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Fernanda Díaz-Basteris' edited book, Latinx Comics Studies, received the 2026 Comics Studies Society Edited Book Prize at the Society’s annual conference hosted at The…
The Center for Ethnic Studies has announced its next round of funding for students affiliated with the center and its programs. Applications are currently live for the autumn Student Travel and…
The 2026 Festival Latino was hot in all possible ways! The music, food and lively community made the event a success, and the OSU booth volunteers offered nonstop engagement with community members…
Congrats to Dr. Paloma Martinez-Cruz, Program Director of Latinx Studies in the Center for Ethnic Studies and Professor of Latino/a Cultural and Literary Studies in the Department of Spanish and…
The OSU Festival Latino team brought hard work, high energy and thoughtful engagement to the OSU outreach booth at Festival Latino in downtown Columbus on August 10-11, 2024. Representatives from…
The Latinx Studies Program and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese will host a table at the 2024 Festival Latino in downtown Columbus on August 10 and 11. This free, family-friendly event…
Congratulations to our winners in the Brutus Calavera coloring contest: Cooper M., Eda H., Juliana R., Brady B., Emily O., Jaxson R., Lucy P., Anika L., Carley P., and Janea M.!!!
Children…
Spring courses for Ethnic Studies are now posted on this site and on our program sites for your scheduling convenience. Find them all in one place on this website on the "Courses" page.
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The recipients of the Spring 2023 Center for Ethnic Studies Travel and Research Grants have reported on their research projects. They were asked to give a short account of how they used their…
The Center for Ethnic Studies is pleased to announce that Sampada Aranke, Associate Professor of Art History and Comparative Studies, is the new Associate Director of the Center.
Sampada's…
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese, the Center for Ethnic Studies, the Humanities Institute, the Center for Latin American Studies and the OSU Athletic Department are excited to announce…
The Latinx Studies Program is pleased to name Inés Valdez as the recipient of the 2023 Excellence in Latinx Service award. Dr. Valdez is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political…
Summer 2023 CES Courses
Are you looking for courses for Summer 2023? Ethnic Studies has plenty of options in all three of our programs.
For more information, email ethnicstudies@osu.edi,…
Congratulations to the recipients of the Autumn Student Travel and Research Grants! We received a record number of applications over this grant cycle, all an impressive array of projects and…
Congratulations to our winners in the Brutus Calavera coloring contest: Josie S., Bushra O., Caroline S., Ahmed A., Deven P., Isaac H., Grace L., Hadley F., Halle U., Audrey W.!!!
Children…
On Saturday, October 8, OSU Latinx Studies Program faculty members partnered with Latino Arts for Humanity (LAH), to produce the vibrant annual Day of the Dead Columbus celebration that takes…
Announcing the latest edition of the Latin@ Stories podcast. In this episode, Dr. Miranda Martinez, Associate Professor at the Ohio State University, talks to Elena Foulis about the make up of…
The Center of Ethnic Studies at Ohio State, which includes the American Indian Studies, Asian American Studies, and Latino/a Studies Programs, sends our sympathies and solidarity to the family of…
CES Autumn 2022 Student Travel and Research Grants
The Center for Ethnic Studies is pleased to announce its travel and research grants program for the 2022-2023 academic year!
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The Department of Spanish and Portuguese, the Center for Ethnic Studies, and the OSU Athletic Department announce a coloring contest for Día de los Muertos.
This coloring contest,…
Our new program director, Dr. Paloma Martinez-Cruz, welcomes us in the new academic year with the following message:
"I'm excited to be joining the Center for Ethnic Studies this year as…
We are thrilled to announce that Paloma Martinez-Cruz has been named Program Director of Latina/o Studies.
Paloma Martinez-Cruz, Ph.D. works in the area of contemporary hemispheric…
Latina/o Studies affiliate Elena Foulis has been named Associate Director of the Center for Ethnic Studies.
Dr. Elena Foulis is a student-centered educator with over 15 years of experience…
In August 2021, César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández will join OSU as the Gregory Williams Chair in Civil Rights & Civil Liberties at the Moritz College of Law. Prof. García Hernández is the author…
On May 12, 2021 we witnessed the birth of AWANA Red de Artistas y Gestores Interculturales Comunitarios – AWANA Network of Intercultural Community Artists and Cultural…
The Latina/o Studies Program would like to acknowledge the Spring graduates from our minor program:
Serena Arteaga
Sofia Baena
Gabrielle Elders
Lidia Garcia Berrelle…
Center for Ethnic Studies invites eligible undergraduates and graduates to apply for the CES Interdisciplinary Programs Scholarship. The Scholarship is designed to support students who are…
Latina/o Studies Program affiliate Frederick Luis Aldama (Department of English) and Christopher González of Utah State won first place for the Best Nonfiction Multi-Author section of the 2020…
The Latina/o Studies Program extends congratulations to affiliates Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Elena Foulis, Glenn Martinez, and Paloma Martinez Cruz, along with director Inés Valdez for their recent…
Latina/o Studies is pleased to announce Professor Paloma Martines-Cruz, Marie Lerma, Victoria Barbosa Olivo, Gabrielle Elders, and Lucero Galan as the recipient of Latina/o Studies Awards.
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Dr. Elena Foulis, senior lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, received the Community Engaged Scholar Award for her work developing several initiatives, activities and courses that…
On March 4, 2020, Latina/o Studies held a workshop with Dr. Dinorah Sanchez-Loza. Dr. Sanchez-Loza's talk explored the political development occurring in and through two predominantly…
Professor Wendy Vogt's talk chronicled the dangerous journeys of Central American migrants in transit through Mexico. Drawing on fieldwork in shelters and other sites serving migrants traversing…
On October 18 and 19, 2019, various events were held to celebrate Día de los Muertos. On Friday, October 18, a roundtable conversation, "Moving Subjects: The Travels of Día de los Muertos (Day of…
On Wednesday, April 17th, the Center for Ethnic Studies celebrated the end of the school year by recognizing the work of faculty and students in our programs. Two students in Asian American…
The Roundtable featured Nely Rodriguez (Coalition of Immokalee Workers), Ximena Pedroza (Student Farmworker Alliance), and Professors Paloma Martinez-Cruz and Inés Valdez to reflect on the…