New LACA Spring 2017 Courses
November 1, 2016
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) announces two new LACA courses taught by our Cogut Visiting Professors
Announcements
CLACS Announces Funding for Student/Faculty Reading Groups
October 5, 2016
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) is pleased to announce that it has awarded funding to two student/faculty reading groups as part of a new initiative.
2016-2017 Visiting Scholars
June 30, 2016
CLACS looks forward to welcoming our incoming visiting scholars for the 2016-17 academic year. The Honorable Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Fellowship Jimena Ponce de León - Ph.D candidate in Social Sciences at Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, Argentina (Fall 2016) Guillermo Wilde, Ph.D - Associate Professor, Instituto de Altos Estudios Sociales, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Spring 2017)
2016-2017 Tinker Field Research Grant Recipients
May 23, 2016
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) at Brown University is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2016-2017 Tinker Foundation Field Research Grants.
José Itzigsohn wins the 2016 Faculty Award for Advising & Mentoring
May 3, 2016
Professor of Sociology and CLACS Affiliated Faculty José Itzigsohn was recently awarded with the 2016 Faculty Award for Advising & Mentoring. We wish him congratulations!
South American Scholars Visit CLACS
April 18, 2016
CLACS is pleased to announce the visits of two Latin American scholars later this month. Juan Pablo Luna, from Chile, and Sebastián Etchemendy, from Argentina, will be participating in conferences and events at Brown throughout April and May. Luna is this semester’s Sarmiento Visiting Scholar of Latin American Studies. Etchemendy is a resident of Brown’s Graduate Program in Development and CLACS.
CLACS Launches Latin American and Caribbean Studies Alumni Newsletter!
February 29, 2016
CLACS is pleased to bring you the first issue of our Latin American and Caribbean Studies Alumni Newsletter. From 1975-2015, 311 students concentrated in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Brown. These former students now live across the country in 38 states and Puerto Rico, and abroad in Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, the Bahamas, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic. Our alumni are engaged in groundbreaking work on the region from a wide range of disciplines. This issue highlights a criminal defense and immigration lawyer, a Fulbright Research Scholar focusing on micro-business, a sexual and reproductive health policymaker with Planned Parenthood, a Columbia law student studying minority voting rights and campaign finance reform, a design specialist at Harvard's Center on the Developing Child, a manager of the Chiquita company in Switzerland, a University of Vermont Professor of Latin American History, and an economist at Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Alumni are listed in alphabetical order by surname. If you would like to be featured in the next issue of our Alumni Newsletter, please send an update and a picture to clacs@brown.edu. The newsletter will be published again in May, 2016. As always, many thanks for your support of CLACS! Richard Snyder Director, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Latin American and Caribbean Studies Alumni: Where Are They Now? In the United States and around the world, check out where Brown University Latin American and Caribbean Studies Alumni are now based!
New Edition of Focus on Faculty!
February 25, 2016
CLACS is pleased to release the latest issue of Focus on Faculty. The publication highlights the exciting and varied work of Brown University faculty regarding Latin America and the Caribbean. This issue highlights exciting research and teaching by our faculty on topics ranging from climate change, to social violence, to undocumented immigrants, and the recently rediscovered poems of the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. As always, many thanks for your support of CLACS!
CLACS Awarded Tinker Foundation Grant
February 3, 2016
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) at Brown University is proud to announce that it has been awarded a multi-year Field Research Grant by the Tinker Foundation. The grant provides $10,000 annually over three years to support pre-dissertation fieldwork in Latin America and the Caribbean by Brown doctoral students from all disciplines. The funds from the Tinker Foundation will be matched each year by the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs and the Graduate School, bringing the total amount available to $20,000 per year.
CLACS Kicks of the Spring 2016 Semester
February 3, 2016
CLACS is thrilled to kick off the Spring 2016 semester with a full week of events! Join us for the following talks, panel discussions, and receptions beginning Monday, February 8th.
CLACS Kicks of the Spring 2016 Semester
February 3, 2016
CLACS is thrilled to kick off the Spring 2016 semester with a full week of events! Join us for the following talks, panel discussions, and receptions beginning Monday, February 8th.
CLACS Kicks of the Spring 2016 Semester
February 3, 2016
CLACS is thrilled to kick off the Spring 2016 semester with a full week of events! Join us for the following talks, panel discussions, and receptions beginning Monday, February 8th.
Office of International Programs Launches Brown in Argentina and Brown in Chile!
January 19, 2016
The Brown University Office of International Programs has launched two new Distinctively Brown programs in South America.
Meet the CLACS Fellows!
November 4, 2015
The CLACS Undergraduate Fellowship Program allows undergraduate students with an interest in Latin America and the Caribbean, and academic excellence, to explore in-depth what it means to work in/on the region. This fellowship program is open to students from all concentrations. This year's group of CLACS Fellows are particularly inspiring and diverse! They have spent significant time in twelve countries of the region, represent sixteen concentrations, and come from all class years at Brown.
CLACS Affiliate Gregory Duff Morton Published in the Journal of Peasant Studies
October 26, 2015
Watson Institute Postdoctural Fellow in International Studies Gregory Duff Morton's article "Managing transience: Bolsa família and its subjects in an MST landless settlement" was recently published in the Journal of Peasant Affairs.
CLACS Former Visiting Professor Appointed Director of Dejusticia
September 29, 2015
After a decade of work as Co-Director at the International Department of the Bogota-based human rights organization, founding member César Rodríguez Garavito was named Executive Director of Dejusticia on Monday, September 28. Dejusticia--a leader of social justice work and innovative research--"view[s] the law not only as a form of regulation, but also as a tool for social transformation... to generate a more democratic legal culture and respect for human rights" (Dejusticia, About Us).
Ed Calle and Sonlokos Nominated for Latin Grammy Awards!
September 24, 2015
CLACS is thrilled to announce that Sonlokos and Ed Calle have just been nominated for 2015 Latin Grammy Awards! Sonlokos has been nominated for "Best Traditional Tropical Album," and Ed Calle has been nominated for "Best Instrumental Album."
New Issue of Focus on Faculty!
September 24, 2015
CLACS is pleased to release the latest issue of Focus on Faculty. The publication highlights the exciting and varied work of Brown University faculty regarding Latin America and the Caribbean. This issue examines such diverse projects as the Brown in Cuba Study Abroad Program, the university's VII Transatlatic Conference, and translating the lost poems of Pablo Neruda. See also for recent publications, upcoming talks, and research.