FLAS Career Panel

The Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies at UW-Milwaukee and the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Utah are hosting a hybrid Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Career Panel on March 14, 2024 at …

Black Caribbeans in the Harlem Renaissance

February is Black History Month in the United States and a huge focus of this month in high school and college classrooms is the Harlem Renaissance. Did you know that a significant number of influential people within this movement had …

Agents of Exchange

Women’s Roles in Forming the Latin American Literary Canon
an international virtual symposium
February 16, 2024
Even before the 1868 translation of Sarmiento’s ‘Facundo’ by Mary Tyler Mann, women’s contributions have been crucial to the development of the Latin American literary canon.

LACUSL Speaker Series, spring 2024

“Black Brazilian Women in the Political Arena (2019-2023):  Achievements and Challenges”
February 15, 2024
3pm
with Dr. Fernanda Barros dos Santos, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage for 2023

Each year, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization selects cultural practices that are unique and important to different communities in particular need to be honored and safeguarded. In 2023, 9 elements from Latin America and the Caribbean were …