CLACS was awarded a Spanish Film Club grant from Pragda, a well-regarded distributor of Iberoamerican Films.… Continue Reading »
Spotlight: Katelyn (Lucas) Hinkens
Katelyn (Lucas) Hinkens International Studies Latin American and Caribbean Studies Certificate 2012 Katelyn graduated from Marquette with her Master’s in International Affairs in spring 2015. She was granted a Pickering Fellowship, which paid for her degree and secured her a … Continue Reading »
New Video Project
In 1998 CLACS produced the educational video, El Futuro Mya: Voices from the Present, about the Maya cultural revitalization movement. In the summer of 2015, CLACS began work on the sequel. … Continue Reading »
CLACS Interim Director
Natasha Borges Sugiyama, Associate Professor of Political Science, Joined CLACS as Interim Director on May 18, 2015. Natasha’s research focuses on Brazilian politics, policy diffusion, politics of social inclusion, and citizenship of the poor.… Continue Reading »
CLACS Awarded NRC and FLAS Funding for 2014-18
The UWM Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) recently was awarded 2014-18 Title VI National Resource Center (NRC) and Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships (FLAS) funding by the U.S. Department of Education. CLACS is jointly funded in … Continue Reading »