The first annual Crossroads in Latin American Studies lecture at BU’s Center for Latin American Studies – Political Reactions to Changing Societies in Latin America – was given by Maria Victoria Murillo, Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs and Director of the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University, on Monday, […]
This lecture by Peter Taylor Klein, Associate Professor of Sociology and Environmental and Urban Studies and Chair of the Environmental and Urban Studies Program at Bard College, took place on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. Klein’s research focuses on public participation, urban and environmental change, and collective action in Amazonia and Rio de Janeiro. The subject […]
Drawing from her current book project, Doom Patterns: Latinx Speculations and the Aesthetics of Violence, Maia Gil’Adí, Assistant Professor of English and Latinx Literature at Boston University, shows how portrayals of violence and destruction paradoxically foreground pleasure in humor, narrative beauty, and the grotesque. The pleasure she identifies in Doom Patterns highlights the beauty found […]
We are delighted to welcome Brazilian poet and performer Ricardo Aleixo to Boston University. The week of activities will include a live poetic performance, a screening of his audiovisual work, and a meeting with students. Aleixo is currently considered one of the most important living artists in the country, integrating avant-garde poetry with Afro-Brazilian culture. […]
The Department of Romance Studies and the Center for Latin American Studies present: Indigenous Languages & Cultures Week 2023 Monday, April 3 • 4 to 5:30 PM (In Person) Renzo Aroni • Humanities Fellow, Columbia University “Música testimonial y teatro escolar en la conmemoración de la Masacre de Cayara (Perú, 1988)“ Pardee School of Global […]
José Olivarez is the son of Mexican immigrants. His debut book of poems, Citizen Illegal, was a finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Award and a winner of the 2018 Chicago Review of Books Poetry Prize. It was named a top book of 2018 by the Adroit Journal, NPR, and the New York Public Library. Along […]
The Latin American Studies Association is pleased to announce the LASA2023 Kalman Silvert Awardee: Susan Eckstein, Professor of Sociology and International Relations at Boston University, and Past President of the Latin American Studies Association. The award committee concluded that Dr. Eckstein richly deserves this lifetime career recognition, on the grounds of prolific, high-quality, interdisciplinary scholarship, truly exceptional […]
We are delighted to have resumed our faculty lunch talks! On Tuesday, February 14, Taylor Boas, Associate Professor of Political Science, talked about his newly published book, Evangelicals and Electoral Politics in Latin America: A Kingdom of This World (Cambridge University Press, January 2023). Drawing on research Brazil, Chile, and Peru, Boas examines why it […]