This symposium brings together scholars working in Iberian, Middle Eastern, and Medieval Studies to engage in a critical discussion concerning race—reevaluating both its utility as a category of analysis in the premodern world and how it has structured medieval and early modern studies as academic fields. Register via email by March 19, 2021, for this …
A border is what separates things, and the border’s very existence is inseparable both from the power that sustains it and from the possibility of its transgression. In recent years, the relationship between borders—political, geographical and symbolic—and State power has taken on a special significance in the public arena. Transgression, for its part, is an …
International Graduate Student Conference: Borders, Power and Transgression Read More »
LAIS is pleased to co-sponsor the Art History Graduate Student Association's 45th annual symposium! This virtual symposium is an opportunity for students and scholars across the humanities to engage in a critical dialogue while maintaining a focus on images and material objects. This year’s theme asks participants to challenge colonialist conceptions of mystical, spiritual, and …
Welcome to the first-ever LAIS Program alumni reunion! Join us to celebrate 40+ years of achievements and Master’s theses in the Latin American and Iberian Studies Master's Program. This two-day event will feature seven panels showcasing the career paths of 19 alumni who graduated between 1985 and 2018. We will be joined by former directors …
LAIS Alumni Reunion: Celebrating 40+ years of Masters, 1980-2021 Read More »
Join the Latin American and Iberian Studies Program in its celebration of 40+ years of achievements and master’s theses, and learn from LAIS MA alumni about their professional careers in and beyond academia. This two-day event will feature seven panels showcasing the career paths of 19 alumni who graduated between 1985 and 2018, from film …
Join the 2021 Latin American and Iberian Studies End-of-Year Awards Ceremony to celebrate the achievements and hard work of LAIS majors, minors and graduate students, faculty and staff. The ceremony will take place on Friday, May 28, 2021 from 4:30pm to 5:00 pm via Zoom. The Latin American & Iberian Studies Program is proud of its …
REGISTER: bit.ly/laiscolombia Since April 28, 2021, thousands of people have been protesting in Colombia to demand immediate changes and structural transformations that meet historically neglected social needs. The government has mainly responded through force and the criminalization of the protests. Dozens of people have been murdered, hundreds are missing, and more than 3,405 cases of police …
Social Mobilization and State Violence in Colombia Read More »
Register here for zoom link: https://go.wisc.edu/weston_silva Brazil's former Minister of Environment, Marina Silva, will discuss the challenges we need to face in order to preserve the Amazon and its indigenous population in the context of the multiple crises that Brazil and the world are currently experiencing. These reflections are the result of more than 30 years …
Weston Roundtable Series: How to Help Protect the Amazon Read More »
Zoom Meeting ID:885 537 1298
Please join us on October 15, 2020 at 2:30pm for our first lecture of the new academic year. We are very excited, together with our co-sponsors - the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, the Environmental Studies Program, the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, and the Global Studies - to …
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Register for the online event here: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwod-ihqjsvGNRWK2lx9e_zupP_vWC...
