Dec 12, 2019
María Cabrera Arus – La Moda, La Revolución Cubana y El Hombre Nuevo (Fashion, the Cuban Revolution and the New Man)
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) at Brown University facilitates the study of this dynamic region from a multidisciplinary perspective. CLACS organizes academic conferences, lectures, and cultural programming, and supports our over 100 faculty affiliates as well as graduate and undergraduates interested in the region. The undergraduate concentration was first approved in 1973 and was later incorporated into the Center for Latin American Studies (eventually renamed CLACS) after its establishment in November of 1984.
Dec 9, 2019
Daniel McDonald — Democratic Biocitizenship: Health Rights from Dictatorship to Democracy in Brazil
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Dec 4, 2019
René Cordero, Lauren Derby & Ramona Hernandez — Documenting the Cold War in the Dominican Republic
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Dec 2, 2019
Maria Cabrera Arus — La moda, la revolución cubana y el hombre nuevo (Fashion, the Cuban Revolution and the New Man)
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Nov 21, 2019
Maria Stephan — Why Civil Resistance Works
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
Nov 15, 2019
Book Launch: Inside Countries: Subnational Research in Comparative Politics
3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Meet the Author
Nov 14, 2019
Annette Idler — Borderland Battles: Violence, Crime, and Governance at the Edges of Colombia's War
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Nov 14, 2019
Leonar Aguiar Martínez ─ Healthcare in Post-Conflict Colombia and the Current Effects of the Venezuelan Crisis
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Nov 11, 2019
Chile Despertó: Understanding The Social Crisis In The Latin American "Oasis"
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Nov 11, 2019
Nina Alvarez — The Perfect Immigrant and Other Myths
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Nov 8, 2019
CLACS Teach-In on the Bahamas
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Nov 4, 2019
Ashoka Mukpo — The Role of Video and Photography to Mobilize Action Against Abuses at the Border
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Oct 30, 2019
William Fisher – The Great and the Not-so-Great: Leadership Tips from the Canela People of Brazil
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Oct 28, 2019
Ambassador Gerónimo Gutiérrez Fernández ─ Immigration, Trade, and Border Security
4:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Watson Distinguished Speaker Series
Oct 24, 2019
Human Trafficking in Brazilian and Jamaican Contexts
2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Nicholson House, Conde Seminar Room
Brazil Initiative
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Oct 23, 2019
Ecuador in Crisis: Social discontent, indigenous uprising, and political instability
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
Oct 10, 2019
Boris Muñoz ─ Cutting through the Noise in the Age of Polarization
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Oct 7, 2019
Jourdy Victoria James Heredia ─ An Economy Under Siege: Building Socialism and Solidarity with Cuba Today
4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Please note new location: Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Oct 3, 2019
Puerto Rico: The Unknown US Colony
7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Oct 2, 2019
Kevin Lewis O'Neill – Architectures of Captivity
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Sep 21, 2019
Providence Latin American Film Festival, night 2
5 p.m. – 10 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Arts and Culture
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Sep 20, 2019
Providence Latin American Film Festival, night 1
6 p.m. – 10 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Arts and Culture
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Sep 19, 2019
Iria Puyosa – Eroding Democracy on Twitter. A Network Analysis of Online Propaganda by the Venezuelan Government and Its Foreign Allies
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
Sep 17, 2019
Estevão Fernandes – Queer Indígena e Antiautoritarismo: O Caso Brasileiro (Queer Indigenous and Anti-Authoritarianism): The Case of Brazil
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Sep 13, 2019
Teach-in with Craig M. Cogut Visiting Professor Estevão Fernandes ─ The ‘Chainsaw Captain’ and the Brazilian Amazon: Why Our Rainforest Is Burning
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Brazil Initiative
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies