Please join us via Zoom on Tuesday, April 26, for a presentation by Rocío Castellanos Rueda on La gente de todos los colores en la guerra de Independencia Latinoamericana, 1808-1812 (People of All Colors in the Latin American War of Independence, 1808-1812). Abstract: En los inicios del proceso independentista suramericano, buena parte de los […]
Día 01 (14 de abril de 2022 / 5 p.m- 7 p.m) – Resistencias – los movimientos de autonomía y otras prácticas de existencia en México Mediación: Profa. Dra. Estela Scheinvar (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro) Andar preguntando por los caminos de Chiapas: comparticiones sentipensadas sobre la autonomía zapatista – Sebastián Granda Henao […]
This week long series of talks by indigenous artists, writers, activists, and educators was co-sponsored by the Department of Romance Studies and the Center for Latin American Studies and funded by the Boston University Arts Initiative. The aims of the series were to showcase the discrimination indigenous cultures and languages face and how the arts […]
This conversation with Maureen Shaughnessy on literature and translation happened over Zoom on Thursday, March 31, 2022. The focus of the discussion, which took place in the context of Alicia Borinsky’s Introduction to Analysis of Hispanic Texts course, was Shaughnessy’s translation of The Scent of Buenos Aires: Stories by Hebe Uhart for Archipelago Books. “The […]
Join us in person on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 12 PM for a conversation with Juan Carlos Pinzón, Ambassador of Colombia to the United States. The subject of the Ambassador’s remarks will be The Bicentennial of the U.S.-Colombia Relationship: Continued Opportunities for Partnership and Growth. To commemorate the bicentennial of diplomatic relations between Colombia and […]
Join us on Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 3:30 PM for a book talk by Yanilda María González, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School. The subject of conversation will be Authoritarian Police in Democracy: Contested Security in Latin America, which was published in November 2020 by Cambridge University Press. Drawing on rich comparisons and […]
Join us on Tuesday, April 5, at 12:30 PM for a virtual lecture on “Social and Solidarity Economy in the Time of COVID-19” by Pablo Baisotti, External Lecturer at Warsaw University (Institute of Iberian and Ibero- American Studies) and Associated Researcher at the University of Brasilia (Department of Latin American Studies, ELA). Pablo Baisotti received his Ph.D. in […]
Please join us at the Pardee School (121 Bay State Road) on WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 at 4 PM for a talk by Laura Blume, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Nevada, Reno. Laura Blume’s work focuses on issues of human security, with a regional focus in Latin America. Her teaching and research interests include […]
Join us on April 8 for an artistic night with graduate students at the Center of Latin American Studies! For more information or to register, write to sagarcia@bu.edu.
Join us May 13-15, 2022 for an all-virtual symposium: “Then You Don’t Want Me”: Canonizing Gayl Jones. The website is now relaunched and registration is now open! Register and view program information at: http://tinyurl.com/GJS2022 Co-sponsors are listed at: https://www.gayljonessymposium.org/sponsors Accessibility info is listed at: https://www.gayljonessymposium.org/accessibility