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!

February

• LACLXS SEMINAR: GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN LATIN AMERICA. Verónica Ríos Saavedra & 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 Gastelum, SAMU First Response; Yandeldis Boullon, Esperanza Center Health Services; Fatmata Barrie, Barrie 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.
• MIGUEL FARÍAS: A CELEBRATED COMPOSER VISITS PEABODY. Feb 7, 7-8 pm, Joe Byrd Hall & Feb 8, 1:30-6 pm, Peabody.
• 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
• 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

March

• 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, 5:30 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

April

• Mapping Scenarios: Responding to the Current Migration Patterns in the Latin American and Caribbean Region. Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian, Director of the Department of Social Inclusion at the Organization of American States (OAS).
• LACLXS SEMINAR. Marina Bedran, Modern Languages and Literature, Spanish & Portuguese, JHU & Nicole Labruto, Anthropology, JHU. April 10, 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 & Mateus Mendoça, Sociology, 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