Sal Castro Memorial Conference on the Emerging Historiography of the Chicano Movement

Sal Castro Memorial Conference on the Emerging Historiography of the Chicano Movement

Friday, February 21 / 8:30 AM-6:30 PM
Saturday, February 22 / 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB

Twenty-four scholars will showcase the emerging historiography on the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s and 1970s that represented the largest Mexican American civil rights and empowerment movement in Chicano history to that time. The Chicano Movement that included the farm workers movement led by Cesar Chavez as well as the urban manifestations of the Movement such as the student movements and more will be the focus of the papers to be delivered.

The conference is free and open to the public. Further information can be acquired by contacting Prof. Garcia at garcia@history.ucsb.edu .

Sponsored by the IHC, Office of the Chancellor, Dean of Social Science, Chicano Studies Institute, Latino Leadership Project, Latin American & Iberian Studies, The Center for New Racial Studies, Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor, Dept. of Chicana and Chicano Studies, Office of Equal Opportunity & Sexual Harassment, Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Academic Policy, and UC MEXUS.