The Colombian photographer Jesús Abad Colorado looks back into his photographic work portraying the Colombian armed conflict and visits territories affected by it, including San José de Apartadó, Ganada and Bojayá to show the photographs he took to those who appeared in them. He reflects on the horrors of war and the future of peace […]
In conjunction with Prof. Alicia Borinsky’s course Tango & Urban Culture Featuring Héctor del Curto • Anita Flejter & Hernan Brizuela (Ultimate Tango) • Alfredo Gómez • Claudio Ragazzi (Berklee College of Music) Tuesday, October 18, 2022 • 6 to 8 PM The Castle at Boston University • 225 Bay State Road Free & open […]
Un siglo del Trío Instrumental Colombiano: Bandola, Tiple y Guitarra De los Hermanos Hernández a los Hermanos Saboya Recital con obras de época El trío típico de la región andina colombiana es uno de los formatos que ha mantenido su formación idéntica durante más tiempo en las músicas tradicionales del país. Tiple, Bandola y Guitarra, […]
Our new colleague, Maia Gil’Adí, a College of Arts & Sciences assistant professor of Latinx literature, has put together a list of noteworthy books by Latinx authors published in the past five years. From horror to YA to graphic novels to fiction, the list celebrates Cuban American, Mexican American, Central and South American, Puerto Rican, and […]
In a September 27 op-ed in The Conversation, Jeff Rubin, Associate Professor of History, and co-author Rafael R. Ioris, Professor of Modern Latin America History at the University of Denver, make the case that two very different Brazils could emerge after elections on October 2. In one scenario, Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s current president, will manage to […]
The Center for Latin American Studies at Boston University presents El testigo: memorias del conflicto colombiano Una conversación entre los autores Jesús Abad Colorado & María Belén Sáez Ibarra con las profesoras Ana María Reyes (Boston University) & Doris Sommer (Harvard University) Monday, October 17, 2022 • 4:30 PM (reception) | 5 PM (event) Pardee […]
Thursday, October 13 • 5 to 6:30 Marina Arias Salvado “Reggaetón in Spain” Moderated by Michael Birenbaum Quintero (CFA) Howard Thurman Center, 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 207 RSVP: edamrien@bu.edu * Thursday, November 3 • 4 to 5:30 Carlos Blanco “Venezuela & the Left Turn in Latin America” Moderated by Paul Hare (Pardee) Pardee School of […]