Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies

Gilman Hall 479 The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies is pleased to welcome Marcelo Nogueira, lecturer in LACLxS and Modern Languages and Literatures, Johns Hopkins University University, for the lecture: Popcretos, 1964-1966: Sonic Matters in Brazilian Concrete Poetry The lecture investigates the dynamic relationship between sound and visual elements in Brazilian concrete poetry, drawing […]

Red Emma's Bookstore (3128 Greenmount Ave) The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies is pleased to welcome Gabriel Hetland, Associate Professor of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies and Sociology at SUNY Albany, for a conversation about his recent book, Democracy on the Ground: Local Politics in Latin America’s Left Turn Following a […]

The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies is pleased to co-sponsor the symposium Who owns Black Data? Slavery & Data PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM, Mar 29, 9 am - 5 pm, Charles Commons KEYNOTE CONVERSATION & BOMBAZO, Mar 29, 6-9 pm, NoMüNoMü (709 N Howard St) Please join us for a concluding keynote conversation led […]

Gilman Hall 308 The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies is pleased to welcome Jennifer Eaglin, Associate Professor of History, Ohio State University and fellow at the Wilson Center’s Brazil Institute, to present: Brazil’s Energy Past and Future Drawing on her recent book, Sweet Fuel: A Political and Environmental History of Brazilian Ethanol and her […]

Red Emma's Bookstore (3128 Greenmount Ave) The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies is pleased to welcome journalist Raúl Zibechi for a conversation about his forthcoming book, Constructing Worlds Otherwise: Societies in Movement and Anticolonial Paths in Latin America (AK Press, 2024). Translated by George Ygarza Quispe. A new collection from one of […]

“CAMBIO, CAMBIO” Lautaro García Candela / Argentina / 2022 / 89 min https://pragda.com/film/money-exchange Spanish with English subtitles An extended sequence of newsreel footage about Argentina’s spiraling inflation since 2019 sets the stage for Pablo, who works on Peatonal Florida, Buenos Aires’ economic and tourist epicenter, trying to survive in a precarious and exhausting working world. […]

Gilman 479 The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies is pleased to present Esther Gabara, Romance Languages, Duke University, for a conversation about her book: Non-literary Fiction: Art of the Americas under Neoliberalism University of Chicago Press, 2022 With Non-Literary Fiction, Esther Gabara examines how contemporary art produced across the Americas has reacted to […]

“CARAJITA” Silvina Schnicer, Ulises Porra / Argentina, Dominican Republic / 2021 / 89 min https://pragda.com/film/carajita Spanish with English subtitles Featuring striking cinematography and outstanding performances, Carajita (which means annoying child) explores the tenuous relationship that exists between race, class, and family. Sarah, the pampered daughter of a corrupt oligarch whose family recently relocated to Las […]