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 […]
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, […]
"El futuro perfecto," dir. Nele Wohlatz, Argentina https://pragda.com/film/the-future-perfect/ Spanish and Mandarin with English subtitles With Zhang Xiaobin, Saroj Kumar Malik, Jiang Mian, Wang Dong Xi, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart Awarded Best First Feature at the Locarno International Film Festival, German-Argentinian newcomer Nele Wolatz’s The Future Perfect explores fractured relationships within culture, tradition, and language in this whimsical romantic […]
Join us Thursday, November 30, at 1 pm EST for a webinar to discuss Argentina’s presidential election outcome with a great panel of experts. Sebastian Mazzuca, Political Science JHU Yanina Welp, Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy at the Geneva Graduate Institute Luciana Vazquez, Political columnist and journalist for La Nación newspaper Sergio Berensztein, Political Analyst […]
"La libertad es una palabra grande," dir. Guillermo Rocamora, Uruguay https://pragda.com/film/freedom-is-a-big-word/ Spanish with English subtitles Guantanamo, then what? After 13 years, Mohammed, a 38-year-old Palestinian, is released from the notorious detention camp, where he was starved, tortured, and humiliated. Under this regime, he was given a choice: to stay in Guantanamo or start a new […]
Gilman Hall 186 The Johns Hopkins Latin America in a Globalizing World works in progress seminar welcomes Sebastián Cortesi, Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science, JHU, to present: MANIN GOES TO THE NEW WORLD: INEQUALITY, GROWTH, AND THE EVOLUTION OF OFFICEHOLDING REQUIREMENTS
Macaulay Hall, 101 The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies and the Marxisms Seminar are pleased to welcome Professor Bernadine Marie Hernandez (English, University of New Mexico) for a conversation about her recent book, Border Bodies. Racialized Sexuality, Sexual Capital, and Violence in the Nineteenth-Century Borderlands In this study of sex, gender, sexual […]
Bloomberg 278 The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies is pleased to welcome Mary Caton Lingold, Professor of English and director of the PhD Program in Media, Art, and TextMedia, Art, and Text at Virginia Commonwealth University, for a conversation about her recent book, African Musicians in the Atlantic World: Legacies of Sound […]
Mergenthaler Hall 366 The Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies and the Department of Political Science are pleased to welcome Angie Bautista-Chavez, Assistant Professor of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University, for the lecture: Externalization and the Consolidation of Migration Control
Hodson Hall 313 The Program in Spanish and Portuguese, in co-sponsorship with the Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies and the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, are pleased to present Voices from Mozambique A discussion and performance featuring Paulina Chiziane a Mozambican activist, feminist, and writer, and the first woman to publish […]