Category: Event Announcements

Democracy and Struggles: The Major Axis of the Subject in Contemporary Brazilian Cinema (10.20.22)

The Indigenous “Contact Film” and Its Afterlives in Latin American Cinema (11.03.22)

Tango • Music • Dance • Poetry (10.18.22)

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 […]

Trios Palos Y Cuerdas Hermanos Saboya • Lecture Recital (10.12.22)

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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, […]

El testigo: memorias del conflicto colombiano (10.17.22)

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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 […]

Visiting Researcher Talks (Fall 2022)

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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 […]

Latinx Voters: A Misunderstood Demographic (10.27.22)

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Join us on Thursday, October 27, at 4:30 PM for a BU Faculty Roundtable exploring Latinx electoral politics. Questions for discussion will include recent voting patterns, shifting demographics, generational divides, and diverging concerns among Latinx voters of different backgrounds. Speakers: Taylor Boas, Associate Professor of Political Science Susan Eckstein, Professor of International Relations & Sociology […]

Latin American Art Songs Concert & Fall Welcome Reception (09.28.22)

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Join us at Marsh Chapel on Wednesday, September 28, at 5 PM for a musical program of Latin American Art Songs curated by Dr. David Guzman, Assistant Professor of Music and Voice at BU’s College of Fine Arts. Performers include CFA students Addison Pattillo (Soprano), Helena Losada (Soprano), Cortney Towns (Soprano), Margaret Matejcek (Soprano), and […]

Stand Up Against Oil Extraction: Solidarity with Indigenous-led Labor Struggles in Colombia (06.28.22)

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Join us at the Pardee School (121 Bay State Road) or via Facebook Live (https://www.facebook.com/laspbu) on Tuesday, June 28, at 4:30 PM, for a conversation with human rights activist Sonia Milena and union organizer Luis Hernández. Learn more about the negative impacts of oil companies, including Sierracol Energy, on indigenous communities, peasants, trade unionists, and […]

The Challenges Facing Colombia Today (06.08.22)

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Join us on Wednesday, June 8, at 4:30 PM, for a meeting with Colombian Congresswoman-elect Karmen Ramírez Boscán, a Geneva-based indigenous Wayúu woman who was elected to represent Overseas Colombians in the Congress. Karmen Ramírez Boscán is founder of Fuerza Mujeres Wayuu and a member of the coalition Pacto Histórico. RSVP: edamrien@bu.edu.

Statement on Diversity and Inclusion

The Center for Latin American Studies at Boston University is proud of BU’s history of diversity and inclusion. BU’s founders opened the University’s doors to all students without regard to religion, race, or gender, and building and sustaining a vibrant community of scholars, students, and staff remains essential to its mission of contributing to and preparing students to thrive in, an increasingly interconnected world.

Success in a competitive, global milieu depends upon our ongoing commitment to welcome and engage the wisdom, creativity, and aspirations of all peoples and the Center for Latin American Studies is vital to the University’s mission of preparing global citizens. We forge concrete initiatives to integrate faculty and students across the university in the promotion of antiracism, diversity, and inclusion from a Latin American Studies perspective. Through our in-depth and interdisciplinary academic programs, as well as through a rich array of talks, lectures, round-table discussions, conferences, and other educational and cultural events, we assist the University in its efforts to create environments for learning, working, and living that are enriched by racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity.

At the Center for Latin American Studies, we believe in and practice respect for individual differences in life experience, sexual orientation, and religious belief, and we aspire to be free of intellectual parochialism, barriers to access, and ethnocentrism. We appreciate and deeply value the contributions and talents of every member of the Boston University community and invite you to learn more about us.