Mar 21, 2023
Mary Weismantel — Making Kin: Indigenous Perspectives from Ancient South America
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Giddings House, Room 212, 128 Hope St
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.
Mar 10, 2023
Metaphysical Revolutions in the Ancient Andes
12 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Giddings House, 128 Hope Street, Room 212
Feb 24, 2023
Rethinking the Dynamic Interplay of Migration, Race, and Ethnicity in the Caribbean and Latin America: A Literary Event
5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Martinos Auditorium, 154 Angell Street
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
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Feb 6, 2023
CLACS Visiting Faculty Symposium
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Jouwkowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street
Feb 2, 2023
"Freedom's Captives: Slavery and Gradual Emancipation on the Colombian Black Pacific" Book Talk with Yesenia Barragan
4 p.m. – 5 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
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Jan 24, 2023
Indigenous History and the shaping of Amazonian landscapes in the Teotônio Waterfall (Upper Madeira River)
12 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Giddings House, 128 Hope Street, Room 212
Dec 5, 2022
Camps in the 21st Century Americas
8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Nov 30, 2022
Luis Martín Valdiviezo Arista — Anti-Racist Paradoxes in Peruvian Social Policy
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street or register here for virtual event
Nov 17–18, 2022
An Evening with Performance Artist José Torres-Tama
Martinos Auditorium, Perry and Marty Granoff Center, 154 Angell Street
Nov 15, 2022
Introducing In the Wake of George Floyd: Responses to Anti-Black Racism in Rhode Island
2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Digital Scholarship Lab room 137, Rockefeller Library, 10 Prospect Street or register here for virtual event
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
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Nov 14, 2022
Feeding the End of the World: Unhealthy Ecologies, Precarious Labor, and the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Meat Industry in Southern Brazil
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Leung Conference Room, Stephen Robert '62 Hall, 280 Brook Street
Nov 11, 2022
Caribbean Regional Integration: A Critical Development Approach
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street or register here for virtual event
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
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Nov 4, 2022
Watson Día de los Muertos
6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Starr Plaza, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street (Rain Location: Crystal Room, Alumnae Hall, 194 Meeting Street)
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
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Nov 2, 2022
Brian Meeks — Hiding in Plain Sight: Tito P. Achong, Race, and Anti-colonialism in Wartime Trinidad
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street or register here for virtual event
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
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Oct 28, 2022
An Evening with Guatemalan Rapper and 'Artivist' Rebeca Lane
7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. The Agora, Stephen Robert '62 Hall, 280 Brook Street
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Student Events
Oct 28, 2022
Art as a Channel for Working on Sexual and Reproductive Rights: A Workshop with Guatemalan 'Artivist' Rebecca Lane
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Leung Conference Room, Stephen Robert '62 Hall, 280 Brook Street
Oct 13, 2022
Watson Zumba Dance Class
4 p.m. – 5 p.m. Starr Plaza, 111 Thayer Street - (if rain, Zumba will be held indoors, in the Agora, 280 Brook Street)
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
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Oct 12, 2022
Yanilda González ─ Who Governs Policing? Mayors’ Strategic Linkages to Police in Latin American Cities
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Development Seminar
Oct 11, 2022
Is the Political Scoreboard in South America Changing? Elections in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina
4 p.m. – 5 p.m. Register here to join the webinar or watch live on Watson's YouTube channel.
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
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Oct 6, 2022
A Hispanic Heritage Month Discussion: Latino Representation in Civic Engagement
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Kim Koo Library, Third Floor, 111 Thayer Street
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Student Events
Oct 4, 2022
(Re)pensando el vínculo entre migración y crisis
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Register here to join the webinar.
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
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Sep 30, 2022
Sep 29, 2022
Watson Cafecito: Hispanic Heritage Month Student Mixer
12 p.m. – 2 p.m. 111 Thayer Street, front entrance area
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Student Events
Sep 27, 2022
Pedro Dal Bó - The Economic Outcomes of Native Groups in Argentina
4 p.m. – 5 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
Sep 21, 2022
Susan Eckstein - Cuban Privilege: The Making of Immigrant Inequality in America
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
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