Gilman Hall 400 The Program in Latin America, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies is pleased to welcome Professor Angharad Valdivia, Media and Cinema Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, to present: Latina/os in Media: Continuities and Ruptures This presentation focuses on Latinx/e in contemporary mainstream media. Drawing on historically enduring tropes dating back to the post WWII period, […]
Political Science Department Conference, Johns Hopkins University Rethinking Political Development in the Americas Co-sponsored by the Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies Thursday May 18 11am:TransnationalPerspectives Danielle Clealand, UT-Austin Francisco Gonzalez, JHU Sebastian Mazzuca, JHULisa Miller, RutgersAdam Sheingate, JHU Christy Thornton, JHU 2 pm: Indigenous Politics Tulia Falleti, UPenn Paul Frymer, Princeton Casey […]
The 2023 Latin American Film Festival is co-sponsored by the Center for Advanced Media Studies and the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. El acompañante, dir. Pavel Giroud, Cuba Spanish with English subtitles With Yotuel Romero, Armando Miguel Gómez, Camila Arteche, Yailene Sierra, Jazz Vilá, Jorge Molina CUBA’S OFFICIAL ENTRY TO THE ACADEMY AWARDS Set […]
Research workshop organized by Dr. Casey Lurtz, Department of History A works-in-progress conference bringing together scholars working from the late colonial to contemporary period who address questions of what development (desarrollo, fomento, modernización, mejoramiento, etc) meant in particular moments over the last few hundred years and how Latin America helps us understand the practices and […]
A roundtable discussion of the ideas, ideologies, and practices of development as seen from Latin America. Featuring Sophie Brockmann - Oriol Regue Sendros. - Yovanna Pineda - Jairo Campuzano-Hoyos - Diana Montaño - Casey Lurtz - Lise Sedrez - Molly Ball - Stefan Pohl Valero - Christy Thornton - Josh Frens-String - Amy Offner - […]
MEMORY, JUSTICE, AND THE DECLASSIFIED U.S. ROLE IN LATIN AMERICA featuring Juan Gabriel Valdés Ambassador of Chile to the U.S. Peter Kornbluh Senior Analyst, National Security Archive Katherine Hite Professor of Political Science on the Frederick Ferris Thompson Chair, Vassar College Consuelo Amat SNF Agora Institute & Assistant Professor of Political Science, JHU Hackerman Hall B17 Event co-sponsored […]
"A Bruddah's Mind," dir. Déo Cardoso, Brazil https://pragda.com/film/a-bruddahs-mind/ Portuguese with English subtitles With Lucas Limeira, Nicoly Mota, Jennifer Joingley, Mayara Braga. Based on real events, this political drama fuses Brazilian history with international anti-racist movements. Saulo, a black introvert student and fan of the Black Panther Movement, challenges his school in the largely white city […]
The Program in Latin America, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies is pleased to welcome Professor Mariela Noles Cotito, Social and Political Sciences, Universidad del Pacífico, Peru, to present: The current state of Black citizenship in Andean countries The formulation of legislation aimed at promoting and protecting the rights of racial and ethnic minorities in Andean countries […]
"Pájaros de Verano," dir. Cristina Gallego & Ciro Guerra, Colombia https://pragda.com/film/birds-of-passage/ Wayuu, English, and Spanish with English subtitles With Carmiña Martínez, José Acosta, Natalia Reyes, Jhon Narváez, Greider Meza, José Vicente Cote, Juan Bautista Martínez ACADEMY AWARD® COLOMBIA’S SUBMISSION FOR BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra, the creative team behind Oscar®-nominated EMBRACE OF […]
Join us for a lecture by Sarah Quesada, Romance Studies, Duke University Event co-sponsored by William D. and Robin Mayer Professorship of Arts & Sciences Sarah M. Quesada’s book illustrates a “Latin-African” history: an untold story that challenges dominant narratives in world literature and transatlantic studies that ignore Africa's impact in broader Latin American culture. […]
"Los Lobos," dir. Samuel Kishi Leopo, Mexico https://pragda.com/film/los-lobos/ Spanish and Cantonese with English subtitles With Martha Reyes Arias, Maximiliano Nájar Márquez, Leonardo Nájar Márquez, Cici Lau, Johnson T. Lau Following his success with We Are Mari Pepa, director Samuel Kishi Leopo approaches a more personal topic in the moving autobiographical film. With touches of The Florida Project, Los Lobos follows […]
Levering Conference Room A Join us for presentations by the 2023 LACLxS student research grantees! Featuring: 12:30 - 12:45 pm, Maximiliano Vejares, Political Science: “The Origins of State Authority: Theory and Evidence from Chile.” 12:55 - 1:10 pm, Halle Mackenzie-Ashby, History: “Bound by the Womb: Reproduction, Kinship & Freedom in Barbados” 1:20 - 1:35 pm, […]