In an ongoing collaboration with Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), CLACS has created a new podcast series, focused on key concepts/summaries of topics commonly taught in International Baccalaureate (IB) History of the Americas courses. … Continue Reading »
25th Anniversary of the Américas Award
This year, the Consortium of Latin American Studies Program (CLASP) celebrated 25 years of the Américas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature in Washington, D.C. during Hispanic Heritage month. On September 28, 2018, the Américas Award ceremony was held at the Library of Congress. The Américas Award began at CLACS, in collaboration with CLASP, and was coordinated by the Center for its first eighteen years.… Continue Reading »
Maryse Condé Wins Nobel Prize for Literature
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 publishes two books.
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 »
2018 CLACS Summer Teacher Institute
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 »
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 »
CLACS 2017-18 Student Awards
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 »
Field research grants available from CLACS
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 »
CLACS announces FLAS Fellowship competition
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 »
K-16 Educator Institute in Cuba
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 »