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 […]
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 […]
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 […]