News
- Nara Milanich, ILAS Faculty, Releases: Children of Fate: Childhood, Class, and the State in Chile
- Pablo Piccato Releases The Tyranny of Opinion:Honor in the Construction of the Mexican Public Sphere
- ILAS Faculty, Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Publishes Ecological Perspective on HIV/AIDS in Caribbean
- ColumbiaNews reports success of ILAS Crime, Insecurity, and Fear in Mexico conference
- ILAS Faculty, Dr. Alfred Stepan, releases Democracies in Danger
Upcoming Events
Feb 05, 2010 9:00 AM,
CALL FOR PAPERS: Voices in Education: Bridging Learning Communities March 26 and 27
For over 8 years, ALAS annual conference has sought to create a space for analysis, dialogue, and exchange in relation to the complex realities of education in the Americas. Throughout our history, the conference's objective has been to provide a unique opportunity for scholars who work on issues of education in Latin America to share and discuss their policy, academic, and research concerns. Latin America, however, is far from a homogenous and monolithic landscape of social, political, economic, and cultural practices. The diversity of contexts that characterizes Latin America requires educators, researchers, and policymakers alike to consider the multiplicity of experiences and perspectives when examining education as social phenomena.
Feb 10, 2010 6:00 PM, 918 IAB (Weatherhead East Asian Institute at SIPA)
FILM SCREENING: Argenchino
ARGENCHINO is an independently produced documentary about the Chinese supermarkets in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As Argentina slowly recovers from the 2001 devaluation of the peso, it may seem an unlikely resting spot for Chinese expatriates. Although it is a story that has been told by many newly emigrated groups in decades past– Koreans in New York City, Chinese in San Francisco—it holds a unique meaning in present day Argentina. Chinese immigrants have opened thousands of independently owned supermarkets that have flourished in Buenos Aires. Yet however popular these markets are, the Chinese immigrant population has been met with rampant stereotyping as the country struggles to rebuild its place in a global economy. As a new population of immigrants find relative economic success, they are met with a fabrication of myth that has pervaded so profoundly as truth, as to create a dramatic and definite divide between the two cultures.
Feb 22, 2010 4:00 PM, International Affairs Building Room 802, 420 West 118th St.
Open House for Undergraduate Major in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
The Institute of Latin American Studies and the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race will co-host an information session for undergraduate students interested in a major in Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Join us to find out more about our work. Speaker: Dr. Natasha Lightfoot.
Feb 24, 2010 5:00 PM, 179 Grace Dodge Hall
Afro-Latin@s in the Americas: History and Culture of an Invisible Majority
This event will focus on the experience of the African diaspora in the Americas, particularly the Caribbean and Brazil. It will feature a presentation on the history and culture of people of African descent in the Americas--paying particular attention to issues of identity. The presentation will be followed by an interactive workshop by the Afro-Latin@ Forum aimed at helping teachers incorporate these themes into their curriculum. The event will culminate with a cultural performance and reception featuring Afro-Caribbean music and food.
MA in Latin American Studies
ILAS welcomes our first incoming class to the Masters program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
Our Hearts Go Out to Haiti
New Major in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Visit our students page for more information.