Read about the memorable images and stories shared by journalists Nadja Drost, Pablo Albarenga, and Musuk Nolte with 133 K-16 educators who participated in the virtual 2020 CLACS annual summer institute. … Continue Reading »
Telling Stories about the Americas: Digital Humanities Tools for the Classroom
August 4-6, 2020
free for K-16 educators
Digital Humanities employs information technologies to research and present humanities topics in innovative and engaging ways. With the availability of free authoring tools, educators can draw from openly accessible digital collections of maps, images and other primary sources to create multimedia classroom resources.… Continue Reading »
Event Postponed: Symposium: Migration in the Americas
CLACS is postponing the Migration in the Americas Symposium. More details will be forthcoming. —————————————————————————– CLACS is pleased to host the Symposium, “Migration in the Americas,” from April 24-25, 2020. Migration of people to, within, and from the Americas has … Continue Reading »
2020 CLACS Summer Institute (Online)
Underreported Stories from Latin America
June 29-30, 2020
Join us for a hands-on professional development workshop that will introduce methods for using global news stories and journalism skills to deepen students’ engagement with their curricula, while also increasing their critical thinking and communication skills. Featuring education staff from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting,… Continue Reading »
Canceled: Diverse Ideas presents Eddie Avila
This event has been cancelled and will be rescheduled. Diverse Ideas presents Eddie Avila, Director of Rising Voices March 10, 11am-12 pm Lubar Entrepreneurship Center Atrium Eddie Avila is the Director of Rising Voices, a project of the organization Global … Continue Reading »
Canceled: “Living ‘A Part Apart’: Brazilian Migrants in Toronto, Canada”
Due to UWM’s closure extending the spring break by a week because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Falina Enriquez’ talk entitled “Living ‘A Part Apart’: Brazilian Migrants in Toronto, Canada” has been canceled. We hope to reschedule later in the semester … Continue Reading »
Navigating Rhetorics of Reproductive Justice with Promotores de Salud
Please join CLACS for a lecture: Navigating Rhetorics of Reproductive Justice with Promotores de Salud Rachel Bloom-Pojar English, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee March 4, 3:30pm Curtin 368, UW-Milwaukee In this talk, Rachel Bloom-Pojar will discuss her qualitative research on rhetorics … Continue Reading »
“On the Chilean Social Explosion of 2019”
Please join us for the next LACUSL Speakers Series event: Maxwell Woods (Literatura, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile) On the Chilean Social Explosion of 2019: Urban Segregation, Public Transport as Public Space, and Neoliberal Modernity Thursday February 20 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 … Continue Reading »
2020 NCCLA Teaching & Learning Workshop
Saturday, April 11, 2020
The North Central Council of Latin Americanists (NCCLA) is planning a spring teaching workshop o be held at Cornell College (Mount Vernon, Iowa) with support from CLACS.… Continue Reading »
STATE AND BLACK MOVEMENTS IN BRAZIL: (1980-2010) COOPERATION, CONTESTATION, OR AUTONOMY?
Please join us for the first LACUSL Speakers Series of 2020. Dr. Fernanda Barros dos Santos will be giving a lecture, entitled: STATE AND BLACK MOVEMENTS IN BRAZIL: (1980-2010) COOPERATION, CONTESTATION, OR AUTONOMY? Thursday, January 30, 2020, 3-4:30pm … Continue Reading »