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2023 Latin American & Caribbean Studies (LACA) Undergraduate Research Symposium

LACA Undergrad Symposium

Thursday, May 18, 2023

10:30am – 12:30pm

Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street

Join us for the 2023 Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACA) Undergraduate Research Symposium, which will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 18, 2023 in Joukowsky Forum (111 Thayer Street).

Refreshments will be served. The LACA 2023 Honors Thesis Prize Award Ceremony will take place at the end of the event.

Speakers:
Thesis
Shantal Hernandez ‘23
Student Protests as a Form of Political Power: 1968 in Paris and in México

Miriam E. Rice ‘23
Living Skeletons: The Legacy of American Architecture in the Panamá Canal Zone

Josue Zepeda Sanic ‘23
Re-Imagining Images and Stories: A Reclamation of Indigenous Sovereignty and Agency Through A Sculptural Interpretation of the Popol Vuh

Capstone
Nia Callendar ‘23
Rhythmic Resilience: Afro-Cuban Rumba and the Revolution