CROSSING

LATINIDADES

The Crossing Latinidades Humanities Research Initiative ignites cross-institutional and cross-regional comparative research, training of doctoral students, and new scholarship in emerging areas of inquiry about U.S. Latinos. Funded by a grant from the Mellon Foundation, the initiative serves as the initial anchor of the consortium of R1 Hispanic Serving Institutions established and led by the University of Illinois-Chicago (2020-2022).

The Crossing Latinidades Humanities Research Initiative, funded by a grant from the Mellon Foundation, is the anchoring program of the consortium of the twenty-one Carnegie designated top tier Research 1, Hispanic Serving Institutions. The multi-institutional model of research and training expands opportunities for the growing populations of students to support a national cohort of doctoral students in U.S. Latino/a/x Humanities Studies as they commit to a pathway to the professoriate and professional goals.

The initiative engages new comparative and collaborative research and scholarship with ten Working Groups advancing the knowledge of Latino/a/x humanities while training doctoral students and supporting junior faculty. With this web portal, the initiative links all 21 consortial members sustaining a life-long community and network of researchers and scholars active in advancing the humanities and the field of Latino Studies.

OBJECTIVES

To engage, mentor and prepare a national cohort of Latino Humanities Studies doctoral students and emerging scholars for the professoriate and successful careers in academia
To enhance, strengthen, and reinforce advanced humanities graduate student’s research skills, intellectual curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking and introduce them to deep collaborative, comparative, and cross-regional research
To support the intellectual growth of junior faculty
To develop and help sustain a life-long network of researchers and scholars in the humanities through an active web portal
To advance the field of comparative Latino Humanities Studies

Learn more about the Initiative here .