️ #UCLA #ChicanxStudies #CentAmStudies #UCLACCAS
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UCLA Updates @uclaupdates.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
A Message from UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk (01/14/25): Latest Information for Bruins Regarding the L.A. Fires ucla.in/4geyedr
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Latest Information for Bruins Regarding the L.A. Fires - UCLA Office of the Chancellor
Chancellor Frenk shared this message with the UCLA campus community. Dear Bruin Community:  This remains an extremely challenging moment for our community, with so much loss and displacement across L....
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UCLA College @uclacollege.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Here’s to a season of Bruin pride, meaningful connections and blue 💙 and gold 💛 horizons in the new year. ☃️ We’re proud of our shared community and hope you enjoy the wonder of winter! #UCLACollege #happyholidays
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UCLA CCAS @uclaccas.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
New Publication by Professor Leisy Abrego ⬇️
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University of California @uofcalifornia.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
'Tis the season to cozy up by the fire with a good book! UC authors have you covered, with some of the year’s most critically acclaimed works, including National Book Award winners, Pulitzer Prize winners, New York Times bestsellers and Oprah picks 📖 bit.ly/4iOCFy7
Books arranged on a gray rug: Colored Television by Densy Segna; Soldiers and Kings by Jason de Leon; All Fours by Miranda July; Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner; Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness.
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