November 14, 2018
Join us for a panel discussion on the recent election of Jair Balsonaro in Brazil. … Continue Reading »
Making Sense of Brazil’s Presidential Elections
Black Consciousness: Racial Inequalities in Brazil
November 5, 2018 (5pm)
With Professor Marcelo Paixao from the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies (AADS) at the University of Texas at Austin and Teresa Lozano Long from the Institute for Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at the University of Texas in Austin.… Continue Reading »
Brazil Initiative Workshop: Call for Submissions
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is pleased to launch a Brazil Initiative for WI and the Upper Midwest. The Brazil Initiative is designed to serve as a regional network to promote scholarship, … Continue Reading »
LACUSL Speaker Series Fall 2018
Fall 2018 LACUSL Speaker Series Announced
This year’s LACUSL Speaker Series honors Professor Howard Handelman’s (UWM professor 1970-2006) lifelong contributions to learning and promoting the study of Latin America and the Caribbean.… Continue Reading »
When Words and Images Matter: Challenges to Our Time
On October 27, 2017, Former Haitian Minister of Culture and Director Raoul Peck and Former French Minister of Justice and Human Rights Activist Christiane Taubira met to discuss the topic “When Words and Images Matter: Challenges to Our Time”. The … Continue Reading »
NCCLA Annual Conference
October 12-13, 2018
The North Central Council of Latin Americanists will hold its annual conference October 12-13, 2018 at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. This year’s theme: “The Role of Latin American Studies in Breaking Barriers and Bridging Divides.” … Continue Reading »
Fiesta Mexicana
Saturday, August 25, 2018
For the third year in a row, CLACS will participate in Milwaukee’s Fiesta Mexicana with a tableful of hands-on arts activities for all ages. Join us between 12noon-7pm.… Continue Reading »
Summer Educator Institute in Cuba
Eleven K-16 teachers participated in Teaching Cuban Culture and Society, A Summer Educator Institute in Cuba, June 23-July 7, 2018. The program was cosponsored by CLACS and organized by the Tulane Stone Center for…… Continue Reading »
Música del Lago summer 2018
CLACS is a cosponsor of the 2018 Música del Lago free Latin music series, organized by Colectivo Coffee on Thursdays at 7pm in their Milwaukee Lakefront Cafe. The six concerts run from June 7 to August 16 (with a rain … Continue Reading »
Alonso Cueto
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Peruvian novelist Alonso Cueto will speak on “The Novels of Mario Vargas Llosa and the Poetics of Power,” 3:30pm, Curtin Hall 175 (3243 N Downer Ave), UWM… Continue Reading »