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 »
LACS Alum Selected as Finalist in Global Competition
LACS Certificate alum and current Master of Sustainable Peacebuilding (MSP) student, Alexandria Sedar was part of a three-person team who represented UW-Milwaukee at the global competition, Oxford Mapping the System. Read more by following the link below. Congratulations, Alexandria, Katherine, … Continue Reading »
Internship Newsletter: Fall 2019
Students, did you know that you can earn up to 3 credits toward your program by having an internship? Check out the first issue of the LACUSL + Related Programs Internship Newsletter, which lists internship opportunities for this upcoming Fall … 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 »
Film: Who Milks America’s Cows?
Buy a pound of cheese or a carton of milk in the U.S., and it most likely hails from Wisconsin, the number-one cheese and number-two milk producer in the country. Often, that Wisconsin dairy product comes from a cow that was milked by an undocumented immigrant.… Continue Reading »
LACUSL Speaker Series: “The Novels of Lucrecia Zappi: A Reading and Conversation”
Monday, April 1, 2019
2:00pm, AGSL, Golda Meir Library (3rd Floor)
Lucrecia Zappi (Brazilian Author and Journalist)
“The Novels of Lucrecia Zappi: A Reading and Conversation”… Continue Reading »
LACUSL Speaker Series: “Peruvian Colonial Spanish: Spanish and Indigenous Narrative Strategies”
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
2:30pm, AGSL, UWM Libraries, 3rd floor
Dr. Anna María Escobar, Spanish and Portuguese, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
“Colonial documents of the Viceroyalty of Peru include writings where the author presents herself as an Indigenous individual. Historians of the colonial period have long cast doubt on whether these documents were really written by individuals of Indigenous origin, since only the Indigenous elite had access to formal education.”… Continue Reading »
LACUSL Speaker Series: “The Contemporary Latin American Novel: Psychoanalysis and Violence”
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
3:20 pm, AGSL, Golda Meir Library (3rd floor)
Dr. Beatriz Botero (Comparative Literature and Folklore Studies, UW-Madison)
“The Contemporary Latin American Novel: Psychoanalysis and Violence”… Continue Reading »
LACUSL Speaker Series: “Bringing Memory Home or a Journey of Rebuilding : The Digital Repatriation of the Archive of Radio Haïti-Inter”
Friday, January 25, 2019
3:20 pm, AGSL, Golda Meir Library (3rd floor)
Dr. Laura Wagner, Radio Haiti Project Archivist at Duke University
“Bringing Memory Home or a Journey of Rebuilding: The Digital Repatriation of the Archive of Radio Haïti-Inter”… Continue Reading »
Spring 2019 LACUSL Speaker Series Announced
The LACUSL Speaker Series brings together scholars, professionals, and students working in Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latinx Studies to discuss research, teaching, culture, current events, and other topics of interest to students, faculty, staff, and community members. The Speaker Series is interdisciplinary, and draws on the expertise of faculty and graduate students in the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and the professional schools. All events are free and open to the public.… Continue Reading »