Croft Hall B32 With the overturn of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2022, abortion policies and women's reproductive rights are in the hands of state legislatures. Today, state law protects abortion rights in 21 states and the District of Columbia. Still, it is at risk of being severely limited or prohibited […]
The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, & Latinx Studies presents A discussion and private viewing of renowned African-American artist Elizabeth Catlett's original prints at the Baltimore Museum of Art, with Dr. Christina Heatherton. This event is RSVP only and is now full. Dr. Heatherton is Elting Associate Professor of American Studies and Human Rights at […]
Gilman Hall 300 The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies presents The World That Latin America Created - The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America in the Development Era A lecture by Dr. Margarita Fajardo, Professor of History, Sarah Lawrence College After the Second World War demolished the old order, a group […]
co-sponsored by LACLxS and the Black World Seminar Miguel Valerio Assistant Professor of Spanish, Washington University in St, Louis Presenting his book, Sovereign Joy: Afro-Mexican Kings and Queens, 1539-1640 (Cambridge, 2022)
Gilman Hall 308 Welcome to the Spring 2023 iteration of the Johns Hopkins Latin America in a Globalizing World works in progress seminar. We are excited to feature presenters from Johns Hopkins and other nearby institutions to workshop papers that range from nineteenth-century Argentina to contemporary Baltimore. This term, our meetings take place on Thursdays […]
Zoom Conversation (details below) The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies, co-sponsored with the Program in International Studies, and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University, presents Peru’s Crisis in the Latin American Context Join us for a Zoom Conversation about the ongoing Crisis in Perú with: Alberto Vergara, Professor […]
Gilman Hall 308 The Johns Hopkins Latin America in a Globalizing World works in progress seminar welcomes Professor Jessica Marie Johnson, History (JHU), to present: Catherine's Value: Freedom, Excess, and Slavery on the Spanish Littoral This essay excerpt explores the ways African women and women of African descent, living in slaveholding societies and in the […]
Gilman Hall 308 The Johns Hopkins Latin America in a Globalizing World works in progress seminar welcomes Professor Consuelo Amat, Political Science (JHU), to present: The Power of Protectors: Accounting for High-Risk Mobilization in Pinochet's Chile How can activists overcome the collective action problem under extreme repression? I argue that protest in these conditions is […]
Hondson Hall 305 The Johns Hopkins Portuguese Program and the Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies welcomes Dr. Beatriz Rey, SNF Agora Visiting Fellow, to present: Brazilian Democracy After Bolsonaro In-person at Hodson Hall 305ZOOM:https//zoom.us/J/95916009912Meeting ID: 959 1600 9912
Gilman Hall 308 The Johns Hopkins Latin America in a Globalizing World works in progress seminar welcomes Professor Gema Kloppe-Santamaria, History, George Washington University, to present: Contentious Secularism: The Politics of Religious Violence in 20th-Century Mexico The aim of this paper is to examine the multifaceted drivers behind Catholics’ recourse to violence against Protestants in […]
The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, The Portuguese Program, and LACLxS PresentVORO'PI: ART AND EDUCATION IN BETWEEN WORLDS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pmGILMAN 479With NAINE TERENA, GUSTAVO CABOCO, AND JAMILLE PINHEIRO DIAS Voro’pi is an educational initiative that approaches the arts as a way to galvanize counter-histories, fight structural inequality, and learn about protagonists […]
Gilman 50 The Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Lecture, sponsored by the Department of History, is pleased to welcome Professor Ada Ferrer, Julius Silver Professor of History and Latin American and Caribbean History at New York University, to present Writing Between Personal and International History: Cuba: An American History 2022 Pulitzer Prize winner in History […]