February 22, 2023 (4-6pm) Northwest Quadrant (NWQ) D 1921 4-5:15pm: ePortfolio hands-on session (bring your laptop) 5:15-6pm: Food from El Salvador Restaurant Please register in advance HERE. With the ePortfolio (or digital portfolio), you: Showcase your unique course of study Highlight your individual strengths Create … Continue Reading »
Summer 2023 Internships
Though spring semester has just begun, it’s a great time to start applying for summer internship opportunities! We’ll add to this list as more opportunities arise. The National Endowment for the Humanities is recruiting for up to 24 paid virtual … Continue Reading »
New Internships Available!
Looking for an internship? Check out these suggestions below! Writing/Research Correspondent at The Organization for World Peace Conduct Research and write articles on Latin America/Caribbean Remote Opportunity More info and to apply: https://theowp.org/careers/writers/ Community Research & Outreach at In Reach (formerly Asylum Connect) Contact organizations … Continue Reading »
Japanese Latin Americans and WWII
Spring 2022 virtual series
To complement the February 18-May 29, 2022 exhibit at the Jewish Museum of Milwaukee, Then They Came for Me: Incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII and the Demise of Civil Liberties, CLACS has organized parallel programming to tell the stories of Japanese Latin American populations during the same time period.… Continue Reading »
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships
A funding opportunity for students interested in Less-Commonly Taught Languages. The deadline is March 15, 2022. … Continue Reading »
Indigenous Struggles to Preserve Their Land in Brazil
Monday, March 7th, 2022 @ 4:00-5:30pm
Please join us for a virtual roundtable featuring indigenous leaders and scholars of Brazilian history and culture. Invited speakers will discuss the multiple forms of violence facing indigenous communities as they struggle to preserve their land in the Amazon.… Continue Reading »
Visiting Author: Valerie Martinez
Thursday, March 10th, 2022 @ 3:30pm & 7:00pm CT
Valerie Martínez is the author of five books of poetry, one book of translations (of Uruguay’s Delmira Agustini) and a chapbook of hybrid poetry and prose. Her poems have appeared widely in anthologies, journals, and magazines. Her most recent work, Count, is a book-length poem that grapples with the devastating effects of human-made climate change while recounting the magnificent wonders of the natural world.… Continue Reading »
LACUSL Speaker Series: Queer Exposures: Roberto Bolaño, Sexuality, and Photography
Tuesday, November 16th, 2021 @ 3:30 pm CT
Queer sexuality and photography disturb linear temporalities such as normative social development and the subordination of the past to the present. Close readings of selected novels, short stories, and poems by Roberto Bolaño (1953-2003), demonstrate that queerness and photography also disturb linear conceptions of an author’s trajectory.… Continue Reading »
Student-Led Internship Panel Nov 11!
Please join us on November 11, 2021 at 3pm for a Student-led Panel on Internships. Hear from past student interns from a variety of sites, ask questions, learn about their experiences, and gain insight on pursuing a credit-bearing internship! Please … Continue Reading »
Exploring Majors Fair
Monday, October 18th, 2021 @ 10:00am – 2:00pm CT
Find our Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latinx (LACUSL) Studies Major and Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS) Certificate representing this coming Monday in the UWM Union Ballroom.… Continue Reading »