The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies presents The Dope: The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade A lecture by Dr. Benjamin Smith, Professor of History, University of Warwick followed by a Q&A with Laura Wadsten & Christy Thornton Come hear Dr . Smith talk about his new book, a myth-busting, 100-year […]
co-sponsored by LACLxS and the Black World Seminar Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa Writer & artist, 2021 Mellon Foundation Letras Boricuas Fellow Presenting her novel A Woman of Endurance (Amistad, 2022)
Gilman Hall 219 The Portuguese Program Fall 2022 Speaker Series Presents Dr. Keisha-Khan PerryPresidential Penn Compact Associate Professor of Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania Dr. Keisha-Khan Perry, Associate Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and part of the Presidential Penn Compact, will speak about the fight for racial justice in Brazil as […]
CDI Lounge: 3003 N Charles St, Homewood Apartments: Suite 100 Community Ofrenda Join us in the CDI Lounge on November 1st and 2nd to celebrate Dia de Los Muertos! We will be hosting a community Ofrenda that will be open to all! Feel free to bring your own additions to the Ofrenda. If you do […]
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 […]