Category: Event Highlights

Art Gallery Photography Opening (03/30/26)

Gallery talk: Laura Roush, photographer, in conversation with History of Art and Architecture’s photography expert Kim Sichel. Opening remarks by Juliet Floyd, BUCH. Exhibits: LAURA ROUSH On the insomnia in Zamora: Grief, silencing, and sidewalk memorials in Michoacán, Mexico. SAMUEL FERNANDO RIVERA ANDRADE Pressing onward: Injured bodies and spaces of care in migration across Mexico. […]

The Overvaluation of Portuguese Influence on the Formation of Brazilian Society (03/25/26)

Join us for a presentation by Maria Cristina Dos Santos De Souza, PhD. Register here! This critical discussion of Maria Cristina’s article on Sérgio Buarque de Holanda’s Raízes do Brasil offers a close reading of both the original and revised editions of Holanda’s influential essay, arguing that its account of Brazilian social formation depends on […]

Event Highlights: How Can Haiti Solve Its Many Crises?

This panel discussion on the crisis in Haiti with Pierre Noel, Executive Director of the Haiti Development Institute in Boston; Amb. Jorge Heine, Research Professor, Pardee School of Global Studies; and Wollenczy Gentillon, Major in US Army and MA candidate, Pardee School of Global Studies, took place on Thursday, November 14, 2024. The panel was moderated […]

Indigenous History, Languages and Cultures Week 2024

These conversations with Argentine musicians Charo Bogarín and Enzo Buono  (“Revitalizando las lenguas originarias a través del canto”) and with with Brazilian Art Educator Lucia Fernanda Jofej Kaingang and poet and geographer Márcia Wayna Kambeba took place as part of this year’s Indigenous History, Languages and Cultures Week. The two-day program was convened by Célia […]

Conversations on Literature & Culture with Alicia Borinsky (Spring 2024)

Tuesday, February 20 • 2 PM Ana María Shua Ana María Shua (April 1951) is an Argentine writer and screen writer. From flash fiction, poetry, and drama to novels, children’s literature, film scripts, short stories and other literature categories, her narratives have been read around the world. Join Zoom meeting: https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/92390988112?pwd=RGlHbjQvOFBjZG52SHEwNGlWSThOdz09 Thursday, March 7 • […]

Event Highlights: The LGBT Cuban Revolution

On Tuesday, September 26, the Center for Latin American Studies welcomed Wilfred Labiosa, PhD (CGS ’91, CAS ’93) back to campus for a discussion of his new book, The LGBT Cuban Revolution. The book offers a comprehensive chronology of the LGBT rights movement in Cuba, highlighting the significant milestones, setbacks, and triumphs of this long and arduous journey. […]

Event Highlights: A Reading & Conversation with José Olivarez

This poetry reading & conversation with José Olivarez took place via Zoom on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. The event, moderated by Saraí García, celebrated the release of Olivarez’s second poetry collection, Promises of Gold (Promesas de Oro) this February. Saraí García is a PhD candidate in Boston University’s Department of Romance Studies. Below are her […]

Event Highlights: Indigenous History, Languages & Cultures Week 2023

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 Center for Humanities, the Boston University Arts Initiative, and Boston University Diversity and Inclusion. The aim of the events, featuring indigenous […]

Event Highlights: Political Reactions to Changing Societies in Latin America

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, […]