The 2022 Brazilian General Election

October 6, 2022
4pm
On October 2, Brazilians voted in the high stakes presidential election, featuring two frontrunners: incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and former president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.  Learn why this election matters so profoundly for the future of democracy in Brazil.… Continue Reading »

NCCLA 2022: Call for Papers

November 3-5, 2022
Valparaiso University
NCCLA is excited to invite papers for our first in-person conference in three years, with remote presentation options. The organization invites proposals for panels, round tables, and papers from all disciplines that highlight salient topics in Latin American History, Politics, Anthropology, Art, Music, Economics, Literature, and more.… Continue Reading »

Japanese Latin Americans and WWII

Spring Virtual Series
March 14-May 11, 2022
To complement the February 18-May 29, 2022 exhibit at the Jewish Museum of Milwaukee, “Then They Came for Me: Incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII and the Demise of Civil Liberties,” CLACS has organized parallel programming to tell the stories of Japanese Latin American populations during the same time period.… Continue Reading »

Access to Global Public Health

April 19, 2022
10am Central
Dr. Paul Farmer, a founder of Partners in Health (PIH), died earlier this spring. To honor his impact and vision, this event highlights one of many global health professionals who carry forward that same commitment of public health for poor and underserved communities around the world.… Continue Reading »

Reinventing Community in Hualcayán, Peru: Ancient and contemporary transformations of landscape, ritual, and heritage

Rebecca Bria talk, 4/14/22

April 14, 2022
1:30pm Central
This talk traces Bria’s archaeological reconstruction of ancient community life in Hualcayán, Peru, a place Andean people inhabited, reimagined, and transformed over nearly four thousand years (2400 BC–AD 1450). It also reflects upon how Hualcayán’s ruins, infrastructure, and other material legacies continue to impact contemporary villagers… Continue Reading »