The Puerto Rican Digital Library at the University of Puerto Rico has a variety of online resources to aid in teaching. Highlights include editorial cartoons, posters, the Santiago Iglesias Pantín Worker Documentation Center (CDOSIP), rare books, and rare maps. The rare maps collection in particular is spectacular, … Continue Reading »
Latin American Children’s Book Creators Resources
Perhaps you know that CLACS is organizing a summer 2021 virtual series on Latin American Children’s Book Creators. Our presenters have won a variety of awards including the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the Hans Christian Andersen Award, and the Premio Iberoamericano SM de … Continue Reading »
Telling Stories about the Americas: Bringing Digital Humanities into your Classroom
August 2-4, 2021
10-11:30am Central
Digital Collections (UWM Libraries), in collaboration with the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), UW-Milwaukee, will offer a free, three-session workshop series for educators focused on the open access digital humanities tool: the Knight Lab’s StorymapJS.… Continue Reading »
A journey around the world with the history of the cacerolazo
Since April 28, Colombia has been embroiled in widespread protests which began in response to controversial fiscal reforms proposed by the government of President Iván Duque but have continued even after the withdrawal of the reforms due to the government’s … Continue Reading »
Latin American Children’s Book Creators
Summer Series
June 24-August 24, 2021
10-11:30am Central)
In collaboration with the International Youth Library (Munich, Germany) and Translation & Interpreting Studies (UW-Milwaukee), CLACS offers a summer series of six acclaimed Latin American children’s and young adult writers and illustrators, moderated by international children’s book specialists who know their work well. Countries represented in this year’s series include Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Chile. … Continue Reading »
My TRUTH, My STORY: A Caribbean LGBTQ Oral History and Storytelling Documentary Series
The Caribbean Equality Project has a documentary series of interviews with queer, trans, and gender non-conforming Caribbean-Americans discussing their experiences with their identities in their communities. Interviews include folks from Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana, and feature Dominique Jackson, a trans Tobagonian-American actress, model, … Continue Reading »
2021 CLACS Summer Teacher Institute
June 28-30, 2021
9am-12noon CDT
Please join Pulitzer Center and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for an engaging webinar and workshop series, Underreported News Stories from Latin America.… Continue Reading »