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Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Recent News
The Island as Classroom
Learning through life, language, and culture, one summer in Martinique
Tracing the Footsteps of the “Godmothers” of Négritude
Stopping in Martinique on the worldwide path following the lives and legacies of Black women intellectuals of the early twentieth century
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS) at the University of Michigan stimulates and supports regionally focused academic and curricular endeavors. The center is a nexus for faculty members and students from a wide range of disciplines and perspectives who share a common interest in Latin America and the Caribbean. LACS also fosters engagement and exchange between the people of Michigan and the Latin American and Caribbean scholars, activists, and artists who make up our global community.
The Brazil Initiative at LACS is a university-wide initiative to promote research, teaching, and student and faculty exchange with the goal of fomenting and enhancing collaborations with Brazilian institutions. Seed funding is provided to U-M faculty members to build new or existing collaboration with Brazilian colleagues. The Initiative was created in 2012 as a result of a visit to Brazil by a U-M official delegation led by former President Mary Sue Coleman.
Events
Nov
19
Qahwah & Authors. Borícua Muslims with Ken Chitwood
Ken Chitwood, Department for the Study of Religion at Universität Bayreuth
5:00 PM
Multipurpose Room
Museum of Art
Dec
05
II Event. Languages Summit
Reinforcing the Foundations and Securing the Future of Language Study at U-M
1:00 PM
Assembly Hall (4th Floor)
Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Jan
20
Lessons of Authoritarianism and Democratic Resilience in Latin America: Free Community Film Screening & Discussion
I'm Still Here
Victoria Langland, Department of History, University of Michigan, Ana Guimarães, Department of Romance Languages and Literature
5:30 PM
Off Campus Location
Mar
12
Lessons of Authoritarianism and Democratic Resilience in Latin America: Resisting New Authoritarianism(s) in Latin America
Ailynn Torres Santana, La Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Ecuador
4:00 PM
555
Weiser Hall
