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"California History" Announces the 2024 Winner of the Richard J. Orsi Prize
Aug 06 2025
Congratulations to Erica Toffoli whose article “Electric Eyes: Surveillance, Sovereignty, and the Limits of the Border Patrol’s Technocratic Vision on the U.S.-Mexico Line” has won this year's Orsi Prize, which recognizes the best research essay published in the journal "California History" each year.
The Ideals, Imaginaries, and Symbolisms of Hospital Nursing: A Q&A with Claudia Agostoni
Aug 05 2025
We talk with Claudia Agostoni about her "Mexican Studies" article examining the training, work, and qualities of hospital nursing staff in Mexico City during the 1940s and 1950s.
Q&A with Glenda Flores, author of "The Weight of the White Coat"
May 21 2025
Author Glenda M. Flores on the medical school journey of Latina/o physicians.
Native peoples and the U.S.-Mexico Border: Q&A with Jennifer Bess
May 21 2025
Borders mark off the place where one nation ends and another begins. But what happens when you belong to a people that has lived on both sides of the border, since long before the border even existed?
A History of Torture in Mexico's War against Subversives
May 20 2025
In the same way that impunity reigns today, it reigned supreme in 1970s Mexico. Gladys McCormick writes about how state-sponsored torture became routine practice in the Mexican government's war against subversives.
Is There Value in Discussing Environmental Justice at a Global Scale?
May 12 2025
Examining the case of Colombia, author Alexander Huezo, discusses the challenges and opportunities of applying a global environmental justice framework outside the U.S. communities where it began.
"Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos" Announces Christian Zlolniski Award for Best Early-Career Article
Apr 29 2025
MS/EM's early career article award, which has been renamed in honor of its most recent emeritus editor, is now accepting self-nominations.
Help Us Grow Our FirstGen Program!
Apr 22 2025
UC Press has great news to share about FirstGen program growth and seeks your support for its continued success. Here’s how our program has benefitted first-gen authors so far.
Meet the New Editor of "Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos": Matthew Butler
Feb 28 2025
Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos incoming editor is interested in continuing the journal's foundational mission, while finding new ways to increase MSEM’s visibility throughout Mexico and to intensify interdisciplinary dialogue within the pages of MSEM.
Q&A with Kevin Lewis O'Neill, author of "Unforgivable"
Feb 25 2025
Author Kevin Lewis O'Neill discusses his new book "Unforgivable," the first book to expose how the Catholic Church systematically covers up scandal by moving abusers across borders.