March 4, 2016
Patricia Richards’ talk draws from her research on Mapuche women elders residing in Southern Chile. Although Richards’ initial focus was on how these women’s lives had been shaped by gender, racial, and colonial marginalization, she discovered that the most salient theme is violence.… Continue Reading »
LACUSL Speaker Series: Sergio Gonzalez
Wednesday, December 2, 2015, 3:30 pm
Sergio Gonzalez, Department of History, UW-Madison
‘God is our refuge and strength’: Latino Milwaukee, Sanctuary Movements, and Religious Transnationalism in the Twentieth Century… Continue Reading »
LACUSL Speaker Series: M. Estrella Sotomayor
M. Estrella Sotomayor, History, Women’s Studies, and Spanish & Portuguese – Reproductive Rights and U.S. Imperialism: The Case of Puerto Rico… Continue Reading »
LACUSL Speaker Series: Nicholas L. Padilla
Nicholas L. Padilla, Geography, UW-Milwaukee – Decolonizing Indigenous Education: Reawakening Mother Nature and Sowing the Seeds of Harmony… Continue Reading »
LACUSL Speaker Series: Vicky Unruh
Vicky Unruh, Spanish and Portuguese, University of Kansas – Beyond Immortality: The Cemetery in Contemporary Cuban Film and Fiction… Continue Reading »
LACUSL Speakers Series: Gilberto Blasini
Gilberto Blasini, Film Studies and English, UW-Milwaukee – The Power of No or History, Larraín Sty… Continue Reading »
LACUSL Speaker Series: Drago Momcilovic
Drago Momcilovic, Comparative Literature, UW-Milwaukee “Anthems of the Disempowered: Anglo-European Music and Chilean Cultural Memory after Pinochet” Wednesday, November 5, 2014 3:30pm American Geographical Society Library (UWM Libraries, Third floor) This talk is an illustrated exploration of the aesthetic and … Continue Reading »
LACUSL Speaker Series: Oriol Mirosa
Oriol Mirosa, Sociology and Global Studies, UW-Milwaukee – The Global Commodification of Water and the Search for Alternatives in Bolivia… Continue Reading »
LACUSL Speaker Series: Susana M. Muñoz
Susana M. Muñoz, Administrative Leadership, UW-Milwaukee – Identity, social activism, and the pursuit of higher education: The journey stories of undocumented and unafraid community activists… Continue Reading »
LACUSL Speaker Series: Adriana McCleer
Adriana McCleer, School of Information Studies, UW-Milwaukee – Fighting for intellectual and cultural freedom: Current battles for Mexican American studies in K-12 classrooms… Continue Reading »