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2024-25 CLACS Faculty Fellows

Competition Announcement CLACS Faculty Fellows 2023-24 Academic Year Latin America in Global Perspective Application Deadline: May 31st, 2024 The UWM Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) invites applications for its CLACS Fellows program focused annually on diverse themes. Fellows... Read more →

2024 Children’s and Young Adult Literature Book Fellows

To support more diverse books in classrooms and libraries and integration of diverse books in the curriculum, CLACS will award $1000 summer stipends to five Milwaukee Public Schools teachers and librarians (any related subject area, any level) to Read more →

2023-24 CLACS Faculty Fellows

CLACS is pleased to announce the recently selected 2023-24 CLACS Faculty Fellows, who will be focusing their projects on the theme, Building Bridges, Pushing Boundaries. Fellows will consider how their research and/or artistic expression challenges conventional approaches, pushes boundaries of inquiry... Read more →

2023-24 CLACS Faculty Fellows

CLACS announces 2023-24 Faculty Fellows theme: Building Bridges, Pushing Boundaries. Fellows’ may explore the theme from any disciplinary, interpretive, creative, or analytic point of view. Read more →

CLACS 2022-23 Award Recipients

We’re pleased to announce that we supported 41 UWM faculty, UWM students, and regional faculty with over $68,000 in funding this academic year. Funding went to conference presentations, field research, and less-commonly taught language studies. Congratulations to all of our... Read more →

Events

Trenque Lauquen Showing

October 4 at 5:30 pm and October 5 at 5:00 pm FREE for everyone! Both in love with Laura, Rafael and Ezequiel set out to find her after learning about her mysterious disappearance, and the pair soon discover that... Read more →

LACUSL Speaker Series: Professor Emily Latch & Billie Harrison

“The Grenada frog: Long term monitoring, mapping, outreach and conservation.” Monday, November 18th, 2024 3-4 pm AGSL (UWM Libraries, 3rd floor) UW-Milwaukee Professor Emily Latch & Billie Harrison Biological Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee The island of Grenada is home to... Read more →

LACUSL Speaker Series: Dr. Jorge Coronado

“Indigeneity and Writing: Rethinking Indigenismo in Early 20th Century Latin America” Monday October 28th, 2024 3pm-4pm AGSL (UWM Libraries, 3rd floor) UW-Milwaukee Jorge Coronado Professor of Latin American and Andean Literatures Co-Director, Andean Cultures & Histories Northwestern University In this talk, Professor Coronado reconsiders... Read more →

Authenticity and Inclusion: Engaging Language Learners through UDL

October 12, 2024 9am-12:30pm Northwest Quadrant D 1871 (2025 E Newport Ave) The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Explore Universal Design for Learning (UDL), a research-based framework for meeting the needs of all learners. This interactive workshop will highlight UDL principles and... Read more →

LACUSL Speaker Series: Dr. Gabriela Nagy

“Health among Latino/a Immigrants and Refugees” Monday, September 23, 2024 3-4 pm AGSL (UWM Libraries, 3rd floor) UW-Milwaukee Dr. Gabriela Nagy Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee The overarching focus of Dr. Gabriela Nagy’s research is on reducing... Read more →