Guadeloupean author Maryse Condé was announced to be the winner of the New Academy’s “alternative” Nobel Prize for Literature. Condé is the author of over 20 books, and has previously won the Grand prix littéraire de la Femme (1986), and Prix de L’Académie … Continue Reading »
UWM Biological Sciences professor, Dr. Rafael Lucas Rodriguez, recently published two books in Spanish with a Costa Rican Editorial. “One is a biography of my father, who was an important figure in the development of biology as a field … Continue Reading »
CLACS, together with LACIS, UW-Madison and UW-Whitewater, welcomed eighteen K-16 educators from six states and the UK to the 2018 Summer Teacher Institute, Race and Ethnicity in Latin America, July 11-13, Milwaukee. The group was evenly split between high school and post-secondary; … Continue Reading »
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 »
With the conclusion of the 2017-2018 academic year, the UWM Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies is proud to announce this year’s student award winners. CLACS awarded over $54,000 in Student Scholarships, Fellowships, and Grants to support sixteen undergraduate … Continue Reading »
CLACS announces availability of two field research funding opportunities for students:
Tinker Pre-Dissertation Field Research Grants and the Ruggiero-Handelman Field Research Award
March 2, 2018… Continue Reading »
Undergraduate FLAS Fellowships for academic year 2018-19 are available (pending funding) to study Portuguese at UW-Milwaukee. Portable graduate FLAS are available for summer 2018 to attend intensive language institutes to study Portuguese, Haitian Creole, or indigenous languages of Latin America and the Caribbean. Application deadline: February 15, 2018… Continue Reading »
CLACS is collaborating with the Tulane University Stone Center for Latin American Studies to offer Cuban Culture and Society: K-16 Educator Institute in Cuba, June 23-July 7, 2018. … Continue Reading »
CLACS hosted Salvadoran-born children’s author Jorge Argueta in October, featuring school visits and a talk cosponsored with Milwaukee Public Library.… Continue Reading »
Twenty-four educators came together to participate in our 2017 Summer Teacher Institute entitled “Whither Cuba? Perspectives on Cuba in the 21st Century.” … Continue Reading »