Latinx Heritage Month at UWM is coordinated by a team of campus stakeholders offering a variety of programs that recognize and celebrate the history, culture, and contributions of people of Latinx, Afro-Latinx, Chicanx, Latin American, Caribbean, Spanish and Indigenous descent in the United States.… Continue Reading »
LACUSL student serves as panelist at Campus Dialogue on Racial Justice: Student Panel
LACUSL Student, Christopher Chavez is one of the featured student speakers at the panel, “Campus Dialogue on Racial Justice: Student Panel” which is sponsored by the Division of Global Engagement and Inclusion and the Division of Student Affairs. The virtual … Continue Reading »
LACUSL Associated Faculty Natasha Borges Sugiyama to Present Brown Bag Series
Wednesday, February 19, 2020 12:30pm Curtain Hall 535B
Our very own LACUSL Committee Co-chair and LACUSL Affiliated Faculty, Natasha Borges Sugiyama will be presenting this Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at the Women’s & Gender Studies’ Brown Bag Series. These sessions are held one Wednesday each month at 12:30 pm in Curtin Hall 535B.… Continue Reading »
Career Plática: Careers Beyond Academia, A Conversation with Alum
Wednesday, November 6th, 2:30-4:00pm, Greene Museum, 3367 N Downer Ave
Yes, you can research and teach within the fields of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx studies, but what can you do with your LACS Certificate or LACUSL degree beyond academia?! Let’s chat about it with grads of these fields!… Continue Reading »
Exploring Majors Fair on Monday Oct 21
Interested in learning more about LACUSL, LACS, or Latino Studies? Want more information on studying abroad, internships, and funding opportunities? Come visit our table at the Exploring Majors Fair on Monday, Oct 21 from 10am-2pm in the Union Ballroom!… Continue Reading »
Protect Your Magic: Building Resiliency and Care Practices in Academia, a talk with La Loba Loca Queer Andina educator, herbalist, and activist
Monday, September 30, 5:00-7:00pm, Alumni Fireside Lounge
Loba’s work focuses on Andina identity, reproductive justice, doula work and plant connections. Loba’s core philosophy is based on (re)claiming and (re)membering Abuelita Knowledge as well as how to use our roots as tool for liberation and transformation.… Continue Reading »
LACUSL/LACS Tabling @ Multicultural Open House
Wednesday, September 11, 10:00-12:00pm, First Floor Bolton Hall
Visit CLACS staff Maddie and Aimee next week at the Multicultural Network’s Annual Fall Open House! Come learn more about our LACUSL Major, LACS Certificate program and funding opportunities with our center! Oh, and make a free button to take with you!… Continue Reading »
“Race and Color in America Viewed Through Dance and History”
Check out this interview with Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, professor emeritus of African and African Diaspora Studies at UW-Milwaukee as he shares about African and African Diaspora Studies, Ko-Thi Dance Company, and what he is offering in his lectures that are a … Continue Reading »
Dr. Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, Professor Emeritus to give Lecture “‘Race’ and ‘Color’ in Latin American and the Caribbean”
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
6:00-7:30pm, Mitchell Street Library (906 W. Mitchell Street)
Dr. Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, Professor Emeritus, UWM Department of African & African Diaspora Studies
” ‘Race’ and ‘Color’ in Latin America and the Caribbean”… Continue Reading »
Migration Marks: Time, Waiting, and Desires for Migration – An Evening with Dr. Lilia Soto
Thursday, October 11, 2018
Dr. Lilia Soto, University of Wyoming is the author of Girlhood in the Borderlands: Mexican Teens Caught in the Crossroads of Migration. Dr. Soto will give a talk titled Migration Marks: Time, Waiting, and Desires for Migration.… Continue Reading »