Today, we focus on migration. In fall of 2020, CLACS and UW-Madison’s Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program had a Migration Webinar Series, with one conversation entitled Crossing Borders, Navigating Race: Blackness and Migration in the Americas. That conversation, moderated by Ermitte … Continue Reading »
Naúl Ojeda papers, Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution has a Volunteer Transcription project which asks “volunpeers” to help transcribe “field notes, diaries, ledgers, logbooks, currency proof sheets, photo albums, manuscripts, biodiversity specimens labels, and historic audio recordings” from the collections. New projects are added periodically, but at … Continue Reading »
Reproductive Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean
Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled on September 7th that the ban on abortion in the country is unconstitutional. According to the New York Times, the ruling only “applies immediately only to the northern state of Coahuila, where the justices said that … Continue Reading »
COVID y Comunidad en Latinoamérica
(English / Portuguese / Spanish) Jueves, 23 de septiembre de 2021/16:30-18:00. Hora central/Milwaukee (a través de Zoom) Crisis como la pandemia de coronavirus pueden tener efectos duraderos que limitan las oportunidades de crecimiento futuro, conservación del medio ambiente y perspectivas … Continue Reading »
COVID e Comunidade na Latinoamérica
(English / Portuguese / Spanish) Quinta-feira, 23 de setembro de 2021 / 16h30-18h Horário Central (via Zoom) Crises como a pandemia do coronavírus podem ter efeitos duradouros que limitam as oportunidades de crescimento futuro, conservação ambiental e perspectivas de inclusão … Continue Reading »
Covid and Community in Latin America
Thursday, September 23, 2021 / 4:30-6pm Central Time (via Zoom)
Crises such as the coronavirus pandemic can have enduring effects that limit opportunities for future growth, environmental conservation, and prospects for social inclusion. … Continue Reading »
Vistas: Visual Culture in Spanish America 1520-1820
The Vistas project hosts a variety of “high resolution color images, each of them fully annotated, videos and interpretive essays” on artwork produced in the colonial Spanish empire of the Americas that ranged from modern day California all the way … Continue Reading »