LACLxS Spring 2025 Events

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The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies presents its Sponsored and Co-Sponsored Events scheduled for the Spring of 2025. We look forward to seeing you in person in the coming weeks!

LACLXS SEMINAR: GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN LATIN. Verónica Ríos & Alfredo Walls, Modern Languages and Literature, Spanish & Portuguese, JHU. Feb 6, 10:30-12:30 pm, Mergenthaler 266

FROM THE BORDERLANDS TO BALTIMORE: MEETING THE CHALLENGES FOR MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES TODAY. Susana GastelumSAMU First Response; Yandeldis BoullonEsperanza Center Health Services; Fatmata BarrieBarrie Law Center; moderated by Christopher Amanat, Critical Diaspora Studies, Class of ’28, and Julian Lim, Arthur Eisenberg and Susan Engel Associate Professor of History. Feb 6, 5-7 pm, Hodson 110.

COMPUTATIONAL HUMANITIES. Feb 11, 12:00-2:00 pm, Gilman 308

LACLXS SEMINAR: PRECARIOUS LIVES AND THE INHABITABLE IN SOUTH AMERICA. Hans Rex & lgnacio Veraguas. Modern Languages and Literature, Spanish & Portuguese, JHU. Feb 20, 10:30-12:30 pm, Mergenthaler 266

SINGING HOARSELY: BLACK VOICES AND RACIALIZED LISTENING IN URBAN NEW SPAIN. Sarah Finley. Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, Christopher Newport University. Feb 21. 5:15 pm Gilman 479

UNDOCUMENTED ORGANIZING COLLECTING INITIATIVE. Patty Arteaga, Nancy Bercaw, & José Centeno-Meléndez, Center for Restorative History, National Museum of American History. Feb 25, 1:30-2:45 pm, TBA

LATINX REVOLUTIONARY HORIZONS. Renee Hudson, Department of English, Chapman University. Feb 26, 5:30 pm, Gilman 479

LACLXS SEMINAR: DITADURA, DEBT, AND DECEIT. THE WILD WORLD OF BRAZILIAN FREQUENT-FLYER MILES. Ryan Calder, Department of Sociology, JHU. Feb 27, 10:30-12:00 pm, Mergenthaler 266

THE ANTICOLONIAL CENTURY AT THE PANAMA CANAL: PEDRO PRESTÁN, ERIC WALROND AND THE BLACK HISTORICAL TRADITION. Dennis Hogan, History & Literature, Harvard University. March 6, 1:30-3:30 pm, San Martin Center 200A

US-LATIN AMERICA RELATIONS UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. Michael Shifter, Former president of the Inter-American Dialogue and Georgetown University, in conversation with Ines Valdez, Political ScIence, JHU. March 6, 5 pm, Hackerman B17

CULTURAL HISTORY OF YERBA MATE. Christine Foch, Bacca Foundation Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Duke University. March 11, 2:30-4 pm, Mergenthaler 426

LACLXS SEMINAR: RACE AND RESISTANCE IN THE CARIBBEAN. Joao Gabriel, History, JHU & Leana Mason, Sociology, JHU. March 13, 10:30-12:30 pm, Mergenthaler 266

LATINX IMMIGRANT LABOR IN REBUILDING NEW ORLEANS. Sarah Fouts, Department of American Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County. March 25, 2:30-4 pm, Mergenthaler 426

LACLXS SEMINAR: THEORIZING RACIAL CAPITALISM AND THE CAPITALIST WORLD-SYSTEM FROM LATIN AMERICA. Alonso Burgos, Sociology, JHU & Keely Kriho, Political Science, JHU. March 27, 10:30-12:30 pm, Mergenthaler 266

LACLXS SEMINAR. Marina Bedran, Modern Languages and Literature, Spanish & Portuguese, JHU & Nicole Labruto, Anthropology, JHU. March 27, 10:30-12:30 pm, Mergenthaler 266

LACLXS SEMINAR: ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES IN LATIN AMERICA. Julia da Costa, Anthropology, JHU & Grant Tore, Environmental Health and Engineering, JHU. April 17, 10:30-12:30 pm, Mergenthaler 266

THE JAMES S. SCHOULER LECTURE AND SYMPOSIUM. Kelly Lytle Hernández, Latino Policy & Politics Institute, University of California Los Angeles. April 17, 9:00 am-6:30 pm, Scott-Bates Commons Salon C

LACLXS SEMINAR: POLITICAL STRATEGIES OF SURVIVAL IN LATIN AMERICA. Sophie D’Anieri, Anthropology, JHU & John Green and Eleno Portillo, Economy, JHU. April 24, 10:30-12:00 pm, Mergenthaler 266

THE NATURE OF AZTEC IMPERIALISM. Camilla Townsend, Department of History, Rutgers University-New Brunswick. April 21, 3 – 4:30 pm, Gilman 308

POLITICS OF MASS DEATH IN ANDEAN PERU. Isaias Rojas-Pérez. Department of Anthropology. University of Rutgers-Newark. April 22, 2:30-4 pm, Mergenthaler 426